Spring Break Touring Opinions/Critiques/Help

[BrittyRo]

I made my March Touring Plan because this is the first time I'm going to be going in such high crowd time and I know that you need a plan. I'm hoping people that are more familiar with "strict" touring plans could let me know if this is possible/doable. I appreciate the help everyone! Any suggestions that you think would improve it would be greatly appreciated!

March 23: Magic Kingdom (9am-11pm) Not Recommended
6:00-8:45 Flight to MCO
11:00 Meet Mickey
12:00-1:00 Thunder Mountain FP
1:00-2:00 Lunch Peco Bill
2:00-3:00 Splash Mountain/7DMT FP
3:00 - Festival of Fantasy Parade
3:00-4:00 Space Mountain FP
6:40 Ohana (Leave MK by 6pm)
10:00p Wishes

March 24: Animal Kingdom (9am-8pm) Most Recommended – Magic kingdom Hop
8:45 Rope Drop
9:10 Kilimanjaro Safari FP (?)
9:30 Pangani Forest Exploration Trails
10:30 Dinosaur FP (?)
11:00 Primeval Whirl
12:00pm Nemo
12:40-1:40 Expedition Everest FP
1:30 Lunch at Yak and Yeti
2:45-3:45 Kali River Rapids FP
4:00 Maharaja Jungle Trek
4:45 Flights of Wonder
5:10 It’s Tough to be a Bug
6:00 Festival of the Lion King
7:00 Magic Kingdom Hop

March 25: Epcot (9am-9pm) Recommended
8:45 Rope Drop
9:00 Test Track
9:30-10:30 Mission Space Orange FP
10:30 Sum of All Thrills
11:00 Disney Visa Meet and Greet
11:00-12:00 Spaceship Earth FP
12:00 Living with the Land
12:00-1:00 Soarin FP
1:00 The Seas with Nemo
2:00 Figment
2:30 World Showcase/ Lunch/ Mariachi Cobre in Mexico
3:00-3:20 Jeweled Dragon Acrobats in China
4:00-4:20 Sergio in Italy
4:20-4:35 Sbandieratori Di Sansepolcro in Italy
5:00-5:15 Voices of Liberty in America
5:15-5:30 Matsuriza in Japan
6:00-6:20 Canadian Lumberjacks in Canada
7:45 B’net Al Houwariyate in Morocco
9:00 Illuminations

March 26: Magic Kingdom AM EMH (8am) → Epcot Not Recommended → Most Recommended
7:45 Rope Drop
8:00 Meet Mickey
8:15 Space Mountain
8:30 Buzz Lightyear Spin
8:45 Meet Stitch
9:00 Winnie the Pooh
9:15 Meet Rapunzel/Cinderella
9:00-10:00 Seven Dwarf Mine Train FP
10:00 Meet Gaston
10:00-11:00 Peter Pan FP
11:00 Haunted Mansion
12:00-1:00 Thunder Mountain FP
1:00 Be Our Guest Lunch FP
1:00 Meet Buzz
1:30 Meet Pluto
2:00 Head to Epcot to Eat/Drink Around the World
9:15 Narcoosee’s Birthday Dinner
11:30 Jellyrolls at Boardwalk

March 27: Hollywood Studios (9am-9:30) Most Recommended
Sleep In!!!!
11:45-12:10 Beauty and the Beast
12:30 Meet Baymax and Hiro!
1:30 Meet Buzz and Woody
2:00-3:00 Toy Story Mania FP
3:00 Great Movie Ride
3:30 Eat Lunch Studio Catering Co
3:40 Meet Mike and Sully
4:10-4:48 Lights Motors Action Stunt Show
5:00-6:00 Star Tours FP
5:15-5:45 Indian Jones Stunt Spectacular
6:00 Muppet Vision 3D
See Cinderella’s Carriage
6:30-7:30 Tower of Terror FP
7:30 Rockin Rollercoaster (Single Rider)
10:00 Fantasmic!!

