Is this possible???

[MSF3]

I am just wondering if this is possible to do.
I am going to Florida with my 18 year old daughter in January. We only have one day to spend in the Disney. We have a some specific rides we want to go on but they are in different parks.

Magic Kingdom:
Pirates Of The Caribbean
Big Thunder Mountain
Haunted Mansion
Peter Pan
Tea Cups
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Buzz Light Year Spin
Splash Mtn. (if open, read it was closed the dates we are there)

Epcot:
Spaceship earth
Test Track
Soarin
Mission Mars

MGM Studios:
The Great Movie ride
Star Tours

Animal Kingdom:
Dinosaur
Kilimanjaro Safari
Kali River Rapids, (if open, read it was closed the dates we are there)

We would like to all these rides in one day, is it even possible? any advise?

 

[mesaboy2]

Possible, but not easy at all. Are you familiar with WDW? Have you been before? If not, I highly recommend not attempting this--it would be a very hectic day with much of your time getting between parks.

 

[MSF3]

Yes, we have been many times before, just not as adults and we always had more time. Just trying to get in as much possible in the time we do have this trip.

 

[taythecray]

It REALLY depends on how crowded the park is that day and how late the parks are open. Big headliners in all 4 parks may be tough but I may be able to give you a little hope since we just did something very similar. We went for one day last week and this is all we accomplished:

Magic Kingdom
Space Mountain
Haunted Mansion
Meet Ariel, Anna & Elsa & Aladdin
7D Mine Train
Big Thunder
Enchanted Tales with Belle
Peter Pan

Animal Kingdom
Kilimanjaro Safaris
Expedition Everest
Festival of the Lion King
Meet Mickey & Minnie

Hollywood Studios
Fantasmic
Rock n Roller Coaster
Tower of Terror

This was an 8am-midnight full day and we did get lucky with being able to catch our parking trams/monorails right as they pulled up. I feel like 7DMT, Test Track and Soarin will give you the longest wait times. Pack your patience and walking shoes! We had our day pretty planned out so if that doesn't sound like something you'd want to do then I would maybe cut out a park or a couple rides.

 

[MSF3]

I was thinking about using the online FastPass when I bought tickets, thinking maybe if we had a set time it might cut the line down a little.

 

[mesaboy2]

Yes, we have been many times before, just not as adults and we always had more time. Just trying to get in as much possible in the time we do have this trip.

Four parks in a day is not for the faint of heart, but is doable. You have an aggressive schedule for sure. Personally I would recommend picking two parks at most and getting the most out of those.

As for FastPass, you can only pick 3 in advance and there are restrictions to those. The green link in my signature explains how that works.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

There was a thread recently of some young adults who rode ALL the rides in one day. May be worth checking out their strategy as you may be able to incorporate some of what they did to make your list doable.

Here is their original thread. They also posted a video with this success.
Sounds like they started at DHS to get TSM taken care of. I didn't read the full update. But they did say their only FP was for Soarin'.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3352783

 

[ORMom2Four]

I highly doubt it.

Just doing a quick guestimate of what I think wait times might be for the rides you want, I think you have wait times of about 10-11 hours. Add times to walk between rides and just getting to front gates, let alone transportation times, this plan would be very hard to do. In addition, hours will be shorter in January.

I'd try sticking with 2 parks.

 

[mortimor]

We did all four parks in one day and hit the main attractions plus a few rides here and there. This was shortly after post 9-11 and the parks were empty. Example: We were the only two on the bus leaving AK mid-day and headed back to the resort. The driver heard our conversation...that we would have to get on the other bus from X to go to Y...He interrupted and asked where we wanted to go..radioed in and off we went to the next park. It was the best trip ever!! Would that work today, Im too old to find out and would venture it would be difficult and a very long day. More power to you if you try. My advise, stay onsite and be at the early open park 1 hr prior to posted opening and go man go. Ah, heck with it...we are there Jan 9-18 and are crazy enough to tag along if you want company and out daily schedule allows. We still go total commando from opening to close, with a modest mid-day break.

 

[Raenstoirm]

If you are onsite and get a good morning and evening EMH, than doable, but honestly miserable. You are going to be stressed out trying to get to all 4 parks. You only get 3 FP+ and only in 1 park to start. If you were experienced guests, it is a worthy goal, but not worth it for a first trip in many years. I would stick with MK and Epcot since you only have two rides in the other parks. It is not worth the bus ride over to them for 2 rides.

 

[LSUfan4444]

I am just wondering if this is possible to do.
I am going to Florida with my 18 year old daughter in January. We only have one day to spend in the Disney. We have a some specific rides we want to go on but they are in different parks.

