Which parks to do early entry???

[Amy M]

I have been to WDW a lot and had Genie+ down! We are heading down in a few weeks and using the new Lightning Lane for the first time. We are doing a more relaxed trip, with 3 park days (with hoppers) and off days between each one. My question is which 3 parks should I do early entry and my pre booked lightning lanes???? I’m thinking AK would be one that we could go to later in the day and not need the prebooked LLs since it seems like there is plenty of LL availability all day when looking at thrill data, but on the other hand it opens the earliest and has the cheapest LL price. Ugh…I don’t know what to do with this one. Any suggestions?

 

[gottalovepluto]

I'd pre-book LLs at EP in combo with rope droping AK. Animals are more active in the cool of the morning, especially during summer. If you are at EE rope drop at AK you can get a lot done quickly without LL. Stacking early isn't as important at EP as opposed to DHS or MK because EP just doesn't have great options right now. Currently when you book EP you either get Frozen or Remy and odds you'll get the other one day of are very slim. Then when you get to EP that day after tapping into something you can pick up Soarin which tends to have very good day of availability.

Play around with Thrill Data to get a feel for how fast LLs for different rides run out during the day.

The other 2 days EE/LL MK and DHS.

 

[scrappinginontario]

It's personal choice but many find they do not need LL at EP or AK. It can be helpful but is not necessary.

 

[HeiHei2018]

I agree with @gottalovepluto. You can rope drop AK without LLMP. You might splurge for LLSP for FOP, depending on your touring goals. (Lots of good blogs address touring plans with and without that.) Do a resort break and then hop to Epcot for your 3 prebooked LL and lots of short lines in the front of the park. I recommend booking Remy or Frozen later in the evening unless you are entering at IG. That way you can roll through your other LL and into short lines at the front of the park without crisscrossing. If you absolutely must do both Remy and Frozen, you may need to rope drop Epcot instead of AK.

 

[neverlandsky]

EE was most beneficial for us listed from worse to best: 4) EP. 3) MK. 2) DHS. 1) AK.

LLMP/LLSP was the most beneficial and best bang for us listed from worse to best: 4) AK. 3) EP. 2) MK. 1) DHS.