Various Planning/Timing Questions… MNSSHP and dining

kitandkat

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Hi, I’m new here and this will be my fourth trip to Disney World but first as an adult and first in… almost 15 years I think. Anyway, I am bringing my partner who has never been. We are doing 3 park days around Halloween with park hopper.

Current plan is:
1 day in HS (possibly park hopping for dinner) bc we really want to do the Star Wars world so I anticipate spending a lot of time there
1 day in Epcot to eat our hearts out at Food and Wine lol
1 day MK/AK (AK is my least fave and I could skip but she wants to see the Avatar stuff. MK I think will end up being her least favorite, plus we will have more time there with MNSSHP)
1 night MNSSHP possibly not on a park day of our vacation

We want to do Cinderella’s Royal Table and Be Our Guest. We also want to do the Avatar rides and the Tron ride. Open to Genie+/LL. So my questions are:
1) if doing MK and AK on the same day which do you recommend doing first especially to make all those rides? Which is better to rope drop?
2) Does arriving around 6pm give you a good amount of time at MNSSHP? We are thinking of doing that the first night we get there but I anticipate wanting to nap after the flight so I don’t think we’d make it at 4.
3) Have people had success getting on TRON during MNSSHP?
4) Thoughts about dining during MNSSHP? (I was a little worried about the disclaimer that you might not be able to park hop if the parks are at capacity but the FAQ thread about that reassured me that’s unlikely to happen. Since we want to do the 2 big restaurants for MK then I would think we’ll end up hopping back for that, but wanted to know if this is also a good option or would cause us to miss too much of the party.)

I’ve tried reading a bunch but just need advice/clarification on these. Thank you!
 
I would recommend doing Be Our Guest on the MNSSHP day, ideally with a time between 4-6pm. I would do CRT on your other MK day.

On your MK/AK day, I would recommend AK in the morning (it usually opens earlier, and you'll have plenty of time to hit the big rides there) and MK later, but you will lose your chance to get a VQ for Tron in that situation and would have to do the ILL. You will have a chance at Tron VQ at 6pm for the MNSSHP.
 














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