RD Space Mt. or 7DMT?

[mgellman]

We have 2 days at MK. One is a Tues 10/6, which is also the day we're going to the party. The other is Sat 10/10. Staying off property with DH, DD10, DD9 and DS7. My plan is to do Tomorrowland and Fantasyland one of the days and Adventureland, Frontierland and Liberty Square on the other. We will probably do a bit of jumping for our family favorites (i.e. HM and Spl. Mt both days). I need advice on the following:

1) Would you do Tom/Fant on the Tuesday or the Saturday? and

2) On the Tom/Fant day, would you rope drop SpaceMt.(and then do the rest of Tomland) or 7DMT (and then do the rest of Fant land)? Or should I wait to see which one I can get a good FP for and rope drop the other?
Or am I doing it all wrong? I've got a subscription to TP, but can't seem to find one that's just right for my family, so I'm doing a personalized one.

 

[rlovew]

Generally party days are much less crowded before 4 pm than non-party days therefore my suggestion is that Tuesday will be less crowded and I would try for Fantasyland/Tomorrowland that day.

I would try to get a FP for Space and then hit 7 Dwarfs at rope drop- at 30 days it will be much harder to get a group of FP for 7 Dwarfs. As you make your own plan just realize that Tales with Belle, 7 Dwarfs, Space, Astro orbiter, Peter Pan, Winnie the Pooh and the speedway will be your longest lines no matter when you do them. I would bounce back and forth between lands to try and get in all of these you do not have a FP for before 11am. By 11am you will be looking at well over 1/2 an hour on a very slow day and closer to an hour in each of these lines. If you want to meet the characters in this area they will be your other long lines but at least those lines are inside.

On the other hand I have rarely seen a line more than 15 minutes for Little Mermaid, Teacups, Small World, TTA, Carousel of Progress Prince Charming Carousel so these are better fof later in the afternoon when the park gets more crowded as people begin pouring in for the party.

 

[amg35]

I would get fast pass for mine train and rope drop space mountain. Last October we did that and got to ride space mountain two times in a row.

 

[barbliny]

I would get fast pass for mine train and rope drop space mountain. Last October we did that and got to ride space mountain two times in a row.

This exactly. This is what we did last week, and it worked great - and crowds were higher than in October. As a matter of fact a few in our party went to Crystal Palace breakfast at rope drop, and rode Space Mountain after - it was still only a 20 minute posted wait when they got there a little after 9:30 (actual wait time was less than posted, as often is the case early in the morning).

Also, Buzz lightyear was walk-on over and over at that time - great paired with Space Mountain.