Our MK Strategy--Opinions? (Accidentally posted before done!)

[DancinMama]

Hi All-
Only 3 days until we leave for our Disney adventure and I'm back in crazy planning mode again! Here is what we're thinking for our MK strategy for a 9am open. (We have Anna and Elsa FP and SDMT FP so we're good with those!)

9am: Head straight to Peter Pan (one of my faves)
Enchanted Tales w/Belle (never been in the new Fantasyland!)
Merida Autograph (she starts at 9:15 that day and we really want hers)
Under the Sea ride
Ariel Autograph
Cindy and Rapunzel Autographs
Tink Autograph
**Get as much of the above done before our SDMT FP**

10:10am: SDMT
Gaston's Tavern for a treat and to meet Gaston


That's all I have so far as those are our main concerns.
What do you all think of the order, what would be a higher priority to get in line for first to avoid waiting forever. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

The park is open until 2am for EMH. Do things get pretty empty by then where we can get on the rides we missed early on without a lot of trouble or is it busy from open to close? We don't have FP to Space Mountain and always like to do that but have to kid swap so any suggestions on time for that...can we wait until late late at night?

Thanks so much!

 

[Lucius Best]

Check out the following link, it can give you an idea of touring strategies and what ride wait times can look like over the course of the day.
http://www.easywdw.com/cheatsheets/mk_cheatsheet_v3.pdf

Good idea to go straight to PP at rope drop. But I don't think there's any way you're getting all those meet&greets done so early. I don't know anything about Merida or Tink, but when we were there, the line to meet Ariel was a longer wait than Ariel's ride all day long. Cindy did not look like a short wait either.

 

[DancinMama]

Figured it was too many but I just wasn't sure what lines looked like that early. I'll definately check out that link.
Thanks!

 

[AllieBoo]

We were this week and Merida had fairly long waits everytime we went by, so I do think hitting that one early is a good idea. We did the Ariel meet around 10 pm one night and there was literally no wait at all.

 

[DancinMama]

Waiting until late might be a good option for us. We don't have any plans in the evening and plan to open and close the park because we only have 1 day there and no park hopper. Thanks for the info!

 

[sdsatl]

We did Space Mountain a couple hours before close with no lines (rider swap, too). We avoided Merida, because she had long lines, even in February. So making it to her first appearance is a great idea. Have fun! I can't wait to be back in the Magic Kingdom; Peter Pan is one of my faves, too!

 

[MainMom]

What is your other FP+? If characters meets are important can you try for a Cindy/Rupunzel FP as a 4th (after you use the other 3?)

 

[DancinMama]

Our last fastpass is for Anna and Elsa at 8pm! We can't get another until all 3 are used right?

 

[Lucius Best]

Our last fastpass is for Anna and Elsa at 8pm! We can't get another until all 3 are used right?

Correct. Our plan was always to use first 3 FP before lunch, then you can get additional FP at kiosks, one at a time. That plan should usually work at MK because there are so many rides to choose from. But with an 8pm FP for A&E, you probably couldn't move that one even if you wanted to. Not sure what FP are left if you're looking at 8pm. If you are closing the park, seeing characters during last hour might be very good idea. Note that as you get close to park closing time, posted standby wait times might be highly inflated (on our trip, posted 40 minute wait on 7DMT was really 10 minutes right before park closing).