What time to be at bus stop?

[Dakota731]

We are staying at AKL and I wondered what time to be at the bus stop to get to the parks by opening?

 

[Robo]

We are staying at AKL and I wondered what time to be at the bus stop to get to the parks by opening?

On days with no AM EMH and 9AM posted opening time:

8:15-ish for DAK.
8:00-ish will work Epcot and DHS.
7:30-ish for MK, due to MK's new "Main St. opens at about 7:50AM" situation.

 

[Dakota731]

wow that's early till we do breakfast and out late with little ones ugh

 

[ArielSRL]

wow that's early till we do breakfast and out late with little ones ugh

This is why we do midday breaks. I have a 2 & 5 yr old. We like to do early and then late touring, so we definitely need a rest. Besides we go in June when it is hot midday.

 

[GBBTomorrow]

wow that's early till we do breakfast and out late with little ones ugh

Agreed. We will either do midday breaks (unless they are little enough to nap in the stroller still), or we will plan sleep-in non-park days, or both, depending on the length of the trip. You don't want to go home from your vacation needing a vacation, so make sure you plan adequate down time so you won't be doing a forced march. I know it's hard, when you've spent so much money to be there, but you want quality over quantity when it comes to minutes spent in the parks (IMHO).


I agree with Robo's time estimates, not that anyone would question Robo's expertise! As a very generic rule of thumb, we like to be at the bus stop one hour before park opening, but Robo's specific suggestions are better.

 

[AZMermaid]

wow that's early till we do breakfast and out late with little ones ugh

My kids are always early to bed, early to rise. They wake early no matter what- so we work with it instead of against it. What that means for us.... rope drop through 3-5ish in the parks. We see a show or do a TS lunch as a little rest. This means we don't see any night entertainment. I know we could not handle late nights AND early mornings- but we have friends whose kids totally can. This time we are going to plan a early/break/late day to see Rivers of Light.... if it ever opens. It is late in our trip, so if it goings horribly wrong, we are leaving the next day and they can sleep on the plane!

 

[gap2368]

my rule of thumb is to be at the buss stop at lest 60-45 minutes before I want to be pass bag check security.