Category — i. Itineraries for Walt Disney World

MAGIC KINGDOM DAY 3: SECOND SATURDAY AGENDA

Today you will complete your visit to the Magic Kingdom, with options for your FastPass+.

You should have seen all the major rides in the Magic Kingdom by now, so your FastPass+ are for re-rides.

(Note: this is from the FastPass+ FastPass+ Basic December Seven Night Itinerary, Saturday Arrival. The itinerary works only for the three weeks following Thanksgiving. For itineraries for other dates, see this.)

FIRST THINGS

• Check out and note your instructions for Disney’s Magical Express if you are using it.  If you aren’t, for many domestic airlines you’ll be able to check bags and print boarding passes near the front desk.  This is a tip-based service.  You can also store your bags at the bell stand
• Arrive at the Magic Kingdom by 45 minutes before open

AT THE PARK

• See any ride you wish to re-ride but don’t have a FastPass+ for
• See your first FastPass+ ride, and re-ride nearby rides
• See your second FastPass+ ride, and re-ride nearby rides
• See your third FastPass+ ride, and re-ride–well, you get it!
• Return home

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MAGIC KINGDOM DAY 2: FRIDAY AGENDA

Today you will continue your visit to the Magic Kingdom. You’ll finish Fantasyland and see Liberty Square.

You should have FastPass+ for the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Enchanted Tales with Belle, and Peter Pan. As soon as you have finished your FastPass+ for the Mine Train, try to get a fourth FastPass+ for the Haunted Mansion. The other fixed points in your schedule are the 3p parade and your reservations at Cinderella’s Royal Table and Chef Mickey’s.

(Note: this is from the FastPass+ Basic December Seven Night Itinerary, Saturday Arrival. The itinerary works only for the three weeks following Thanksgiving. For itineraries for other dates, see this.)

FIRST THINGS

Be at the park by 15 minutes before your Cinderella reservation–earlier if possible.

AT THE PARK

• Dine at Cinderella’s Royal Table in the castle.
• See Peter Pan (FP+)
• See it’s a small world,  the Carrousel, and Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid around your FastPass+ for Enchanted Tales with Belle
• See the afternoon Festival of Fantasy Parade
• See for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (FP+). As soon as you are off the Mine Train, go to a kiosk to try to book a fourth FastPass+ for the Haunted Mansion
• See Dumbo
• See the Barnstormer if it looks like fun and lines aren’t too long
• Take the WDW Railroad from the Fantasyland Station to the Frontierland Station. Walk from there to Liberty Square
• See the Hall of Presidents
• See the Haunted Mansion (perhaps with FastPass+)
• See Liberty Belle Riverboat (if time is getting tight, you can defer any of these to tomorrow morning)
• Walk or take the resort monorail to the Contemporary Resort
• Have dinner at Chef Mickey’s–while there, re-book your FastPass+ for tomorrow morning to the three rides you most want to revisit
• Via the resort monorail, stop at the Polynesian, then the Grand Floridian, to see their Christmas decorations
• Continue on the resort monorail to the Magic Kingdom. Find the Wilderness Lodge boat at the front, and take it to the Lodge.  See its Christmas decorations. Return by boat to the Magic Kingdom
• Head back to your hotel

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

Tomorrow you finish your visit to the Magic Kingdom and head home.

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EPCOT DAY 2: THURSDAY AGENDA

Today you will complete Epcot.

Assuming you saw Soarin, Spaceship Earth, Living with the Land, Turtle Talk with Crush, and some of World Showcase on Saturday, you can arrive late today–around 11a.

If you missed these, or wish to spend extra time in Innoventions or World Showcase, you need to arrive before park open, and starting with Soarin right at open see them, then shift to the material that begins at 11a.

For today you should have FastPass+ for Test Track, Mission: Space, and a third ride. You have several other scheduled events–dinner as the Candlelight Processional Package at San Angel Inn at around 5.45p, the Candlelight Processional itself at 8.15p, and Illuminations at 9.30p

(Note: this is from the FastPass+ Basic December Seven Night Itinerary, Saturday Arrival. The itinerary works only for the three weeks following Thanksgiving. For itineraries for other dates, see this.)

FIRST THINGS

Be at the park by 11a.

AT THE PARK: MORNING

• See anything you missed Saturday
• Have lunch
• See Mission: Space (FP+)
• See Ellen’s Energy Adventure
• See Test Track (FP+)
• Go into Innoventions East and check out The Sum of All Thrills.  If it looks like fun, and waits aren’t too bad, ride it. See more of Innoventions East and West if you wish
• See the Seas with Nemo and Friends
• See Circle of Life
• See Journey Into Imagination with Figment
• See Captain EO
• Continue the visit to World Showcase you began on Saturday
• Have dinner at San Angel Inn
• Visit more of World Showcase
• See the Candlelight Processional in front of the American Adventure
• Make your way to the special seating area for Illuminations that’s part of your Candlelight Processional Package, seeing more of World Showcase on the way, hitting if needed the bathrooms before you enter the Illuminations area–as you want to beat the crowds heading out, and you want nothing to slow you down!
• Watch Illuminations, and if you are parked, taking the monorail, or taking a bus back to your hotel, immediately at its end start walking briskly to the park exit (on the far side of Spaceship Earth) to beat the crowds.
• Return to your hotel

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

Tomorrow you have the early morning off, and then continue your visit to the Magic Kingdom.

