Last Minute Craziness

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Last Minute Craziness
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Mon, 09-04-2006 - 9:26am

My Mom, son and I are driving in to Disney from Atlanta (8 hours) on Saturday... We have ADR's on Sunday for LeCellier (5:40), Monday at Crystal Palace (10:15), Tuesday at LTT (11:35) and CRT (5:40)... We are trying to squeeze all four parks into three full days plus Saturday evening (if we are feeling up to it after driving all day... ds will have napped on the trip, so that shouldn't be a problem and he is full of boundless energy)...

There are EMH hours Sunday night at MK, Monday AM at AK, Monday night at MGM, Tuesday AM at Epcot... Does anyone have any ideas on how we can squeeze AK in somewhere? I'd prefer it in the morning, since it is hotter there and the animals seem more active... Do you think we could do some of AK quickly before our ADR at the Crystal Palace at 10:15, since there is an EMH that morning, or do you think we would just be too rushed?

Another option would be AK and Epcot on Sunday, MK and Epcot/MGM on Monday and MK on Tuesday...

Joey is a big animal lover and really enjoyed AK last year... he also loved Epcot too... we completely missed MGM last year (bad mistake, given his love of Monsters Inc and Toy Story), so I want to make sure we get there this year... I hate that we only have three
full days but with school, I didn't want to take a full week this year...

What do you think would work best? Should I try to get a later ADR for Crystal Palace perhaps? Really appreciate your input!

Julie

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Mon, 09-04-2006 - 11:07am
hi i think you could do AK on the morning the have EE hours we usually only spend 1/2 day at AK and 1/2 day at mgm. of course this depends on the lines. try and get the fast passes for the more popualr rides and you should be ok littlebitt
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Mon, 09-04-2006 - 12:38pm

Can you do without CP? The way I see it, you have 3 meals at Magic Kingdom, non the day of evening EMH.

I'd do Early EMH at AK', on Monday, doing as much at EPCOT as you could Sunday night before you get too tired (Keep in mind that you will have to rise about 6:30 to allow yourself ample time to dress and eat before getting to AK. WHen you arrive at EPCOT, grab your fast passes for Soarin, then do what you can until LeCellier. You may use your FP after the time window as long as its the same day! If your little guy loves animals, then I HIGHLY reccommend Turtle Talk with Crush at the LIving Seas right near Soarin!

WHen you arrive at AK, get For EE for those htat want to ride it, then head to the Safari if the line isn't too long! Yes, it is a bit of backtracking, but FP for EE run out quick!! When it starts to get oo hot or crowded, then head for MGM...maybe schedule dinner here at 50's or Momma Melrose's with the Fantasmic package.

Are you going to drive yourselves or rely on Disney Transportaion? That could be a small factor, too. I say small since the busses, while run about every 20 mintues, are closer to the parks than the car parking, but you will have to transfer when you try to go park to park in most cases. Driving the TMK, you will have ot park, then decide the way to "get in" at the TTC, but hte buses will drop you near the gates. If you are taking Disney Transopration, the buses come every 5 min or so to the EMH park, at least from what I"ve witnessed, but if you are not going to get there right when they open, or soon after, then I would avoid the morning EMH park altogether!

Mostly, just have a list of the top 3 things you want to do at each park, tehn enjoy yourselves!!

~Elena

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Mon, 09-04-2006 - 1:47pm

Having just done the quick trip thing with my 8 yo I'm going to say no, you're not going to get AK in before CP. To get to CP by 1015 you'd have to leave AK no later than 9am whether you drove yourself or took Disney transportation.

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Mon, 09-04-2006 - 3:28pm

Thanks for your ideas... I just couldn't drop CP--CP is that that was the one place/character Joey said he wanted to eat with when we asked him generically, if we went back to Disney, what Characters would you like to eat with... his answer was a Pooh Bear, right away, which makes sense since his "blankie" is a Pooh Bear Blankie...

but, after reading your responses, I did some switching and changing... I have cancelled CP on Monday and have moved it to Tuesday morning at 10:05, for our all MK day... I also cancelled lunch at LTT on Tuesday and changed that to a late lunch (2:45) at Alfredo's in Epcot for Monday. This should give us plenty of time to do what we want to in AK, except for the parade, which we will see one of these trips and get to Epcot, then depending on how Saturday works out, we can either do more in Epcot or go to MGM or MK, depending on what Joey wants for that evening...

I feel so much better now... Thanks again!

Julie