Category — i. Itineraries for Walt Disney World

(Note: this is from the Disney World Bluey-Aware Multi Pass Itinerary.)

DISNEY’S ANIMAL KINGDOM DAY 1: TUESDAY AGENDA

Your visit to Disney’s Animal Kingdom begins today.

After it opens in summer 2026, you have the option to see Bluey, Bingo and the refurbished Conservation Station.

In addition (or instead) you will see the park’s Oasis, Discovery Island, Dinoland USA, and Asia sections, interrupted by a trek to Pandora to see Flight of Passage.

You will use both Lightning Lane Single Pass and Multi Pass today.

You should have prebooked

• A Lightning Lane Single Pass visit to Flight of Passage for 2p, and also
• Lightning Lane Multi Passes for Expedition Everest at 1.30p, Na’vi River Journey at 2.30p, and Kali River Rapids at 4.30p.

You have no scheduled dining today.

AT THE PARK FOR BLUEY AND BINGO

You have time available in the morning to see, if you wish, the updated Bluey’s Wild World at Conservation Station, expected to open in May 26, 2026. This will include the opportunity to play and dance with Bluey and Bingo, and to “snap some pictures alongside your Blue Heeler pals.” In addition, the animal petting area Affection Section will be renamed Jumping Junction and updated to include Australian animals.

If you wish to do Bluey’s Wild World after it opens, I’d suggest being at the park no later than when Early Entry beings, so that you can be in the line as early as possible for the train that takes you to Bluey’s Wild World at Conservation Station.

NEXT STEPS AT AT THE PARK

If you skip Bluey et al, or if it has not yet opened, arrive at the tapstiles at Disney’s Animal Kingdom by 11a.

All guests–Bluey and not Bluey–should walk to Discovery Island and see the show Zootopia: Better Zoogether.

Explore the trails around the Tree of Life.

Have lunch. Flame Tree Barbecue is convenient.

Check the schedules for Finding Nemo: The Big Blue… and Beyond and Feathered Friends in Flight, and compare to your Lightning Lane Multi Pass schedule. Most days the following will work for you, but adjust as necessary:

See the ~1p Finding Nemo Show.

Ride Expedition Everest using your ~1.30p Multi Pass.

Make your way across the park to Pandora, and use your ~2p Lightning Lane Single Pass to see Flight of Passage.

Using your ~2.30 Multi Pass, see Na’vi River Journey.

See the ~3.45p Feathered Friends show.

See the Maharajah Express Jungle Trail.

Ride Kali River Rapids using your 4.30p Multi Pass.

Explore the flora, fauna, trails and settings of the park. Check waits and Multi Pass for anything you may wish to re-ride.

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

You will sleep in, and then spend the first of two days at Magic Kingdom.

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(Note: this is from the Disney World Bluey-Aware Multi Pass Itinerary.)

MAGIC KINGDOM DAY 1: WEDNESDAY AGENDA

Your visit to Magic Kingdom begins today.

You should have prebooked

• Two Lightning Lane Single Passes: TRON Lightcycle / Run at 3p, and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at 5.45p
• A Lightning Lane Tier 1 Multi Pass for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at 9.30a, and Lightning Lane Multi Passes for Pirates of the Caribbean at 1p, and the Haunted Mansion at 2.15p

You should have late breakfast/early lunch reserved at the Chef Mickey’s at around 11a.

If Big Thunder Mountain has re-opened from its refurbishment by the time of your trip, you will sort of use Early Entry. While it won’t be an Early Entry ride, you can take advantage of your Early Entry privileges to be in the park and to be in line to enter the Frontierland  side of the park before everyone else.

If Big Thunder Mountain has not yet re-opened, be at the Magic Kingdom tapstiles by 9.30a.

Other than your interlude at the nearby Contemporary resort for Chef Mickey’s, you will be at Magic Kingdom all day today, ending with the evening parade Disney Starlight and the fireworks show Happily Ever After.

Note that your day–especially mid-late afternoon–is pretty packed. While workable for most, ff circumstances either with your family or in the park lead you to miss some rides, you may be able to fit them in tomorrow, and for sure can fit them in on your off day–although that will cost you another ticket day.

If you are eligible for Extended Evening Hours and they are on tonight, you may wish to stay for these as well.

