Vacation Itinerary

[andyman8]

We are going on our first trip with our two teenagers this June and are staying at the Contemporary for five nights. We are Florida resdients and liven about two and a half hours away. I just would like to know if our plan with the rides in the parks will pretty much work? Please specify wht will and won't work! Thanks so much!
**On Friday the tenth I have a meeting that will last until noon so it will be my two kids and wife**

Tuesday, June 7, 2011
5pm Depart for Walt Disney World
7:30pm Orlando Premium Outlets
8pm Quick Dinner at Food Court
8:30pm Orlando Premium Outlets
10pm Late Check In to Contemporary

Wednesday, May 8, 2011
9am Arrive at Disney's Animal Kingdom
Kilimanjaro Safaris (FastPass Expedition Everest)
10:05am Breakfast: Tusker House Restaurant
It's Tough to be a Bug
Expedition Everest (FastPass Kali River Rapids)
Lunch: Dino Diner
Primeval Whirl
Kali River Rapids (FastPass Dinosaur)
Shopping at the Oasis
Dinosaur
4:15pm Downtown Disney
7:15pm Dinner: Cap 'n' Jacks
9pm Cirque du Soliel

Thursday, June 9, 2011
8:25am Breakfast: The Wave
9:15am Arrive at Epcot
Mission Space (FastPass Soarin')
Test Track
Living with the Land
Soarin' (FastPass Maelstrom)
1:10pm Lunch: Coral Reef Restaurant
Captain EO
Maelstrom
World Showcase Shopping
7:30pm Dinner: Rose & Crown
9pm Illuminations

Friday, June 10, 2011
9:00am Arrive at Magic Kingdom
9:20am Breakfast: Cinderella's Royal Table
Main Street Vehicles
Mad Tea Party
Astro Orbiter (FastPass Space Mountain)
Tomorrowland Transit Authority
Space Mountain (FastPass "it's a small world")
Lunch: The Lunching Pad
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
"it's a small world"(FastPass Big Thunder Mountain)
Main Street Shopping
Splash Mountain
Big Thunder Mountain
Pirates of the Caribbean
6:45pm Return to Contemporary
7:25pm Dinner: California Grill
10pm Wishes Fireworks
10:30pm Return to Magic Kingdom
Space Mountain

Saturday, June 11, 2011
8:25am Breakfast: The Wave
9:15am Arrive at Disney's Hollywood Studios
Tower of Terror (FastPass Toy Story Mania)
Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show
Studio Backlot Tour
Toy Story Mania (FastPass Star Tours)
Light Lunch: ABC Commissary
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
Star Tours
Shopping on Hollywood Boulevard
4pm Dinner: Hollywood & Vine
9pm Fantasmic

Sunday, June 12, 2011
8:25am Breakfast: Chef Mickey's
10am Golf at Disney's Oak Trail Golf Course
12pm Lunch: The Sand Bar
12:30pm Water Sports
2pm Disney's Blizzard Beach
5pm Depart for Home

 

[g-dad66]

My recommendations for changes:

Epcot:
Do Test Track before Mission Space. (Mission Space rarely has much of a wait.)

Magic Kingdom:
I wouldn't do Main Street Vehicles, Mad Tea Party, or Tomorrowland Transit Authority first thing in the morning. This is the least busy time of day, and these attractions never have much wait, even later in the day.
I would hit Space Mountain and Astro Orbiter first instead, then Buzz Lightyear.
I notice that you don't plan on getting FP for Splash Mountain, but you probably will want to. In June, Splash could have quite a long wait during the heat of the day.
And...It's a Small World doesn't have Fast Passes (nor would you need them if it did).

Hollywood Studios:
You can't do Lights Motors Action in the morning, because there are usually only two shows, both in the afternoon (usually 1:20 and 4:30).
The newly-opened Star Tours is likely to be very popular, and you will probably want Fast Passes for it unless you do it first thing. It would be a better choice than Tower of Terror for first attraction, because Tower of Terror doesn't usually have very long waits in the morning these days.

