Will my plan for AK morning work?

[SFMommy]

Trying to figure out our AK morning before my FP+ booking opens in a few days. This is the Saturday after Thanksgiving with EMH starting at 8:00. We have the Up Close with Rhinos tour booked at 11:00 a.m.

Any guesses how long it would take us to do Navi, Dinosaur and Everest during EMH? Assuming we arrive at the gates around 7:00 for an 8:00 EMH. My first FP+ would be for the Safari. Trying to decide if we will be able to see FOTLK at 10:00 before our Rhino tour at 11:00.

8-9 Navi, Dinosaur, Everest - is this possible?
9-10 Safari (with FP+)
10-10:30 FOTLK (stand-by)
10:45 check-in for Rhino tour

Thanks for any input!

 

[LavishWig]

Do you know what the crowd level is meant to be? I did the 7am EMH on August 10th and did dinosaur and EE twice before it was 8am. They were all walk ons pretty much. Everyone seems to head to pandora so I’m not sure about Navi but I imagine it gets quite busy with people who see the Avatar wait time and decide to do Navi instead but I’m purely speculating.

We also did the 8am EMH and it was definitely busier but we still got a couple of rides done in the first hour.

Where is the rhino tour meeting point? If it’s near to the safari entrance then I think you’ll be fine to see the LK show and then get to the meeting point.

 

[gharter]

I would expect it to work. At opening, Navi is rarely busy, the crowds are headed to FoP.
You should be out of Navi, by 8:10, then head to Dinosaur as its on the way, then EE.
Unless the park is very busy, it should work.

 

[chris benton]

If you truly plan on being IN LINE at 7, you'll probably rewarded with a few extra spins on EE and Dinosaur.
I might even suggest hopping on the Safari BEFORE EE and Dinosaur if you are inside the park earlier than you thought, and you're done with Navi very quickly like 8am. You might be able to get on a Safari, then head to EE by 8:40. EE and Dino are pretty (Disney) scary/ thrilling rides, and everyone knows how awesome FOP is, so the EMH crowds will be gravitating to FOP (and stuck in line.) With a little luck on your side (and the knowledge that 7am does NOT mean 7:20am) I'd be pretty confident you can do more than what you think, but what you think is very do-able.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

If you truly plan on being IN LINE at 7, you'll probably rewarded with a few extra spins on EE and Dinosaur.
I might even suggest hopping on the Safari BEFORE EE and Dinosaur if you are inside the park earlier than you thought, and you're done with Navi very quickly like 8am. You might be able to get on a Safari, then head to EE by 8:40.

Only small caveat I’d add to this is sometimes Safari isn’t open for EMHs. At the moment the park calendar for the Sat after Thanksgiving has the hours for KS as opening at 9am. That may get updated later on, but it may not, so it may not be an option.

Otherwise, OP - you ‘should’ have your run of the park for Navi, EE, and Dino during EMH and agree you can probably double up on some if inclined.

Also OP, maybe stating the obvious, but since that’s a holiday week, keep an eye our for park hour changes closer to your date.