I could use a second set of eyes on the following tour plan for AK for Aug 14, 2022 (a Sunday).
I do have Genie+ and I do plan on keeping it as I was grandfathered in when Disney allowed it to be added to a package. So I have it for 6 park days and I don’t feel like cancelling that and messing around adding it each day.
We plan to rope drop with early entry both Pandora rides. This is the only day we are planning to be at AK.
I’ve used thrill-data from yesterday (Sunday 6/26/22) to predict Genie+ LL return times for the following:
7:00AM get * 8:30 AM at Kilimanjaro Safaris
8:30AM get * 9:30 AM at Meet Favorite Disney Pals at Adventurers Outpost
9:30AM get * 10:00 AM at DINOSAUR
10AM get * 11:00 AM at Finding Nemo: The Big Blue… and Beyond!
I do realize that messing with Genie+ for the above may not be worth it whatsoever after the first one as they only save 5-10 minutes. And it’ll be my very first park day and first time using Genie+ (so maybe it’ll be a good “practice” day for that).
The below is an EVALUATED plan to order things out a bit better for walking with DS’s of 14, 11, 6. It’s “In Line” time = 176min (vs. 168 for the OPTIMIZED version) and “Walking” time = 98 (vs. 103).
| STEP | ARRIVAL | WAIT | DURATION | FREE TIME | WALK TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1) Avatar Flight of Passage | 7:40am | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2) Na’vi River Journey | 8:10am | 10 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |
| 3) Kilimanjaro Safaris | ||||||
| Uses Lightning Lane for 8:30am-9:30am | 8:34am | 5 | 20 | 0 | 8 | |
| 4) Kali River Rapids | 9:07am | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5) Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain | 9:28am | 12 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 6) Meet Favorite Disney Pals at Adventurers Outpost | ||||||
| Uses Lightning Lane for 9:30am-10:30am | 9:50am | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| 7) DINOSAUR | ||||||
| Uses Lightning Lane for 10:00am-11:00am | 10:05am | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 8) TriceraTop Spin | 10:17am | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9) The Boneyard | 10:29am | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | |
| 10) Finding Nemo: The Big Blue… and Beyond! | ||||||
| Showtimes: 10:30am, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, 4:30pm | ||||||
| Uses Lightning Lane for 11:00am-11:15am | 11:02am | 28 | 35 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11) Disney KiteTails | 12:06pm | 9 | 15 | 0 | 7 | |
| 12) It’s Tough to Be a Bug! | 12:37pm | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |
| 13) Divine | 12:57pm | 0 | 7 | 23 | 3 | |
| 14) Winged Encounters - The Kingdom Takes Flight | ||||||
| Showtimes: 9:45am, 10:45am, 11:45am, 1:45pm, 2:45pm, 3:45pm | 1:30pm | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |
| 15) Discovery Island Trails | 1:56pm | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | |
| 16) Feathered Friends In Flight! | ||||||
| Showtimes: 10:30am, 11:30am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm | 2:17pm | 13 | 25 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17) Yak & Yeti Restaurant | ||||||
| 3:00pm for 90 minutes | 2:56pm | 0 | 90 | 0 | 5 | |
| 18) Celebration of the Festival of the Lion King | ||||||
| Showtimes: 10:00am, 11:00am, 12:00pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm, 5:00pm | 4:31pm | 29 | 30 | 0 | 5 | |
| 19) Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail | 5:35pm | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10 | |
| 20) Valley of Mo’ara | 6:05pm | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 | |
| PLAN TOTALS: | 648 | 176 | 351 | 23 | 98 |
Any big planning screw ups above? Appreciate any insight.
After the 5p Lion King show, we might call an audible and take another ride on Safari if the wait is low. And we plan to end the last hour or so wondering Pandora and jump in line at close to do FOP a second time.