How does our 5-day plan for our Honeymoon look?

[Scooley01]

Hi all! Hoping to get some feedback on our 5-day plan for June. Are we covered, or are we making any huge mistakes? Any tips? Thanks!

TENTATIVE DAY PLAN​

Sunday 6/5 (Arrival Day):​

• Arrive to DS around 11am. Park at resort (if room is ready crazy early, drop bags?), Hop over to Disney Springs for a quick lunch (Morimoto Street Food?) and dessert (Gideon’s and/or Swirls on the Water for Dole Whip Flight!)
• Head over to Trader Sam’s around 2pm before they open (3pm), get in line and get drinks/mugs. Explore Poly resort if the virtual line is long.
  • Bus from DS -> Contemporary, then monorail from Contemporary -> Polynesian (Husband REALLY wanted to find a way to ride the monorail )
• Head back to Resort for dinner, bed at a reasonable time

Monday 6/6 (EPCOT [Hours: 9am-9pm, EE @8:30]):​

• In line for Skyliner 90 min prior to early entry (7am), grab Mickey Waffles from POP dining on the way
• 7AM BOOKINGS
  • $$ ILL: Guardians of the Galaxy (unless it’s VQ only).
  • GENIE+: Frozen Ever After or Mission Space Orange
• ROPE DROP: Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
• FOOD
  • Breakfast: Festival Booth Arepas, Les Halles, Kringla
  • Lunch: various festival booths
  • Space 220 Lounge Reservation at 6:45pm
  • Dinner: various festival booths

Tuesday 6/7 (Hollywood Studios [Hours: 9am-9pm, EE @8:30]):​

• In line for Skyliner 90 min prior to early entry (7am), Grab Mickey waffles on the way
• 7AM BOOKINGS
  • $$ ILL: Rise of the Resistance
  • GENIE+: Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway
• ROPE DROP: Slinky Dog Dash
• Oga’s Cantina (5:05pm)
• Savi's (6:25pm)
  • Dom: Protection and Defense
  • Steven: Peace and Justice
• Droid Building (8:10pm)
• FOOD
  • Breakfast: Ronto Roasters
  • Lunch: Baseline Taphouse (Charcuterie and Beer Flight!)
  • Dinner: Docking Bay 7

Wednesday 6/8 (Animal Kingdom [Hours: 8am-8pm, EE @7:30]):​

• In line for Bus 90 min prior to early entry (6am), Grab Mickey waffles on the way (once dining opens)
• 7AM BOOKINGS
  • $$ ILL:
  • GENIE+: Na’Vi River Journey
• ROPE DROP: Flight of Passage
• Yak and Yeti Lunch (1:45pm)
• FOOD
  • Breakfast: Isle of Java /or/ Yak and Yeti Local Food
  • Lunch: Yak and Yeti (Ahi Tuna Nachos)
  • Dinner: Satu’li Canteen

Thursday 6/9 (Magic Kingdom [Hours: 9am-10pm, EE @8:30]):​

• In line for Bus 90 min prior to early entry (7am), Grab Mickey waffles on the way
• 7AM BOOKINGS
  • $$ ILL:
  • GENIE+: Jungle Cruise
• ROPE DROP: Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
• Jungle Navigation Co Skipper Canteen (1:10pm)
• FOOD
  • Breakfast: Friar’s Nook /or/ Westward Ho
  • Lunch: Skipper Canteen
  • Dinner: Columbia Harbour House

Friday 6/10 (EPCOT Pt2! [Hours: 9am-9pm, EE @8:30]):​

• In line for Skyliner 90 min prior to early entry (7am), Grab Mickey waffles on the way
• 7AM BOOKINGS
  • $$ ILL: (Guardians again? )
  • GENIE+: Test Track
• ROPE DROP:
• California Grill (7:45pm)
• FOOD
  • Breakfast: Les Halles, Kringla
  • Lunch: Various Food Booths
  • Dinner: Cali Grill

Saturday 6/11 (Departure day):​

• Brunch: 10:45am - Art Smith’s Homecomin’
• Putter around Disney Springs until we’re ready to leave town

 

[RoseGold]

Your Day 1 schedule is tight. The buses run often, but not that often. DS is BIG and there isn't time to do all of that, and mess with transportation, and be at Poly by 2. After Trader Sam's, just ride the monorail to the MK entrance and take a bus back to your hotel from there. Heck, ride the monorail all the way to Epcot and take the bus home from there if you want. You could even watch the fireworks from the Poly beach or the Contemporary if you want to stay up a little later. If Trader Sam's doesn't work, the mobile order at Poly is still excellent. Tonga Toast YUM.

You need a fireworks plan for Epcot. You can either watch Harmonious, or you can get in a ride line right as the park is closing.

I'd really try to book a Capture Your Moment. This is your honeymoon, and those pictures would be special.

 

[coasternut22]

These are pretty solid plans. For your Remy rope drops, note that the IG gets pretty packed early, so unless you are in front of the pack; you will have a 30-45 minute wait to if you arrive 30 minutes before early entry. Your 90 minutes should be just fine. Also note that Les Halles opens at 9am. So if EE changes, you may have to wait. If this is your only trip to WDW ever or if you really have to have one, or you have a lot of that sweet wedding gift cash, then keep your droid reservation. Otherwise if you plan on coming back, skip it. It will make you enjoy your light saber more and give you something to come back for. Because you are going to Epcot twice, you may want to skip Genie one of the days. You can get most done with Genie in one day. Use the two days combined to relax in Epcot, perhaps take mid-day breaks. After all it’s your honeymoon and you should plan some “resort time”!

