Magic Kingdom Strategy advice

[Lindaapple]

These are the attractions that we plan to see in Magic Kingdom for our one day visit on May 14. I would really appreciate your advice on the best strategy for fastpasses and which path of travel we should take. Thanks so much in advance!

FANTASYLAND:
ENCHANTED TALES WITH BELLE
PETER PANS FLIGHT
PRICE CHARMING REGAL CARROUSEL
MICKEYS PHILHARMAGIC
IT’S A SMALL WORLD
UNDER SEA MERMAID?
MANY ADVENTURES OF POOH?
FRONTIERLAND:
COUNTRY BEAR JAMBOREE
TOMORROWLAND
MONSTERS INC LAUGH FLOOR
TOMORROWLAND SPEEDWAY
DISNEY CAROUSEL OF PROGRESS
AVENTURELAND:
JUNGLE CRUISE
ENCHANTED TIKI ROOM
LIBERTY SQUARE:
THE MUPPETS… AMERICAN HISTORY- EVERY 1/2 Hrish

 

[Cinderella94]

Are you planning to arrive for rope drop?

 

[Sara_H]

Fastpass Jungle Cruise and Speedway and maybe Belle. If you are getting there early do Peter Pan right away. Most of the other ones fastpasses aren’t needed. We walked into Small World in the evening so no need for a Fastpass.

 

[Lindaapple]

Are you planning to arrive for rope drop?

Yes we are!

 

[Lindaapple]

Fastpass Jungle Cruise and Speedway and maybe Belle. If you are getting there early do Peter Pan right away. Most of the other ones fastpasses aren’t needed. We walked into Small World in the evening so no need for a Fastpass.

Thanks! If we start in Fantasyland, should be schedule fastpasses for Jungle cruise and Speedway for later in the day? or are they close in distance to Fantasyland? Thanks again!

 

[puffkins]

Peter Pan should be first at rope drop, do not waste a FP on it. After that, the rest of Fantasyland, then Tomorrowland, Liberty Square and Adventureland last. Jungle Cruise would be a nice ride in the evening with a FP. The only thing I would caution is to not get so wrapped up in doing rides that you miss the true joy of Magic Kingdom...which is the place itself, not any individual attraction. My wife and I have spent hours at MK doing nothing but walk around, take in a parade/fireworks, look in the Emporium (the main gift shop) and have a bite to eat. If you set too rigid a schedule, you may walk away disappointed because heavy crowds wreck expectations. Then again, you might get lucky and do everything you want to do with time to spare. Either way, I hope you have fun.

 

[cassie58]

I would do PP at rope drop, then do Pooh, Little Mermaid, and get Enchanted Tales FP for around 10:30, and then get Speedway for 11:30 - you can work you way towards it by going down the hill past Pooh ride, around Tea Cups, and it will be in front of you as you enter Tomorrowland. Cosmic Rays is a good QS spot across if you want to grab lunch after, then head then head around to Monsters Inc. Make Jungle Cruise FP for 2:30 - you will want to head over Tomorrowland bridge past Monsters Inc, leading you in front of the castle, and go across the hub into Adventureland - path to the left. After you scan in for this 3rd FP you can start searching for a 4th for something else like maybe Small World for 5-6:00- most of the rest on your list generally don't need them, but you can make 5th, 6th, etc if they are available for any rides you decide you want to do or do again!

After Jungle Cruise, you can do Tiki Room , and jump on Magic Carpets if interested, grab a Dole Whip at Aloha Isle if it's hot, then head to the path that cuts through across from Swiss Family Treehouse(tunnel with restrooms), that leads to Liberty Square - you can go left to Country Bears or right to see Muppets(check showtimes for how late in the day they go). Then you could head back into Fantasyland through Liberty Square, to do any FP as well as the things you missed there (Philharmagic is awesome!) and to Tomorrowland for Caroseul of Progress.

This keeps you in one area at a time, and not crisscrossing the park needlessly. HTH!

