Which attractions at MK on which days?! Help with itinerary.

[NicholeB630]

Ok we are doing Magic Kingdom two full days. One being the MVMCP. I want to make sure we are not back track and walking more than we have too. Tuesday we will do Crystal Palace for 8am breakfast and then hopefully BOG lunch and that night stay for party. We will take a mid day break, probably later afternoon since we will stay late that night. Than on Friday we will do BBB hopefully 8am and Cinderellas table for dinner. I know that day we will do FP for Elsa and Anna while DD is dressed up. Question here are our top rides I know we'll want to do and possibly the FP+ we will use? So which ones on which days? ..... I know these are most of the rides, but there are a few we dont care about. I'll add also we are going second week of December and hoping crowds are low like they predict being around a 3/4 and neither day at MK is EMH so we'll be in park before opening.

Elsa & Anna - FP+
Peter Pan - FP+
Enchanted tales with Belle - FP+
Pooh
Dumbo
Seven dwarfs - FP+
Little Mermaid
Astro
Buzz light year
Small world
Monsters Inc
Philarmagic
Haunted Mansion - FP+
Big Thunder Mountain - FP+
Pirates
Aladdins carpets

 

[MandiC]

I broke MK down into lands for each day. We did two days in MK, the first day we did Adventureland, Frontierland and Liberty Square. We actually had time to redo some rides too. Second day we did Tomorrowland, Fantasyland and Main Street (we did Main Street mainly for the sorcerers game)

 

[NicholeB630]

I broke MK down into lands for each day. We did two days in MK, the first day we did Adventureland, Frontierland and Liberty Square. We actually had time to redo some rides too. Second day we did Tomorrowland, Fantasyland and Main Street (we did Main Street mainly for the sorcerers game)

Thats what I was thinking too but I was having trouble with where both our mornings will be starting at. One being at BBB which that day I want to do FP+ with anna and elsa and then enchanted tales with Belle so obviously we'll be around that area but kinda far from Buzz and Astro to hit those first thing?
I suppose I could do Seven Dwarfs that day as well with my last fast pass. Than do PP the day I do the other lands since its not far from Haunted Mansion. We also want to eat at BOG at some point on the day of the Christmas party, its so hard figuring out a plan and not walking back and forth both days.

 

[NicholeB630]

How does the train work? We never did that. Can you board in Frontier land and get off in Fantasyland? If thats the case that actually works great for us. BC we could spend all morning in Frontierland and Adventure land get a FP+ for around 12 at Big Thunder Mountain than hoping we can get a BOG FP around 1 we can jump on the train and ride it to Fantasyland for lunch then take a our day break. Come back and use our other two FP+ at Haunted Mansion and PP and then have time to spare before the party starts.

 

[MandiC]

We took the train one day from Fantasyland to Main Street, not sure how it works for the other lands but it was my understanding that it stops in each land and makes a circle around the park.
I'd say start in one area and save FP for popular rides in the area you won't be in until later. Go for the most popular rides in whatever area you are starting first. We did Tomorrowland right away and got on Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear and Tomorrowland Speedway with pretty short waits. All our FP+ for that day were in Fantasyland, including a FP for BOG lunch, which was nice because it didn't count towards our 3 ride FP for the day.
For you, if you can get BBB for 8am, I'd skip the Anna and Elsa FP and head straight for the meet and greet when you get out of BBB. Or you could always try to get one of the first FP of the day and then switch the FP for something else in MDE if the wait is less than 30 minutes when you get there. Then you could try to do the rest of Fantasyland but honestly everything in Fantasyland will likely be busy right away. Tomorrowland isn't far from Fantasyland so I'd head there and do everything and save FP for Fantasyland . The Mine Train, Belle's Enchanted Tales and Peter Pan.

Elsa & Anna - FP+ If you can get in to BBB and get out before park open to get in line, I bet you can skip FP+ on this one.
Peter Pan - FP+ Yep, long wait on this one
Enchanted tales with Belle - FP+ Definitely want FP for this, wonderful experience though!
Pooh
Dumbo
Seven dwarfs - FP+
Little Mermaid This was a wait equal to Peter Pan, my girls loved this one more though they are similar
Astro
Buzz light year
Small world
Monsters Inc
Philarmagic
Haunted Mansion - FP+
Big Thunder Mountain - FP+
Pirates
Aladdins carpets

Were you going to do the Jungle Cruise as well? On your Adventureland/Frontierland/Liberty Square day I'd do FP+ for BTMRR and Haunted Mansion. If you are interested in Splash Moutain that would be my third choice, otherwise Jungle Cruise or Pirates.

