How is my plan?

[Jahend08]

Here are my touring plans for May; let me know what you think. In our group will be myself, husband, my mother and our 3 kids 10, 8, 5. Also, you should know we are staying at Windsor Hills and are planning on leaving each afternoon for a break and then returning for the evening. We will not be doing any park with extra hours.

MK day 1:
7DMT rope drop
It's a small world 9:43
PP flight 10:04
Mickey's Philharmagic 10:38
Tomorrowland Speedyway 11:01
Buzz Lightyear 11:20 fast pass
Astro Orbiter 11:30
Space Mtn 11:47 fast pass
lunch (bringing in our own)
Enchanted Tales with Bell 12:38 fast pass
Journey of the little mermaid 1:05
CoP 1:40
Girls will head to BBB apt at 2:10 while boys continue on
Mad tea party 2:10
Splash & Soak 2:27
fantasy parade 2:47
afternoon break back to house for relaxation and dinner
Barnstormer 7:02
Dumbo 7:16
Winnie the Pooh 7:27
Monsters Inc 7:56
Happily Ever After 8:45

EPCOT
Soarin Rope drop
living with the land 9:30
Journey 9:51
turtle talk 10:08
The seas tank 10:46
Mission Space 11:12 fast pass
video playground 11:36
project tomorrow 11:54
spaceship earth 12:03 fastpass
Lunch 12:24 (we are bringing in our own)
imageworks 12:55
Club Cool 1:13
Test Track 1.23
Break (we will head back to the house to relax and eat dinner)
Pavillions 5:35 -7:45
Frozen Ever After 8:05 fastpass
Gran Fiesta 8:27
Illuminations 8:45

ANIMAL KINGDOM
Dinosaur RD
Primeval Whirl 9:24
Lion King 9:43
Safari 10:50 fastpass
Gorilla Trail 11:24
Lunch 11:50 (we are bringing our own lunch in)
Flights of Wonder 12:21
River Rapids 1:02 fast pass
Expedition Everest 1:50 fast pass
Tough to be a bug 2:05
Dinner Break 2:50 (we will head back to the house to relax and eat dinner)
Tricera Top spin 6:21
Boneyard 6:29
Rivers of Light 8:30

HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS
Rock Roll coast RD
Tower of Terror 9:45
Frozen sing along 10:09
Star Tours 11:05
Lunch 11:50 (we will bring in our own food)
toy story mania 12:21 fastpass
Star Wars Launch Bay 12:40
Beauty and the beast Live 1:49
Voyage of the little mermaid 2:29
Jedi Training 2:56
Indiana Jones 4:30
Disney Jr Live 5:25
Fantasmic 8pm

MK Day 2
Magic carpets 9:09
Big Thunder 9:20
Splash Mtn 9:34
7DMT 10:14 (hoping to get FP tomorrow)
Haunted Mansion 11 (hoping to get fastpass tomorrow)
Lunch 11:50 (we will bring in our own lunch)
Railroad Frontierland station 12:21
Liberty Square riverboat 12:55
Tom Sawyer island 1:21
Tiki Room 1:59
Country bear jamboree 2:21
fantasy parade 2:45
Dinner Break 3:50 ( we will go back to the house to relax and eat dinner)
PoC 7:21
Treehouse 7:45
Happily Ever After 8:45
Jungle Cruise 9:23

 

[Farps]

Plan looks very good, the only thing that I would change is on your first day at MK, I would do Peter Pans flight right after 7DMT. Have a great trip.

 

[Tink_83]

The first thing I noticed is that your fast passes are within an hour of each other. I believe the system stops you from making them that close together. Also, is there a reason your not getting a fast pass for 7DMT? In the MK that is one I'd fast pass since I've heard the line can get long even at RD.

 

[LSUfan4444]

7DMT rope drop
It's a small world 9:43
PP flight 10:04
Mickey's Philharmagic 10:38

No way thats gonna happen. You're going to need alot more time than that and I don't recommend doing Small World before PP.

Enchanted Tales with Bell 12:38 fast pass
Journey of the little mermaid 1:05

Again, not enough time. 25 minutes is about the bare minimum if the attraction is a walk-on.

