JReneeW, I think checking your plan on Sunday is fine.
My frustration with Ridemax right now is on my Epcot day. I put in for a 3 hour slot to tour the WS and the way it set it up, it gave us a 3 hour "free time" block before beginning the tour. Why would it do that? Obviously I'm not going to go have breakfast (late, at 10:30) at Akershus and then wait 3 hours before beginning to actually walk the WS. That's just silly.
There's no way two kids will last 6 hours in the WS, though. 3 hours is pushing it... We still had other stuff--the Seas and all the stuff over there (the ride and Turtle Talk), the major rides (Test Track, Soarin, Mission Space) and a few other things... I've just rearranged things the way I want them a litte bit, but sticking with anything RideMax says is time sensitive.
Now my next issue is that RideMax is telling me that on DHS day, go to Toy Story Mania and get a FP but DON'T RIDE IT. Do nothing for 45 minutes and then go see Playhouse Disney Live. Why on earth wouldn't we just ride TSM while there is no line instead of getting FP and then waiting until much later to walk back and ride it hours later??? I think we will get FP, get in line and ride it, and then have the FP to go back later. I get why it says to get the FP right away... but why not just ride it if it's 1st thing in the AM and you have an open 45 minutes of "free time". We'll be taking that free time to ride it, dang it!!!
I decided that I like RideMax for getting a better sense of what we can realistically do in a day but I'm not married to it. I also have been plugging in the RideMax stuff on Touring Plans custome plan page. I like the format better and it puts everything on the map for you!
For Epcot, the other thing you could do is to make your starting time later and/or your ending time earlier.
For DHS, to be able to ride TSM in the span of 45 minutes you need to be AT THE ROPE. For me, this involved getting to DHS no later than 8 on a day when the park opened at 9. I don't know how old your kids are, but if that isn't feasible then I would just go the FP route. The other thing is, even if you make it to the rope, then you need to HUSTLE to beat the crowd to the ride. Also possibly a difficulty with two kids in tow. If you stop for FPs first, you're wasting precious ride time. Get the FPs after you ride. They'll still be there.
I just checked - looks like Decembers in Ridemax now...off to play !
what bothers me about it is that the EMH hours are only included for MK. Why is that? Makes realistic planning more difficult.
So, on our Epcot day, I'm trying to figure out if we can eat breakfast at 'Ohana at 9:15am and still be able to get fast passes for both Soarin' and Test Track. When I input our arrival time at Epcot as 10:45am, it only has me getting a Soaring Fastpass (first thing) and then waiting stand by for Test Track. But, if I just put Test Track in and arrive at 1pm, it lets me get a FP for Test Track-- any time after 1pm, it doesn't let me, so I assume that RideMax thinks the Fps will be out by just after 1pm. So, by my calculations, I SHOULD be able to get a FP for Soarin' at 10:45, and then get a FP for Testrack at 12:45pm, right (using the 2 hour rule for FPs)?? If so, then why is the program not letting me do that? Any ideas? --Katie
SandyM718, the dates you mentioned coincide with our school district's Spring Break, so the crowd levels may be closer to Thanksgiving or Christmas week than President's Day weekend (which I assume are the dates you are playing with).