Magic Kingdom:
Pirates Of The Caribbean
Big Thunder Mountain
Haunted Mansion
Peter Pan
Tea Cups
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Buzz Light Year Spin
Splash Mtn. (if open, read it was closed the dates we are there)

Epcot:
Spaceship earth
Test Track
Soarin
Mission Mars

MGM Studios:
The Great Movie ride
Star Tours

Animal Kingdom:
Dinosaur
Kilimanjaro Safari
Kali River Rapids, (if open, read it was closed the dates we are there)

We would like to all these rides in one day, is it even possible? any advise?

Yes, it's possible. But unless you are a resort guest (and I am guessing you are not since you are saying you are going to Florida, and it seems like Disney is an add on here) you will be extremely hindered by not having EMH access.

The best advice I can give is to stay one night at WDW to get EMH benefits. Pick a day where you have morning EMH someplace and nightime EMH somewhere else.

Be standing past security at the tapstyles 45 minutes prior to advertised opening (Magic Kingdom would be preferable here) and tear through that park like you're on a mission.

You will likely have to make FP+ reservations at Epcot for Soarin, MIssion Space and Spaceship Earth then ride Test TRack via single rider.

 

[BJC15]

I am just wondering if this is possible to do.
I am going to Florida with my 18 year old daughter in January. We only have one day to spend in the Disney. We have a some specific rides we want to go on but they are in different parks.

Magic Kingdom:
Pirates Of The Caribbean
Big Thunder Mountain
Haunted Mansion
Peter Pan
Tea Cups
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Buzz Light Year Spin
Splash Mtn. (if open, read it was closed the dates we are there)

Epcot:
Spaceship earth
Test Track
Soarin
Mission Mars

MGM Studios:
The Great Movie ride
Star Tours

Animal Kingdom:
Dinosaur
Kilimanjaro Safari
Kali River Rapids, (if open, read it was closed the dates we are there)

We would like to all these rides in one day, is it even possible? any advise?

I am going to make a couple assumptions based on the info provided. I assume you will not be staying onsite and that you will have your own vehicle. I am also going to assume you are not talking the first few days of the month or MLK weekend. There are many good days in January to make this work and here is how I would attack it.

Right now: Schedule the following FP’s for EPCOT.
Spaceship Earth 12:30-1:30
Soarin 1:30-2:30
Mission Space 2:30-3:30

On to the parks:
1. Arrive at AK gate 30 minutes before rope drop.

2. Ride Safari first then Dinosaur.

3. Leave AK by 10:30, hop to Studios

4. Ride Movie Ride and Star Tours

5. Leave Studios by 12:30 and hop to EPCOT

6. Ride Spaceship Earth with 12:30-1:30 FP. Ride Soarin with 1:30-2:30 FP (good opportunity to grab a snack if you need to wait for this window to open). Ride Test Track via single rider line. Ride Mission Space with 2:30-3:30 FP. If you arrive before your FP window, ride standby and let your FP go unused.

7. Leave EPCOT by 3:30 and Hop to MK, entering park around 4:30.

8. Immediately grab 4th FP at first kiosk, should be a few of your rides still available. Worst case scenario you will now have until 8pm to hit your MK rides, best case would be 10pm. I would save Mine Train for last, getting in line 10 minutes before park closing. With a 10pm closing, you will have 5 hours to hit your desired rides. Or you will have 3 hours with an 8pm closing.

So is this doable? Absolutely! You need to start your day on time, and any ride closures could mess up the plans, but I think it will be a fun challenge for you.

 

[LSUfan4444]

Schedule the following FP’s for EPCOT

I agree 100% with this...it's imperative.

 

[IWannaBuildASnowman]

To me, that sounds like 17 kinds of torture. It's running from rope drop to closing with no time to actually absorb or breathe in anything, and if one thing goes wrong and throws off the schedule you're going to be angry and stressed out. However, I understand that I am not you and some people love being go-go-go, so if that is you then I wish you the best of luck. Just make sure you'll be ok with rolling with the punches if something goes wrong and throws you off, you know?

 

[JimmyV]

I am going to make a couple assumptions based on the info provided. I assume you will not be staying onsite and that you will have your own vehicle. I am also going to assume you are not talking the first few days of the month or MLK weekend. There are many good days in January to make this work and here is how I would attack it.

Right now: Schedule the following FP’s for EPCOT.
Spaceship Earth 12:30-1:30
Soarin 1:30-2:30
Mission Space 2:30-3:30

On to the parks:
1. Arrive at AK gate 30 minutes before rope drop.

