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@red13n

How likely is it that I will be able to have my family get on every ride/attraction at every park in a day each? Not likely?

Need to figure out what to skip if not. Since I am not staying on site, my fast passes are only 30 days out so I couldn't maximize them and don't have extra magic hours.

11/4-11/8.

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were you the one going on jersey week?

I'm not sure just how crazy those crowds get.

But I can tell you I was able to ride every single attraction in each park in a day at the start of the summer season. It is doable. I even took half the day out of Hollywood Studios and returned to the hotel to nap.

Get up early, stay late.

If you let me know your fastpass schedule I can tell you an in-depth plan of how to manage the day.
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red13n posted...

were you the one going on jersey week?

I'm not sure just how crazy those crowds get.

But I can tell you I was able to ride every single attraction in each park in a day at the start of the summer season. It is doable. I even took half the day out of Hollywood Studios and returned to the hotel to nap.

Get up early, stay late.

If you let me know your fastpass schedule I can tell you an in-depth plan of how to manage the day.

Well, I kinda had to make do with the fast passes
Here is what I have so far. The last day opens up at 7am to put them in.

Monday Animal Kingdom
Adventurers Outpost 11:50 AM
Kali River 1pm
Tusker House 3:50
Kilamnajaro 4:55

My plan in my mind is... Go to Africa first minus kilamnajaro then to Pandora then to discovery then Asia. Back to Africa to Eat and Kilamnajaro then Dinosaur land after? Of course things get haywire if I run behind somewhere.

Tuesday Magic Kingdom
11:10 Jungle Cruise
12:15 Pirates
1:50 Splash Mountain

Was thinking start at Tomorrowland, then go to Adventureland, then frontierland, quick service dining somewhere, then fantasy land and haunted Mansion. Not sure.

Thursday Hollywood Studios
Tower of Terror 12:35
First time in forever 2pm
Star Yours 3:05
Sci Fi Theatre Dinner at 7:35

All I can think here is mad dash for star Wars at the start.


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Mad dash is going to be for Slinky Dog, most likely.
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red13n posted...

Mad dash is going to be for Slinky Dog, most likely.

Over Star Wars?

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yep
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a product of capacity and reliability.
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Why do you say that? I thought the Star Wars ride was like 2 hour waits or more.

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Corrik7 posted...

My plan in my mind is... Go to Africa first minus kilamnajaro then to Pandora then to discovery then Asia. Back to Africa to Eat and Kilamnajaro then Dinosaur land after? Of course things get haywire if I run behind somewhere

Unless it has significantly changed in 2 years you need to do Avatar first. The wait for Avatar dwarfed everything else in the park.
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Flight or na'vi first?

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Flight of Passage.

You can fit the river ride in easily at some other point.
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Flight, immediately. show up at the park an hour early..
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river turns into a 5 minute wait eventually.
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Oh I remember the reason I wasn't going to Pandora first. It is because Animal Kingdom has an hour extra magic hour that day so I figured it would alrdy be slammed at gate drop. Am I wrong?

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for reference I had a Flight of Passage fastpass and time to line to time off the ride was over an hour. Even though I walked immediately into the pre-show area.

It has some of the worst capacity in the parks.
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How do I check line times on the app also.

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If your passes include magic hours then do animal kingdom on a day with those. If you're passes don't then do animal kingdom on a day where they magic hours are active at the other parks. You will free up lot of time by starting ahead of the rush.

Wife and I were about to ride Flight of Passage twice on our honeymoon. We did it once right when they Park opened and still waited over 30 min. We then elected to wait over two hours at the end of the nightbecause we enjoyed it so much the first time.
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Corrik7 posted...

Oh I remember the reason I wasn't going to Pandora first. It is because Animal Kingdom has an hour extra magic hour that day so I figured it would alrdy be slammed at gate drop. Am I wrong?

If you don't have the magic hours, can you change which days you spend in which parks? It makes a big difference for animal kingdom.
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yeah if you dont have magic hours dont do the park that day. everyone gets up early for extra magic morning hours.
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I believe the way I set it up avoids EMH every day besides the day at animal kingdom and that animal kingdom wasn't open as many hours on other days.

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They changed their hours or something. It's not the same as it said before now.

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I did Epcot Friday 11/8 because it is open an extra hour from 9am-10pm instead of 9-9 every other day.

Dammit. Switching animal kingdom and Hollywood studios is gonna cost us our sci Fi Theatre reservation.


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If you have to go to a park on a magic day then choose Epcot or HS. You can full clear either of those parks in less time.
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I switched. Upset I lost my sci Fi reservation cuz everyone wanted to go there.

Monday Hollywood Studios.
Twilight Terror 12:40
2pm First time in Forever
4:10 Star Yours

Thursday
Adventurers 11:10
Kali River 12:25
Kilamnajaro 3:15
Tusker House 4:30


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Aight what should my plans of attack be for these parks.

Pandora first Thursday to flight. You said slinky dog first Monday at Hollywood.

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Corrik7 posted...

I switched. Upset I lost my sci Fi reservation cuz everyone wanted to go there.

should have kept you can still get through animal kingdom in a day, its just a long wait for flight.
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Maybe someone will cancel theirs. = /

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Crowd predictor has 5/10 and 6/10 crowd strengths for every day and all my days going to parks as recommended days.

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keep checking, and ask day of. Make sure to actually call the dining line too, they have access to inventory(Likely from cancellations) that isn't currently out in the public.
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Also my animal kingdom day I had a Flight of Passage fastpass an hour 30 minutes after opening, and a Safari fastpass for later. With nothing to do that early(KRR had not yet opened for the day), and everyone rushing to Flight of Passage, I had no choice but to ride Expedition Everest repeatedly until the fastpass window opened.

