We are just back from a 7 day trip July 31 - August 7. It was a great trip - loved Old Key West!!! The heat didn't bother us but the crowds were much heavier than the last 2 years. Early Magic Hour was a total disappointment. I was completely unaware that Splash and Big Thunder Mountains were not included and only opened at 9 with the rest of the parks. In fact, the only areas open are Fantasyland and Tomorrowland (I'm not even sure that Buzz is open). Therefore, all the crowds (and they were surprisingly large) were all concentrated in these 2 areas. At 9:00 everyone is lined up from Fantasyland to get into Frontierland.
Today was an early entry day at MK, and since all my kids wanted to do before we flew home was SM and BTMR, we decided to get there at 9 and try to see how many times we could ride these 2 rides. We actually arrived at 9:20 and the standby at BTMR was already 45 minutes and the fast pass return was12:20!!! And horror of horrors, Splash was broken down. Fastpass return was running and it's return was just as late. We had to choose one and we chose BTMR. Fortunately, we have a baby that can't ride, so my children got to ride it twice with the baby swap!!
We stayed away from emh at the other parks. Epcot was the only park that didn't have long line (except Test track of course). I haven't touched on all the great experiences we had, but they were many and the trip was well worthwhile!
Today was an early entry day at MK, and since all my kids wanted to do before we flew home was SM and BTMR, we decided to get there at 9 and try to see how many times we could ride these 2 rides. We actually arrived at 9:20 and the standby at BTMR was already 45 minutes and the fast pass return was12:20!!! And horror of horrors, Splash was broken down. Fastpass return was running and it's return was just as late. We had to choose one and we chose BTMR. Fortunately, we have a baby that can't ride, so my children got to ride it twice with the baby swap!!
We stayed away from emh at the other parks. Epcot was the only park that didn't have long line (except Test track of course). I haven't touched on all the great experiences we had, but they were many and the trip was well worthwhile!