2. Ride Safari first then Dinosaur.

3. Leave AK by 10:30, hop to Studios

4. Ride Movie Ride and Star Tours

5. Leave Studios by 12:30 and hop to EPCOT

6. Ride Spaceship Earth with 12:30-1:30 FP. Ride Soarin with 1:30-2:30 FP (good opportunity to grab a snack if you need to wait for this window to open). Ride Test Track via single rider line. Ride Mission Space with 2:30-3:30 FP. If you arrive before your FP window, ride standby and let your FP go unused.

7. Leave EPCOT by 3:30 and Hop to MK, entering park around 4:30.

8. Immediately grab 4th FP at first kiosk, should be a few of your rides still available. Worst case scenario you will now have until 8pm to hit your MK rides, best case would be 10pm. I would save Mine Train for last, getting in line 10 minutes before park closing. With a 10pm closing, you will have 5 hours to hit your desired rides. Or you will have 3 hours with an 8pm closing.

So is this doable? Absolutely! You need to start your day on time, and any ride closures could mess up the plans, but I think it will be a fun challenge for you.

I think that could work. Here is another possibility. Go to the MK really early and be among the first people to get into the park. Hit the following attractions (all stand-by) in the following order:

Magic Kingdom:
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Peter Pan
Haunted Mansion
Big Thunder Mountain
Pirates Of The Caribbean
Tea Cups
Buzz Light Year Spin

If you move quickly, you should be able to get this done by 12:00-12:30
Then, head over to AK. (I also assume that you will have a car.)

Do the following (all standby):
Kilimanjaro Safari
Dinosaur

You should be out of that park by 3:00.
Drove to DHS and do the following (all standby):

The Great Movie ride
Star Tours

You should be able to knock those off by 5:00 at the latest.
Take the boat to Epcot and have 3 FP+ pre-booked for
Test Track/Soarin' (pick one of two)
Mission Space
Spaceship Earth
Book a FP for 6:00-7:00, and another for 7:00-8:00 and another for 8:00-9:00.

Start at the standby line for whichever ride you don't have a FP for (either Soarin' or Test Track).

After hitting that ride, use your FPs.

It could be done, but you will have to move as if you were contestants on the Amazing Race. Frankly, if you take AK out of the equation, it isn't all that difficult to do. But going to AK will eat up 3 hours of travel/ride time just to do 2 things. Not very efficient.

 

[MSF3]

I am going to make a couple assumptions based on the info provided. I assume you will not be staying onsite and that you will have your own vehicle. I am also going to assume you are not talking the first few days of the month or MLK weekend. There are many good days in January to make this work and here is how I would attack it.

Right now: Schedule the following FP’s for EPCOT.
Spaceship Earth 12:30-1:30
Soarin 1:30-2:30
Mission Space 2:30-3:30

On to the parks:
1. Arrive at AK gate 30 minutes before rope drop.

2. Ride Safari first then Dinosaur.

3. Leave AK by 10:30, hop to Studios

4. Ride Movie Ride and Star Tours

5. Leave Studios by 12:30 and hop to EPCOT

6. Ride Spaceship Earth with 12:30-1:30 FP. Ride Soarin with 1:30-2:30 FP (good opportunity to grab a snack if you need to wait for this window to open). Ride Test Track via single rider line. Ride Mission Space with 2:30-3:30 FP. If you arrive before your FP window, ride standby and let your FP go unused.

7. Leave EPCOT by 3:30 and Hop to MK, entering park around 4:30.

8. Immediately grab 4th FP at first kiosk, should be a few of your rides still available. Worst case scenario you will now have until 8pm to hit your MK rides, best case would be 10pm. I would save Mine Train for last, getting in line 10 minutes before park closing. With a 10pm closing, you will have 5 hours to hit your desired rides. Or you will have 3 hours with an 8pm closing.

So is this doable? Absolutely! You need to start your day on time, and any ride closures could mess up the plans, but I think it will be a fun challenge for you.

That looks almost what I had planned in my head. If we miss a ride or two no big deal, it's just something we wanted to try.

 

[MSF3]

Frankly, if you take AK out of the equation, it isn't all that difficult to do. But going to AK will eat up 3 hours of travel/ride time just to do 2 things. Not very efficient.

I have thought of that also, AK is only two rides and it is kind of out of the way.

 

[Lynn57]

I have thought of that also, AK is only two rides and it is kind of out of the way.

Are you staying on property? Looking at Extra Magic Hours might help you as well.