Magic Kingdom Day Plan- Advice please

[Nicnicnic.nic]

A little background about us first. trip will be myself and my 3.5 yo daughter. I grew up going to disneyland and ive been to magic kingdom twice but never did any planning. this will be my daughter's first trip. im going to get genie plus. we will have early entry and plan to rope drop. we are going in early may. i dont plan on doing any dining reservations on park day. plan to do a character one for a resort day. any quick service recommendations or snacks?? any toddler girl outfit recommendations to look cute for her princess photo but also have fun in the park all day or should i just bring 2 outfits?? we watch princess and the frog probably 4 nights a week so this will probably be a big deal to meet princess tiana

645- bus stop
7- LL (pick for lightening lane)- Meet Princess Tiana and a Visiting Princess at Princess Fairytale Hall
830- peter pan
Small world
philharmagic
9- LL- haunted mansion
11- LL- pirates
11:15- get snack and spot for parade
12- parade (30 min long)
1- LL- little mermaid
Dumbo
barnstormer
3- LL- speedway
Monsters inc
peoplemover
5- LL- buzz lightyear
7- LL- jungle cruise
Treehouse
Aladin
9- fireworks

 

[JodyK]

I think, similar to your HS I'd probably prioritize some other LLs over the ones you potentially have. I'd probably be trying for Peter Pan and Jungle Cruise first because those LL return times tend to go the fastest and the lines build the fastest.

It may be interesting to look at this info from Thrill-Data.com that shows the average LL return times. Princess Meet and Greet is pretty much a return within an hour LL for most of the morning and Peter Pans Flight can have a 30-45 minute wait even at rope drop. Recently I traveled with my two nieces who were 2 and 4 and our plan was this worked pretty well for us:

* 7AM LL for Peter Pan's flight (it was around a 12 PM return time)
* Early Entry to Early morning hours Buzz, Dumbo (multiple times), Barnstormer, Ariel these were all pretty much walk-ons at this point because people were heading to the headliners.
* 10 AM Headed into Fantasy Land and did Carousel and grabbed the princess LL that was a quick return. When we came out grabbed a HM LL.
* Peter Pan (LL) & Small World
* Parade
* HM

We then did Aladdin and headed back for a break. We didn't do Jungle Cruise because there was rain so it was down.
I will say it is your vacation though so if you want to make sure you get those princesses or want to go there first because you have special outfits, before you are sweaty whatever it may be it is your vacation and you know your plans best!

The girls wore these dresses and were cute but also able to be in the park all day. We did change when we went back so you may want to bring a more casual outfit as the day goes along if you aren't taking a break.

Good Luck!

 

[Nicnicnic.nic]

I think, similar to your HS I'd probably prioritize some other LLs over the ones you potentially have. I'd probably be trying for Peter Pan and Jungle Cruise first because those LL return times tend to go the fastest and the lines build the fastest.

It may be interesting to look at this info from Thrill-Data.com that shows the average LL return times. Princess Meet and Greet is pretty much a return within an hour LL for most of the morning and Peter Pans Flight can have a 30-45 minute wait even at rope drop. Recently I traveled with my two nieces who were 2 and 4 and our plan was this worked pretty well for us:

* 7AM LL for Peter Pan's flight (it was around a 12 PM return time)
* Early Entry to Early morning hours Buzz, Dumbo (multiple times), Barnstormer, Ariel these were all pretty much walk-ons at this point because people were heading to the headliners.
* 10 AM Headed into Fantasy Land and did Carousel and grabbed the princess LL that was a quick return. When we came out grabbed a HM LL.
* Peter Pan (LL) & Small World
* Parade
* HM

We then did Aladdin and headed back for a break. We didn't do Jungle Cruise because there was rain so it was down.
I will say it is your vacation though so if you want to make sure you get those princesses or want to go there first because you have special outfits, before you are sweaty whatever it may be it is your vacation and you know your plans best!

The girls wore these dresses and were cute but also able to be in the park all day. We did change when we went back so you may want to bring a more casual outfit as the day goes along if you aren't taking a break.

Good Luck!

So much great information. Thank you!!!!