What Parks, What Day?

[tinkerone]

I need the experts advice. We will be at WDW for 4 days at the end of October. The schedule is arrive at resort about 11:30 October 29th, have the 30th, 31st, and November 1st. Leaving the 2nd. I will have three day passes. What park would you leave out? What park would you go to on what day? Do you feel it would be worth the funds to purchase a fourth day?

We have been to WDW at least once a year, mostly twice as a minimum, however I have never been for only a few days so I'm not sure how to plan this. Usually we have so much time there we don't bother to plan ahead. If we didn't do a park today we could do it tomorrow.

Thanks for any help.

 

[ddavev3]

The touring plans and crowd calendar at http://www.easywdw.com/easy/ are a big help!

 

[Cynister]

I agree, I'd start by looking at a few crowd calendars to narrow down which are less busy on particular days. Then, I'd consider things like do you have anyone that absolutely loves Star Wars or TSMM? If not, then maybe you skip DHS. Do you have anyone that lives animals or is dying to see the new ROL show? If not, then maybe you skip AK. If you want to see all of those & were planning on doing a Halloween party or F&W, I'd add a 4th if you can swing it.

 

[dkrauss]

You need to keep in mind the MNSSHP.........2 of your days have the party, which means unless you're going..........your out of MK at 7pm. Something to keep in mind

Doug

 

[Mikie]

You need to keep in mind the MNSSHP.........2 of your days have the party, which means unless you're going..........your out of MK at 7pm. Something to keep in mind

Doug

Absolutely important to keep in mind! Unfortunately you have to choose between the day hours with lowest crowd and shorter lines (the days WITH the parties) and the days where you can see the night parade and fireworks (days without parties, but noticeably higher crowds).

OP, I am so crowd-averse that I am happy to go to MK on a party day and then catch fireworks from outside the perk or simply be satisfied with Illuminations or Fantasmic for night entertainment on that trip and miss Wishes altogether. On a party day, we'll go to MK at opening and stay there straight through 7pm, then go to a table service dinner at a monorail resort. (Note that park exit is very hectic at 7 pm and plan accordingly for travel/ADR time)

In addition to easywdw, I like the crowd calendars at touring plans.com to help choose days.