 

[chloelovesdisney]

We always start in Tomorrowland at rope drop for Buzz and the Speedway, then walk to Fantasyland and head to Winnie the Pooh first (gets a bizarrely long line imo), go on all those rides, usually with a FP for Peter Pan and SDMT. Have lunch then head to Adventureland with a FP for Jungle Cruise, and then can usually book a 4th FP for POTC without much wait as soon as we've swiped through there. Then maybe an ice cream and then loop around to whatever else we feel like going on (and can usually get a FP for just about anything later in the day but SDMT and PP).

 

[Sara_H]

Fantasyland is kind of in the middle of Jungle Cruise (Adventureland) and Speedway (Tomorrowland). We typically do our fastpasses for the afternoons because that's when the lines are typically the longest.

 

[MMR76]

I echo the rope drop for Peter Pan. I don’t feel like it’s worth a FP for us but we always want to ride it. We hit it first thing and it is walk on. I would FP Belle, Jungle Cruise and Speedway. We always set up our FP’s for a few hours after park opening and I schedule them back to back. Crowds will be lower the first few hours. I like to have my FP’s used by early afternoon so I can start picking my additional ones.

 

[Chef Louis]

I would start with Fantasyland as it gets the most congested as the day progresses. After taking pictures and stopping at Starbucks I would do this
1. Ride Pooh
2. Optional meet Aerial
3. Ride Little Mermaid
4. FP 9:30-10:30 Belle
5. Mickey movie
6. Carousel
7. FP 10:30-11:30 PP, as close as possible to 11:30
8. FP Small world 11:30-12:30
9. Book FP for Jungle Cruise 2:00ish
10. Find lunch in Liberty/Frontier
11. Muppets or Country Bear
12. Country Bear or Muppets
13. Ride Jungle Cruise
14. Book FP for racers 4:00ish
15. Tikis
16. Laugh
17. COP
18. Racers.
19. Book a FP for anything the kids may want to re experience
19. People Mover.
20. Dinner with wine, BOG would be great.

 

[Princess_Lisa]

Wait Times per MDE for Today at Magic Kingdom. It looks like aside from Talking Mickey, Peter Pan gets long the quickest, followed closely by 7DMT. Neither of those are a surprise.

 

[wdw&sonny]

Wait Times per MDE for Today at Magic Kingdom. It looks like aside from Talking Mickey, Peter Pan gets long the quickest, followed closely by 7DMT. Neither of those are a surprise.

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Princess_Lisa,
How are you capturing this data?

 

[nicolispicoli]

Sheesh, that Jungle Cruise wait so early is surprising to me Is that normal?

 

[wishuponastar1984]

I would start with Fantasyland as it gets the most congested as the day progresses. After taking pictures and stopping at Starbucks I would do this
1. Ride Pooh
2. Optional meet Aerial
3. Ride Little Mermaid
4. FP 9:30-10:30 Belle
5. Mickey movie
6. Carousel
7. FP 10:30-11:30 PP, as close as possible to 11:30
8. FP Small world 11:30-12:30
9. Book FP for Jungle Cruise 2:00ish
10. Find lunch in Liberty/Frontier
11. Muppets or Country Bear
12. Country Bear or Muppets
13. Ride Jungle Cruise
14. Book FP for racers 4:00ish
15. Tikis
16. Laugh
17. COP
18. Racers.
19. Book a FP for anything the kids may want to re experience
19. People Mover.
20. Dinner with wine, BOG would be great.

That is a very lofty goal and doesn't seem very realistic. Your plan assumes you can easily get a 4th, 5th and 6th FP. There is no way I would waste a FP on Small World. I would FP Jungle Cruise rather than IASW. The other thing this plan doesn't take into account is it sounds like the kids are pretty young since there are no e-ticket attractions on the list. Going rope drop all the way through dinner is a REALLY long day with the May heat that will be a factor.

 

[Princess_Lisa]

Princess_Lisa,
How are you capturing this data?

Look at MDE App and enter into Excel Spreadsheet. There’s gaps each day due to not being able to always check, but I got everything until 11 AM today.

 

[Princess_Lisa]

Sheesh, that Jungle Cruise wait so early is surprising to me Is that normal?

Jungle Cruise seems to have random high waits. The wait seems to go back to normal later.