Post Your Itinerary Here (7-Day Especially)

[summerw]

We decided to break our trip up since my husband can only get away for a week and traveling from the West Coast, DS5 and I want to take a few extra days prior. That means re-doing the original plan for all of us together for the whole trip. Am I sick that instead of being annoyed to throw out the old plan I'm excited I get to plan a new one? Now I have to plan a single week for DH, DS and I all together.

Since the schedule is much more standardized for non-peak or holiday times, I was thinking it would be great to see all the planning ideas you all have for a standard week now that EMH's etc are so consistent. I'm still working on mine, and will post when I'm finished, but I'd so love to see how you all approach a single week-long trip. Well, I'd love to see anyone's plans, but the week-long ones would be especially helpful. Thanks!!

 

[kerplop]

We're going for 7 days/8 nights and we're doing the parks like this. Staying off-site, so we don't have our FP+ set up yet.

11/28 - Arrival, going to MK just for MSEP and Wishes
11/29 - Epcot, Future World mostly
11/30 - MK
12/1 - Hollywood Studios, later Fantasmic
12/2 - MK
12/3 - Off day
12/4 - Epcot, Candlelight Processional via lunch package, World Showcase mostly
12/5 - Animal Kingdom

We follow EasyWDW pretty religiously and he's never steered us wrong yet. We'd like going to MK last, but don't get Park Hoppers so it is what it is I suppose.

 

[minnie mum]

I base our itineraries on the recommended park for each day of our stay according to the crowd calendar at easywdw.com. We like a more relaxed pace and don't park hop, so rarely do EMH. So we do a different park on each of the first 4 days. Day 5 is a non park day to sleep in, relax, recharge, and hang by the pool or golf. Then a second day each at MK and Epcot. We usually stay longer than that, though, so we can throw in a couple more park days and another day off.

Our park days generally follow a touring plan or cheat sheet from easywdw, with an afternoon resort break (except for AK day, since the park close early).

Breakfast is usually in our room or CL lounge depending on our resort. Lunch is generally CS in the park, but we'll occasionally do TS. Dinner is either TS in the park if we are staying til close, or at a resort.

Now that the kids are grown we don't bother with the water parks or DQ. The only time we go to DTD would be if we were dining at RR or meeting up with friends on a non park day.

 

[JaimeK]

Sun - late afternoon/evening in MK
Mon - Epcot
Tues - HS
Wed - MK
Thursday - more MK! likely just for a few hours
Fri - AK
Sat - whatever they want to visit again

 

[Mikie]

I'm traveling with a big group ages 2-67, no park hoppers and a full day to us is 8-10 hours without the 3 hour midday break some people do. We use touring plans crowd calendar and EasyWDW calendar to choose recommended park days first, which means MK on party days (we're going next week during Halloween party season) and generally avoiding the parks with EMH - because of predicted crowds but also because our group isn't likely to get there early enough of stay late enough to be worth it. SO, we,re doing

Sun- arrival, MK for counter service dinner and fireworks
Mon - MK (it's a party day, but we don't have party tickets), lunch at BOG and dinner at Chef Mickey
Tue - rope drop DHS to get Jedi training sign ups. Fantasmic dinner pkg at Hollywood & vine
We'd - AK - probably a bit of a sleep in day, dinner at Boma
Thurs - breakfast at Akershus in Epcot most of the day dedicated to world showcase
Fri - MK, lunch at the castle
Sat - Epcot - mostly plan to be in future world (expect it to be very busy in world showcase as a weekend at food & wind festival)

Like I said, no big afternoon breaks planned, but we may take a boat ride, ride the monorail loop or pass out in a cool air-conditioned show for a rest during the heat of the day

 

[lake queen]

Christmas Trip!

Dec. 13-Sat.- Arrive 1:00 pm- MK- Pm EMH
14-Sun- Universal-Islands of Adventure
15-Mon.AM- HS/PM-EP for Candlelight processional
16-Tues. AM-DTD / PM- MVMCP
17-Wed.- Late AM- AK / PM-HS- Fantasmic
18- Thurs.- AM EMH-MK /PM- EP
19- Fri.- AM- EP / ?AK/ PM HS-Osborne lights

I looked at crowd calendars, to decide, we mostly have recommended days, except our first night at MK, but we don't care, we ALWAYS start at MK.

