newbie itinerary help!!!

[essmom]

will you pros check this out. It'll be me and my 2 kids 11 and 13 who haven't been to Disney sincthey were 5 and 7- won' t e doing alot of same rides at MK but some!! We're staying at Beach Cub from Monday- Saturday in late July. I'll get the 6 day hopper.
Monday- arrive noonish from airport. check in which park 1st day GM or Epcot-- ESPN Club -dinner
Tuesay- Magic Kingdom EMH- 11:15 The Plaza -lunch 6:05 Sci Fi dinner- Fantasmic-9:00 -wait in line 8 or 8:30-does it really fill up- I read it seats 6,500 people and 2,500 for standing room-WOW!!!!
Wednesday- 8:10 Cape May characterbreakfast- Animal Kingdom-CS -lunch Beach Club Pool- 8:10 Ohana's then WISHES-where do we watch if dinner is over by 10?
Thurs- sleep in Epcot day Pool in afternoon- dinner Teppanyanik 7:00-Illuminations
Friday- Blizzard Beach a.m. favorites- afternoon dinner?????
Saturday- Favorites- fly out either 3 or 6

 

[essmom]

anyone have any thoughts??

 

[Mickey & Minnie Mom]

You don't give yourself much time to visit the MK, especially since it is July & will be pretty crowded.

I see you'll arrive early for EMH so that is a good start. But with a sitdown lunch (which by the way we always enjoy 1 meal at the Plaza per trip!) & then needed to be at MGM for 6 pm dinner at Sci-Fi, that is not a lot of time.

The transportation from MGM to MK takes about an hour. You have to take the boat/monorail to TTC & then a bus to MGM. This is the only park to park tranporation I have done without a car & I was surprised how long it took. On top of that you have to give yourself time to go through bagcheck, turnstiles & walking to the restaurant. So I see you leaving MK no later than 4 pm.

It shows your kids are a little older, but without a return to MK that might not be enough time to see all you want when you consider the time you'll be waiting in line for attractions.

And, while viewing Wishes from the Poly is nice, it is much better from inside the park. For the old fireworks, it didn't matter as much & to me was pretty much equal. But Wishes is so much more...it will lose a lot of effect from so far out. It will be just more of a fireworks show & not the story being told.

Hope that Cape May & Teppanyaki are good...we're trying those on our next trip to the world.

 

[essmom]

Thanks for your help- I assumed the Plaza would be pretty quick- and we plan to return to Mk after the 1st day- we have park hoppers- since it'll be hot and crowded.. Also, we are staying near Epcot, MGM so we can monorail to Epcot and walk to MGM-both are close to our resort. I thought the same about Wishes- we can just hop on the monorail when we finish dinner at Ohana's.