 

[sharonabe]

You have a lot of late nights and early mornings, but only you know if your family can handle that.

Some observations:

AK day looks great!

Epcot day....agree with PP, do TT first then MS. Who will be your runner for the Maelstrom FP? It's a LONG way from Soarin' to Norway and then back to Coral Reef.

MK day...PP gave you some good advice. Are you planning on doing any attractions before your breakfast ADR? If not, you could ride the Main St. vehichles to breakfast. I would send someone to get your choice of FP before sitting down to breakfast, though.

Studios...I haven't checked the calendar. Is this a Star Wars Weekend? If it is, it will be crazy busy and you may want to try to switch with Wed or Thur. Since LMA does only play in the afternoons, you will have some time to fill in the a.m. The Animation class is fun, and if either of your teenagers are girls, Beauty and the Beast is great. You could also try to catch some of the Streetmosphere characters out "playing." You also don't have Muppets on your schedule. You have to go see the Muppets!

I just checked the calendar and that is the LAST Star Wars Weekend. If you are not going for that purpose, I highly suggest you switch your Studios day to Wed or Thur. It will be very, very crowded.

 

[Alesia]

We are going on our first trip with our two teenagers this June and are staying at the Contemporary for five nights. We are Florida resdients and liven about two and a half hours away. I just would like to know if our plan with the rides in the parks will pretty much work? Please specify wht will and won't work! Thanks so much!
**On Friday the tenth I have a meeting that will last until noon so it will be my two kids and wife**

Tuesday, June 7, 2011
5pm Depart for Walt Disney World
7:30pm Orlando Premium Outlets
8pm Quick Dinner at Food Court
8:30pm Orlando Premium Outlets
10pm Late Check In to Contemporary

Wednesday, May 8, 2011
9am Arrive at Disney's Animal Kingdom
Kilimanjaro Safaris (FastPass Expedition Everest)
10:05am Breakfast: Tusker House Restaurant
It's Tough to be a Bug
Expedition Everest (FastPass Kali River Rapids)
Lunch: Dino Diner
Primeval Whirl
Kali River Rapids (FastPass Dinosaur)
Shopping at the Oasis
Dinosaur
4:15pm Downtown Disney
7:15pm Dinner: Cap 'n' Jacks
9pm Cirque du Soliel

You need an earlier dinner. You need to be at the theater by 8:30. You need 20 to 30 minutes to get there. I would plan on dinner no later than 6:30.

Thursday, June 9, 2011
8:25am Breakfast: The Wave
9:15am Arrive at Epcot
You won't get to Epcot until 10:00 or 10:30. Soarin' fastpass return times could be late in the evening by then
Mission Space (FastPass Soarin')
Test Track
Living with the Land
Soarin' (FastPass Maelstrom)
1:10pm Lunch: Coral Reef Restaurant
Captain EO
Maelstrom
World Showcase Shopping
7:30pm Dinner: Rose & Crown
9pm Illuminations



Friday, June 10, 2011
9:00am Arrive at Magic Kingdom
9:20am Breakfast: Cinderella's Royal Table
I wouldn't have breakfast at 9:20. The first 2 hours of park time are the best of the day. I would hate to waste them in a restaurant. I would try to get an ADR for 8:00 am.
Main Street Vehicles
Mad Tea Party
Astro Orbiter (FastPass Space Mountain)
Tomorrowland Transit Authority
Space Mountain (FastPass "it's a small world")
Lunch: The Lunching Pad
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
"it's a small world"(FastPass Big Thunder Mountain)
Main Street Shopping
Splash Mountain
Big Thunder Mountain
Pirates of the Caribbean
6:45pm Return to Contemporary
7:25pm Dinner: California Grill
10pm Wishes Fireworks
10:30pm Return to Magic Kingdom
Space Mountain


Saturday, June 11, 2011
8:25am Breakfast: The Wave
9:15am Arrive at Disney's Hollywood Studios

You probably won't arrive at DHS until 10:00 or 10:30.
Tower of Terror (FastPass Toy Story Mania)
Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show
Studio Backlot Tour
Toy Story Mania (FastPass Star Tours)
Light Lunch: ABC Commissary
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
Star Tours
Shopping on Hollywood Boulevard
4pm Dinner: Hollywood & Vine
9pm Fantasmic

Sunday, June 12, 2011
8:25am Breakfast: Chef Mickey's
10am Golf at Disney's Oak Trail Golf Course
12pm Lunch: The Sand Bar
12:30pm Water Sports
2pm Disney's Blizzard Beach
5pm Depart for Home

These are the things that stick out to me right away.