We like to PH a lot, and on our last day, we have been known to go to 3 or all parks, just to hit the things we really want to do again.

 

[EpicBilynn]

Mine is a little different because it's February and a "race-cation" but we're there for 7 nights and I always look at crowd calendars.

2/20 - Arrive
2/21 - 10K & DTD
2/22 - PHM & Epcot
2/23 - DHS
2/24 - MK
2/25 - Universal
2/26 - AK & Epcot
2/27 - DHS or MK

We also do park hoppers and if we feel the need we'll switch it up. Those are definite because of ADRs.

 

[KammaD]

We are going next week 10/16-22, so 6 nights/7 days. We do have a hopper tickets. We DO have a very busy first few days because my in-laws are with us only until Sunday so we want to do as much as possible w/ them...then we're going to take it easy.

Day 1: Arrival (9:30am) Downtown Disney. ADR Hoop Dee Doo @ 4:00pm
Day 2: MK RD then splitting up for dinner when the in-laws are taking the kids and me and husband are checking out Food & Wine Festival and Illuminations.
Day 3: Animal Kingdom ADR Tusker House Breakfast 8:10am // DHS for ADR Sci-fi Drive-in @ 4:00.
Day 4: Epcot (in laws are leaving after lunch) // DHS ADR @ Hollywood & Vine Fantasmic pkg
Day 5: DHS RD (probably head back to hotel for a break) Then MK for EEH
Day 6: Relax for the morning...hang out at the pool...a trip to MK before or after ADR T-Rex @ 3pm...haven't decided.
Day 7: sleep late, get ready and have a nice breakfast. Flight leaves at 1:30

Fast passes are all set...weather is looking good and I've started to pack. Less than a week to go!!

 

[ilovebassets]

We are going first week of February.

Arriving Sunday to Fort Wilderness--will be eating at Trails End and hanging out at the fort.
Monday--Epcot with lunch at Coral Reef, dinner at Sunshine Seasons
Tuesday--Boat to Magic Kingdom, lunch at Crystal Palace, dinner at Pinnochio Village Haus
Wednesday--Back to Magic Kingdom, lunch at Liberty Tree, dinner at Be Our Guest
Thursday--Day off from parks. Breakfast at Cape May Cafe, then playing in Beach Club arcade and mini golf at Fantasia Gardens. Lunch at Wolfgang Puck Express and a little shopping at Downtown Disney. Then back to the fort for pony rides. Boat to contemporary resort or Magic Kingdom and then riding the monorail around to the Polynesian for Kona Cafe for dinner.
Friday--Hollywood Studios. Lunch at Sci Fi, dinner at Pizza Planet. Fantasmic at 7PM (first time ever for the kids!)
Saturday--Animal Kingdom. Lunch at Tusker House. Dinner at Trails End
Sunday--Breakfast at Trails End. Hang out on the playground at the fort, and then hit the road for the long drive home.

 

[vfalkner]

We are going in Nov and splitting it up with Universal - 7 days/ 6 nights - no park hoppers but planning long days with DH, DD (10) & DS (7). Luckily the parks aren't open too late when we are there, so we can have some relaxing nights.

Thursday - Arrive and Universal
Friday - Universal & MK for Wishes and MSEP
Saturday - AK or BB if warm enough - Dinner at T-Rex
Sunday - HS - late dinner at scoff
Monday - MK - dinner at Wishes
Tuesday - Epcot - afternoon ADR at Beaches & Cream for a Kitchen sink & dinner at Biergarten
Wednesday - MK again or AK - Ohana breakfast with Mickey & Stitch! - leaving that afternoon

 

[chelseabun76]

Tentative plans for last full week of January...

