Category — i. Itineraries for Walt Disney World

MAGIC KINGDOM DAY 2 FRIDAY AGENDA

Today you will continue your visit to the Magic Kingdom, completing Fantasyland and Tomorrowland, touring the attractions at Liberty Square, and beginning your visit to Frontierland.

You should have FastPass+ for the Enchanted Tales with Belle, Buzz Lightyear, and the Haunted Mansion. The other fixed point in your schedule is Chef Mickeys.

(Note: this is from the FastPass+ High Crowd Itinerary. The itinerary works only for certain weeks. See this to see if it works for your dates.)

FIRST THINGS

Be at the park by 45 minutes before open.

AT THE PARK

• Enter the turnstiles when the park opens, grab a map and Times Schedule, and head to Space Mountain. Ride it
• Between now and your Buzz Lightyear FastPass+, see anything you missed in Fantasyland and Tomorrowland Wednesday (except Enchanted Tales with Belle, for which you have a FastPass+) or want to re-ride
• See Buzz Lightyear, and head to the Contemporary for Chef Mickeys. You can walk back and forth, or take the monorail
• Use your FastPass+ for Enchanted Tales with Belle, then head to Liberty Square.
• Fit in the Liberty Belle and Hall of Presidents around your FastPass+ for the Haunted Mansion. The first two operate on the hour and half hour–arrive ten minutes before.
• Head into Frontierland and see the Country Bears and Tom Sawyer Island
• You are now done if you wish to be, but if you’ve got more energy, walk out through Adventureland and see some of the lower-wait options there–the Enchanted Tiki Room and the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse (you’ll see these tomorrow otherwise)
•  Have dinner at a counter service at either the Magic Kingdom or back at your hotel

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

Tomorrow you finish the Magic Kingdom, with an afternoon break

ANIMAL KINGDOM DAY 1: THURSDAY AGENDA

Today you have the morning off and then begin your visit to Disney’s Animal Kingdom, which you will complete Sunday morning. You have no scheduled meals.

You should have FastPass+ for Kali River Rapids, Expedition Everest, and Dinosaur.

(Note: this is from the FastPass+ High Crowd Itinerary. The itinerary works only for certain weeks. See this to see if it works for your dates.)

MORNING

• Sleep in and eat breakfast in your room
• Pack spare clothes, as you will get soaked on Kali River Rapids
• Arrive at Animal Kingdom around noon

AT THE PARK

• Today your goal is to see Discovery Island, Asia, and DinoLand–you’ll be returning Sunday morning to see Africa
• Enter the park, grab a times guide, and compare the times of Flights of Wonder and Finding Nemo: the Musical to your FastPass + schedule, figuring out when to see these
• Head to Discovery Island to see It’s Tough to Be a Bug
• Eat lunch at Flame Tree Barbecue
• Head to DinoLand and use your Dinosaur FastPass+.  The other rides here aren’t worth much of a wait except for Finding Nemo. Ride them if they look like fun and the lines are short
• Fit Finding Nemo in around your FastPass+ for Expedition Everest and Kali River Rapids, seeing also the Maharajah Jungle Trail and the show Flights of Wonder (Nemo is close to Expedition Everest)
• Have dinner at the counter service near Yak and Yeti
• Head back to your hotel when you are ready–if you hare time and energy, seeing the last show of Festival of the Lion King today will make Sunday morning simpler

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

Tomorrow you continue your visit to the Magic Kingdom, and have the evening off.

MAGIC KINGDOM DAY 1: WEDNESDAY AGENDA

Today you will begin your visit to the Magic Kingdom and end the day at nearby Fort Wilderness for the Hoop-Dee-Doo Revue dinner show.

It’s one of your longer days, but you have tomorrow morning off to sleep in, and the more you do today, the earlier you can knock off on your second visit Friday afternoon!

You should have FastPass+ for the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Winnie the Pooh, and Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid. Other fixed points in your schedule: you have lunch reservations at Cinderella’s Royal Table, the afternoon parade at 3p, and need to be leaving the park by 5.15p at the latest to catch the Fort Wilderness boat for your 6.15p Hoop-Dee-Doo Revue reservations.

You will be dividing Fantasyland and Tomorrowland between today and Friday.

(Note: this is from the FastPass+ High Crowd Itinerary. The itinerary works only for certain weeks. See this to see if it works for your dates.)

FIRST THINGS

Be at the park by 45 minutes before open.

AT THE PARK

• Enter the turnstiles when the park opens, grab a map and Times Schedule, and head to Peter Pan. Ride it
• See It’s a Small World, the Carrousel if you wish, and Mickey’s Philharmagic while you are in the area
• If the Tomorrowland Speedway is important, see it now before lines build
• Fit in the other rides in Fantasyland around your FastPass+ for  Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Winnie the Pooh, Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid and your lunch at  Cinderella’s Royal Table–skipping Enchanted Tales with Belle, which you will see on Friday
• If you finish Fantasyland, see the lower-wait attractions in Tomorrowland before and after the 3p parade
• See the 3p parade by grabbing a spot around 2.30 between the Castle and Main Street
• Continue with your touring until around 5p, then head for the main entrance and look for the boat docks right in front
• Take the boat to Fort Wilderness (not the Wilderness Lodge), and follow the crowds to the Hoop Dee Doo area, and check in for the 6.15p show.
• See Hoop-Dee-Doo!
• Ask outside for the best way to get back to your hotel.  Most likely you will return by boat to the Magic Kingdom, and catch a bus or monorail there.  But special buses may be running…

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

Tomorrow you have the morning off, and then begin your visit to Disney’s Animal Kingdom!

HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS DAY 2: TUESDAY AGENDA

Today you have the morning and early afternoon off. You will then return to Disney’s Hollywood Studios to complete the visit you began Sunday.  You have no reserved dining today.