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HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS DAY 2: WEDNESDAY AGENDA

Today you have the morning off. You will then return to Disney’s Hollywood Studios by noon to complete the visit you began Monday.  You have no reserved dining today.

You should have FastPass+ for Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster, Tower of Terror, and Voyage of the Little Mermaid.

(Note: this is from the FastPass+ Basic December Seven Night Itinerary, Saturday Arrival. The itinerary works only for the three weeks following Thanksgiving. For itineraries for other dates, see this.)

MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON

• Sleep in and have an early lunch at the hotel
• Arrive at Hollywood Studios by noon

AT THE PARK

• Check the Times Guide to plan when to see Beauty and the Beast (preferably the last show of the day)
• See  Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream
• See Voyage of the Little Mermaid (FP+)
• See Disney Jr Live on Stage
• See the Magic of Disney Imagination
• Fit Beauty and the Beast in among your FastPass+ for Tower of Terror and Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster
• Get in line for Fantasmic about 30-45 minutes before the show–have dinner before or after, depending on how your timing is going
• See Fantasmic
• Most lines will be short after Fantasmic–if you wish, this will be a good time for re-rides. Try for more FastPass+, or simply check standby lines
• Head back to your hotel when you are ready

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

Tomorrow you will complete your visit to Epcot.

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MAGIC KINGDOM DAY 1: TUESDAY AGENDA

Today you have the morning off and then begin your visit to the Magic Kingdom, starting on a regular ticket and then shifting to the specially ticketed Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party (“MVMCP”).

Over the course of the afternoon and evening, you’ll complete Tomorrowland, see much of Adventureland and Frontierland, and begin your visit to Fantasyland.

You should have FastPass+ for Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, and the Jungle Cruise. You have no scheduled dining, but many fixed events in the late evening as part of MVMCP.

(Note: this is from the FastPass+ Basic December Seven Night Itinerary, Saturday Arrival. The itinerary works only for the three weeks following Thanksgiving. For itineraries for other dates, see this.)

FIRST THINGS

Arrive at the park by 1p.

AT THE PARK

• See Big Thunder Mountain (FP+)
• See Tom Sawyer Island
• See Splash Mountain (FP+)
• See the Country Bears
• Fit the Swiss Family Treehouse and Enchanted Tiki Room around your FastPass+ for the Jungle Cruise
• Head to Tomorrowland and see the lower-wait rides here–the Carousel of Progress, Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor, Stitch’s Great Escape, and the Tomorrowland PeopleMover
• Have dinner and then get your MVMCP wristbands. Note that at MVMCP, you’ll be skipping the first parade, and watching the second one instead
• See Space Mountain
• See Buzz Lightyear
• See Astro Orbiter
• See Tomorrowland Speedway
• See Winnie the Pooh
• See Mickey’s Philharmagic
• See the 9.15p Castle Show
• See the 9.30p Holiday Wishes
• See the 10.05p “Celebrate the Seasons” show
• See the second Christmas Parade at 10.30p
• Return to Adventureland and see Pirates of the Caribbean and Magic Carpets of Aladdin
• You are now done–but if you have the energy and time, waits should be very low now, so re-ride a favorite

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

Tomorrow you have the morning off, then complete your visit to Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

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HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS DAY 1: MONDAY AGENDA

You will begin your visit to Disney’s Hollywood Studios today, completing it Wednesday afternoon and evening. Two days is way more than enough time, so, thanks to FastPass+, you get to sleep in each day. You have no scheduled meals.

You should have FastPass+ for Toy Story Midway Mania, Star Tours, and the Frozen Sing-Along. The other fixed point in your schedule is the opening of the Osborne Lights at 6p.

(Note: this is from the FastPass+ Basic December Seven Night Itinerary, Saturday Arrival. The itinerary works only for the three weeks after Thanksgiving. For itineraries for other dates, see this.)

FIRST THINGS

• Arrive at Hollywood Studios by noon

AT THE PARK

• At opening, pick up a guide map and “Times Guide.”  Review the Times Guide, and pick out times to see the Lights Motor Action Extreme Stunt Show late in the day
• Head to Great Movie Ride and see it
• Fit in lunch around your FP+ for the Frozen Sing-Along (FP+) and Toy Story Midway Mania (FP+)
• Fold in the two stunt shows (Indiana Jones and Lights Motor Action) among Muppet Vision 3D and Star Tours (FP+)
• See the 6p opening celebration of the Osborne Lights show in Streets of America

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

Tomorrow you will have the morning off, then begin your visit to the Magic Kingdom.

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