What's your MK strategy?

[Dislover1991]

We've always started with Tomorrowland then walk over to Adventureland and work our way back to Tomorrowland - my dad worships Birnbaum who suggests saving Fantasyland for the evening but I'm looking to see how we can change it up a little to get most of the attractions in. Fantasyland in the Kate afternoon didn't really work like we expected.

I know FP+ will likely change our plan but just curious as to how everyone tours the "lands"

 

[LucyBC80]

Rope drop, go left, leave around 1pm to resort and rest. Go back around 5PM, go right. If I want to see Wishes from the hub, get back to the front of the par around 8pm otherwise keep on riding the rides with almost no wait while Wishes is still going.

 

[DLFT]

I do SpM and BTMR in Frontierland and then hit Fantasyland. I then do Tomorrowland. Love Birnbaum's but saving Fantasyland for early evening is NOT a good idea :/

 

[Dislover1991]

I do SpM and BTMR in Frontierland and then hit Fantasyland. I then do Tomorrowland. Love Birnbaum's but saving Fantasyland for early evening is NOT a good idea :/

Yeah, we learned that last time and ended up missing out on about 3 rides due to long waits in the others- and of course all the fastpasses were taken by the time we made it over there. We learned our lesson!

 

[NorthernBuckeye]

2.5 days including two rope drops.

 

[epcotty]

I start with Tomorrowland and work around that way, and typically have gotten FPs as I went around if wait times were too long, just going through the lands. Then doing repeats later, and catching MSEP and Wishes

(don't know what I'll do with the new system as being a kind of local going on day trips and coordinating with family will make it really tough for me)

 

[RebeccaB]

Usually we head to Frontierland, hit either Splash or BTMRR depending on wait times, grab a FP for one or the other. Then we might work our way back through Frontierland, (Country Bears for fil), HM, IASW, maybe PP if the wait time isn't ridiculous, Pooh (for me, dd pretends disdain ), finally ending up in Tomorrowland/Adventureland, hit Monsters, Space Mt (mil loooves this ride, and oddly we usually time it just right when wait times are low), People Mover, CoP. Definitely try to work Pirates in there before we stagger out of the park...

 

[PaulaVonSchweetz]

We generally head to the left after RD and work our way around. Though for our next trip in Dec we will probably head straight to Fantasyland to knock that out asap.

 

[Queen2PrincessG]

With new fantasyland we have tweaked it to hit enchanting tales with belle first, hopefully grabbing a FP for Little mermaid and t hen going about as normal.

 

[darkwing818]

I start with Tomorrowland and work around that way, and typically have gotten FPs as I went around if wait times were too long, just going through the lands. Then doing repeats later, and catching MSEP and Wishes

(don't know what I'll do with the new system as being a kind of local going on day trips and coordinating with family will make it really tough for me)

Sounds like us, TomorrowLand is always 1st. Then we go for Fast Passes etc.

 

[GagesMama]

I've always started toward the right in Tomorrowland and worked my way around counterclockwise. Our next trip will be with my son so we'll probably go to Fantasyland first.

 

[Radiorox]

Either we go straight for ETWB to Barnstormer or MKRR to BTMRR - ride that a couple of times. Then go to JC, Aladin, Tiki, Pirates, HM, PeopleMover, COP.. back to resort. Come back at night.

 

[Nina1]

We always start at park opening in Fantasyland. Mornings there are the best. We have usually hit all the attractions we want to experience at least twice by the time the crowds begin to grow, and are on our way to Liberty Square. Then Frontierland, Adventureland and then Tomorrowland. We also love to spend time on Main Street for shopping and exploring. And shopping in the other lands as we go, of course. Lol. Then we go back and do anything we want to repeat. We don't like to leave the parks during the day and will usually stay until close or until our son gets tired (daddy usually gets tired first We always make good use of fast passes when we need them. I love our system. We have always been able to do exactly what we want to when we want to do it. I just hope FP+ doesn't ruin it.

 

[SeattleSuz]

After RD, Splash, BTMRR, HM, IASM, PP, LM, then onto Tomorrowland for Space. Loop back over to POTC and then hit up whatever else. Then park hop or back to resort.

 

[LSUfan4444]

Currently (not considering FP+ implications), assuming we have DD with us

-Arrive at MK 35-40 minutes prior to park opening
-My wife takes my daughter and the stroller to ETwB and I head directly for Peter Pan FP
-By the time I have grabbed our FPs, I meet them in stroller parking for ETwB
-Little Mermain Ride
-Ariel's Grotto
-Grab Pooh FP
-Peter Pan via FP
-Dumbo
-Barstormer
-IASW
-Philharmagic
-Pooh via FP

-Lunch (as the family makes there way to where we ant to eat, I grab Splash Mnt FP)

-Dole Whipe for dessert
-Magic Carpets of Aladdin
-POTC
-Splash Mnt via FP
-Grab Thunder Mnt FP

Then we see how the rest of the day goes.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

2.5 days including two rope drops.

Yep.

Day 1 starts in Fantasyland, then we work our way counterclockwise to HM, then the Frontierland mountains, ending in Adventureland before taking a break. Then we're free to do whatever we want when we return in the afternoon/evening. Usually we start again in Adventureland because Pirates is such a favorite.

Day 2 starts in Adventureland (to get the fairies), then over to Tomorrowland (maybe...we might just skip it this year), then back to Fantasyland for favorites.

The third day is typically "clean up"/repeat favorites day. We tend to get things on that third day that are more time consuming since by then we've typically done all of our favorites a few times.

 

[DisneyAllyC]

I don't know. I head straight for Fastpasses for Splash Mountain and then go from there

 

[katt789]

I will usually do:
-Rope drop, walk straight through the castle, ride PPF
-Cut through to Frontierland, then Adventureland
-Swing through Fantasyland to check on wait times, probably ride/fp Winnie the Pooh, then head to Tomorrowland
-I usually end up stopping for characters in there quite a bit too, and with FLE, the touring plan has changed a bit, I'm never really sure where to head first thanks to Enchanted Tales taking up so much time in the morning.
Thankfully I also use EMH in the morning so I'd quickly ride Space, then head to PPF, grab fp, then Enchanted Tales in that case!

 

[Dislover1991]

Sounds like us, TomorrowLand is always 1st. Then we go for Fast Passes etc.

That's how we planned it last time but we skipped Fantasyland and waited to do that until later. Of course my 6 year old cousin was with us and we thought he would love the park - he wanted to go even before we made it through Tomorrowland. So he slowed us down a bit during the day as we had to do some rides that interested him but we didn't care too much to do. Once we made it to Fantasyland in the evening, it was PACKED and somehow we even skipped the castle

 

[Dislover1991]

We always start at park opening in Fantasyland. Mornings there are the best. We have usually hit all the attractions we want to experience at least twice by the time the crowds begin to grow, and are on our way to Liberty Square. Then Frontierland, Adventureland and then Tomorrowland. We also love to spend time on Main Street for shopping and exploring. And shopping in the other lands as we go, of course. Lol. Then we go back and do anything we want to repeat. We don't like to leave the parks during the day and will usually stay until close or until our son gets tired (daddy usually gets tired first We always make good use of fast passes when we need them. I love our system. We have always been able to do exactly what we want to when we want to do it. I just hope FP+ doesn't ruin it.

I'm liking this strategy! If I am able to do so, i'd love to get FP+ for the mountains and BTMR so we can hit up Fantasyland first. I know many families go to a character breakfast or don't always make it to RD so our best bet may be to hit up FL first.