Rides at Disney World that Might be Skipped

10 comments

1 Steve { 03.11.11 at 5:45 pm }

Interesting Dave, some of your favorites that some can skip if need be… Some of my favorites are in there too. But you’ve got to choose your battles as it were, sometimes there is only so much time.

2 Another "skippable" { 03.14.11 at 4:54 pm }

Stitch’s Great Escape is a tough one to translate to a relatively large cross-section of Disney visitors. Little kids are terrified (and not in a good way), adults are usually confused (and taller ones are in pain from the shoulder restraints). Perhaps only teenagers would find this a diversion, and likely only because it’s dark and they won’t have to listen to their folks for five minutes! Never understood this attraction when it was the Alien Encounter, and still don’t get it. I may be a crowd of one on this, though…

3 Dave { 03.14.11 at 5:51 pm }

Good add–I’ll put it on the next version. You’d find a lot of people agreeing with you!

I’m one of the few that really liked Alien Encounter–I just thought that it belonged in the Studios, not the Magic Kingdom. But Stitch doesn’t work as either fun or scary…

4 Helen Amer { 08.24.11 at 9:41 am }

Hi

We are staying at the Beach Club October 22nd – 30th. We have free dining. I note that you describe this as a ‘wonderful week’ to visit. Does this take into account extra guests due to the free dining promotion ?

5 Dave { 08.24.11 at 9:56 am }

Yup. The reason they offer free dining is because of how empty the hotels would be otherwise. Free dining attracts more, but given kid vacation schedules, it’s still low crowd!

6 Helen Amer { 08.24.11 at 10:10 am }

Thanks – that’s good to know. We are travelling from England and came at the same time three years ago. We found it really quiet then which was great. That wasn’t on free dining though.

7 April { 11.14.11 at 11:50 pm }

I’m ignoring some of your rules because I can’t help it. We are traveling with an 8 yr old and 4 (who will turn 5 during the trip and would love a princess party on her birthday which is 5/30) girls. We will arrive Sat 5/26 and leave the following Sat. What are your recommendations for an itenerary if we feel like we need to do the princess dinner at the castle on Wed.?

8 Dave { 11.15.11 at 4:35 am }

Hi April, that’s fine, but you’ll need to make your dinner reservations for Cinderella’s Royal Table soon. Use this itinerary to start with, and modify it to suit your Weds and your shorter trip: http://yourfirstvisit.net/2010/12/06/summer-itinerary-for-walt-disney-world-v2/

9 Kristen { 03.03.12 at 9:02 pm }

What a wonderful resource your site is! Thank you so much from a formerly intimidated first time disney trip planner. I plan to follow your itinerary very closely (but NEED to stay at the Port Orleans Riverside as I have 3 kids) but I do have a question about the Winter-Fall-Spring itinerary which we will use for our arrival on 9/22/12. Sunday recommends beginning at Animal Kingdom then moving to Hollywood Studios for dinner and Fantasmic. Do we need to purchase a park hopper pass for this? Is it possible to do that for only one day?

10 Dave { 03.04.12 at 12:37 pm }

Hi Kristen and thanks!

First, make sure you have seen this: http://yourfirstvisit.net/required-september-2012-itinerary-and-to-do-list-changes/

Second, if you follow the itinerary you do need a park hopper add-on. The park hopper is valid over your entire ticket–you can’t buy it for just one day.

Finally, you can avoid the hopper by doing Fantasmic on Monday instead of Sunday…

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