 

[minniegirl19]

sorry but why is walking such a big deal? Your in Disney its a lot of walking just enjoy the park for what it is you can take train around it stops in both fantasyland frontierland and main street but otherwise your going to walk yes you have to plan your FP+ but just enjoy going and doing whatever rides you think your DD will like. she might want to do things more then once and if its in a different land and she asks if she can ride it again are you going to say no because you don't want to walk? you'll have time to sit and rest at home your at disneyworld if you don't want to walk stay home no offense

 

[NicholeB630]

sorry but why is walking such a big deal? Your in Disney its a lot of walking just enjoy the park for what it is you can take train around it stops in both fantasyland frontierland and main street but otherwise your going to walk yes you have to plan your FP+ but just enjoy going and doing whatever rides you think your DD will like. she might want to do things more then once and if its in a different land and she asks if she can ride it again are you going to say no because you don't want to walk? you'll have time to sit and rest at home your at disneyworld if you don't want to walk stay home no offense

Well weather you intended this to come off rude or not it did. I have been to Disney before I am well aware there is walking!! But I dont think walking from land to land for each ride makes much since especially with small children and I was just trying to get some input on which lands to do together on certain days so we utilize our time the best. We went before and got hardly anything done because we had no plan. NO I will not tell my daughter no she can't ride something because its not on the plan or out of the way but obviously we'll do everything we can and when it makes sense. I find it offensive that you would imply for us to stay home because we dont want to walk a lot. I have horrible feet and yes walking a lot bothers them so going back and forth from land to land each day is tough therefore trying to stick with certain areas on the same days make sense. I dont think that is outrageous or out of the norm. Not really sure why you even commented on this post.

 

[NicholeB630]

We took the train one day from Fantasyland to Main Street, not sure how it works for the other lands but it was my understanding that it stops in each land and makes a circle around the park.
I'd say start in one area and save FP for popular rides in the area you won't be in until later. Go for the most popular rides in whatever area you are starting first. We did Tomorrowland right away and got on Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear and Tomorrowland Speedway with pretty short waits. All our FP+ for that day were in Fantasyland, including a FP for BOG lunch, which was nice because it didn't count towards our 3 ride FP for the day.
For you, if you can get BBB for 8am, I'd skip the Anna and Elsa FP and head straight for the meet and greet when you get out of BBB. Or you could always try to get one of the first FP of the day and then switch the FP for something else in MDE if the wait is less than 30 minutes when you get there. Then you could try to do the rest of Fantasyland but honestly everything in Fantasyland will likely be busy right away. Tomorrowland isn't far from Fantasyland so I'd head there and do everything and save FP for Fantasyland . The Mine Train, Belle's Enchanted Tales and Peter Pan.

Elsa & Anna - FP+ If you can get in to BBB and get out before park open to get in line, I bet you can skip FP+ on this one.
Peter Pan - FP+ Yep, long wait on this one
Enchanted tales with Belle - FP+ Definitely want FP for this, wonderful experience though!
Pooh
Dumbo
Seven dwarfs - FP+
Little Mermaid This was a wait equal to Peter Pan, my girls loved this one more though they are similar
Astro
Buzz light year
Small world
Monsters Inc
Philarmagic
Haunted Mansion - FP+
Big Thunder Mountain - FP+
Pirates
Aladdins carpets

Were you going to do the Jungle Cruise as well? On your Adventureland/Frontierland/Liberty Square day I'd do FP+ for BTMRR and Haunted Mansion. If you are interested in Splash Moutain that would be my third choice, otherwise Jungle Cruise or Pirates.

I thought about skipping FP+ for Elsa and Anna and just trying to wing it and go straight there after BBB because if we can get a 8am I am thinking we'll def be done in an hour especially since we will have one of the first appointments but then I'd worry it would end up being a long line anyways. Plus there isn't really another ride we'd use for FP+ I dont think that we wont have covered already. Maybe I can just schedule it and then see first thing if theres a line and if not then reschedule that FP+ for something else. I'll def use them later in the day. I was thinking each day I'd use one around lunch time our last ride before break and then the other two after we come back to the park like 4/5

 

[minniegirl19]

Well weather you intended this to come off rude or not it did. I have been to Disney before I am well aware there is walking!! But I dont think walking from land to land for each ride makes much since especially with small children and I was just trying to get some input on which lands to do together on certain days so we utilize our time the best. We went before and got hardly anything done because we had no plan. NO I will not tell my daughter no she can't ride something because its not on the plan or out of the way but obviously we'll do everything we can and when it makes sense. I find it offensive that you would imply for us to stay home because we dont want to walk a lot. I have horrible feet and yes walking a lot bothers them so going back and forth from land to land each day is tough therefore trying to stick with certain areas on the same days make sense. I dont think that is outrageous or out of the norm. Not really sure why you even commented on this post.

