wdw for just 1 day-what to do?? how does this sound??

[Disneyfun1]

we just planned a last minute trip on sat to go to wdw for just 1 day.

ok, there is a little more to the story....we are going on our first ever disney cruise and want to arrive early in case of any delay(and be able to at least get to the park for a day)

work wont let us have any additional time off-we are lucky we got the cruise time off being so last minute-we leave in 3 weeks!

but, we did get the time off for the cruise and the ability to go 1 day early which is better than no days.

what should we do on the 1 day now??

I told my wife we are going to cram 10 days of fun into 18 hours!!


here is the plan:

we are taking the red-eye on tuesday july 18, will arrive in orlando on weds july 19 at 8am.

take ME to our resort-first time at SS for the one night, then go to MK. Get on the new POTC and other rides until noon or so. Maybe stay later, not sure.

Go to lunch at either kona cafe(never been) or le cellier.

then go to epcot and spend the day. go to dinner at either chef mickeys or cape may clam back-then either back to epcot or Mk. would love to be able to do illuminations then wishes and spectro.

after that, possibly go to MGM since they have an EMH, or go to DD, or back to room.

In the morining of thurs july 20, get up early and take ME back to airport, then switch to DCL bus to go to port. the reason i dont want to take bus from resort is i have read they dont leave until 12-1pm. if we go back to the airport using ME, the buses start leaving there for the port around 10 am, so we can get there early and check in and be on board as soon as they let us. ive been told that between 1130-1.

we arrive back from the cruise on sunday and then we have to fly home that afternoon at 155, so we cant go back to the parks.

we do have 2 comp 1 day park hopper passes that we thought we would never have a use for since we always by either PAP or 10 day hoppers(i still have my PAP voucher as well that i have not activated yet!)

so how does this sound?? any suggestions?? Or is there no way this will work??

 

[Disneyfun1]

anyone??

 

[Kick Save]

I'm tired just reading that!

I'd say the #1 attraction you'll be on is the good ol' WDW bus! Then again, you do qualify as a vet, so you know what you're in for...

Here's my take on your plan...hit MK until noonish, then go to Epcot for lunch at Le Cellier. Tour Epcot then walk out the back door to Cape May for the clam bake. Head back into Epcot, tour, watch Illuminations. Then off to MK...maybe head back out the IG to the BC and grab their bus to the MK (rather than fight the crowd to the front gate and monorail), watch Wishes and Spectro. If time (and heartrate ) allows, head to MGM for a little more fun.

I just think if you try to hit Chef Mickey's then Illuminations then the MK you're taking a lot of Disney transportation that you could skip by centering your meals around Epcot. Maybe Kona for lunch instead of Le Cellier since you could catch the monorail right there. But dinner at Cape May for sure.

If you pull this off you'll put a whole new meaning to "Commando Touring." Also, you'll need to report back on how it went...