Sarah, I was looking at the park hours and thinking about what we could do each day, so I thought I'd summarize my thoughts here so the people following the report can see how we go about planning our trips.
For now, I'm assuming that we'll be coming home on Monday as planned and that you won't have to come home early for work. It really stinks when being a responsible adult gets in the way of having fun.
I also expect the parks to be super crowded the first few days we are there, though I expect them to thin out a little from Friday through the weekend as the Easter crowd heads out. Because of the crowds I don't expect to be able to do a lot of attractions, especially the major ones, in the afternoons or evenings, so that's when we can spend time at the pool, or at DD, or at the parks looking for those "hidden treasures".
Tuesday- Arrival Day
I'm reminded from some of our recent adventures with the airlines that it's not a good idea to get your heart too set on what you can do on arrival day. But, assuming that the plane is close to on time and we have no problems with the Magical Express (after we stop at Chick-Fil-A, of course) we should be getting to the AKL around 1 PM. You and I usually like to go to a park right away to get into the Disney groove, so we can go to AK, Epcot, or DHS to see how the crowds are. (I'm saving MK for a morning). If we can't get into our room right away, we could check our bags with the bell desk and check out the AK for a few hours, then come back and check into the room, and go to a different park or DD for the evening. If we can get into the room, we could go to DHS to see the Block Party Bash and a few other things (maybe an AIE show). I wouldn't expect to do any major rides because of the crowds, but maybe TOT or the single riders line at RNR wouldn't be too bad. Epcot has PM EMH that night, so it might be really mobbed, and I don't want to stay out too late on the first night because we will probably be tired from getting up so early to catch our flight.
Wednesday and Thursday
I'm lumping these together because I have reservations at Tony's both nights so we can choose which night to eat there and then stick around for Spectromagic and Wishes. MK has AM EMH on Thursday (7 AM
), but I'm thinking it might be better to start at MK on Wednesday and eat at Tony's on Thursday. We always like to start at MK on our first full day, and that way we can see the welcome show. (Unless they've changed it, they do that before the regular opening, not EMH.) 8 AM should be early enough for us to hit our major favorites (Space, Buzz, Splash, Thunder, HM, Pirates, Jungle Cruise) before the park gets too crazy. When it gets too crowded, we can head back to the AK for some pool time. In the evening, we can go to Epcot or DHS (whichever we don't see the first day) and catch the evening show. It might be a good night for Illuminations.
On Thursday, we can start at DHS and hit our favorites (TSM- hopefully twice, TOT and RNR) and then see what else we feel like doing before heading back for the pool. Then we can go back to MK for dinner and the night shows.
Friday
This will be our main Animal Kingdom day, as we are doing the backstage tour at 1 PM. So, we can start the day at AK at opening, and should have plenty of time to hit our favorites (Safari, EE, Dinosaur) and visit some of the animal trails and maybe catch the Lion King show before lunch and the tour. I know I WON'T want to go on KRR before our tour, but maybe we can get FP's to see if we feel like doing it after the tour and before we return to the AKL.
Friday evening we can see what we feel like doing after the long day at the AK.
Saturday and Sunday
What we do these days may depend on what we've been able to do the first few days. We'll probably want to start one day at Epcot to do our favorites (Soarin' and TT), some of the other things in World Showcase, and Kim Possible. We could either do that on Saturday or Sunday. I am also guessing that you'll want to start a second day at MK to do the things we aren't able to do the first day and to do some of our favorites a second time. Looking at the park hours, it might make sense to do that on Saturday because the park opens at 8 AM before returning to the usual 9 AM opening on Sunday. Because the crowds may be thinning out after the holiday, there might be a chance to cover a lot of ground at the MK between 8 AM and noon.
Somewhere in here I think you want to see Fantasmic, and I was thinking we could do that on Saturday night.Today I made a reservation for an early dinner at Sci-Fi; maybe we can eat there before the show.
On Sunday evening we could consider trying PM EMH at the MK if we have enough energy. Because our flight isn't until late Monday afternoon, we won't have to get up early, and it might be fun to see what the park is like that late. Of course, though that sounds good in theory, I probably will be falling asleep by 10 PM.
Anyway, that's the rough outline. With all the snow we've had the last few weeks, I'm ready to go tomorrow.
). The past couple years we one of the 9-game plans. Can't wait for opening day! We decided to leave for FL the day after so we could go to the game. 
LOL.
Ohhh well, still cool. Might have to check that out.
