March Detailed Plans (3/11-20)
Friday: Arrive at Hard Rock Hotel late
Saturday: Universal (Early Entry)
Universal Studios in the morning:
- Including Gringott's & Diagon Alley, where I will pick up my interactive wand. DS already has one.
Lunch at
Fast Food Blvd possibly with a donut sundae for dessert
- Hogwart's Express to
Universal Islands of Adventure in the afternoon:
- Including Forbidden Journey and probably butterbeer & Honeydukes
Swimming back at the hotel.
Dinner at
Cow Fish in Citywalk
We might hit the hay a little early this night, since DST starts the next day.
Sunday: Universal
Islands of Adventure in the morning: Mostly repeating rides.
Hogwart's Express to
Universal Studios in the afternoon: Mostly repeating rides
Lunch at
Leaky Cauldron. We have only done Three Broomsticks before.
Swimming back at the hotel.
Dinner at
Margaritaville in Citywalk
Mardi Gras parade at Universal Studios. We haven't see this yet.
Monday:
Universal in the morning:
Hitting both parks, mostly repeating rides. Might do
lunch at
Three Broomsticks.
WDW Resort in the afternoon: Staying at Caribbean Beach Resort
- My
massage at the Grand Floridian
- DS & DH swim at CBR
- Sneak over to MK and switch out my hoppers for an
AP
Disney Springs for snacks (
Jock Lindseys, Ganachery, Goofy' Candy Store) and
dinner probably at Earl of Sandwhich. We have never been to mosts of these, except Goofy's. Buy
Star Wars stuff (R2D2 & BB8 earhats and build a saber and droids).
Tuesday: DHS (Hitting rope drop on a day without AM EMH)
I had a bit of a freakout over a week ago. I woke up early out of town to find out that TSMM would be down the entire day (3/15) and instead we got an RNRC FP+. DS & DH were going to ride RNRC anyway, but we really like TSMM. In fact, this trip was going to be the first time that we would have gotten to ride twice in one trip, since we will be going to DHS twice. It all worked. Hopefully, some Disney magic will happen, and we will still get to ride it again on a different day
Heading straight for Jedi Training sign up.
- GMR, Star Tours (twice
), Muppet Vision, Jedi Training
Lunch @
50s Prime Time. We have never eaten there.
- One Man's Dream, LMA (for the last time), Indiana Jones, RNRC (FP+), Launch Bay (Kylo Ren Visa M&G and possibly Chewie
), TOT (FP+. DS wants to ride but not by himself. He may talk DH into doing it. I will be taking the chicken exit.), Path of the Jedi, Star Tours (FP+ because you can't get enough Star Wars
)
Dinner @
Backlot Express, probably for Star Wars food and drinks
Free until the dessert party. Probably will do Launch Bay more to see anything else we didn't finish or trade with the Jawas. Maybe meet up with some DIS friends. Maybe get pre-dessert party dessert
Maybe check out Tataouine Traders for any Star Wars stuff we missed.
Dessert Party to eat, drink, and watch the fireworks
Wednesday:
MK in the morning: Hitting rope drop on a day without AM EMH.
- Pooh, Buzz, Pirates of the Caribbean, Tiki Room, Haunted Mansion, 7DMT (FP+), Space Mountain (FP+. This will be my first time to ride it as an adult
)
Lunch @ either
Columbia Harbor House, Pinocchio Village Haus, or Friar's Nook (aka Mac n Cheese Palace
)
- Peoplemover, BMTRR
Swim at the hotel in the afternoon.
Date Night:
DS will go to Lilo's Playhouse at the Polynesian, while DH and I try
Trader Sam's for the first time.
Then we will head to
Morimoto Asia for dinner.
Thursday: EPCOT (AM EMH)
No Soarin' since it's closed
- Test Track, MS Orange, Spaceship Earth, Nemo, Living with the Land, MS Orange (FP+)
Lunch probably at
Sunshine Seasons, the grilled cheese cart near TT, or a Flower & Garden food booths
- Test Track (FP+), Sum of All Thrills, Spaceship Earth (FP+), Turtle Talk (FP+
)
- There is a bunch of stuff that we want to do that won't really have waits. We can do it after getting our rides in and before hitting World Showcase: Pixar Shorts, Imagination Pavilion (not the ride though), Club Cool, TT Pavilion, Mission Space Lab, Innoventions East (which is probably pretty much empty), Baymax M&G (since we missed him & Hiro last year).
