Plan A or B? Please help me decide!

[JennyMP03]

Saturday, 5/5, our first full day:

Plan A:
1) Rope drop MK at 9 and go left, doing standby only in Adventureland and Frontierland until about 11:30.
2) Lunch at Liberty Tree Tavern, 11:55.
3) Resort break
4) AK around 4:30, hopefully with FP for FOP. Watch ROL.

Plan B:
1) Rope drop EMH at AK at 8 am. Everest, Safari, then FOP FP on the way out around 11-noon if I manage to get two for that time.
2) Resort break
3) Ohana dinner at 4:55
4) MK for whatever same-day FP I pull and HEA.


Regarding Plan A:
--I like doing MK the first morning. It just feels "right."
--I do want to see Pandora at night, and FOP FP+ for evening may be easier to come across than morning. There's another AK EMH the Wednesday of our trip, and it'd probably be a nicer morning there if I wasn't worried about Pandora.

Regarding Plan B:
--Freakin' Ohana. The wrench in all my well-laid plans. It's difficult to get a decent reservation there (I booked our trip after 180 days) and I am hesitant to let go of that one.
--Morning EMH at AK is a nice perk.

I'm still leaning toward Plan A and have an alternative Ohana plan for a less desirable time slot later in the week. But it'd certainly be more convenient to eat there and then travel to MK than to make a trip to Polynesian for it.

What would you all do?

 

[pitpat]

I like Plan A. As far as Ohana, try Touring Plans free Reservation Finder. It found me several Ohana reservations.

 

[danielocha30]

Plan A
Get reservations finder from Tourist plan? (I’m not sure that’s the name) to get a better Ohana ADR is a free tool that works.

 

[Wish Upon A Starbucks]

Plan A

 

[Mome Rath]

I would do Plan A for preference sake; love opening MK, and Pandora is awesome at night.

 

[disneydreamer1980]

It sounds like you wanna do plan A, so go for it. RD an E ticket at MK then ride standby on the short line rides. Be sure to come back later in the week to do MK at night, that’s my fave time there.

 

[JennyMP03]

Thanks guys. I tried the ADR finder once and may give it another shot.

I have my alternate ADR for Ohana at 3:30 that Monday, and was thinking maybe we'd eat, have a drink at Trader Sam's, visit the Grand Floridian just to look around (never been inside), then head to MK for HEA at 9 and EMH from 9-11. I've never stayed until closing and would like to make it this time!

I just have a thing about resort ADR timing. I don't want to go to Ohana if we won't be at MK before or after to make the travel time seem "worth it."

 

[DisneyWishes14]

Do you have plans to see HEA on another night? If not, I would see HEA over Pandora at night and ROL.

 

[JennyMP03]

Do you have plans to see HEA on another night? If not, I would see HEA over Pandora at night and ROL.

Oh, definitely. We'll be there seven nights so I'll make sure to see both nighttime shows (plus I must see the SW show at HS). I'm just obsessing over that first day even though I'm certain we'll have plenty of time.

 

[ChristineOH]

It will be unlikely for you to get a FoP FP for the late morning on your first day. On my first day, there were only evening FP available for FoP. I'd go with plan A for that reason alone.