Thanksgiving Weekend - Does this sound reasonable?

[NCLinda]

We are doing the land/sea package and our land portion starts Thanksging day and goes through Friday and Saturday.

I have resigned myself that the parks will be packed. It is important to me that we don't stress, feel rushed and be miserable before we get on the cruise Sunday. So, here is my plan. Does this sound reasonable? Any other ideas?

I have told dd (12) and ds(11) that we need to choose 5 Don't miss attractions for each park: MAgic Kingdom (Thursday) , Epcot (friday) and MGM (saturday). We will try our best to do those 5 things and anything else will be extra. We are staying at Beach Club so we want to enjoy that and get away from the crowds. We have PS at Prime Time Cafe Sat at lunch and a character breakfast at Cape May on Sunday morning.

We are going to stay in a DD hotel the night before our package begins so we can spend some time there.

Any other ideas? Should I make priority Seating ressies for dinner each night or just wait and see how it looks? Also, do we qualify for early entry passes?

Thanks for all your help! Linda

 

[bobcat]

If you want to eat at sit down restaurants then make PS. The restaurants are full Thanksgiving weekend. When we went over Thanksgiving three years ago I was suprised that it wasn't as crowded as I had expected.

We always choose our top 5 lists, even if we are staying two weeks.

 

[Micca]

Take advantage of EE (you can sleep late on the cruise ) and you'll do fine I think 5 attractions per park is reasonable

 

[Pea Picker]

I agree, with the EE plan. If you can get moving early in the morning then you should take advantage of Early Entry at MK & Studios and should be able to ride the popular attractions with no problem. If you are the kind that like to sleep in then I would avoid the EE parks. Magic Kingdom is the EE park for Thursday and Studios are EE on Saturdays. You could switch your schedule and do Studios on Thursday, MK on Friday and Epcot on Saturday (MK is most crowded on Saturdays and EE days).

Have a good time.