You should have FastPass+ for Fantasmic, Star Tours, and Voyage of the Little Mermaid.  If all went well Sunday, you will have already seen Voyage, so swap it for another FastPass+ or just ignore this FastPass+.

(Note: this is from the FastPass+ High Crowd Itinerary. The itinerary works only for certain weeks. See this to see if it works for your dates.)

MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON

• Sleep in and then play at the pool
• Eat breakfast in your room, and lunch at counter service at your hotel or the Studios
• Arrive at Hollywood Studios by 4p–earlier if you missed stuff Sunday, or your Star Tours FastPass+ is early.

AT THE PARK

• Today your goal is to see Star Tours, Muppet Vision 3D, the Lights Motor Action Extreme Stunt Show, and Fantasmic.  There are fixed schedules for Fantasmic (in summer, typically 8.30 or 9p) and the Lights Motor Action show (typically 4.30p), you have a reserved meal at 7p, so you will fit the other items around these and your Star Tours FastPass+ time
• See the Lights Motor Action Extreme Stunt Show
• See  Star Tours, and Muppet Vision 3D, framed around your Star Tours FastPass+
• Have dinner at 50s Prime Time Cafe at 7p
• See Fantasmic with your FastPass+. Note that your FastPass+ only guarantees you access, not a good seat. For the best seats show up 30-45 minutes ahead
• 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 begin your visit to the Magic Kingdom, followed by the fun dinner show Hoop-Dee-Doo Revue in the evening.

EPCOT DAY 2: MONDAY AGENDA

Today you will complete Epcot, and have the evening off.

Assuming you saw Spaceship Earth, Mission Space, Ellen’s Energy Adventure, most of Innoventions East, and some of World Showcase on Saturday, you’ll have an easy day today.

If you missed some of these, the priorities from among them to fit in today are Spaceship Earth, Mission Space and World Showcase. For today you should have FastPass+ for Soarin, Turtle Talk with Crush, and a third. (If you missed Mission Space on Saturday, change your third FastPass+ to it, for early in the morning.)

You have no reserved dining today.

(Note: this is from the FastPass+ High Crowd Itinerary. The itinerary works only for certain weeks. See this to see if it works for your dates.)

FIRST THINGS

Be at the park by 45 minutes before open.

AT THE PARK: MORNING

• Enter the turnstiles when the park opens at about 8.45, grab a map and Times Schedule, and head to Test Track. Ride it.
• Go into Innoventions East and check out The Sum of All Thrills.  If it looks like fun, ride it
• If you missed them Saturday, see Mission Space and Spaceship Earth, and if you wish, more of Innoventions East and Ellen’s Energy Adventure (which takes 40 minutes)
• Head to the other side of Future World and see the attractions in the Imagination Pavilion– Captain EO and Journey Into Imagination with Figment
• Two of your FastPass+ for today are on this side of the park.  Using them see Soarin, and Turtle Talk with Crush.   Fit in The Seas with Nemo and Friends, Living with the Land and Circle of Life around the FastPass+ rides (if lines are too long for Living with the Land, get a fourth FastPass+ for it after you use your third.) Note that as you ride each FastPass+ ride you can move the next to an earlier time, if available.
• Have lunch while you are in this area of the park at Sunshine Seasons in the Land Pavilion on the same level as Soarin
• Next is the rest of World Showcase, starting with Canada and progressing counter-clockwise. Tour as you did Saturday night, checking out the shows as you wander
• If the kids are bored by World Showcase, check out Agent P’s World Showcase Adventure
• And you are almost done!  Add more FastPass+ if you got want, and check out Innoventions West on your way out of the park

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

Tomorrow you have the morning and early afternoon off, and then finish visiting Disney’s Hollywood Studios in the later afternoon and evening

HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS DAY 1: FIRST SUNDAY AGENDA

You will begin your visit to Disney’s Hollywood Studios today, completing it late Tuesday afternoon and evening. Two days is way more than enough time–you want to see as much as you can today, so that you have even more time off on Tuesday. Try to see today everything in the center and Sunset Boulevard area of the park except Fantasmic. You have no reserved dining today.

You should have FastPass+ for Toy Story Midway Mania, Tower of Terror and the Frozen Sing-Along.

(Note: this is from the FastPass+ High Crowd Itinerary. The itinerary works only for certain weeks. See this to see if it works for your dates.)

FIRST THINGS

• Arrive at Hollywood Studios by 45 minutes before opening

AT THE PARK

• At opening, pick up a guide map and “Times Guide” and head to Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster and ride it. Ride it again if you wish.
• Ride Tower of Terror.  If lines are so short that you don’t need your FastPass+–which is very likely–rebook it for Voyage of the Little Mermaid later in the morning.
• See the Great Movie Ride
• Review the Times Guide, and fitting around your FastPass+ for the Frozen Sing Along,  pick times for the Indiana Jones Stunt Show, and Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage. Seeing the last show of the day is best, but won’t be possible with both. (Plan to see the Lights Motor Action show on Tuesday, to save walking today.)
• See these shows, folding in your FastPass+ among them, and seeing the other nearby rides and attractions in between the shows and FastPass+. Save Star Tours, Muppet Vision 3D, and the Lights Motor Action Extreme Stunt Show for Tuesday, but see everything else today. If you can’t fit in all the shows, plan to arrive earlier on Tuesday
• Have lunch when you are ready at a nearby counter service
• Before you leave the park, check the Fantasmic and Lights Motor Action Extreme Stunt Show schedules for Tuesday, as you will be planning your arrival around them
• Have counter service dinner at in the park or back at your hotel

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

Tomorrow you will finish your visit to Epcot, and can take the evening off.