Should our first EVER day in MK be on an early close day??

[mumumouse]

I always do MK on our first day in the parks. We can never resist! With fastpasses available now and subsequent ones available after you get the first 3, I would not let the crowds scare you away. I cld skip Animal Kingdom frankly. I love Epcot. Maybe Epcot has a lot of space to cover w/little ones though. They do have a great character spot meet n great, where all the classic characters are. We wait in line for around 3 hours last year to see A & E. Awful. Part of the time we were in horrible hot sun. I am surprised no one passed out. But we were determined. Another nice place for little girls is the breakfast at the castle in Norway, in Epcot. The thing about Epcot is you have to pace yourself. I would skip Studios for that matter. The only reason I do all the parks is my little one is now a teen and likes to ride Tower Of Terror and Expedition Everest. Keep in mind character greets can be fastpassed! I hear they can still be pokey, but it beats staying in the long standby lines. Those were some of our worst lines in the past. I waited until my daughter was 5 to start taking her. With my older girls we went when one was only a year old and the other 4! Don't know how we survived! Oh, Mickey is at the very front of the park now and he talks! Also Tinker Bell!! Really cute meet n greet in the Circus area at the back too. Do that later in the day if you can and you can just walk right in. Not sure if the kiddies can make it that long! Good luck and enjoy!

 

[eyehartdisney]

How excited will your kids be about the parks they visit after MK? I'd start with the most 'boring' park there, so they don't know the difference.

 

[siskaren]

This thread is from last September; the OP's trip was in November.