Tuesday–Basic Itinerary

BASIC MAGIC KINGDOM ITINERARY mkb10

Sleep in, have breakfast in your hotel, and lunch at your hotel counter, and then head to the Magic Kingdom for an afternoon of fun and Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party (MVMCP) in the evening!

FIRST THINGS

Sleep in, have breakfast in your room and lunch in your hotel’s counter service restaurant (counter credit), grab your MVMCP tickets, and depart by 2p (Pop Century bus) or 2:20p (the Resort Monorail stop at the Polynesian —the one reached from the second floor of the Great Ceremonial House) for the Magic Kingdom

AT THE PARK

• Enter the park, asking as you enter how to get your Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party (MVMCP) armbands, get a guide map, and walk through Adventureland to Splash Mountain. Fastpass it
• Explore the area around Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain until the 3:00 parade starts. Don’t leave this area or the parade will trap you on the wrong side of the park!
• Watch the first 5 minutes of the parade (you will see the full parade later this week) from the Splash Mountain side and then walk to Big Thunder Mountain and ride it (the wait will not be long, as the parade will have drawn off many riders)
• Get off, and head back into Adventureland using the road to the right of Pecos Bills. Adventureland will be less crowded not only because of people watching the parade, but also because it is the only land that the parade cuts off
• Do the rides in Adventureland as you come to them, starting with Pirates of the Caribbean and making your way towards the Swiss Family Tree House
• Return to Splash Mountain when your fastpass time indicates and ride it
• Return to Adventureland and continue there; have dinner at Peco’s Bill’s (counter credit) when convenient. If you finish with Adventureland, begin visiting Liberty Square
• MVMCP begins at 7. Get your armbands if you hadn’t already, grab a MVMCP schedule and check against the times below
• Head to Tomorrowland and do all the rides you can there, beginning with Space Mountain
• Ignore the first parade—you will watch its identical repeat at 10:30
• Your first scheduled element of the evening is the 9.15p castle show The Magic, the Memories, and you, which is followed by the 9:30 p.m. special Christmas fireworks. If you finish the rides in Tomorrowland well before then, make your way to Liberty Square and do the Haunted Mansion
• Near 9p make your way as close to the Cinderella’s Castle as you can–with Main Street directly behind you–to watch the 9.15 show and the 9:30 fireworks
• After the fireworks, continue to edge in towards Cinderella’s Castle to position yourself to…
• Watch the 10:05 show, on the Main Street side of the Castle, “Celebrate the Seasons,” and to be in a good spot to…
• Watch the 10:30 parade as it passes by
• After the parade, you will have time for several more rides
• Head back to the entrance, and leave the park. Pop Century guests go back to your hotel by bus at the same area where you got off this morning. Polynesian guests will save as many as 20 minutes by taking the express monorail, not the resort monorail, back, getting off at TTC and walking back

NOTE: Bring The Comprehensive Guide to Rides and Rides that Might be Skipped with you in case your day gets too intense.

LINKS TO DAYS AND TO-DO LIST

The links below take you to pages with specific guidance on what to do every day of your first family Walt Disney World vacation, and the To-Do List for preparing for your trip.

• Summary
• To-Do List
• First Saturday
• First Sunday
• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Second Saturday
• Second Sunday

LINKS TO BASIC ITINERARY VARIANTS

BASIC ITINERARY LESS SECOND SUNDAY: Summary To-Do List

BASIC ITINERARY LESS FIRST SATURDAY: Summary To-Do List

BASIC ITINERARY LESS FIRST SATURDAY AND SECOND SUNDAY: Summary To-Do List

BASIC ITINERARY 5 NIGHT VERSION: Summary To-Do List

BASIC ITINERARY RELAXED VERSION: Summary To-Do List

ITINERARY LINKS

• For itinerary design goals and the basic December Itinerary, see this
• For shorter and longer itineraries targeted at the same December week, see this
• For itineraries covering all the other parts of the year, see this
• To design your own itinerary, see this
• For rides that might be skipped, see this
• For a comprehensive guide to rides and attractions, see this

LINKS FOR WHEN TO GO

• For when to go, see this
• For next best dates, see this
• For best and worst times to visit, see this
  • For 2009 weeks to visit, ranked in order, see this
  • For 2010 weeks to visit, ranked in order, see this
  • For the 2010 Week Picker App, see this
  • For 2011 weeks to visit, ranked in order, see this
• For forecasting crowds at Walt Disney World, see this
• For seasonal pricing at Walt Disney World, see this
  • For 2009 price seasons, see this
  • For 2010 price seasons, see this
  • For projected 2011 price seasons, see this
• For weather at Walt Disney World, see this

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