March 28th: Magic Kingdom (9am-1am [PM EMH) Not Recommended
Rope Drop
Tomorrowland
10:00-11:00 Space Mountain FP
Fantasyland
11:00-12:00 Seven Dwarfs Mine Train FP
12:00 Be Our Guest Lunch FP
Liberty Square
Frontierland
1:00-2:00 Thunder Mountain FP
3:00 Festival of Fantasy Parade
Adventureland

March 29th:
? (Suggestion for this day?)

March 30th:
Departure Day
(Possible park day with late Flight)
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I appreciate it! I know it's really long!!

 

[BrittyRo]

Bump for help. I make my FP at midnight!

 

[g-dad66]

I think your plan looks very good. You've allowed yourself plenty of time for most of the planned attractions, I think.

One possible exception is the early EMH hour at Magic Kingdom on March 26. Even though the park will be very uncrowded, it might be tough to do all 4 of those attractions (plus walking time between them) in just 15 minutes per attraction.

One minor suggestion: I would do Sum of All Thrills before Mission Space, and try for a MS Fast Pass at 10-11. (You may not even need that MS FP, but it never hurts to have one in case you do. Most Epcot Tier 2 FPs aren't really necessary.)

On your question about which first FP to line up at Animal Kingdom, I would choose Dinosaur at 10:30 rather than Everest at 9:10. You may or may not need the Dinosaur FP at that time, but you almost surely don't need an Everest one at park opening.

 

[BrittyRo]

I think your plan looks very good. You've allowed yourself plenty of time for most of the planned attractions, I think.

One possible exception is the early EMH hour at Magic Kingdom on March 26. Even though the park will be very uncrowded, it might be tough to do all 4 of those attractions (plus walking time between them) in just 15 minutes per attraction.

One minor suggestion: I would do Sum of All Thrills before Mission Space, and try for a MS Fast Pass at 10-11. (You may not even need that MS FP, but it never hurts to have one in case you do. Most Epcot Tier 2 FPs aren't really necessary.)

On your question about which first FP to line up at Animal Kingdom, I would choose Dinosaur at 10:30 rather than Everest at 9:10. You may or may not need the Dinosaur FP at that time, but you almost surely don't need an Everest one at park opening.

Thank you so much! That was very helpful advice!

So I changed it around and did
"9:00 Test Track
9:30 Sum of All Thrills
10:00-11:00 Mission Space Orange FP"

and for Magic Kingdom I changed:
"8:00 Meet Mickey
8:30 Space Mountain
8:50 Buzz Lightyear Spin
9:00 Meet Stitch (?)
9:20 Winnie the Pooh (?)
9:45 Meet Rapunzel/Cinderella
10:00 Meet Gaston
10:00-11:00 Seven Dwarf Mine Train FP
11:00-12:00 Peter Pan FP
12:00 Haunted Mansion
12:30-1:30 Thunder Mountain FP
1:30 Be Our Guest Lunch FP"

I really appreciate the input! It was quite helpful! I know it's foolish to do MK on the 26th but it's my birthday and I want to see Mickey and ride all my favorite rides.

 

[Ari37]

Hi Brittyro,
g-dad66 has already given you some excellent advice, which I would second! I have a few other suggestions after looking over your plan quickly.

First of all, I'm not sure where you are staying/ whether you are taking Magical Express from the airport or renting a car, but it may be tight for you to get to the MK by 11:00 AM on your first day (usually I plan on three hours from arrival at the airport to arrival at a park). However, it looks like you've given yourself a whole hour (11:00- 12:00) to see Mickey, and I would estimate the wait at that time to be closer to 30 minutes, so you should probably be pretty much on schedule even if you arrive at the park a little later. Just something to keep in mind! That same day during the 2:00- 3:00 PM slot, will part of your group be riding Splash with fp and part SDMT with fp, or are you planning to ride Splash standby and SDMT with fp as a group? If the latter, I think this step will take longer than one hour. Since Space will not take you a full hour to ride with fp from 3-4, you should have plenty of time that afternoon before your dinner reservation to hit some secondary attractions (e.g. Monsters Laughfloor, Stitch, Peoplemover)!

Your AK day looks good to me- I agree that I would not plan a fp for immediately after park opening- you won't need it!

Your revised Epcot day looks good as well (with Sum of All Thrills before MS)! You will likely have some extra time to fill in that morning, since it will not take a full hour for you to use your MS fp.