Beauty and the beast Live 1:49
Voyage of the little mermaid 2:29

Beauty and the Beast is about 25 minutes long so assuming you're going to see the 2pm show, you would likely have to run to Voyage of the Little Mermaid by 2:29




I dont think there is an issues with the order or anything but it seems quite rigid and Im just not sure some of those expectations are realistic.

 

[Jahend08]

The first thing I noticed is that your fast passes are within an hour of each other. I believe the system stops you from making them that close together. Also, is there a reason your not getting a fast pass for 7DMT? In the MK that is one I'd fast pass since I've heard the line can get long even at RD.

The fastpasses have already been made (with the exception of the last MK day); so they don't overlap; I think what you are seeing is from 10:30-11:30 and the other from 11:30-12:30. It just worked out that we will be going to the one ride at 11:20 and the other at 11:47.

As for 7DMT; we are getting a fastpass on our 2nd MK day; but hoping for the best on our first day there.

 

[Tink_83]

The fastpasses have already been made (with the exception of the last MK day); so they don't overlap; I think what you are seeing is from 10:30-11:30 and the other from 11:30-12:30. It just worked out that we will be going to the one ride at 11:20 and the other at 11:47.

As for 7DMT; we are getting a fastpass on our 2nd MK day; but hoping for the best on our first day there.

Ah ok, that makes more since now. The plan looks fine, good luck getting the rest of your fast passes!

 

[Alesia]

First and foremost, you need to do Peter Pan right after 7DMT.

You have way underestimated the wait times. Be prepared to have to drop some things.

Dis you use the plan generator at touringplans.Com to make you plans?

 

[barbliny]

Wow!! Ambitious and detail-oriented plan!!

I would just reiterate that I think a lot of your times are not allowing for happenstance, queues that still develop even on fastpass lines, notoriously slow-loading rides (Dumbo, Astro Orbiter, Aladdin), and general looky-loos who are going to get in your way no matter how fast your family can walk.

Astro Orbiter has way long waits than you allowed for.

I would just be prepared to move things back or take them out on the fly.

I would also suggest that you move your 7DMT fastpass back to after dark on your second MK day. It is infinitely better in the dark and hopefully your plan to walk-on the first morning worked and why repeat a second time in the daylight. Also, the daytime fastpasses for the ride usually go first and the night ones are what is more likely left 30 days out.

Also, the first thing I thought as I was reading chronologically "no way you're going to get the kids out of Cool Zone in 10 minutes"

 

[Jahend08]

Dis you use the plan generator at touringplans.Com to make you plans?

Yes I did!

 

[Hopefully]

All I can say is " HOLY MOLY"
I think it looks miserable.
Where is bathroom time?
Where is "smell the roses time".
I overscheduled on our first trip and made everyone miserable. And it was no where as bad as this.
Good Luck. I hope your family can enjoy this plan.

 

[Jahend08]

All I can say is " HOLY MOLY"
I think it looks miserable.
Where is bathroom time?
Where is "smell the roses time".
I overscheduled on our first trip and made everyone miserable. And it was no where as bad as this.
Good Luck. I hope your family can enjoy this plan.

This is the tentative plan set from touringplans. I know it looks very detailed but this is not a set in stone MUST FOLLOW EVER STEP plan. Just a general idea. We have never been before and just wanted an idea of when/where to go.

 

[Amelia :)]

There is quite a lot that doesn't make much sense to me (especially all the random times "it's a small world 9.43", is this touring plans thing? Looks crazy). Anyway, your HS day isn't going to work. You can't rope drop RNRC and go and sign up for Jedi training at the same time. And even if you do sign up early, you might not get the time you want, which will throw your plan off. If Jedi training is important be prepared to be flexible.

 

[Hopefully]

This is the tentative plan set from touringplans. I know it looks very detailed but this is not a set in stone MUST FOLLOW EVER STEP plan. Just a general idea. We have never been before and just wanted an idea of when/where to go.

