Is this feasible?

[SG131]

A few thoughts. I agree with the laugh factory post. Also, keep in mind depending on how far into your trip this day is, you may not get a mine train fp first thing in the morning. You may have to settle for an afternoon FP. Also as others have said depending on how close your hotel you may only end up with an hour actually at your hotel to eat/go to the pool. The morning schedule could be doable, but the evening schedule just won't work. You're planning 30 min for pirates when it most likely will have about a 45 min wait. Even if you can get a same day 4th FP walking through the line takes time and the ride itself is almost 9 minutes long. Then you need the time to walk to philharmagic. You will literally be running all across the park and still may not get everything done you want to.

 

[CaLuCa]

Here's what I would do (I take 4 kids frequently, around your kids ages)

815 arrive (this means leave where ever you are staying 715-730...getting TO MK takes a long time)
845 let the magic begin
9 peter pan flight
930 winnie the pooh
10 seven dwarfs mine (fast pass)
1030 Under the Sea
11 lunch cosmic rays
11 Jungle Cruise (fast pass) (more like 1145 with lunch)
12 Pirates (fast pass)
1230 Mickey's Philharmagic
1 it’s a small world
130 festival of fantasy parade
3-6 resort pool and early dinner
6
630 Dumbo
7 Barnstormer
730 Monster's inc
8 buzz lightyears ranger
830 Find a spot for fireworks
845 fireworks (hub)

I did not put aladdin back in. Potentially you could get your 4th FP for it while waiting in line for Pirates. Everything in the afternoon/evening you *might* be able to get FP for if it's not super crowded and you are diligent on the app. Depending on how quickly lines are moving in the morning and how many bathroom/snack breaks happen, you might be able to squeeze tea cups or the carousel in before lunch.

Enchanted Tales with Belle is amazing. But it takes a good amount of time.

This is a LONG day. I would not plan anything too adventurous the day prior and after. August is brutally hot, even for those of us that live it. We are really good at getting lots done in the morning but have a hard time finding the energy to go back for fireworks.

Good luck!

 

[DisneyWishes14]

we will be visiting magic kingdom for the first time midweek of august 25th.
mom, dad, 4 yr old boy, 7 and 9 year old girls
is this one day schedule realistic and will it allow for memory maker photo and snacks in between?
is there anything that should be modified and/or are there any attractions that we missed? thanks.

830 arrive
845 let the magic begin
9 peter pan flight
930 winnie the pooh
10 seven dwarfs mine (fast pass)
1030 dumbo (fast pass)
11 monsters inc laugh fl (fast pass)
1130 lunch cosmic rays
1230 barnstormer
1 it’s a small world
130 festival of fantasy parade
3-6 resort pool and early dinner
6 magic carpet aladin
630 jungle cruise
7 pirates
730 mickey's philharmonic
8 under the sea little mermaid
830 buzz lightyears ranger
845 fireworks (hub)

I would re-order these a bit as you are criss-crossing in places that you really don't need to. For example, if you are planning on Dumbo and Barnstormer, you should do those back to back. With all WDW parks, there is so much walking involved and in August, it's going to be incredibly hot. The less criss-crossing, the better. I, personally, would try to focus on the entire Fantasyland and Storybook Circus areas in the morning up until the parade and then do Adventureland, Tomorrowland and whatever you've missed in Fantasyland in the am when you return in the evening.

 

[b5sgqueen]

Jungle cruise will be more than 30 minutes as will pirates.
Where in the hub do you want to be for fireworks? You'll need to be early if you want a good spot.

 

[amym2]

I don’t think anyone responded that fast passes have an hour timeframe (10:00-11:00 for example), and you cannot have overlapping fast passes. So if you make a 10:00fp, the next one can’t be until 11:00. So your morning FP plan won’t work even if you could get 7DMT at 10.

I agree that you’re going to need to take 7DMT whenever you can and work your schedule around that. I’d have each kid pick out 2 rides they really want to do, schedule those, and consider anything else a bonus.

