We are slated to be at WDW next Friday-Sunday (arrive Thursday PM, leave Monday mid morning). We are planning on park hopping Epcot & Hollywood Friday, MK Saturday, and the rival parks Sunday.
Should we start our day at Epcot and just knock out the couple of rides we want to do, then hop over to HS or start at HS? If it helps, we only have about 4, maybe 5 rides we want to do at Epcot. I will be buying LLS/M passes for Guardians and Rise.
Thanks for any insight!
It depends on what you want to ride. I find that I can rope drop Epcot from IG and knock out Remy, FEA, Soarin, and Spaceship Earth all by 10-10:30. Do you plan on booking LLMP? Do you want to enjoy Food and Wine Festival snacks and drinks?
I guess it depends on what your ride preferences are in each park and if you’ll be booking LLMP.
Yes, we are at Riviera so going through IG. Basically, Remy, FEA, Soarin, Guardians, and Spaceship Earth would probably be what we want to hit. Totally fine skipping food & wine. Definitely getting LLMP.
Ride preferences at HS are basically the big ones. We will skip shows. It just seems like I will have better luck using those LLMP earlier at Epcot so I can open them for something at HS later in the afternoon based on what I am reading and seeing with the LLMP data that is currently available.
A million thanks for your thoughts!
I think knocking out Epcot rides in the morning and then hopping to HS is a great option. If you can rope drop Remy and FEA, you can get MP for HS and not worry about it for EP. The rest of the EP rides don’t really need it (other than GotG which you said you’ll have an SP for).
You should be able to pick up a few additional LLs during the day while you’re at HS too.
Excellent! Thanks for the insight, Jeff!
I agree with Jeff. Book your LLMP for DHS. If you are rope dropping from IG, you don’t need LLMP at Epcot.
I am in line for the Skyliner by 7:15. That’s always put me in a good position for rope dropping Epcot and being in the first 100 or less headed to Remy. We leave from Pop and are usually at IG by 7:45-7:55 for an 8:30 EE. They start letting you tap in not long after 8:00 and then hold you either on the bridge or at the entrance to France. I’ve been off Remy before the 8:30 EE actually starts a couple of times.
Awesome, Jennifer! I really appreciate this detailed plan! I booked LLMP for HS this morning. I think the earliest one starts at 10:55, so hopefully time to buzz through the Epcot offerings I am interested in, then get over to HS. I know I have an hour (plus a grace period) to use my LL passes, so I tried to get things over at HS early enough to start stacking. In a twist of events, I will be solo that day, so it should make it easy for me to fast walk with no complaints between attractions. 
I am going to hit Remy, then straight to FEA with my EE. Does that seem like a good strategy? I think my Guardians LLSP is scheduled for 9:25.
Again, thank you both for your help with this!
Perfect. Do Guardians last (or squeeze in any walk-on rides whenever it makes sense) and then head over to HS.
I’d hit Soarin before Guardians to ensure a lower wait and then go to Guardians. It will require you to back track but the Soarin wait time will be shorter than if you don’t go until closer to 10:00.
So Remy —> FEA —> Soarin (then I may pop onto Spaceship Earth if it is a walk on), then Guardians? I will feel fine if I am heading out by 10:30 to Skyline over to HS. My first LLMP is at 11:10 over at HS (I have a Rise LLSP at 10:50 but I really want to open that multi pass ASAP, so I may double back to Rise). I am thinking I can single rider Smuggler’s Run but I will also just see what the wait times are looking like.
Yeah I agree I would do Soarin’ before GotG rather than after since you have an SP (if you had a BG I would reverse that).
Also remember for Rise you should have until at least until 1:50pm with the known extended grace period, possibly longer. (Len has reported that a CM told him they will take you back any time that day for SP.)
Yes. That’s exactly the order I do. Remy, FEA, Soarin, Spaceship Earth then Guardians.