May plan questions

[MickeyWaffles]

Hi all!

We're heading to WDW in May to "finish" our Irma trip that was cut short.

Tentative schedule below.

Saturday, 5/26: Arrive - pool or Disney Springs depending on weather/how we feel.
Sunday, 5/27: MK
Monday, 5/28: DAK
Tuesday, 5/29: MK
Wednesday, 5/30: Epcot
Thursday, 5/31 (departure day - evening flight): MK

A couple questions.

1. I know MK will be jammed on Sunday since it is the day before Memorial Day. We usually start our trips at MK. If we don't go Sunday, we'd definitely want to go Monday which will also be crowded. Do you think there is any measurable difference between the Sunday or Monday crowds?

2. This trip is one park day shorter than normal for us and we usually hop, but not this time. We definitely want 2-3 MK days, 1 Epcot day, 1 DAK. We are planning on skipping DHS even if Toy Story Land opens and catching it on our next trip. IF Toy Story Land opens that weekend, do you think the impact of a huge influx of people will be felt across all the parks or just DHS?

I know this is the busiest May week and we roll with it and deal well with crowds, just wondering if we should reverse our first two park days and get any insight as to how Toy Story Land's opening will affect the other 3 parks.

TIA!

 

[AllThingsMickey4]

We went May 21-28 this year and crowds were much more manageable than I expected.. even with the opening of Pandora on the 28th. Just have a good plan (FP+, ADRs, etc. and you will be fine).

If it were me, I wouldn't do MK on the Sunday before Memorial Day.. seems like it will be more crowded because people won't have work the following day. Monday will probably still be crowded, but maybe less than Sunday.

I haven't been reading much on Toy Story Land lately, but based off my experience with the opening of Pandora I don't think you will see a huge influx in crowds in the other parks due to TSL opening. It will be Memorial Day weekend, so it will be crowded regardless