Other than A&E what FP's are must-have for 3YO?

[mrsjoannh13]

Okay so Anna & Elsa FastPasses.... yeah right. Didn't happen last night. Big surprise, right.

We are lucky enough to have pre-park opening breakfasts 3 days in MK. So the plan is to head to A&E right after breakfast on day one and hope for the best.

Other than A&E, we have a DD turning 3 at Disney. I think I did a decent job getting other FP's in the morning for things that have longest waits and will be of most interest to her (with some Space Mountain thrown in for DH here and there)

Any suggestions other than the ones below keeping in mind we are most catering to DD3 and my 2 parents who have some mobility issues? In other words - we're slow moving and not likely to do many "thrill" type rides. Figure we'll get through the 3 in the a.m. and see what DD likes to determine the additional FP's we try for in the p.m. Thanks, all!

MK Day 1
Buzz Lightyear 9:15 - 10:15
Meet Ariel 10:30 - 11:30
Meet Mickey 11:40 - 12:40

HS Day 2
Toy Story 9 - 10
Tower of Terror (for me and DH) 10 - 11
Frozen Singalong 11:35 - 11:50

MK Day 3
Space Mountain (for me and DH) 9:05 - 10:05
Winnie the Pooh 10:10 - 11:10 (may swap to something since we have Crystal Palace)
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train 2:30 - 3:30 (not much else available in terms of time slots)

MK Day 4
Tales with Belle 9 - 10
Peter Pan 10:15 - 11:15
Haunted Mansion 11:15 - 12:15

 

[Average Joes]

Looks pretty solid. However, do you want all 9:00ish FP if you are trying for A&E post BOG?

If your child wants to meet C&R that might be a better FP than the Mansion. I would also rather wait in line at Mansion where there is stuff to do/see. Depends on the nature of the mobility issues.

 

[patdoc98]

Looks good. If you still can, maybe add Mine Train again on Day 4, instead of HM. You can probably get HM as a 4th FP. Mine Train is super-fun and not really a 'thrill' ride. Our DS3 last year was apprehensive at first, but he loved it.

For ToT and Space Mountain, keep in mind you don't need to have the same FP for everybody in your group, and you can use rider swap if DD3 is with you but cannot (or does not want to) ride. So you may want to switch the ToT and Space Mountain FPs for everyone except you and DH. For example, instead of Space Mountain, the rest can have a FP for Buzz or TL Speedway (which are not too far away from SpM) at about the same time.

Have fun!

 

[mrsjoannh13]

Looks pretty solid. However, do you want all 9:00ish FP if you are trying for A&E post BOG?

If your child wants to meet C&R that might be a better FP than the Mansion. I would also rather wait in line at Mansion where there is stuff to do/see. Depends on the nature of the mobility issues.

Hoping that we could do A&E and be done before 10 if we are near the front of the line. If we have to forego the first FP to do A&E we might do so. I'd rather keep the first 3 FP's early in the day so we can get the additional ones later.

We are meeting Cinderella most likely at Akershus, CRT, and 1900 Park Fare so I think we'll have Cindy out the ying-yang. I might swap out Haunted Mansion for something else as we get closer.

Thanks for your input! First time with DD and/or FP for us so just want to get some expert opinions

 

[ktlm]

The Buzz line will not build up fast, so instead of having a FP+ for it that early during the day, I might do Peter Pan that first day. We took DD on her first trip when she was 2 months under 3, and than she had 2 more trips at age 3 (thanks to some terrific discounts they offered that year), and she wanted to ride Peter Pan over and over. FP+ makes that hard to do, so you might want to get it in that first day, and have it in reserve for your last day as well in case she falls in love with it. You can probably get Buzz with a short standby wait anytime in the first couple of hours and sometimes even later in the day, or if it turns out she isn't crazy about Peter Pan, you could always go ahead and switch out your last day FP+ right after your first day. We have gotten Buzz in MK as a 4th or later FP+ about every trip, so it shouldn't be that hard to do. Also, if you do Ariel within the first 30 minutes or an hour, her line is typically short. Her meet and greet takes time to build. You might want to use a FP+ on meeting Cinderella and Rapunzel instead. In our experience, their standby line has been longer than Ariels.

 

[mrsjoannh13]

Looks good. If you still can, maybe add Mine Train again on Day 4, instead of HM. You can probably get HM as a 4th FP. Mine Train is super-fun and not really a 'thrill' ride. Our DS3 last year was apprehensive at first, but he loved it.

For ToT and Space Mountain, keep in mind you don't need to have the same FP for everybody in your group, and you can use rider swap if DD3 is with you but cannot (or does not want to) ride. So you may want to switch the ToT and Space Mountain FPs for everyone except you and DH. For example, instead of Space Mountain, the rest can have a FP for Buzz or TL Speedway (which are not too far away from SpM) at about the same time.

Have fun!

I think 7DMT is totally gone now for our dates other than the 1 that I have. DD is not tall enough to ride, so that one is probably just for me and DH.

We will probably modify Space Mountain down from 4 ppl to 2 but DH may want to ride 2x in a row. So we'll see. Might try for 2 for SM and 2 for Buzz as you've suggested but hoping we can decide closer in.

Thanks for the advice!

 

[slickpoetry]

My DD2's favorite thing was small world. She wanted to ride it multiple times per day.

I don't know what day you're going but if it is a high crowd day the line might be longer than you'd want to wait. That could potentially make it a good FP choice.


Also---this is just my opinion here--I didn't think my DD2 was ready for Enchanted Tales with Belle. She's extremely squirmy, to say the least, and I didn't think it would hold her attention. So she still has not seen it. We're going back in 2017 when she is almost 5 andI think that's a better age. But you know your child best. If you were to skip that I'd add an FP to meet Tinkerbell instead.

 

[Kathryn777]

I would get rid of the 9:15 buzz, move it to Winnie the Pooh or rapunzel. No need to walk allll the way over there if you don't have to. Then you're close to it when you get out of a&e

If you can swap tot and toy story I'd do that too. Same thing, it's a lot of back and forth.

I didn't find I needed any fp before 10:30/11, not sure when you're going.

 

[mrsjoannh13]

My DD2's favorite thing was small world. She wanted to ride it multiple times per day.

I don't know what day you're going but if it is a high crowd day the line might be longer than you'd want to wait. That could potentially make it a good FP choice.


Also---this is just my opinion here--I didn't think my DD2 was ready for Enchanted Tales with Belle. She's extremely squirmy, to say the least, and I didn't think it would hold her attention. So she still has not seen it. We're going back in 2017 when she is almost 5 andI think that's a better age. But you know your child best. If you were to skip that I'd add an FP to meet Tinkerbell instead.

We are going on crowd level "4" days in November. So hopefully decent crowds. I think we'll see in the morning and midday as much as possible what she wants to do most and then use the afternoon FP's for those attractions. I think it will be some of the ones with typically shorter lines like Small World, but who the heck knows. She's a daredevil so she might be begging for Dumbo, Barnstormer or anything that flies or goes fast.