 

[andyman8]

Unforuntaly, the kids insist on waiting for me to arrive before they do any major attractions. Do you have any recomendations for that? What do you all think of this adjusted itinerary?
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
5pm Depart for Walt Disney World
7:30pm Orlando Premium Outlets
8pm Quick Dinner at Food Court
8:30pm Orlando Premium Outlets
10pm Late Check In to Contemporary

Wednesday, May 8, 2011
9am Arrive at Disney's Animal Kingdom
Kilimanjaro Safaris (FastPass Expedition Everest)
10:05am Breakfast: Tusker House Restaurant
It's Tough to be a Bug
Expedition Everest (FastPass Kali River Rapids)
Lunch: Dino Diner
Primeval Whirl
Kali River Rapids (FastPass Dinosaur)
Shopping at the Oasis
Dinosaur
4:15pm Downtown Disney
6:30pm Dinner: Cap 'n' Jacks
9pm Cirque du Soliel

Thursday, June 9, 2011
8:25am Breakfast: The Wave
9:15am Arrive at Epcot
Test Track (FastPass Soarin')
Mission Space
Living with the Land
Soarin' (FastPass Maelstrom)
1:10pm Lunch: Coral Reef Restaurant
Captain EO
Maelstrom
World Showcase Shopping
7:30pm Dinner: Rose & Crown
9pm Illuminations

Friday, June 10, 2011
9:00am Arrive at Magic Kingdom
9:20am Breakfast: Cinderella's Royal Table
Main Street Vehicles
Mad Tea Party
Astro Orbiter (FastPass Space Mountain)
Tomorrowland Transit Authority
Space Mountain (FastPass Big Thunder Mountain)
Lunch: The Lunching Pad
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
Big Thunder Mountain (FastPass Splash Mountain)
3pm Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade
Main Street Shopping
Splash Mountain
"it's a small world"
Pirates of the Caribbean
6:45pm Return to Contemporary
7:25pm Dinner: California Grill
10pm Wishes Fireworks
10:30pm Return to Magic Kingdom
Space Mountain

Saturday, June 11, 2011
8:25am Breakfast: The Wave
9:15 am Arrive at Disney's Hollywood Studios
Tower of Terror (FastPass Toy Story Mania)
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
Studio Backlot Tour
Toy Story Mania (FastPass Star Tours)
Light Lunch: ABC Commissary
Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show
Star Tours
Shopping on Hollywood Boulevard
4pm Dinner: Hollywood & Vine
9pm Fantasmic

Sunday, June 12, 2011
8:25am Breakfast: Chef Mickey's
10am Golf at Disney's Oak Trail Golf Course
12pm Lunch: The Sand Bar
12:30pm Water Sports
2pm Disney's Blizzard Beach
5pm Depart for Home

 

[g-dad66]

Alesia is right about how late you will arrive at Epcot on Thursday and at Hollywood Studios on Saturday (about 10:00 or so).

Taking that into account, I think the schedule should be adjusted as follows:

Epcot:
1) You're right to get Soarin Fast Passes first thing, and I'm afraid the Test Track line might be quite long (perhaps an hour wait) by this time. So unless you want to stand in the Test Track line, I would grab Fast Passes for Test Track just as soon as you are eligible again (you should be eligible for Fast Passes two hours after you get the Soarin Fast Passes, which will probably be about 12:15 or so).
2) You can probably do Mission Space, Living with the Land, and Captain EO before you have lunch.
3) After lunch, you might be able to do Soarin (if Fast Pass return time has been reached).
3) You shouldn't need Fast Passes for Maelstrom.
4) Before dinner, you will have to return to Future World to ride Test Track (and possibly Soarin too) after the return time has been reached. Remember that you can use your Fast Passes ANYTIME after the return time begins (during the same day).