AT THE PARK

Your first steps depend on whether or not Big Thunder Mountain has re-opened:

If Big Thunder Mountain has re-opened, arrive at the Magic Kingdom tapstiles by a few minutes before Early Entry. Head for the hub, and ask a cast member there where to wait for Big Thunder. When that part of the park opens, head to Big Thunder Mountain, ride it, and then use your Multi Pass to ride Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.

If If Big Thunder Mountain has not re-opened, arrive at the tapstiles by 9.30a, make your way deep into Frontierland, and use your Multi Pass to ride Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.

Regardless of Big Thunder, your next step is to head to the Magic Kingdom exit, and then either walk or take the Resort Monorail to Disney’s Contemporary Resort, and enjoy a late breakfast/early lunch there at Chef Mickey’s.

Return to Magic Kingdom either by walking or the Resort Monorail.

Ride Pirates of the Caribbean using your 1p Lightning Lane Multi Pass.

Head to Liberty Square and see Hall of the Presidents.

See the Haunted Mansion using your 2.15p Lightning Lane Multi Pass

Head deep into Tomorrowland and use your 3p Lightning Lane Single Pass to see TRON: Lightcycle / Run.

See Monster’s Inc. Laugh Floor.

Ride the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover.

See Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress

Head back into Fantasyland deep into Storybook Circus and board and ride the Walt Disney World Railroad. Take it to Main Street station, but stay on the train and return on it  to the Fantasyland stop.

Use your 5.45p Lightning Lane Single Pass to see Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.

Fit in dinner among the Fantasyland rides Mickey’s Philharmagic, the Prince Charming Regal Carrousel, and Mad Tea Party.

The next items on your agenda are the evening fireworks show Happily Ever After, best seen from the Main Street side of the Castle, no further away from the castle than halfway down Main Street, and the new evening parade Disney Starlight–Dream the Night Away, best seen from Frontierland.

The fireworks show is typically anytime between ~8p and ~10p (with the earlier times during shorter winter days, and the later during longer summer days and busy days).

The parade is scheduled for about hour before the fireworks, and on nights when it shows twice, about an hour after as well. On nights with two runs of the parade, it is generally much simpler and less crowded to see the second one, if you can stay up that long.

If you are eligible for Extended Evening Hours, you may wish to stay for these as well. If you do, revisit your favorite rides from today, or other rides.

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

Tomorrow has you back at Magic Kingdom, starting with Early Entry.

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(Note: this is from the Disney World Bluey-Aware Multi Pass Itinerary.)

MAGIC KINGDOM DAY 2: THURSDAY AGENDA

You complete your visit to Magic Kingdom today–although you have the option of spending more time in the park tomorrow if you wish.

You will take advantage of Early Entry, and also need to have prebooked

• Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 1 for Jungle Cruise at 1p, and
• Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 2 for the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh at 4p and it’s a small world at 5p

You should have dining booked for the Crystal Palace at 6p.

AT THE PARK

Be at the tapstiles by thirty minutes before Early Entry begins.

Enter the park, make your way to Peter Pan’s Flight in Fantasyland, and ride.

Make your way swiftly into Tomorrowland, go to Space Mountain, and ride it.

If it has re-opened from its refurb, see Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin

Next see Astro Orbiter.

Head to Storybook Circus deep in Fantasyland and ride Dumbo, then Barnstormer.

Head back into Fantasyland and see Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid.

See Enchanted Tales with Belle.

Have lunch.

Head to Adventureland and ride Jungle Cruise with your 1p Multi Pass.

Plan what’s next around the timing of the afternoon parade Festival of Fantasy.  Most days January through July it’s at 3p, and most days September through December it’s 2p. August is the transitional month. Double check, planning to line up on a sidewalk in Frontierland no later than 15 minutes before the hour it’s to start to see it, fitting the following rides before and after lining up for and seeing the parade (the order listed will work most of the time for the 3p showing):

See the Swiss Family Treehouse.

See the Enchanted Tiki Room.

Ride the Magic Carpets of Aladdin.

Head over to Frontierland, find a spot for, and see the afternoon parade Festival of Fantasy

See the Country Bear Musical Jamboree.

See the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh using your 4p Lightning Lane Multi Pass.

See the Tomorrowland Speedway.

See it’s a small world using your 5p Lightning Lane Multi Pass

Have dinner at the Crystal Palace with your 6p reservation.