I see you are new to the boards and this is your first trip.
As I said, I over scheduled our first trip, like you, and made my family MISERABLE.
Even if you follow 1/2 these steps it's too much in too short a time
My best advice is to step back, and look at what's most important to your family and scale way back. You CAN NOT do everything in one trip. Everyone should identify their most important experiences and focus on those. Listen to the advice being offered here
Good Luck

 

[Alesia]

Yes I did!

I can tell. that generator comes up with some weird plans.

I recommend basing your plans on the cheat sheets at easywdw.com. I plan 4 attractions for the first hour, 3 for the second hour and two for each hour after that. More than that is unrealistic.

 

[pktbMouse]

All I can say is " HOLY MOLY"
I think it looks miserable.
Where is bathroom time?
Where is "smell the roses time".
I overscheduled on our first trip and made everyone miserable. And it was no where as bad as this.
Good Luck. I hope your family can enjoy this plan.

OMG YES THIS!!! at first I thought it was a joke !!

 

[mom2rtk]

I see you are new to the boards and this is your first trip.
As I said, I over scheduled our first trip, like you, and made my family MISERABLE.
Even if you follow 1/2 these steps it's too much in too short a time
My best advice is to step back, and look at what's most important to your family and scale way back. You CAN NOT do everything in one trip. Everyone should identify their most important experiences and focus on those. Listen to the advice being offered here
Good Luck

Absolutely!

With a plan like that, my family would hold a mutiny!

 

[michelepa]

No advice because it is unlikely that this plan will happen with your 3 young kids. Maybe if you and your husband were doing some sort of comando thing.

My only advice throw this out the window or you will stress yourself out and be very disappointed.

 

[Kelly014]

There is no way, especially with three kids. Holy moly. You need time for bathrooms, snacks, longer than expected wait times, pictures, tying shoes, the Mickey ice cream the one kid just has to have, time for grandma to look in the shops and buy something for the kids, one kid running off in a random direction to say "look at that!" (multiply that by 3 with 3 kiddos). It's your first time, you are going to want some space in between activities to soak it all in. You will never get to every ride, or even half the rides in a day. That's part of why so many people get sucked into going back

I like to set a schedule with meals, fast passes, shows, all the rigid stuff and then in my binder I added a list of all the attractions (divided up by park) we would be most interested in and referred to that in the park. Please trust the people who have overscheduled and regretted it ( ). Hit as much as is possible in the actual moment, and enjoy the magic in between!

 

[Tink_83]

All I can say is " HOLY MOLY"
I think it looks miserable.
Where is bathroom time?
Where is "smell the roses time".
I overscheduled on our first trip and made everyone miserable. And it was no where as bad as this.
Good Luck. I hope your family can enjoy this plan.

My mom wants to know where the bathroom breaks are in the touring plans I just did! I told her I set touring plans to a relaxed walk so we could squeeze them in I also told her I'd reevaluate the plans to add breaks. I sort of think that's the problem with touring plans, though, because you are scheduling your visit down to the minute to see as much as possible. I did already incorporate her request to not crisscross the park and instead stay in one area hitting attractions before moving on. If you just let touring plans optimize for you they have you all over the park, which I'm sure reduces the wait time but I'm also sure Mom would kill me by midday day 1 if I did that to her!

For the OP what walking pace did you assume when you did the plan? Maybe assume the slowest walking pace and see what happens to the plans, that may help you do a more realistic plan for your family... And is probably advice I should take right now come to think of it...

 

[mawatcha]

I think your plan looks cool as a "if we could do it all" dream.

I love planning my fast passes and getting a few fave rides in, but I'm honestly so awestruck half the time, that walking around and taking it all in is half the experience.

That being said, it doesn't hurt to prioritize your "must dos", just don't be frustrated if you can't do everything. If you can't relax on a vacation, where can you?

Additionally, and this is assuming you haven't been to WDW before, people really underestimate just how big it is. I went with a friend a few years back who had only been to DLR but not WDW. He didn't understand why I'd planned for bus/monorail/boat ride times, and legit thought the parks were across a courtyard from one another (as they are at DLR). It can take a lot longer to get to park gate than first thought.

Have a lovely first trip.