I think that the schedule you have planned on the 26th is currently what makes the least sense (it may be slightly easier if you are renting a car?) However, you currently will be wasting a ton of time on travel, since you will start at MK, then go over to Epcot, then go back to the MK area for dinner at Narcoosee's only to then go back to the Epcot area for Jellyrolls. I would suggest moving your Jellyrolls plans to a day when you will already be at Epcot or HS, and can just walk or boat over to the boardwalk. Otherwise this will be a super long day (maybe the evening of the 25th?)! If you're set on Jellyrolls that night, you also may consider switching your birthday dinner to somewhere in the Epcot/ boardwalk area before heading to Jellyrolls (e.g. Flying Fish?). Just another option to consider!
Hope that you have a great trip

 

[ksl5f123]

I agree with the PP that getting to MK by 11 on your arrival day will be tight. As long as you are flexible, you will be fine.

I know you have changed around March 26 a bit, but your original plan had
1:00 Be Our Guest Lunch FP
1:00 Meet Buzz
1:30 Meet Pluto

which won't quite work. I would allow at least an hour for that meal.

 

[BrittyRo]

Hi Brittyro,
g-dad66 has already given you some excellent advice, which I would second! I have a few other suggestions after looking over your plan quickly.

First of all, I'm not sure where you are staying/ whether you are taking Magical Express from the airport or renting a car, but it may be tight for you to get to the MK by 11:00 AM on your first day (usually I plan on three hours from arrival at the airport to arrival at a park). However, it looks like you've given yourself a whole hour (11:00- 12:00) to see Mickey, and I would estimate the wait at that time to be closer to 30 minutes, so you should probably be pretty much on schedule even if you arrive at the park a little later. Just something to keep in mind! That same day during the 2:00- 3:00 PM slot, will part of your group be riding Splash with fp and part SDMT with fp, or are you planning to ride Splash standby and SDMT with fp as a group? If the latter, I think this step will take longer than one hour. Since Space will not take you a full hour to ride with fp from 3-4, you should have plenty of time that afternoon before your dinner reservation to hit some secondary attractions (e.g. Monsters Laughfloor, Stitch, Peoplemover)!

Your AK day looks good to me- I agree that I would not plan a fp for immediately after park opening- you won't need it!

Your revised Epcot day looks good as well (with Sum of All Thrills before MS)! You will likely have some extra time to fill in that morning, since it will not take a full hour for you to use your MS fp.

I think that the schedule you have planned on the 26th is currently what makes the least sense (it may be slightly easier if you are renting a car?) However, you currently will be wasting a ton of time on travel, since you will start at MK, then go over to Epcot, then go back to the MK area for dinner at Narcoosee's only to then go back to the Epcot area for Jellyrolls. I would suggest moving your Jellyrolls plans to a day when you will already be at Epcot or HS, and can just walk or boat over to the boardwalk. Otherwise this will be a super long day (maybe the evening of the 25th?)! If you're set on Jellyrolls that night, you also may consider switching your birthday dinner to somewhere in the Epcot/ boardwalk area before heading to Jellyrolls (e.g. Flying Fish?). Just another option to consider!
Hope that you have a great trip

Last time we took the 6am flight we got to MK by 11am that's why I put the timing that way for this time. Hopeful thinking I suppose. For that FP I put Splash as the alternate if I can't get 7DMT so that's why.

For March 26 I have it that way because I want to do all that stuff for my birthday that day. I figure with the Monorail it should cut down on travel time

Thanks for all the advice everyone! I make my FP selections in 3 minutes! Wish me luck

 

[defendthehill]

I will be there during the same week you are. I agree with the other posters. My plan is to not use a FP until the busy times in the parks. So no FP at Animal Kingdom for the Safari. If you are there early you can just ride in the regular stand by line. This is our plan. I will FP the Safari later in the day. My kids love it and it is worth it for us to rope drop to the Safari....and then FP it later.

The one FP that I did schedule in the early part of the day is for Peter Pan. On the suggestion of Disney Unofficial Guide......riding stand by on Peter Pan is always a long wait after 9:30....so a FP is worth it.

Just some of my advice.....have a great trip!!!