Need help with one day trip to US and IOA

[yulilin3]

Hi everyone;
My son started working at IOA in July and he gets tickets starting Sept. 27. Our plan is to go Sunday the 28th or Oct. 5th
These are the rides we would like to do
US:
Diagon Alley (Gringotts, look around, Hogwarts Express)
Transfomers
MIB
Mummy
Terminator (if we have time, not a priority)

IOA:
Hulk
Forbidden Journey
Dragon Challenge
Spiderman (if we have time)
My thinking is to be there at 8am (opening time for US closing time is 5pm) go straight to Diagon Alley then do the rest of the rides at US and head to IOA since it closes at 8pm
But not sure if going straight to Diagon Alley is the best way...
Haven't be to UO in about 5 years so not sure how the crowds are this time of year
Thanks in Advance

 

[yulilin3]

anyone?

 

[nettajean]

I'm curious about this too. We'll be doing one day at US and AOI during a week at Disney. We did AOI 4 years ago for the opening of Wizarding World (and I was at US back in 1996 - so I don't know anything about this park anymore). This time we want to do both parks in one day. I'd love to hear what people think are the must dos for a one day park hopping itinerary.

 

[irishtwins1112]

We just went last week on a weekday and did everything on your list in one day plus a couple other rides. We also rode the coasters multiple times. We started at IOA @ park opening with hulk x3 , then Spiderman x1, Jurassic Park x1, Hogsmeade for butterbeer (skipped FJ because line was 45 minutes). Hopped on Hogwarts express, explored diagon alley, gringotts x 3, MIB x 1, ET x1, Transformers x 2, Mummy x 2, Rip Ride and Rock It x 1. Then we had lunch at Margaritaville about 1:30. We headed back into IOA to do the bilge rat barges and ripsaw falls. Then we finished off with FJ, got some more butter beer and called it a day about 4:30. The longest line we waited in was 20 minutes and that was for gringotts. It was pretty dead when we were there but it would probably be different on the weekends.

 

[nettajean]

Thanks! That sounds great! We'll be there on a Wednesday (11/5) so I'm hoping for short lines.