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We are doing 4 parks in 4 days and on day 4 we can only stay until 2:30 because of the flight~my question is which park would you do on day 4? We are traveling with 4 y/o twins and we are doing MK on Monday(1/24) and AK on Wednesday(1/26) so we need to decide on Epcot and Hollywood Studios for the short day, personally I think we should spend the full day in Hollywood Studios because as much as Epcot is my favorite I think the twins would be bored with it, what is your experience?
I think I'd do DHS on a short day. With 4 year olds you could visit The Little Mermaid, the Honey I Shrunk the Kids Play area, the Muppets, and Playhouse Disney. I doubt that they would be into the stunt shows or american idol. No Rock and Roller Coaster or Tower of Terror. At Epcot, you could ride Soarin' if they're tall enough, Nemo, Turtle Talk with Crush, the Figment Ride, Livin with the Land, maybe Captain EO, the Character greeting area, Spaceship Earth, and maybe even Test Track, again if they're tall enough. And that's just in future world. The World Showcase has the Kim Possible missions, acrobats, drummers, Kidcot stations, and more character greeting opportunities. Definitely more to do for four year olds at Epcot, JMHO.
I also would say that with 4 yr olds you're better doing a full day at epcot. There is so much more for kids there than most people realize. Definitely do the Turtle Talk, they will love it! And there are so many characters to meet and greet in the different world pavilions! My son loved the Kim Possible missions, you actually make things happen in the different pavilions! There is also a passport you can get that they will stamp at each pavilion.
I think I'd do DHS on a short day. With 4 year olds you could visit The Little Mermaid, the Honey I Shrunk the Kids Play area, the Muppets, and Playhouse Disney. I doubt that they would be into the stunt shows or american idol. No Rock and Roller Coaster or Tower of Terror. At Epcot, you could ride Soarin' if they're tall enough, Nemo, Turtle Talk with Crush, the Figment Ride, Livin with the Land, maybe Captain EO, the Character greeting area, Spaceship Earth, and maybe even Test Track, again if they're tall enough. And that's just in future world. The World Showcase has the Kim Possible missions, acrobats, drummers, Kidcot stations, and more character greeting opportunities. Definitely more to do for four year olds at Epcot, JMHO.
Animal Kingdom does not stay open as late as the other parks, so you can easily spend 1/2 or 3/4 of a day there and then go to another park for the remainder of the day. We love Epcot, my girls have always enjoyed it there( we have been going almost every year since they were 1 & 2 years old the are almost 9& 10 now) There is more to do at Epcot then Disney Studios, IMO.
I love both DHS and Epcot and can easily spend full days at both, but if you are limited I would go with the majority here and spend 1/2 day at DHS and full at Epcot. If for nothing else than Epcot is so spread out and it can take a while to walk all around it. If your kids are really into character meets, Epcot is IMO the best place. We run into characters right and left in the World Showcase including princesses, Mary Poppins, even have seen Robin Hood fox there. Your girls might be just getting to the age too where they will love the Kimpossible missions. Those right there can eat up quite a bit of time, especially if you want to do several of them. (We did all 7 the same day because we liked them so much!)
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I would do the 1/2 day at the Studios and a full day in Epcot. Me and DS have never spent an entire day at the Studios and have always done what we wanted to do.
It depends on what you want to do. If you (or your kids) have your hearts set on riding Toy Story Midway Mania, you’re likely going to need the full day at Hollywood Studios to get a Fast Pass and wait for it to ripen. Ditto if you have your heart set on Soarin.
We just did the same thing. We had 4 days there but 4th day was only until after lunch. We did DHS since that is the park we can do our favorites in the shortest amount of time. Have a great trip.
We are doing 4 parks in 4 days and on day 4 we can only stay until 2:30 because of the flight~my question is which park would you do on day 4? We are traveling with 4 y/o twins and we are doing MK on Monday(1/24) and AK on Wednesday(1/26) so we need to decide on Epcot and Hollywood Studios for the short day, personally I think we should spend the full day in Hollywood Studios because as much as Epcot is my favorite I think the twins would be bored with it, what is your experience?
I would do HS on the short day. Epcot is so beautiful at night to me and the firworks are awesome. I think there is plenty there to do for kids. Kim Possible, soarin, the east and west imagination pav. the rides in world showcase. I love hollywood studios but to me you could do it by 2:30 if you get there at opening. good luck
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