Park Hopping

[ThistleMae]

It was just released this morning that HS tiers are changing again, effective 2/19 the only Tier 1 rides are SDD and MFSR (and presumably Runaway Railroad will end up here too) and then everything else back to Tier 2.

Even with that change, HS is a definite a hopping park for me, especially with ROTR causing such an influx for “everyone” to be at park early and in general it seems very popular throughout the entire day right now with not enough walkways/rides to handle the crowds. We recently did one afternoon/evening with FP and Oga’s Cantina reservation, then went another morning specifically for ROtR, also rode MFSR, TOT, character photos and got everything we wanted completed by 10am so we could hop to AK

I hear you on this! I don't see enough there to keep me there more than half a day or even a few hours.

 

[lorenae]

Agreed. While I’ve always park-hopped, DHS is too hot and crowded to be a 12+ hour park (and not quite enough to keep me there for that long).

Last week, I went early, got a BG and rode my FP+ rides before ROTR. I left when it got mobbed in Toy Story Land. Then I went over to Epcot, had a nice lunch and rode a few rides and relaxed before going back for ToT and Fantasmic!. It makes a huge difference in the enjoyment of my day!

 

[hes122]

I've technically had the PH option added on 2 trips.

In 2006, I was there with my family and my mom thought we'd want it so she purchased PH tickets. We never utilized the PH option. Last fall, as my friends & I were making plans for everything we realized that the PH option would give us the opportunity to see/do more on our short trip, so we added it. This time we actually used it. We hopped on 2 of the 3 days and and found it to be beneficial.

I'm not a fan of having it for longer trips because you have multiple days to see things at multiple parks.

 

[ThistleMae]

Agreed. While I’ve always park-hopped, DHS is too hot and crowded to be a 12+ hour park (and not quite enough to keep me there for that long).

Last week, I went early, got a BG and rode my FP+ rides before ROTR. I left when it got mobbed in Toy Story Land. Then I went over to Epcot, had a nice lunch and rode a few rides and relaxed before going back for ToT and Fantasmic!. It makes a huge difference in the enjoyment of my day!

Exactly, sounds like my plan as well. Love just going over to Epcot to grab a relaxing lunch, and go back to HS another day just for any FP+'s I chose.

 

[Dean Kennedy]

Give me your best park hopping tips!

We are planning a trip with 8 park days. Without park hopping I probably would have done 2 AK, 1 Epcot, 1-2 HS and 3-4 MK.

I've never planned a trip with park hopping before We will have a 7 and 10 year old. Both pretty adventurous as a far as rides. There are only a few things the 7 year old won't ride (EE, RNR ToT, etc)

I don't think either of them will really be into meeting characters this trip (which bums me out!)

Sounds pretty aggressive with two kids. First thing is be sure the adults can handle it. One thing I see and that I am also guilty of is not taking a break either during the day or just taking a chill day at the resort or pool.