 

[DisneyWorldbuff]

I think this makes for a very long day. I hope you get a lot of fun family time, but try to be flexible with letting the “plan” go. The weather can be a real factor at WDW. August is hotter than the face of the sun. We end up in the pool for much longer than intended in the summer at WDW
Also, kids(and adults) can tire very easily. It’s a lot of walking, much more than most people realize. I have three kids, we go yearly to Disney. I let each kid pick three “must dos” for the trip. There is so much to do, you will never be able to do it all in one trip or one day.
I hope you have a great trip and enjoy every minute with your family!

 

[yosemite sam]

I will modify to allow an hr for each ride and assume that half of the attractions in my itinerary will be inaccessible. another question though, if rope dropping the first attraction at 9 am will have a half hr plus wait, why should i not use a fast pass for the first ride of the day?

 

[Smrtalec33]

Most attractions will not have anywhere near a 30 minute wait at 9 AM. Peter Pan is one that would.

 

[DisneyGirlMI]

One thing. If you’re booking those FPs ahead of time, the MDE app will not let you book them closer than an hour apart.

 

[Corwin]

IMHO there is no way this sort of schedule can work in real time.... a ride every 1/2 hour isn't doable.(or enjoyable at all) even the rides that are close together take more time than that in general,add in walking,looking,stopping for bathroom,or to cool off somewhere and....I wouldn't recommend it. Plan your fave big 3 attractions with some fp.which will force a space of at least an hour in between(if you're lucky) and I wouldn't recommend leaving Mk the way you've outlined for less than a two hour 'break' which won't feel at all relaxing by the time you get back into MK that evening. I much prefer finding a place to slow down and cool off in park with a schedule that packed. Here's a real time tip,for some reason, Peter Pan has a line of about 45 minutes at opening,and that's with getting there well before open time and heading straight in as fast as you can.Calulculate time in a line+ride time to get the barest minimum between rides. The magic won't happen IMHO if you try to stick to a schedule this tight.

This. One of two things is likely to happen with a plan this ambitious and with kids that young on your first trip:

(1) You're going to going to quickly realize (probably in the first two hours) that this plan is completely unfeasible and you will abandon it; -or-

(2) You're going to stick to the plan like a drill sergeant, your kid(s) will have a meltdown, and your wife will be mad at you.

On our first few visits, we had touring plans as well. They almost never work. It's like the old military quote: "No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy." Or the Mike Tyson quote: "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." Now I don't even bother with touring plans.

I don't mean to be flip or to hurt your feelings, but just realize that while it's a good idea to have a plan, it's just a guide. Don't be upset if you fall behind or go off track. Remember that you're there as a family to have fun. You can always do the marathon ride thing on a subsequent visit, once you know the lay of the land and your kids are a bit older. Good luck!

 

[MissManda]

It’s an aggressive plan. As others have mentioned, the fast passes will not work due to timing of having to be an hour apart. The heat and humidity in August will be brutal. You need to factor in lots of water and cool down breaks.

Also, if this is the first time in Magic Kingdom you really need to just factor in some “wow” time. Time to just take it all in and enjoy the moment.

I would recommend having a list of absolute must do’s and plan around that. Add in the extras as there is time. Don’t get so stuck to a plan that you don’t have fun.

 

[shocker]

I don’t think anyone responded that fast passes have an hour timeframe (10:00-11:00 for example), and you cannot have overlapping fast passes. So if you make a 10:00fp, the next one can’t be until 11:00. So your morning FP plan won’t work even if you could get 7DMT at 10.

I had at first thought this, until I looked closely at the OP's plan & did the math. Indeed the OP's plan could work with 3 back to back FP's (which is absolutely doable). If the 7DMT FP is 9-10am & the Dumbo FP is 10-11am & the Monsters Inc FP is 11-noon.

 

[Tiggerlover91]

we will be visiting magic kingdom for the first time midweek of august 25th.
mom, dad, 4 yr old boy, 7 and 9 year old girls
is this one day schedule realistic and will it allow for memory maker photo and snacks in between?
is there anything that should be modified and/or are there any attractions that we missed? thanks.