Saturday - fly in at 7:30pm and just chillax at the resort (AofA)

Sunday - full day at MK from rope drop until Wishes, 4:50 ADR @ CP

Monday - rope drop HS until noon, head to Epcot for 1pm ADR @ Akershus and stay until close

Tuesday - sleep in, head back to HS from noon'ish until close, 12:30 ADR @ MM (F! package)

Wednesday - AK 8:10am ADR @ Tusker House, 1:30 ADR @ Rainforest Cafe (My moms request!), head to MK until close with 6:10 ADR @ BOG

Thursday - Possibly parkhop from HS to Epcot until 2pm or so, and then head to DTD for shopping and dinner ADR @ T-Rex

Friday - full day at MK from rope drop, very early dinner ADR @ 1900 Park Fare, and Tomorrowland Terrace Dessert Party for Wishes

Saturday - Check out, head to MK and hit whatever we can before flying out at 8pm

 

[GWhitten98]

We are there for 8 night/9 days. Some is based on crowd calendar and some is based on when I could get the ADRs we wanted. We do not park hop and normally either take afternoon breaks of head back to the resort for the day by 5 or 6. We are also morning people so Rope drop is on the list every day except the last MK day.

Day 1 -- Checking and then Dinner @ epcot stay for illumination
Day 2 -- HS (lunch at H&V)
Day 3 -- Epcot (breakfast at Akershush)
Day 4 -- MK (breakfast at Crystal Palace)
Day 5 -- No park/resort/rest day
Day 6 -- MK (Dinner at 1900 PF)
Day 7 -- AK (late breakfast at Tusker house) DTD evening
Day 8 -- MK (late breakfast at Ohana and Dinner at BOG) stay for EMH
Day 9 -- Maybe return to a park before catching plane home

 

[TISHLOVESDISNEY]

We're going for 7 days/8 nights and we're doing the parks like this. Staying off-site, so we don't have our FP+ set up yet.

11/28 - Arrival, going to MK just for MSEP and Wishes
11/29 - Epcot, Future World mostly
11/30 - MK
12/1 - Hollywood Studios, later Fantasmic
12/2 - MK
12/3 - Off day
12/4 - Epcot, Candlelight Processional via lunch package, World Showcase mostly
12/5 - Animal Kingdom

We follow EasyWDW pretty religiously and he's never steered us wrong yet. We'd like going to MK last, but don't get Park Hoppers so it is what it is I suppose.

11/30 MK CM@12:25
12/1 HS H&V@11:15
12/2 MK CP@1:10
12/3 Universal/IOA Mythos@1:00
12/4 Epcot late arrival Biergarten@12:25
12/5 AK TH@11:30

Great minds think like Josh.

 

[Frozen2014]

We're not following touring plans but have based on what works best for us and what we want to see (e.g. Electrical Parade)

Sunday - Arrive at MCO at 1:30pm. Few hours at MK. Dinner at Ohana
Monday - MK. Dinner at BOG. Stay for Electrical Parade.
Tuesday - HS - Rope drop to try for Jedi Training. Dinner at H&V. Fantasmic
Wednesday - Day off. Breakfast at Boma
Thursday - MK. BBB for DD in early afternoon. Dinner at CRT. (Party night so leaving after dinner)
Friday - Epcot. Rope drop to try for Test Track. Brunch at Akershus. Leave at 3ish. Head to MK for MNSSHP
Saturday - Breakfast at Chef Mickeys. Depart for airport

 

[kathy884]

Offsite stay at Cypress Pointe Condos Ages of party 19-78
Ages of group 19. 20, 28, 51, 54, 78, and 78

(No advance ADRs -- will eat counter service on park days and may even pack sandwiches for the MK day // No advanced ticket purchases except SeaWorld due to discount offered // No advanced FP+ reservations at MK as we aren't sure which people will want to go and are inclined to hang together (projected waits are actually not bad) Also nephew is currently working part time at Disney and may even get us in for free. -- We know the core group, but some may or may not join) // All park days, we will be there at rope drop except for the second SeaWorld day. // Timeframe is Saturday to Saturday before Christmas week. IOA/Universal day is crowd level 2 projection. MK day is crowd level 5 project. We have customized touring plans for parks with the exception of SeaWorld that we created with Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World touringplans.com subscription to both Disney and Universal.)

