Thank you so much everyone for your help. It was invaluable in highlighting a number of things we werenāt taking into consideration.
So here is our daily itinerary (with park hours while noting our late arrival and early departure limitations on Wed/Sun):
W 14 MK 6-8pm
Th15 HS 9am-7pm
Fr16 MK 9-11pm
Sa17 EP 9am-9pm
Su18 AK 8am-2pm
We will probably aim for rope drop most days and the only EMH weāll be doing is Sunday Morning since it will make such a big difference with our very early departure that day.
Here are the areas I could use some extra insight:
With only a couple of hours after arrival on Friday what would you suggest? That night thereās 7:45 Celebrate the Magic and 8:pm Wishes, and weāll have two FastPass slots we can use as well to knock a few attractions before our full MK day on Friday. Also as far as dinner we could use that night to enjoy one of the resort restaurants after the early 8pm park close, or thereās a 7:50 Crystal Palace ADR still available.
MK is open until 11pm on Friday night and weāre lovers of night time entertainment but weāll have to make a choice then. Enjoy the extra late hours at MK and have Sat Epcot be the one day weāll sleep in a bit, or leave MK a few hours early to take advantage of Epcot Rope Drop. Being that weāre getting a couple of extra hours at our Wed Arrival that doesnāt seem like too terrible a sacrifice though?
Finally could use help plotting our Dining Plan ADRs and/or breaks. Going to keep most of the dining pretty loose with the only 2 Dinners we definitely want to do being:
Boma
Trailās End (for a special Chef TJ prepared meal for our vegan guest)
Thereās a 7:50pm ADR available on Wed for Crystal Palace if we want it or we could do that on our full day at MK on Friday and hit one of the non-park restaurants on Wed night.
Thinking that the early HS park close on Thursday and 7pm Fantasmic should also make hitting an out of park restaurant pretty easy if we donāt do the buffet at Hollywood & Vine in which case Sanaa and Ohana are also in the running for outside dinner ADRs.
Weāre not at all the āmust eat at 6pmā types so if it makes the most sense flow wise to have our big meal of the day at 3pm or 9pm we can effortlessly do that and fill in the gaps with our snack and counter service credits. Especially if this has an impact on crowd flow. Iād just as soon take advantage of shorter lines and lighter crowds while folks that do adhere to lunch at 12-1 and Dinner from 6-8 are busy fighting for table space. Not sure if thatās really a notable factor at WDW but Iāve certainly seen it when traveling elsewhere.
As far as Counter Service the only thing I already have in mind is Be Our Guest on Friday since weāre long past getting a reservation for dinner there.
Thoughts and suggestions very welcome!