830 arrive
845 let the magic begin
9 peter pan flight
930 winnie the pooh
10 seven dwarfs mine (fast pass)
1030 dumbo (fast pass)
11 monsters inc laugh fl (fast pass)
1130 lunch cosmic rays
1230 barnstormer
1 it’s a small world
130 festival of fantasy parade
3-6 resort pool and early dinner
6 magic carpet aladin
630 jungle cruise
7 pirates
730 mickey's philharmagic
8 under the sea little mermaid
830 buzz lightyears ranger
845 fireworks (hub)

This is your first trip and you have a schedule such as this planned? I know it's been said by a few, but the first thing that caught my eye were your FP times....that's not how it works. Even with the hour window and the grace period allowed, you should never overlap. Have you made your FPs yet? I apologize if you've already answered this question. In my opinion, you should divide MK up by lands. Do Fantasyland and Tomorrowland one day and if you have a second day available do Liberty Square, Adventureland and Frontierland. If you only have one day in MK, then do one set of lands in the AM and the other set during the PM. But understand you will NOT see it all...and you really shouldn't. Your first visit needs to be more relaxed and allow for everyone to really take in how amazing MK truly is. Also take advantage of the additional FPs throughout the day after you use the initial three. Rope drop is the BEST thing in MK....that is, if you're not heading towards Mine Train. So you would really need to be there by 8 in my opinion if the park has a 9am open. If you go on an EMH day and it's an 8am open then you should be there by 7. And when I say be there, I mean through the turnstiles and through bag check and waiting at the hub for the castle show to begin. Even with rides close together allowing 30 minutes between them just isn't possible. If you're talking with a FP each time, then maybe. But if you mean standby....well you could very well be in a standby line...if you're lucky depending on what the ride is, for 30 minutes in and of itself. I hope I don't sound pushy or like how come you don't know what you're doing....because that is NOT my intention at all. From what I'm understanding this is your first trip to Disney. It takes time and practice to get it right and find a "fluid plan" that works well for your family. For the first time since my son has been on visits to Disney, it will be just him and I in June. Hubby has to stay behind because his job is poopy. Son and I move at a different pace so we'll get to experiment with what works for us not necessarily what worked when it was all three of us.

Glad you stopped in to ask for help. I hope we all have!

 

[samsonjs]

For our first trip with two younger kids we took a break at Coronado Springs via the bus and it worked out really well. We plan our most important fastpasses at 10-11,11-12,12-1. We arrive for rope drop and try to be near the castle around 8:30. We plan two rides to hit the first hour, then check the app wait times to get do third before our first FP. We do our First FP closer to the end of the hour, then do the next at 11, then get a quick lunch at a CS, then check the wait times or see a show or characters. Hit up our third FP and try to be out of the park by 1pm. We almost never see the parade because the kids would rather swim. We try to be back to the park with our 4th FP sometime around 4-5.

I think a loose plan is a good idea but I wouldn’t bother specific rides at specific times other than 2 RD rides and your 3 FP. Have backups for RD rides in case one is down.

 

[yosemite sam]

Thank you for all your valuable feedback. What do you think about this modified plan?

830 arrive
845 let the magic begin
9 dumbo
*
10 seven dwarfs mine (fast pass)
*
11 peter pan (fast pass)
*
12 big thunder mountain railroad (fast pass)
*
1 lunch cosmic rays

130 festival of fantasy parade

3-6 break

6 ride (fast pass tbd)
*
7 ride (fast pass tbd)
*
8 ride (fast pass tbd)
*
845 fireworks (hub)

afternoon/evening rides tbd by availability
winnie the pooh
barnstormer
under the sea little mermaid
it’s a small world
mickey's philharmagic

pirates
magic carpet aladin
jungle cruise

monsters inc laugh fl
buzz lightyears ranger

country bear jamboree
the muppets present
enchanted tiki room

*memory maker/snack/br stops

 

[samsonjs]

Thank you for all your valuable feedback. What do you think about this modified plan?

