Possible hop (one-day visit) - question about upgrades and ADRs

[staceychev]

We are going to be at WDW for one day only this spring - Easter Sunday. My daughters (ages 14 and 9) want to do MK - nostalgia for the older one and rides for the little. I'm trying to decide if we can handle a full-day-from-rope-drop of MK that day, based on crowd craziness, because I've read some differing opinions. I'm wondering two things, as contingency plans:

1 - Can we upgrade to Park Hoppers that day at the park, if we decide we need to escape to Epcot?
2 - If we have ADRs at MK but decide to skip out to Epcot, are we penalized for cancelling our reservation? We have a 3:50 at Skipper Jack's right now and I'm thinking that if we bailed, we would do it before that reservation. (Plus, it's more fun to eat in Epcot anyway.)

I don't want to buy the Park Hoppers in advance if I don't have to, because that's $255 I won't have to spend if we decide we can handle the MK crowds.

Edited to add: No, another day is not a possibility. We are only in Orlando from Easter Saturday afternoon until Easter Monday morning.

 

[NashvilleMama]

1. Yes, you can do this at guest services no problem.
2. Yes, you'd pay the fee if you don't cancel at the 24 hour advance mark - I believe it's $10/person on the reservation.

 

[staceychev]

Thank you!

 

[DisneyWishes14]

If you decide you don’t want to eat at Skippers, you can modify it on the MDE app to a different date and then cancel.

 

[staceychev]

If you decide you don’t want to eat at Skippers, you can modify it on the MDE app to a different date and then cancel.

Ooh! Good hack! Thanks!