I rode it 5 times there was no wait. The train was never actually full either, we rode with as few as 3 other people. Went to Na'vi River with a 40 minute line 40 minutes before our fastpasss for FoP.

The 40 minute line wasn't worth it(Seriously, the ride should have had Small World/Pirate sized boats. The line is inflated by the tiny boat capacity, And later in the day it was consistently a 5 minute wait.
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It said not to fast pass Expedition Everest, Haunted Mansion, etc.

I suggest NOT using FastPass if possible for these attractions to experience the queue (at least once):
Avatar Flight of Passage at Animal Kingdom (read my review here has my vote for the most spectacular queue)
Expedition Everest at Animal Kingdom (the Yeti Museum at the end of the queue is fantastic and worth a 10 to 15-minute wait)
Toy Story Mania! at Hollywood Studios (worth a 15 to 20-minute wait, includes a talking Mr. Potato Head)
Haunted Mansion at Magic Kingdom (really fun for older kids and adults and worth a 15 to 20-minute wait)
Under the Sea Journey of the Little Mermaid (rarely has long waits and the queue is nicely themed with a talking Scuttle)


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Ehh we have talking Potato Head here at Disneyland he really isn't all that special(And he breaks down a lot). Midway Mania(Actually it is just Toy Story Mania in Florida for some reason) can be a really painful wait without a fastpass.

The reason I recommend rushing Toy Story Land is that it has 2 big draws in Slinky Dog and Midway Mania whereas Galaxy's Edge is currently limited to one attraction.

Also request Pilot when you get to the end of the line for Smuggler's Run. The ride has 2 Pilot's, 2 Gunners, 2 Engineers. The thing is literally just a video game and the non-pilot roles honestly just aren't much fun. I don't know how many are in your group but at least 2 of you should experience being pilot.
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red13n posted...

Ehh we have talking Potato Head here at Disneyland he really isn't all that special(And he breaks down a lot). Midway Mania(Actually it is just Toy Story Mania in Florida for some reason) can be a really painful wait without a fastpass.

The reason I recommend rushing Toy Story Land is that it has 2 big draws in Slinky Dog and Midway Mania whereas Galaxy's Edge is currently limited to one attraction.

Also request Pilot when you get to the end of the line for Smuggler's Run. The ride has 2 Pilot's, 2 Gunners, 2 Engineers. The thing is literally just a video game and the non-pilot roles honestly just aren't much fun. I don't know how many are in your group but at least 2 of you should experience being pilot.

4 of us. Me, fiancee, 4 year old, and 12 year old.

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let the 4 year old be gunner(They get to mash a button), take a pilot for yourself, 12 year old and your fiancee can fight over the other pilot spot(Right pilot is most satisfying, I wont spoil why).
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Assuming the 4 year old is 38 inches tall that is. I've had cousins hit the magic 40"(This qualifies them for almost everything at Disneyland) at 4, but had some that stay short until like 6 or 7.
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red13n posted...

Assuming the 4 year old is 38 inches tall that is. I've had cousins hit the magic 40"(This qualifies them for almost everything at Disneyland) at 4, but had some that stay short until like 6 or 7.

He is 47 and a half inches. Unfortunately just short of the 48 inch requirement for a couple of rides.

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Oh you are only losing Rock'n Roller coaster then.

Primeval Whirl looks like it is heading for permanent closure anyway. Which is fine because it is the worst attraction in WDW(I rode it and i got 0 enjoyment and a lot of back pain).

How did the last fastpass roundup go?

Leafeon13N posted...

How did the last fastpass roundup go?

Shit I forgot to do it cuz I been sick. Lemme do it now.

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Mission Space 9:30
Spaceship Earth 10:40
Nemo and Friends 11:45
Biergarten 5:50

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It says not to fastpass mission Space green but to do so on orange. Confused. Cuz it doesn't differentiate from them on the app.

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Corrik7 posted...

It says not to fastpass mission Space green but to do so on orange. Confused.

Green and orange usually end up with basically the same line.

Be aware the orange version is absolutely the most intense ride at Disney World. Unless the littlest one is very brave i dont recommend it. If anyone has history of motion sickness, also stay away. The ride is equipped with barf bags for a reason.

Leafeon13N posted...

Green and orange usually end up with basically the same line.

Be aware the orange version is absolutely the most intense ride at Disney World. Unless the littlest one is very brave i dont recommend it. If anyone has history of motion sickness, also stay away. The ride is equipped with barf bags for a reason.

Yeah, he ain't scared of anything.

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Expedition Everest might not be worth a day pass, but we really enjoyed it and rode it multiple times. I'd recommend riding it at least once at night, I feel like portions of that ride were improved by it being darker.
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How long is star tours? Cuz I just snagged a sci Fi reservation for 4:55 and Star Tours fastpass is 4:10.

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How long is the line or how long is the ride itself?
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Forceful_Dragon posted...

How long is the line or how long is the ride itself?

Ride itself.

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One the ride starts it's about 4 1/2 to 5 minutes. It can take time getting people into and out of the rooms though. But 45 minutes should be plenty of time as long as you are prompt for your FP.
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Aight cool

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Just finished up a night and morning at Hollywood Studios. Rockin Rollercoaster is really good. Tower of Tower is really well done but your mileage may very on this type of ride. Smugglers Run line went faster than the app said, it was like 20 minutes faster. There is also a bit to see in the line though not amazing. The ride is amazing to pilot but everything else seemed kinda bad and my daughter was left pilot so we crashed a lot early on and that led to some grumpiness but she loved it.

Slinky Dog was too crazy to bother with.

Having the 3 extra magic hours in the morning was awesome. Also Skyliner is a game changer
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