830 arrive
845 let the magic begin
9 dumbo
*
10 seven dwarfs mine (fast pass)
*
11 peter pan (fast pass)
*
12 big thunder mountain railroad (fast pass)
*
1 lunch cosmic rays

130 festival of fantasy parade

3-6 break

6 ride (fast pass tbd)
*
7 ride (fast pass tbd)
*
8 ride (fast pass tbd)
*
845 fireworks (hub)

afternoon/evening rides tbd by availability
winnie the pooh
barnstormer
under the sea little mermaid
it’s a small world
mickey's philharmagic

pirates
magic carpet aladin
jungle cruise

monsters inc laugh fl
buzz lightyears ranger

country bear jamboree
the muppets present
enchanted tiki room

*memory maker/snack/br stops

I think that looks great. It’s good to have a list of ideas of rides/events to reference when you aren’t sure what to do next. I think you can get in something bigger than dumbo first thing if you really wanted. Unless you want dumbo to be your first ride. Maybe try pirates/Aladdin.

 

[Smrtalec33]

In all likelihood, if you are able to arrange your FP the way you suggested, you could knock out just about all of the Fantasyland rides you listed, working around the fastpasses. After Dumbo, do Barnstormer and Little Mermaid before the Mine Train.

Then Winnie the Pooh and/or Small World before Peter Pan, then Philharmagic. Maybe you won’t get to all of them, but you’d get to most, and then you’d be free to focus on other lands later in the day.

 

[Tiggerlover91]

In all likelihood, if you are able to arrange your FP the way you suggested, you could knock out just about all of the Fantasyland rides you listed, working around the fastpasses. After Dumbo, do Barnstormer and Little Mermaid before the Mine Train.

Then Winnie the Pooh and/or Small World before Peter Pan, then Philharmagic. Maybe you won’t get to all of them, but you’d get to most, and then you’d be free to focus on other lands later in the day.

Yes! This!!

 

[Mickey's Best Girl]

Thank you for all your valuable feedback. What do you think about this modified plan?

830 arrive
845 let the magic begin
9 dumbo
*
10 seven dwarfs mine (fast pass)
*
11 peter pan (fast pass)
*
12 big thunder mountain railroad (fast pass)
*
1 lunch cosmic rays

130 festival of fantasy parade

3-6 break

6 ride (fast pass tbd)
*
7 ride (fast pass tbd)
*
8 ride (fast pass tbd)
*
845 fireworks (hub)

afternoon/evening rides tbd by availability
winnie the pooh
barnstormer
under the sea little mermaid
it’s a small world
mickey's philharmagic

pirates
magic carpet aladin
jungle cruise

monsters inc laugh fl
buzz lightyears ranger

country bear jamboree
the muppets present
enchanted tiki room

*memory maker/snack/br stops

Much better!

But be aware this plan could also get derailed too. And that’s not always a bad thing. The best memories most people have of their WDW vacations are the unplanned things that happen upon us.

Enjoy time with your fam, soak up the atmosphere and have fun!

 

[gap2368]

Thank you for all your valuable feedback. What do you think about this modified plan?

830 arrive
845 let the magic begin
9 dumbo
*
10 seven dwarfs mine (fast pass)
*
11 peter pan (fast pass)
*
12 big thunder mountain railroad (fast pass)
*
1 lunch cosmic rays

130 festival of fantasy parade

3-6 break

6 ride (fast pass tbd)
*
7 ride (fast pass tbd)
*
8 ride (fast pass tbd)
*
845 fireworks (hub)

afternoon/evening rides tbd by availability
winnie the pooh
barnstormer
under the sea little mermaid
it’s a small world
mickey's philharmagic

pirates
magic carpet aladin
jungle cruise

monsters inc laugh fl
buzz lightyears ranger

country bear jamboree
the muppets present
enchanted tiki room

*memory maker/snack/br stops

You can probley fit some rides in between FP like like Pooh between 7DMT and Peter Pan and you souls be able to do 2 or 3 rides before your first FP make sure after you do your 3 FP you go on the APP to get another FP and so one