Our family is ALL about the rides. We don't care much about seeing characters, dining at the most fabulous places, etc. We care about the rides.
We did MK for EMH on Thursday. Made it to rope drop at 8 a.m. Perfect! Then made it to rope drop at 9 a.m. for Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. We practically walked on most rides until about 10:30 a.m. We left this park around 1:30. By that time we had ridden all these things. GO EARLY GO EARLY GO EARLY GO EARLY!!!!!!!
Space Mountain 4 times
Big Thunder Mountain-2 times
Splash Mountain- used FP- 2 times
Haunted Mansion- once
Railroad- once
Mickey's house and take pics with Mickey
Stitche's Great Escape- once
Buzz Lightyear- once
All of this before 1:30!! GO EARLY GO EARLY GO EARLY!
Then off to the next park in the same day. We arrived at AK in about 45 min. using DT. It was raining during the transfer so lots of people were leaving AK. We stayed until evening EMH so the park closed at 8 p.m. Here are the rides we rode.
Dinosaur-once
Primeval Whirl-4 times
Safari- once
Watched parade
Expedition Everest-7 times!!!!!
Bug's Life show- once
Returned to MK by Disney Transportation. Rode Space Mountain once. Then watched parade and fireworks. Then back to Pop Century. We arrived back around 11:30 or so.
All this in one day. GO EARLY GO EARLY GO EARLY!