Hollywood Studios:
1) Head immediately to Toy Story Mania to see if any Fast Passes are left for the day. There may well not be any left by 10:15.
2) If you can't get TSM Fast Passes, head for Star Tours and get Fast Passes there. If you get TSM Fast Passes, try to get Star Tours Fast Passes just as soon as you are eligible for a second round of Fast Passes.
3) I checked the calendar, and sharonabe is right that it is a Star Wars weekend, so the park will be very crowded. It is possible that the only way you can ride Toy Story Mania and/or Star Tours is in the Standby Line (you may not be able to get Fast Passes), and the wait is likely to be 1 or more hours.

As far as Magic Kingdom goes, I think wife and kids should ride Astro Orbiter as soon as park opens and then grab Fast Passes for Space Mountain before heading for their breakfast ADR. They will want to arrive at MK somewhat before opening (8:45 would be fine) so that they can get to Astro Orbiter quickly.

 

[andyman8]

We have decided that those mornings (Thurs and Sat) we are going to breakfast at 8am and get to park by 9:30 we are going to rush through breakfast and hopefully it won't take more than 45 min. IF this work does this plan look pretty good? I am really having trouble deciding what to do in magic kingdom and how to time all of that. I'm arriving right before space mountain.
What are wait times like for the time of visit at all four pairs?

 

[bear_mom]

I'm confused on something, on the 10th you plan to arrive just before you family uses the Space Mountain. Do you plan on riding with them? They won't be able to get a fast pass for you unless your ticket has been activated by going through the gate that morning.

Your Epcot day - it is LONG walk from Soarin' to Malestrom to get a fast pass. I would rethink that.

We have eaten breakfast at The Wave before, we had a 7:00 am reservation and made it MK just after 8 for an EMH morning - but that was walking from the Contemporary to MK and the restaurant was empty at 7 when we arrived so we had little waiting for our waitress, drink, food, etc. I think 50 minutes is really pushing it to eat breakfast, catch a bus and make it to DHS - even if there was a bus waiting when you walked up.

Personally, I would skip your breakfasts and eat something quick or eat earlier.

Is your family going to be able to keep the pace you have planned? You have late nights with early mornings and little break times.

Emily

 

[JZCubed]

Very ambitious.

One recommendation - do not be disappointed if your plan has a hole or two.

But if you're really trying to "do it all," follow the previously listed advice on this board.

 

[andyman8]

My wife and kids will have my ticket which was purchased separately from our room and will use it to redeem a fast pass than they will meet me outside the kingdom to give it to me to enter the park. My wife and kids love the plan but I want to know if their is any time to allow for free time? Is there any rides I could cut out that two young teens may not enjoy?

 

[bear_mom]

My wife and kids will have my ticket which was purchased separately from our room and will use it to redeem a fast pass than they will meet me outside the kingdom to give it to me to enter the park. My wife and kids love the plan but I want to know if their is any time to allow for free time? Is there any rides I could cut out that two young teens may not enjoy?

From what I understand, if the ticket hasn't gone through the turnstyle that day, a fast pass won't be able to be gotten from it. I think if you look at the top of the board for Chesire Figment's thread on tickets this is probably addressed and clarified.

Emily

 

[Alesia]

My wife and kids will have my ticket which was purchased separately from our room and will use it to redeem a fast pass than they will meet me outside the kingdom to give it to me to enter the park. My wife and kids love the plan but I want to know if their is any time to allow for free time? Is there any rides I could cut out that two young teens may not enjoy?

That won't work. Unless you actually enter the park with your ticket, it can't be used to get a valid fastpass.

 

[andyman8]

Well thank you all for all of your help! You all are so generous and helped me make our trip even more magical. I am very excited and cannot express my gratitude for all your help! If you have any additional tips please post them and again thanks!