Sorry if i offended you I just didn't get it. Your going at a really slow time I don't see why you won't be able to do the whole park in one day and just work your way through the lands. It will help if your children are in strollers too. My family has done the whole park before 1pm when there is low crowd levels so I bet you could too to maximize your trip. So I'm sorry if it came off rude i hope you have a great trip

 

[NicholeB630]

Sorry if i offended you I just didn't get it. Your going at a really slow time I don't see why you won't be able to do the whole park in one day and just work your way through the lands. It will help if your children are in strollers too. My family has done the whole park before 1pm when there is low crowd levels so I bet you could too to maximize your trip. So I'm sorry if it came off rude i hope you have a great trip

Well last time we just had no plan we didn't get anything done so I just worry we'll wonder around and not accomplish a lot and since we have two days I figured staying in certain areas made more sense. Yes we will def have a stroller so that helps with the kids. Hoping the crowd level is around 3/4 but its also December so not really sure how uncrowded to expect.

 

[JillShari]

Elsa & Anna - FP+
Peter Pan - FP+
Enchanted tales with Belle - FP+
Pooh
Dumbo
Seven dwarfs - FP+
Little Mermaid
Astro
Buzz light year
Small world
Monsters Inc
Philarmagic
Haunted Mansion - FP+
Big Thunder Mountain - FP+
Pirates
Aladdins carpets

OK... I didn't get how old your kids are. We went in March when it was busy and here is what I did with two days in MK with afternoon breaks and 1 return for the evening stuff.

1st day the focus was Fantasyland. We had FP for Dumbo, Belle and Little Mermaid. We were there 10 mins after rope drop and basically ran for Fantasyland. The FP window for the first one was 9-10, so anything with a 10 min wait, we were going to hop on quickly. We did Peter Pan, small world and then did our Dumbo FP. (we could have waited for that one since it was a short wait in the standby also), then my kids hit the Teacups with a 5 min wait, went on Little Mermaid 2x (once with FP and the other with 5 min or less wait standby), Had snack at Gaston's (yummy), then Enchanted Tales with Belle. (that had over an hour wait in standby and ours was 5 mins with the FP!), then we did Philharmagic with a 5-10 min wait and then headed for our reservation at Liberty Tree Tavern. Left that day for the day... and it was getting really crowded.

2nd day, focus was Tomorrowland. GOt there 10 min after rope drop. Had FP for Space Mountain, Buzz and Speedway. Got on Buzz with a standby 5 min wait, headed to Space Mountain (FP was 5 mins and standby was 20) while other two went on People Mover, then headed to Speedway which we did standby for a 10 min wait, after checking our app for wait times, we headed also to teacups again and then Pirates which was only 20 mins or less. We grabbed lunch and headed out and returned after a nap. We then ate dinner and could have done more rides, but I decided to wait in a good spot for the parade... DH took DS to the Monsters Laugh Floor which he loved. And then we saw all the nighttime stuff which was incredible.

So.... I have two boys.. no need to see princesses. We really only used 1 FP each day we were there....and the crowds were around an 8 each day. We skipped Aladdin and did Dumbo, kids didn't want to do Pooh, Haunted mansion or Big Thunder, and seven dwarfs wasn't operational yet. But, we were really happy with how it turned out. I think planning to be in once section was helpful... also make sure you have the apps with the wait times because it kept us from running across the park. And riding everything you can early in the morning was great... plus, if you have small crowds, it should be great.

Now... if you REALLY want to see Elsa and Anna.... I would get a FP, even if you don't use it. You can always hop on your smartphone later and switch it to a different FP. FP the things that you don't want to miss. Have fun!

 

[NicholeB630]

My last question is if I do Fantasyland and Tomorrowland together and I am starting at BBB after her appointment and hopefully at 9 or before being ready to go, do I head to Astro and Buzz first or do I need to do say pooh, ariel, dumbo first (other big rides will be FP+) I know those first couple hours are critical so wondering if more people go straight to FL first and skip Buzz and Astro or will most people stop there first meaning we should hit those first?

 

[Kristina4109]

Have you considered starting one day in Fantasyland and the second day in Tomorrowland? That might work for you.

 

[NicholeB630]

Have you considered starting one day in Fantasyland and the second day in Tomorrowland? That might work for you.

I'm thinking that may be what we do!

 

[sarkell]

I'm thinking that may be what we do!

Anna and Elsa are at 2 hour waits within minutes of opening each day hopefully dies down but who knows. I'd plan on getting a fp if you can get one.

 

[Feberin]

We haven't gone yet but are planning on going and spending two days at Magic Kingdom. I also wanted to group stuff according to location so that we wouldn't waste too much time walking back and forth.

We're doing FP+ on day one for Jungle Cruise, Splash Mountain and Peter Pan.

Day two we're doing FP+ for Enchanted Tales with Belle, Buzz Lightgear Spin and Space Mountain for my husband and I.

There weren't enough places we wanted to get FP+ for that were all in the same land since we had one in Adventureland and Frontierland with two in Fantasyland and Tomorrowland. So I split Fantasyland between two days. It also has the most rides that I think the kids will want to do that we're not getting FP+ so we can reride some of them the second day.

I also want to add that I missed the chance to get a FP+ for Anna and Elsa so I would definitely get one if that's a must do for you since they're so popular. You could always try changing it if you don't need to use it.