For anybody willing to reply, I’d like to request ideas / framework for an all day touring plan for MK.
Wednesday, August 17. Current park hours 9a-10p, EE at 8:30a, EEH 10p-12a, crowd prediction 6/10.
Staying at Beach Club - is wdw bus service the fastest way to get to park opening by 7:30a (7:45a good enough?).
Will have Genie+
Want to watch the new fireworks show
Will stay until midnight
Touring party = DW, DS’s of 14, 11, 7.
Have a 2pm ADR for Liberty Tree to consider.
We do have a second day for MK but DW wants to do as much as we can in this one long day. We are not trying to hurry though this day since we can finish off any stragglers on our second day (which will be Saturday, August 20 (5/10 crowds). No rides or shows are off the planning table, my wife would do every single thing given the opportunity.
I’ve read a ton (as much as I can handle at the moment) about MK EE, G+, EEH. Many of the articles focus on doing one (EE but no G+, no G+ but EEH, etc). I have not yet found a good recent write up of touring MK using EE, G+, and EEH in total combination.
I’m interested in how you all might approach a day like this. Where would you start for EE, what the G+ strategy might be, and recommendations on watching Enchantment while positioning for EEH.
So I would keep in mind that only Fantasyland and Tomorrowland are open for EEH. I would either rope drop 7D or PPF if I was close enough to the front of the pack and then head toward Frontierland via the walk past HM. For LL I would choose JC first bc that line is horrendous and those LLs sell out earliest. I always like to focus on Frontierland and Adventureland between rope drop and the noon parade. That should get you up to your LTT reservation. Then I’d stack LLs for after lunch and move to FL where wait times are more reasonable.
Thanks. I did know about early entry encompassing only TommrrowLand and FantasyLand. I didn’t remember about extended evening hours having the same limitation.
Oh I was only referring to the morning hours. I didn’t realize you meant the evening hours. Those are a free for all and basically the whole place is walkon except 7D and PPF.
Here’s what I’ve got so far. This is early entry + frontierland + adventureland up until my 2p ADR at LTT.
Does this look ok?
First, G+ usage strategy:
9:15 AM at Peter Pan’s Flight (using BG1 at 7am)
10:30 AM at Pirates of the Caribbean (grabbed at 9:15a)
11:00 AM at Splash Mountain (wild card grabbed at the 10:47 drop while riding PotC)
1:00 PM at The Magic Carpets of Aladdin (just because we can but should I start stacking here instead?)
STEP
ARRIVAL
WAIT
DURATION
FREE TIME
WALK TIME
1) Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
8:39am
26
3
0
3
2) Peter Pan’s Flight
9:11am
5
3
0
2
Uses Lightning Lane for 9:15am-10:15am
3) The Haunted Mansion
9:21am
13
10
0
7
4) Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
9:51am
18
7
5
4
5) Pirates of the Caribbean
10:25am
5
8
13
4
Uses Lightning Lane for 10:30am-11:30am
6) Splash Mountain
10:55am
6
18
0
3
Uses Lightning Lane for 11:00am-12:00pm
7) Country Bear Jamboree
11:22am
7
10
0
1
8) Festival of Fantasy Parade
11:40am
0
45
0
1
11:45am for 45 minutes
** Staying inside the park
Notes: Parade
9) Frontierland Shootin’ Arcade
12:26pm
0
3
0
4
10) A Pirate’s Adventure ~ Treasures of the Seven Seas
12:33pm
0
15
4
3
11) The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
12:55pm
5
2
0
1
Uses Lightning Lane for 1:00pm-2:00pm
12) Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room
1:03pm
7
16
0
1
13) Swiss Family Treehouse
1:27pm
2
13
6
2
14) Liberty Tree Tavern
1:50pm
0
90
0
1
2:00pm for 90 minutes
15) Liberty Square Riverboat
3:21pm
4
16
0
1
16) The Hall of Presidents
3:42pm
11
23
0
6
This hits everything in those two lands except Jungle Cruise and Tom Sawyer which I’ve moved to Day 2. It’s also easy on the walking and not a lot of back and forth. It also sets up nice for the parade at noon in the shade around the shootin arcade.
If I miss the 10:47a drop for a splash mountain LL for 11a, we’ll skip it and either ride it later that night or on Day 2.
Do you think TP’s time estimates are accurate enough? At least up until LTT at 1:50p?
FWIW, if you’re able to get an 11AM slot for Splash at 10:47, you can tap in, book an afternoon time for, say, JC, and clear the 120 minutes before the 1:17 drop, where you can try to get a BTMR slot before your lunch.
At 1:30 or so, you can stack another late-afternoon return (since you’ll be at lunch during the 120 minutes), then after lunch focus on stuff with quick return times.
When we stayed at BCV this past March, the first bus to MK held us on the bus until right at an hour prior to early entry. (The bus arrived at BC a tad before an hour and a half before early entry.)
We disembarked at MK and we were first at security/taps. Then we were let through taps a l out a half hour prior to early entry and held at FL rope until right at early entry time. We were right behind rope and walked on to 7DMT.
I’m close to being able to share the entire day’s plan. Can I please ask for a second, third, forth set of eyes on this Genie+ execution plan?
I think I understand enough about the new system + with BG1 usage = that this works. It’s return times are based off BG1 usage (just playing around during the day) and thrilldata from 7/13/22.
Are you planning on securing a LL for meeting Mickey at Town Square? Those are going quickly, even faster than Jungle Cruise. I’ve been following BG1 and drop times daily for the past 2 weeks in preparation for our upcoming trip, and I was surprised by how quickly the Mickey greet LL opportunities disappear.