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Down to some final planning details for our trip which lands us at the Polynesian this Saturday!
Need experienced advice for our family of 5 (boy 12, girls 9 & 6): Take advantage of Early Entry on both Sunday (MGM-Studios) and Monday (MK), or go "against the grain" and hope for thin Sunday crowd at MK and light May Monday at MGM-Studios, and avoid the "EE mid-day crowd buildup?"
We will be going back to both parks - E ticket night on Tuesday with the older kids plus Thurs MK late closing, and Fantasmic at Studios on Friday night.
Is this a roll of the dice, or is there one "better" strategy?
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Re: Sun/Mon in May: MGM & MK
We always try to get in one EE day at MK every trip. We find it is well worth getting going a little early. We can get so much done. We have not done EE at MGM but plan to do it next trip on one of the days. -HiddenMickey
Hi JD ...
I think you need to evaluate how much stamina your kids have (particularly your 6 year old) if you are thinking of doing both EE at MK and then Eticket night -- that makes for a REALLY long day for little legs!
If it were me, I'd do the Sunday MK and Monday MGM and then go back and do the Eticket night (great for doing Space Mtn and Buzz Lightyear w/o crowds). However, EE is best for doing the Fantasyland activities for smaller children. Buzz Lightyear is great for all ages ... my family compromised and decided to go for Eticket night. My toddler loves spinning the cars around and my 11 year-old likes doing the shooting neither of them likes Space Mtn but my DH and I switched off taking turns in Buzz with the kids and running over to Space Mtn for ourselves. It was fun. Can't get enough of that Space Ranger Spin !!!!
To Infinity ... and Beyond !!!!
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1997 -- All Star Sports
1998 -- Hilton WDW
1998 -- All Star Movies
2000 -- Coronado Springs
2001 -- Wilderness Lodge
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I didn't mean to imply that we would do E-Ticket ride night the same day as Early Entry at MK. In fact, the days we do an EE, we have a nice dinner planned for around 7:30, a light stroll around, and then to bed! And the E-Ticket night at MK I think will only be shared by the older kids - unless our kindergartener is really going strong! She'll probably have what she calls a "special night" back at the hotel in her PJs watching a favorite Disney movie and having ice cream and all the other fun goodies to eat!
I like the EE idea for MK fun in Fantasyland before it gets hopping.
Looks like we might switch the two days ONLY if I can't get the crowd up and out the door on Sunday! But everyone should be MORE than psyched for the first day in the park, right? RIGHT!
We've always done MK on a Sunday and MGM on a Monday, because we can never make it there early. Those days have always worked out well concerning crowds.
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