How much time for each park?

[Fairy Godmother]

How much time do you usually spend in each park?
We leave in 24 days and once again I am fine tuning our itinerary so we can do EE earlier in the trip. We will be there for 9 days including arrival and depature day but I am worried I haven't allowed for the right amount of time in each park.
We are going to MK the afternoon of our arrival, an afternoon/evening, and one full day with an afternoon break at our hotel.
We are going to Epcot for a late afternoon, an afternoon/early evening and a morning.
AK is scheduled for a morning and possibly the day we leave.
MGM is scheduled for one full day and then a late morning/early afternoon. We are also going to both waterparks and DQ.
I am not sure I have the right balance to the schedule. I don't mind changing plans as we go but we are on the dinning plan and I have made our ADRs arround the parks I think we will be at.

 

[pickles]

I would suggest planning 1 day for each park and then go back and repeat the stuff you liked at the parks you enjoyed. Everyone's taste in parks will be different. personally i think a day is all that is needed for MGM other than to do the roller coaster and maybe Tower of terror again. AK is another that one day can be enough, tho it is the kind you could take more time if you are really into it.
Epcot really needs more than a day and so does MK..lot if hidden stuff at Epcot..it appears dull at first until you get a better feel for it. Mk has so much between shows and rides and such.
Hope that helps and hope you enjoy your trip!

 

[HappyLawyer]

well we don't do epcot or the water parks
mk 2 days
ak 1 day
mgm 1 day
then the rest of our time is divided between us, ioa, bg and sw

 

[Hobbes]

I agree with the poster who said do a day at each then go back to the bits you like-realistaically you're looking at 2 each for MK and Epcot and 1 each for MGM/AK. BUT then you may want to do Fantasmic more than once (I did it for the first time last trip, and then my itinerary went out the window cos I wanted to see it twice more!) If you have hoppers its far easier, cos you can do a couple of EMH mornings until the park gets busy then swap to one of the others-I hopped all 4 parks in one day last time-Epcot was just to ride SE and Soarin!

 

[Fairy Godmother]

Thanks for your input! I am feeling a little more balanced with my plan.