Hi Everyone,
I was wondering if anyone could help me decide on what combination would be best use of the EEH, AH events, and LLPP. We will have a 3 day park hopper and are staying at the Poly. We’re going in May - crowds forecasted around 4 -7 for the parks.
Our goal for the trip is to ride headliner rides, and ones we have nostalgia for (so not every ride). My kiddos also love Star Wars, so making HS and those rides a priority. I know MP is the most reasonable route to go, but last time we went, it was a pain. Many of the return times would not be convenient, or late in the day, etc. I’m willing to use MP, but don’t want to rely solely on it.
The other thing I am seeing is that EEH and AH are usually on the same nights (MW) just at different parks so we couldn’t do EEH and AH. If the crows levels are super low at EEH, then I’d take advantage of that included service and maybe just do LLPP at HS. Thanks everyone!
We did this in November and it was great. We arrived at HS around 2:00 pm, met characters, rode the top 8 attractions (all rides other than ST), ate dinner and made it to the 8:00 pm Fantasmic show. You could RD another park with LLMP and then head to HS with LLPP in the afternoon.
Bonus: After your first park, you could continue to use your LLMP at HS along with LLPP to get 2nd LL rides if there are LLMP LLs availabe at HS.
PP is great, but not necessary with a good touring plan and MP. If you’d rather not be on a phone it might be worth the extra expense to you.
We did all rides at HS (except MMRR) before noon on December 25th using only MP and SP. Rope dropped (well sort of, were 15 minutes late lol) SDD, did the rest of Toy Story and headed to lightning lanes at ToT and RNRC. Picked up lightning lanes for MFSR and Star Tours after using up the pre-booked ones. Only took 2-3 minutes to get those extra lightning lanes. Had a SP for RoTR. Lunch at Docking Bay 7.
We used EEH at AK on December 25. Arrived at 3 pm and did the animal trails, KS (with MP booked after we were done at HS), and EE (with MP after HS). Hit up Dinoland with short waits even during the regular park hours. Park closed at 7 pm. Went to Pandora around 7:30 pm. Navi was a walk-on. FOP was 20-25 minutes.
HS is the only park I would suggest LLPP for actual value. Personally I’d still just use MP but if it’s in your budget to buy PP for a day, HS is the day to do it. MP at MK yeilds a ton of options, EP and AK don’t have enough rides to make PP valuable. MP at AK is a breeze.