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We are doing 4P1D day during our November (23 Nov-2 Dec) trip this year! Hubby does not want to join us on the adventure, so it will be just me and DD11 doing it. We will end at EPCOT because that is where Hubby is going to spend his day.
Our criteria for each park is:
Pic in front of the Icon
Something to eat
At least 2 rides (and completing all 4 Mountains)
We are going to do it like this:
Rope drop AK, grab a pic @ tree, ride EE, ride DINO, hopefully grab a bun @ Satu'li Canteen,
Bus to HS
@ HS, grab a pic @ ToT, FP for ToT, FP for Star Tours, (have 3rd FP here that times out), Mickey Bar
Bus to MK
@ MK, grab a pic @ castle, FPs for the Mountians, Nutella waffle @ Sleepy Hollow
Monorail to EP
@ EP, grab pic @ Spaceship Earth, ride Spaceship Earth, single rider TT, meet up with Hubby and have supper at Spice Road for Illuminations (or whatever it is going to be by then)
Any thoughts on this plan? With leaving EPCOT at the end, would you switch around parks at all?
What time does Satuli Canteen open? Since AK is the first park, I would expect that you'd be looking for a breakfast item. I'd start at whatever park opened first to give yourself more time.
My only "concerns" with that is you're going to the MK later in the day - there may not be any FP's available for the "mountains".
Yea, I think I might do MK first. I am still tweaking it. As I was typing it, it helped me think it through a bit!
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Originally Posted by JoanneS
What time does Satuli Canteen open? Since AK is the first park, I would expect that you'd be looking for a breakfast item. I'd start at whatever park opened first to give yourself more time.
It does open at 11, of kind of later than I want to be there. I might do AK second.
Wow! Ambitious! I tried that solo once, but adr’s for dining plan slowed me down. Yeah I would start at MK or do my FP’s there and start at the earliest open.
My newest plan is:
Pre-park open Tusker house (hopefully) with Hubby in tow.
Ride Everest and Dino.
Bus to MK (leave Hubby at AK)
@ MK, grab a pic @ castle, FPs for the Mountians, Nutella waffle @ Sleepy Hollow. These FPs will be our first ones and I will really have to think about the times for them. soon as I tap in on the 3rd FP mountian, start looking for my HS FPs.
Bus to HS
@ HS, grab a pic @ ToT, FP for ToT, FP for Star Tours, Mickey Bar
Boat to EP (for a bit of a break!)
@ EP, grab pic @ Spaceship Earth, ride Spaceship Earth, single rider TT, meet up with Hubby and have supper at Spice Road for Illuminations (or whatever it is going to be by then)
Still tweaking, but I like the boat from HS to EPCOT for a rest! I will have to book the earliest Tusker House I can get and HOPE it is not an Early Morning at AK!
I think it sounds like FUN! (of course as I was reading your plans I was feeling tired..lol) (I did 4 parks in one day, but it was about shopping not riding)
My only suggestion would be to do this day during the week and not on a weekend day. Crowds perhaps?
Go for it! Have Fun.....
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We managed all four on one of our trips, but it was kind of an accident.
At some point we realized we were on our way to the third park...just decided to make it four! We did not have a plan...just sort of happened.
We were BEAT at the end, but it was kind of fun to do!!
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I did three parks in one day and it was a lot for us, but we also went back to our resort in between. We did have fun, but it would have been better if we hadn't had heavier crowds. Good luck!
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