Planning during Christmas with limited time

[j_lehr]

My family (me 30, boyfriend 41 and daughter 13) are going to WDW Dec 22-27. We actually get there so late on the 22nd that all we are doing is going to our hotel for bed. We are leaving mid day on the 27th. So we have about 4 and a half days to go to 4 parks. I am starting to wonder if I made a mistake, trying to squeeze in a trip during the busiest time of the year.

My daughter and I have been once before (twice if you count the 1 day MK trip) and my boyfriend has never been. When my DD and I went, we were there for a week, but it was so hot that we ended up spending a lot of time swimming or at the water park. We only saw about half of Epcot (none of the countries) and a little bit of Animal Kingdom. We got to do everything in Mk and MGM.

So this is what I have planned so far:
Saturday - Epcot - dinner at Le Cellier as part of Candlelight Processional Package
Sunday - MGM - dinner at Prime Time
Monday - Animal Kingdom until dinner. Dinner at Chef Mickey's. Want to go to MK after dinner and stay for EMH.
Tuesday - Animal Kindom for half day, MK or rest for half day
Wednesday - MK for half day, then to airport. We have breakfast reserved for Crystal Palace.

So my question is 1) what do you think of the above and 2) how do we figure out what to hit and miss since i know that we won't have time for everything.

Thanks!
Jes

 

[Karnak]

You might have too much time planned for the Animal Kingdom. Hard to say though.

In general, with four and one-half days to spend, I would use one day for the Animal Kingdom, spending the evening of that day at the Magic Kingdom. If evening extra magic hours are on that day, so much the better.

I would spend the other three full days at the other three parks, and the one-half day at Epcot.

My reasoning here is that the Magic Kingdom and Epcot take more time to cover than the other two parks.

Enjoy.