WDW 4 Park Challenge

[Petrifish]

Hi all, long time lurker first time poster.

I am travelling from the UK in late April, early May for an Orlando trip with friends. However none of them seem keen in doing Disney, so I have a single day to get the most Disney in as I can. So I have decided to set myself a challenge in riding every roller coaster and water based attraction as I can at the 4 parks.

The rides included:

MK:

• 7DMT
• Big Thunder
• Space Mountain
• Barnstormer
• Splash Mountain
• Its a Small World
• Pirates of the Carribean
• Jungle Cruise

AK:

• Expedition Everest
• Primeval Whirl
• Kali River Rapids
• Na'vi River Journey

HS:

• Slinky Dog Dash
• Aerosmith

Epcot:

• Living With The Land
• Frozen
• Gran Fiesta Tour

I was hoping some of you Disney Veterans would know the best order to do this challenge and if I have missed off any rides.

 

[Ladyandthepuppies]

Good luck!!!

@kennythepirate has an article on doing the Parkeology WDW47 Challenge that you might find helpful while planning. I think a lot will depend on the crowds and which rides you can get FPs for.

https://www.kennythepirate.com/2017...a-single-day-with-parkeology-wdw47-challenge/

Also, I would consider adding Test Track to your Epcot list.

 

[b5sgqueen]

This sounds really cool! I like the idea of trying to hit specific rides with a goal.
Also, are you doing this by yourself? It will be much easier than if your friends are coming with.

I would defintiely stragetize this and see what you can get FP for. SDD and 7DMT will have horrible waits and you can only RD one. Aerosmith backs up pretty badly as well. It will be hard to get these rides but my take would be:
Try for a day where HS opens at 8 and other parks at 9. Or at least find a park that opens at 8 and start there before moving on.

RD SDD
head to Aerosmith and use single rider if there is a line(SR first thing in the morning is super quick there, at other times not so much. I just think no one uses it that early).

Over to AK for 9am opening
River Journey
Kali
EE(single rider if needed)
primeaval

to MK
FP SDMT
SP Space
FP Splash
Grab the rest of the rides with 4th FP as the day goes on. BTMRR is the only one that would be an issue
The other nice thing about this use of FP's is if you can't modify the ones you have, you have rides that are good options for short waits in between(barnstormer etc.)

Epcot:
look for FP for these rides
Land
Gran Fiesta
close the night with Frozen when lines are down

You can also make 2 FP in one park, and, when you use the first one, make a FP at a different park. You may be able to leverage this a bit. Your real problem is trying to do SDMT, RJ, and SDD in one day. RJ backs up pretty badly.

You could do:
AK
RD RJ
EE
Kali
Primevk

to HS:
FP for SDD
FP for Aerosmith
see if you can make a FP for frozen. If not, look for anything in MK and make it.

Head to Epcot if you have a frozen FP, other wise to MK. Either way, pick up FP along the way.

Good luck!

 

[gharter]

Good luck. Sounds ambitious, but fun.

 

[gap2368]

if you are staying at Disney I would look at doing MK when it has EMH. The MK is one of the easiest park to get more FP at and with the EMH you can get a good number of rides

 

[MousetersInc]

Hi all, long time lurker first time poster.

I am travelling from the UK in late April, early May for an Orlando trip with friends. However none of them seem keen in doing Disney, so I have a single day to get the most Disney in as I can. So I have decided to set myself a challenge in riding every roller coaster and water based attraction as I can at the 4 parks.

The rides included:

MK:

• 7DMT
• Big Thunder
• Space Mountain
• Barnstormer
• Splash Mountain
• Its a Small World
• Pirates of the Carribean
• Jungle Cruise

AK:

• Expedition Everest
• Primeval Whirl
• Kali River Rapids
• Na'vi River Journey

HS:

• Slinky Dog Dash
• Aerosmith

Epcot:

• Living With The Land
• Frozen
• Gran Fiesta Tour

I was hoping some of you Disney Veterans would know the best order to do this challenge and if I have missed off any rides.

Just to complicate your plans, I'd also want to ride Soarin' in Epcot. Not strictly a coaster or water ride, but definitely a headliner that's much more celebrated than Living with the Land or Gran Fiesta. (On the other hand, those two would be much easier to rope drop or standby.)
As a solo-er you can benefit from Single Rider lines, and Test Track is generally acknowledged as one of the best rides to use Single Rider for.

 

[Jadyreen1282]

YouTube it!

 

[Babe the Blue Ox]

This was a lot easier when AK closed earlier in the day. The best strategy we found was to hit as many parks as possible at closing time when the lines are the shortest. When AK closed at 6, you could do DHS first (we started at noon), then AK until 6 then Epcot until 9 then MK until midnight. We were able to ride 16 rides plus two parades, two fireworks shows and even fit in some gift shopping time.

I believe this was in 2014. The highlight of the day was seeing Mark Hamill in the Star Wars parade. We walked in the gate as his motorcade was coming down the road.

Another key is driving yourself. This will get you around a lot quicker than waiting on transportation.