Day 1: Arrive evening / Relax at Condo / Dinner out
Day 2: Sleep In / Titanic Attraction on I-drive / Resort Day - tennis / swimming
Day 3: SeaWorld ($55 week day pass)
Day 4 Universal/IOA Park to Park pass (expensive one day park to park ticket)
Day 5 Magic Kingdom (expensive one day Disney MK ticket)
Day 6: Resort Day -- tennis / swimming / park at Polynesian checking out monorail resorts at Disney (I fly home -- others will fly home day 8)
Day 7: SeaWorld again with $10 admission for second day (stop oat customer service desk to purchase before leaving the park on day 3)
Day 8: Fly home

 

[kerplop]

11/30 MK CM@12:25
12/1 HS H&V@11:15
12/2 MK CP@1:10
12/3 Universal/IOA Mythos@1:00
12/4 Epcot late arrival Biergarten@12:25
12/5 AK TH@11:30

Great minds think like Josh.

We're even eating at Biergarten on the same day at the same time (well ours is 10 minutes later!)!

 

[PoohsFan1]

This is the itinerary for our 2/28-3/7 girls trip with DD13 and DD11, we are staying at CBR.

2/28 Arrival Day/Animal Kingdom/DTD at night
3/1 Epcot
3/2 Off day....swim at resort and riding around the MK monorail line and resort hopping after dinner at Ohana
3/3 Hollywood Studios
3/4 Magic Kingdom
3/5 Off day/Resort hopping (POFQ for breakfast, AOA for lunch, and AKL for dinner at Boma's)
3/6 Magic Kingdom
3/7 Departure Day

I based my itinerary by checking out touringplans.com and went with the recommended parks for that day. I also am avoiding morning and evening EMHs at all costs.

 

[bjscheel]

I don't have a date specific plan to post, but we generally like to have 2 MK days, 1.5 to 2 Epcot days, and one each of the others. We don't park hop. I look at EasyWDW for suggestions and try to go with his first or second pick. Last trip though, I had our second Epcot day scheduled for our last day and the general consensus was that we would rather have a second AK day so we switched FP the night before! We only get 1 or 2 ADRs for the week, so we are not tied down too much to those.

 

[SCDisneyfanatic]

We are all adults aged 26-62 (10 of us) and our plan is a little more relaxed than most.

13 Dec: Arrive...walk arounf DTD...ADR at Raglan Road that evening
14 Dec: Morning at AK...probably close to RD...head to EPCOT around 4:00pm and do the Drink Around the World Showcase Passport...stay for Illuminations
15 Dec: (Sons birthday)...late breakfast at Kona Cafe (may need a late start due to the Drink Around the World adventure)...noon Tee times for the guys...shopping for the ladies...no park that day...ADR at JIKO that evening
16 Dec: Morning Tee time for golf...hang around the pool in the early afternoon...head to MK at 4:00 pm for MVMCP...stay until Midnight
17 Dec: Spend the day at DHS...leave park after seeing the Osbourne Lights...ADR at Whispering Canyon Cafe
18 Dec: Head to MK at RD...it's a Party night, so out of there by 4:00pm...relax at the rersort...ADR for Hoop-Dee-Doo Revue at 8:30pm
19 Dec: RD for EPCOT...perhaps a break during mid day...ADR at German Buffet with seating for the CP...Illuminations to cap the day
20 Dec: Head back to SC

All days, except that Friday are based on "Highly Recommended" from various sources.

 

[redsbe]

working arrival and departure times, combined with park hours and crowd calenders ours looks like this:

Fri 12/12 - Arrival, going to MK just for MSEP and Wishes
Sat 12/13 - Epcot
Sun 12/14 - MK
Mon 12/15 - Hollywood Studios, later Osborne lights, Fantasmic
Tues 12/16 - AK
Weds 12/17 - MK
Thurs 12/18, open day, late afternoon departure

Counter service free dining, so no dinner reservations to make; will book 3 FP+ for each first day in a park, aiming for mid day times, but flexible and not too concerned about added 4+ FP+ during day; we are not park hoppers and will use RD and late hours (not EMH) to hit key attractions off peak. We are 10+ WDW/DL visitors so have plenty of experience and know what we are most interested in seeing and doing when there.