- World Showcase to see all of the countries, nosh and drink at the food booths and countries, and Agent P. I need to drink a margarita from
La Cava, Grey Goose Slush from
France, apple brandy from
Germany, and sake from
Japan. I also want to get a Dole Whip, hopefully with non-coconut rum, from the Pineapple Promenade booth, black forest cake, caramels, and pretzels from
Germany, shaved ice from
Japan, school bread from
Kringla, a pastry from
Les Halles, and maybe ice cream from
France. I think I am going to have to split stuff with DH and DS
Dinner @
Marrakesh, which we have never been too.
- More World Showcase and
Illuminations
Friday: MK (AM EMH)
I am not thrilled with what happened to my Touring Plan when I recently re-optimized. It is wildly overstating the wait at Peter Pan at rope drop. Oh well, it always works out.
- Peter Pan, Tea Cups, Buzz, BMTRR, Splash Mountain (This will be the first time for DS and I to ride. DH is going to babysit our stuff, especially the camera.), Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Caribbean
Lunch @ either
Columbia Harbor House, Pinocchio Village Haus, Friar's Nook (aka Mac n Cheese Palace), or Cosmic Ray's (where ever we haven't eaten yet)
- It's a Small World, Haunted Mansion, 7DMT (FP+), Monsters Inc, Space Mountain (FP+, second time to ride if I liked the first), Philharmagic, Pooh, Tomorrowland Speedway (DS and DH have never ridden), Carousel of Progress, Peoplemover, Tom Sawyer Island, Swiss Family Treehouse
Dinner hopefully at
Jungle Cruise Skipper Canteen. They better have those darn mugs in
- Tiki Room, Riverboat, Country Bear Jamboree, Hall of Presidents, Little Mermaid (First time riding at WDW. Rode it @ DLR.), Barnstormer (first time riding for DS & DH, can't remember if I did it as a kid)
- Free time until MSEP & Wishes. We will be doing Sorcerers of MK and the Railroad at some point. We might try to hit Jungle Cruise again in the dark, because it's really cool then.
- We will hit the candy store before staking out a spot for
MSEP. We usually don't wait around too long for a spot. Then find a spot for
Wishes.
Saturday:
AK in the morning (AM EMH):
We have never done AM EMH at AK. It looks like we will get a lot done.
- Expedition Everest (twice. I might ride if I liked Space Mountain.), Primeval Whirl (twice), Dinosaur (twice, if we don't get sick of it after the first ride), Primevil Whirl (again
), Safari (FP+), Flights of Wonder (Love this show. Will probably get a frozen chai, if they still have them, before the show.)
Lunch @
Tusker House
- Lion King (FP+), Expedition Everest (again, FP+), It's Tough to Be a Bug, and maybe the Wildlife Express Train and Conservation Station
Swim at the hotel
DHS in the evening:
Not sure if we would eat at the hotel for dinner or eat at DHS. Probably see more Launch Bay, maybe try to do TSMM and meet up with DIS friends, but definitely see the
Fireworks from outside of the dessert party area.
Sunday: Departure Day
Breakfast @
1900 Park Fare. This is a tradition for us now. We love Mary and Pooh.
DHS in the morning:
Unfortunately, it's an AM EMH day, and we will be getting there late due to breakfast.
- TOT (FP+. We will see who actually rides.), RNRC (Maybe single rider line. I might even ride if I liked EE.), TSMM (FP+), Launch Bay, Star Tours (FP+)
Lunch and the rest of the time are up in the air.
Depart for airport mid-afternoon
Hi!! I just found your PTR. I'm going in March as well. We will be there the 8th-16th, but we are not going to any of the parks you are doing on the days you go to them.. We tend to stay away from the EMH's though.
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I need to rerun (optimize/evaluate) my Touring Plans with the new times. Once I do that I will post an updated, detailed WDW schedule. It is always so nerve wracking doing this. I like to select either a schedule that's close to what I wanted or something completely different to prevent conflicts when I modify them. I like to get something for everyday and then go back and modify each one to be closer to what I want. I keep 3 tabs open in the browser: MDX, Google sheet with FP+ dates/times/attractions, and Touring Plans.com personalized plans. I keep having to switch back and forth, but it seems to work well enough. I was practicing earlier tonight, and I actually could find 7DMT on 2/12 (30 days out) for reasonable times, ie late morning, all afternoon. I was really surprised, because people talk about how hard it is to get. There are only the 3 of us, so I am sure that helps. I haven't had any issues getting it for 2 trips so far.
We did find something though in Maswik, which is not on the main drag but is still in the village. It has AC too
