need opinions!

[minniegirl19]

Im a disneyworld vet but haven't been since Fastpass + so i feel like a rookie lol.

I need opinions on our AK day.

Were going to AK on August 16th ( a saturday)

Right now we have reservations for tusker house at 10:45 with the mind set of getting to the park at rope drop and getting as much as possible done without using Fastpass+. AK has always been a half day for us. I don't know if i will need Fastpasses or not I'm so confused. or if i should make my dining reservation earlier. the main things we do are kilamanjaro, everest, lion king and dinosaur. everything else we skip except maybe primeval whirl. in the past we've gotten on everest 5 times but i know that probably won't happen now.

heres what I'm thinking right now:
RD do Everest and Dinosaur
Kilamanjaro FP 9:30-10:30
breakfast at 10:45
FP lion king 12:30 show (assuming they still do the show on the :30 of every hour)
FP everest 1-2
leave

Were doing studios that night so Id rather use fast passes there but i don't think having any fast passes at AK is smart.

I was also thinking of making the reservation for breakfast earlier but I don't know what good that will do

Help!

Thanks in advance

 

[vicb]

I'm not a big help on the AK part as we did not even do a half day there on our trip earlier this month, we just hopped in late in the afternoon from Epcot to only ride EE twice, with basically no wait (4pm).

What I wanted to emphasize is that if you use FP+ in AK in the morning you will not be able to book your 4th FP+ in HS until you get in the park (UNLESS the policy changes prior to your trip). Likely there will be no FP+ left for TSM and will be limited (if any on a Saturday) for ToT and RnRC.

This was our 7th family trip to WDW but first with FP+ so I understand your stress. There was definitely a few things I didn't plan correctly but mostly I did ok with our pre-planned FP+. I made a few changes on the fly using the app, never used the kiosks, instead we found Cast Members with ipads, they were very helpful and did things quicker than I could have. Overall we liked FP+. We stayed "off site" at Dolphin and opted to buy Magic Bands on our first night there, we were glad we did. Opted out of our usual half day at AK so we could do rope drop at TL instead, so glad we did- fun day there! Had ADR for lunch each day in parks, so glad as it was great to get out of the heat. Usually had a prime FP+ for right after lunch (ex. in MK ate at LTT then off to ride Splash, in HS ate at Sci Fi then rode TSM )

Good luck, I'm sure you'll do fine.