 

[Scooley01]

These are pretty solid plans. For your Remy rope drops, note that the IG gets pretty packed early, so unless you are in front of the pack; you will have a 30-45 minute wait to if you arrive 30 minutes before early entry. Your 90 minutes should be just fine. Also note that Les Halles opens at 9am. So if EE changes, you may have to wait. If this is your only trip to WDW ever or if you really have to have one, or you have a lot of that sweet wedding gift cash, then keep your droid reservation. Otherwise if you plan on coming back, skip it. It will make you enjoy your light saber more and give you something to come back for. Because you are going to Epcot twice, you may want to skip Genie one of the days. You can get most done with Genie in one day. Use the two days combined to relax in Epcot, perhaps take mid-day breaks. After all it’s your honeymoon and you should plan some “resort time”!

It's so funny that you mention the droid. I got excited after we saw a video of someone building a BB unit, and I really wanted to add it to our trip, but husband wasn't so sure and thought we should save the money for other stuff. Then his parents gave us $100 in a card for Easter, and I was like "Oh cool, Droid money!" He's still not really sold on it, but I told him we can add it the reservation now and cancel it later if we really don't want to do it.

We're planning on going rope-drop to fireworks every day we're there, which means we're going to be absolutely exhausted, so we're well aware that we may not have much "resort time," but who knows if we'll ever come back to WDW?!

I love the idea of doing Capture Your Moment! I think I would probably want it to be in Magic Kingdom (for the castle in the background), and since we're only doing one day there, I don't know if we'll have the time to spare. Has anyone done it that can share info on the process and time commitment?

 

[godfather927]

Maybe you're already planning for breaks that arent mentioned there, but if not, those sound like really long days, especially in June heat. Sounds like you are staying at the Pop like we just did, so one really nice thing about the skyliner is how fast you can get from the HS and EPCOT parks back to your room for a mid-day break and then back to the parks for the evening.

I also didn't see any follow up Genie+ reservations, but for your first Epcot day, you can easily get Mission Space for your second LL if you book Frozen as your first. Look into the 2hr rule and then sort through the parks on Thrill Data to get a feel for which LLs you can book when each 2hr window opens up. Personally, that's a lot of rope dropping (and all the waiting associated with it) that can be avoided with careful Genie+ planning, but if you're usually up really early anyways, then might as well take advantage.

 

[Scooley01]

Maybe you're already planning for breaks that arent mentioned there, but if not, those sound like really long days, especially in June heat. Sounds like you are staying at the Pop like we just did, so one really nice thing about the skyliner is how fast you can get from the HS and EPCOT parks back to your room for a mid-day break and then back to the parks for the evening.

I also didn't see any follow up Genie+ reservations, but for your first Epcot day, you can easily get Mission Space for your second LL if you book Frozen as your first. Look into the 2hr rule and then sort through the parks on Thrill Data to get a feel for which LLs you can book when each 2hr window opens up. Personally, that's a lot of rope dropping (and all the waiting associated with it) that can be avoided with careful Genie+ planning, but if you're usually up really early anyways, then might as well take advantage.

We don't have planned/scheduled breaks other than the meals, but we're hoping there will be some natural times where we feel like stopping for a bit. Waiting on a ride return time, having an ice cream bar, catching a show, etc.

 

[godfather927]

We don't have planned/scheduled breaks other than the meals, but we're hoping there will be some natural times where we feel like stopping for a bit. Waiting on a ride return time, having an ice cream bar, catching a show, etc.

Shows are really good for a reprieve from the heat. I didn't expect much from the Frozen Sign A Long, but not only was it nice and cool in there but it was actually kinda funny too.

 

[Lumpy1106]

Beyond day 1, not enough "bed at a reasonable time"

 

[Miffy]

I don't know how the QS at Pop works, so hopefully someone else will chime in with details, but at a couple of the places I've stayed recently (not Pop), the hot food wasn't available until about 7:30 for the QS places that open at 7. Only drinks and pastries were available at 7. I hope I'm wrong! I don't want to crash your Mickey waffle plans!

 

[godfather927]

I don't know how the QS at Pop works, so hopefully someone else will chime in with details, but at a couple of the places I've stayed recently (not Pop), the hot food wasn't available until about 7:30 for the QS places that open at 7. Only drinks and pastries were available at 7. I hope I'm wrong! I don't want to crash your Mickey waffle plans!

Just stayed at the pop, and while I can't comment exactly on when the hot food was available since we never rope dropped and I was booking LLs from 7:00 to 7:15 most days, I'm fairly certain I was down there to get the wife coffee and the kids waffles at least once before 7:30. Don't hold me to that though, it might've been right at or just before 7:30 by the time I got dressed, out the door, and down to the hall.

 

[Scooley01]

We don't have to get Mickey waffles *every* day, I just put that there as filler. As long as we get them at least once we'll be happy, I think haha! We're also planning on bringing granola bars from home (we're driving from TX), so we can throw a couple in a park bag in case we can't get to breakfast or lunch immediately when we're hungry. Gotta avoid hangry at all costs!

 

[VonSweets]

That sounds exhausting.