Depends I suppose...if DS had the choice, all things being equal, he woul dchoose MK. Me, Epcot. But we generally look at crowds, EMH, Guidebooks, etc and pick the park where the lowest crowds are anticipated.
The past three visits to the World we have started with Animal Kingdom. We do this because it closes early and we are usually tired after the looooong drive from Massachusetts. We are too excited to sleep in on our first morning and we usually run out of steam by 5:00. We eat an early dinner and get a good nights sleep for Magic Kingdom the next day.
We started our DAK tradition several trips ago and it just stuck... don't know why.
But the first full day of vaca is always DAK. The arrival day (if not late at night) is always DTD and then ADR somewhere for dinner...but the first park the next day (full day) is DAK.
Our park for our first full day is always the magic kingdom. We often go to a park on the day we arrive for half a day but it is not always the same park.
We always arrive mid-afternoon, so after check-in, we usually just head over to DTD so I can get some shopping done (mostly pins and WOD merchandise), eat dinner and just enjoy our first night in the World! Next day, it's off to my favorite park - the Magic Kingdom!
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