Is this enough time?

[Smrtalec33]

We've never done a character meal during the middle of a park day before, so I'm looking for opinions on two things: when to try to get a reservation for lunch at Crystal Palace, and whether my morning plans are realistic on what will likely be a pretty busy day at MK (Sunday before Memorial Day)

It will be me and DD6. Is an hour enough time to see all 4 characters?
If I need to allow 90 min for lunch, could be tough just because they don't start lunch until 11:30, and I don't want to miss my fast passes.
Would rather do lunch on the early side if possible since we'll probably have had a light breakfast.
Thanks so much!!

MK scheduled to open at 9

Here is the plan...

Rope drop Thunder Mountain x2
Splash Mountain
Aladdin
Haunted Mansion
Seven Dwarfs (1055-1155 FP)
Crystal Palace lunch 1130-1230
Enchanted Tales with Belle (12-1 FP)
Space Mountain (1-2 FP)
Parade 3 PM

 

[Daniela Rose]

I always budget 90 minutes for character meals so be safe.

 

[Accidental Magpie]

It may take longer than 60 min to see the characters. It all depends on their schedule and where you are seated. Your 5 rides before FP #1 seem to be easily done.

 

[Smrtalec33]

Thank you so much for the responses!

I bumped Belle and Space Mountain back 20 minutes and got the 11:30 Crystal Palace res, so it looks like this.


Crystal Palace lunch 1130-1
Enchanted Tales with Belle (1220-120 FP)
Space Mountain (120-220 FP)
Parade 3 PM

And worst case, if CP is running late and we're risking missing Belle, I can try to modify it for after the parade - Belle is less of a priority than Space, the Parade and the character meal, I think.

Just don't want to run the risk of missing SDMT, SM or the parade, and I should be good with all that now.

Thanks again!

 

[Daniela Rose]

I think that’s perfect. Better safe than sorry and better to be more relaxed than stressed. If crystal palace is faster than you’ll do belle on the earlier side of the fast pass window. But sometimes they run late seating, sometimes the characters take awhile depending on where in the rotation you are, etc.

 

[KenHutch]

I have never gotten out of Crystal Palace in less than 90 minutes so plan accordingly. Eating takes all of us about 30 minutes so its normally character waiting.

 

[TheSouthernBelle]

We've done CP a few times and really the characters seem to move fast around the room, it really varies for us based on how long we've waited to be seated. But most times we've been done in less than an hour and 15 min. 90 min is good to budget to be safe.

We've found that most times, the characters went by us two or three times before we even left since they moved so fast.

 

[scrappinginontario]

I budget 90 mins because I want to enjoy our meal and not feel pressured to get out. Can you back up your afternoon FPs at all? Even 30 mins would make a big difference. Or, move 1 of them to after the parade?

 

[Smrtalec33]

I budget 90 mins because I want to enjoy our meal and not feel pressured to get out. Can you back up your afternoon FPs at all? Even 30 mins would make a big difference. Or, move 1 of them to after the parade?

Thanks for the response.

I was able to move the two fast passes 20 minutes later. I tried to do 30 but was unsuccessful.
That leaves me with this, so factoring in the grace period at the end of my Belle FP, i have 2 hours to get there from the start of my CP meal.

Crystal Palace lunch 1130-1
Enchanted Tales with Belle (1220-120 FP)
Space Mountain (120-220 FP)
Parade 3 PM

 

[scrappinginontario]

Thanks for the response.

I was able to move the two fast passes 20 minutes later. I tried to do 30 but was unsuccessful.
That leaves me with this, so factoring in the grace period at the end of my Belle FP, i have 2 hours to get there from the start of my CP meal.

Crystal Palace lunch 1130-1
Enchanted Tales with Belle (1220-120 FP)
Space Mountain (120-220 FP)
Parade 3 PM

Looks great! I think that 20 minutes will make all the difference!