If the park remains open, catch up on any rides you’ve missed. If after dinner the park has closed to regular guests (common late in the year) you have the option of returning to Magic Kingdom tomorrow, which is otherwise your off day.

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

You are off tomorrow except for the dinner show Hoop Dee Doo Revue at Fort Wilderness Resort.

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OFF DAY: FRIDAY AGENDA

You are off today, except for dinner.

You should have dining booked for the Hoop-Dee-Doo Revue Dinner show in Fort Wilderness at 6.15p. For this, you want to be at the Magic Kingdom dock for the Fort Wilderness boat by 5p.

After relaxing the morning and early afternoon, use Disney transportation to get to Magic Kingdom, but instead of entering the park, find the Fort Wilderness boat dock.

The boats from Magic Kingdom to Fort Wilderenss take about 20 minutes; you may have to wait for them; and Disney wants you to check in 30 minutes before the show.  So be at the boat docks by 5p.

Take the boat to Fort Wilderness, NOT the Wilderness Lodge, which is a different resort.  Some boats go to both–check with the cast member on the boat to make sure you are on the right boat, and where to get off.

Once you arrive at the Fort Wilderness dock, ask a cast member where to go to get to Hoop-Dee-Doo Revue–it’s in Pioneer Hall, a short walk away. Most leaving the boat will head in that general direction.

Reverse your journey to get back to your hotel.

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

You will complete your visit to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, with an early start.

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DISNEY’S HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS DAY 2: SECOND SATURDAY AGENDA

Today you will complete your visit to Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

You will take advantage of Early Entry, and also need to have prebooked some Lighting Lane Multi Pass:

• Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 1 for Slinky Dog Dash at 9a, and Tier 2 LLMP for Toy Story Mania at 10a and for the nearest to noon show of the Indian Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular

You have no scheduled dining today. Before the new Walt Disney Studios area opens in summer 2026 (or if it’s open and you skip it), you likely will complete the park in the mid-afternoon, allowing naps and pool time back at the hotel.

AT THE PARK

Arrive at the tapstiles at Disney’s Hollywood Studios no later than 45 minutes before Early Entry begins (for example, if the general public opening is 9a, this will mean a 7.45a arrival for an 8.30a Early Entry).

When you are let in for Early Entry, immediately head to Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge and ride it.

Then leave Galaxy’s Edge and ride Star Tours.

Then backtrack to Toy Story Land and use your 9a Lighting Lane Multi Pass on Slinky Dog Dash.

See the other attractions in Toy Story Land—Alien Swirling Saucers, then Toy Story Mania, using your 10a Lighting Lane Multi Pass.

Move to Mickey Avenue and see Walt Disney Presents.

See the ~noon presentation of the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular Show.

Have lunch. Given where you are, either Backlot Express or Docking Bay 7 would be good choices.

Make your way to Sunset Boulevard and see the 2p show of Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage.

See the show at Mickey Shorts Theater.

The rest of your day is free–unless the new Walt Disney Studios area is open, and you wish to explore it. Expected to open in “summer 2026,” it will include

• The Animation Academy, where you can draw a Disney character under the guidance of a recorded Disney animation expert
• A theater showing Once Upon a Studio, the landmark 2023 nine minute animation-focused film celebrating the Walt Disney Company’s centennial
• Off the Page–an innovative approach to character meet and greets in the context of learning the basics of the art of animation
• A new playground called Drawn to Wonderland, and nearby,
• A new version of the Disney Jr. show, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Live

While most of this is designed to enthrall younger folk, I expect almost everything except for the Disney Jr. show to have substantive all-ages appeal. I’ll have more to say on this after they’ve opened and I’ve seen them, but for now, I’ve listed them above in the order of what I expect to be most all-ages appeal to most pre-school focused.

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

You will have an early start as you complete your visit to Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

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(Note: this is from the Disney World Bluey-Aware Multi Pass Itinerary.)

DISNEY’S ANIMAL KINGDOM DAY 2: SECOND SUNDAY AGENDA

You complete your visit to Disney’s Animal Kingdom today. You will see Africa.

You do not need to use Lightning Lane or Early Entry today.

You have no scheduled dining today.

AT THE PARK

• Enter the park at opening, and go to Africa.
• Ride Kilimanjaro Safaris
• Walk the Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail.
• See the next show of Festival of the Lion King
• Explore Africa and other parts of the park

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