How would you allocate days?

[Keyser]

OK, my family has been going on for days about this, but can't seem to decide. So, I figured I'd see what folks here had to say. We'll be going to WDW this summer (busy times) and will be splitting up our WDW time with the cruise: 4 days before the cruise, and 2 days after (one of the "after" days being the day the cruise ship arrives, so we won't be there at opening). We currently have 6 day tickets, without park hoppers (incidentally, if we were to add hopping, would we have to pay just an upgrade cost, or the difference in overall ticket price ?- these tickets were bought before the price increase).

We know we want to spend a day at each park, and at least a second day at Epcot. We probably want our final day to be a second day at MK. Now, for reference, here are the recommendations from Easy WDW (which has served us well previously) for our trip:

Day 1:
Recommnended: EP (Most), MK
Not Recommended: AK, HS
Day 2:
Recommended: MK (Most), HS (Highly)
Not Recommended: AK, EP
Day 3:
Recommended: EP (Most), AK (Highly)
Not Recommended: HS, MK
Day 4: Recommended: HS (Most), EP
Not Recommended: AK, MK
--- CRUISE ---
Day 5:
Recommended: EP (Most), AK (Highly)
Not Recommended: HS, MK
Day 6: Recommended: HS (Most), EP
Not Recommended: AK, MK
Note that day 5 we expet to arrive late morning. The other days we will be there at opening.

So, here are our options we've been looking at:
Option A:
Day 1: EP
Day 2: MK
Day 3: AK
Day 4: HS
Day 5: MK
Day 6: EP
Disadvantage: Day 5 is at MK, which is an early-entry day (and we will be arriving later in the day), meaning it's probably going to have horrible crowds.

Option B:
Day 1: EP
Day 2: MK
Day 3: AK
Day 4: HS
Day 5: EP
Day 6: MK
Disadvantage: Day 6 is at MK, which is evidently crowded on Saturdays, and if I have a second full day, we'd rather the full one be at Epcot, I think. But, maybe Wishes is a good way to end the trip.

Option C:
Day 1: MK
Day 2: MK
Day 3: AK
Day 4: HS
Day 5: EP
Day 6: EP
Disadvantage: It feels weird to have nothing but Epcot afterward, no Epcot before.

Option D:
Day 1: MK
Day 2: MK
Day 3: AK
Day 4: EP
Day 5: EP
Day 6: HS
Disadvantage: Saving HS for the very end is not ideal for us. My daughter is planning to ride RnRC for the first time, but is nervous and doesn't want to have it hanging over her head the whole trip... Still, Fanstasmic would be a nice way to end the trip!

I'd appreciate any votes as to what you would do, or if there's some other option we haven't considered.

 

[pa. dad]

Option B.
Being in an early entry park becomes a disadvantage after everybody else is let in too. So that is a big MINUS then.

Ideally you take a lot of the big crowded things out of the picture on your first day at those parks and with your 2nd day fastpasses.

 

[minnie mum]

Option B.

 

[Tara1988]

Option b
When crowd levels are high, you will need 2 full days at mk

 

[DisneyFansInNYC]

Would we pick Option B because we love to end our stay at MK but I don't know if day 5 is enough time at EP. Enjoy which ever Option you pick.

 

[Disneymom1126]

I agree about "b" but the next good option would be "d" not only could you finish with Fantasmic, but also the new Star Wars Fireworks which are supposed to be really good! It does mean all your MK days are at the beginning of your trip - not sure how I feel about that!

 

[StuckInKS]

Either A or B because C and D are too repetitive. B wins because MK is last day, which we prefer.

 

[LovePug]

I would do option D (I'm all about avoiding the biggest swarm of crowds as much as possible) and end my trip with Fantasmic! and the Star Wars fireworks.