Category — i. Itineraries for Walt Disney World

(Note: this is from the Disney World Multi Pass Itinerary with Tiana.)

MAGIC KINGDOM DAY 1: WEDNESDAY AGENDA

Your visit to Magic Kingdom begins today.

You should have prebooked

• Lightning Lane Single Passes (LLSP) for each of TRON at 4p, and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at 5p
• A Lightning Lane Tier 1 Multi Pass (LLMP) for Jungle Cruise at noon, and LLMP Tier 2 for Pirates of the Caribbean at 1p, and the Haunted Mansion at 2.30p

Today you do not need to use Early Entry. If you are eligible for Extended Evening Hours, you may wish to stay for these as well.

At the park you will see many of the attractions in Adventureland and Frontierland, with side trips to Fantasyland to see Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and to Tomorrowland to see TRON Lightcycle Run.

You should have dinner reserved at the Crystal Palace at around 6p.

Your last scheduled event is the evening fireworks show, Happily Ever After. If you are eligible for Extended Evening Hours, you may wish to stay for these as well.

AT THE PARK

Eat a late breakfast/early lunch in your hotel, and arrive at the tapstiles at Magic Kingdom by noon.

Head to Adventureland, and see the Jungle Cruise with your LLMP.

Ride the Magic Carpets of Aladdin.

Ride Pirates of the Caribbean using your LLMP.

Walk through the Swiss Family Treehouse.

See the Enchanted Tiki Room

Walk through the breezeway to Frontierland and see Country Bear Jamboree

Head to Liberty Square, and see the Haunted Mansion using your LLMP.

See the Liberty Square Riverboat.

Head to Tomorrowland and use your LLSP to see TRON: Lightcycle Run

Go to Fantasyland and use your LLSP to see Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.

Have dinner at Crystal Palace.

In Liberty Square, see the Hall of Presidents.

The last item on your agenda is 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.

The show is anytime between ~8p and ~9.30p (with the earlier times during shorter winter days, and the later during longer summer days and busy days). Thus you may have extra time available to you before the fireworks. If so, wander and explore the park, or see nearby rides you have not yet seen.

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

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

Tomorrow has you starting with a mid-morning visit to Magic Kingdom, then a late breakfast at Chef Mickey’s, then returning to Magic Kingdom.

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(Note: this is from the Disney World Multi Pass Itinerary with Tiana.)

MAGIC KINGDOM DAY 2: THURSDAY AGENDA

Today you continue your visit to Magic Kingdom after a late breakfast at Chef Mickey’s.

You should have prebooked

• A Lightning Lane Tier 1 Multi Pass (LLMP) for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at 11a, and
• LLMP Tier 2 for the Tomorrowland Speedway at 4.30p, and it’s a small world at 5.30p.

Your day begins in Magic Kingdom with a visit to Big Thunder, has you headed to the Contemporary Resort for a late breakfast at Chef Mickey’s in Disney’s Contemporary Resort, right next to Magic Kingdom. After Chef Mickey’s, you will then pursue a mix of mostly lower-key experiences in Magic Kingdom.

A key attraction this afternoon  will be the Festival of Fantasy Parade. Usually at 3p, sometimes it starts at 2p instead. You’ll need to double check the schedule and move things around so that you are free from 30 minutes before the start (to find a spot)  to 30 minutes after.

Moreover, you have optional time before and after the end of your formal schedule to meet with characters at Magic Kingdom, and/or tour the nearby resorts.

My itineraries build character meetings into dining. Characters expected to be available in various dining experiences you should have reserved include Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto, Goofy, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, Belle, Tiana, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Ariel.

But there are additional character meeting opportunities at Magic Kingdom if you wish to pursue them.

These include formal attractions—in Fantasyland, Meet Ariel at Her Grotto, Meet Cinderella and a Visiting Princess (usually Elena of Avalor), Meet Princess Tiana and a Visiting Princess (usually Rapunzel) and in Main Street USA Meet Mickey, and many other formal and less formal character meeting opportunities scattered through the park. You can take time before and after your “standard” time to pursue these meetings.

Another optional fun activity would be touring the nearby deluxe resorts–especially the Polynesian and Grand Floridian, accessed via the Resort Monorail or walking, and the Wilderness Lodge, accessible via boat.

For simplicity, the rest of this itinerary assumes you are not pursuing the optional character meets or resort tours noted above.

AT THE PARK

Arrive at Magic Kingdom by 10.45a and make your way to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.  Ride it using you LLMP.

Leave the park, and either walk or take the Resort Monorail to Disney’s Contemporary Resort, and enjoy a late breakfast there.

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

Depending on the start time of the afternoon parade, either

• If the parade is at 2p, find a spot to watch the parade, then after the parade ride the Walt Disney World Railroad, taking it all the way around the park, or
• If the parade is at 3p, ride the Walt Disney World Railroad, taking it all the way around the park, theh find a spot to watch the parade

Next, see Tom Sawyer Island, accessible by rafts near Country Bears. Usually open in the middle of the day—e.g. from 11a to 4.30p. This is an unstructured land to explore, not a defined attraction with a beginning, middle and end. Depending on how it piques the interest of your group, and how much you simply need to run around and be unstructured, it could reward a visit (include waits for the rafts back and forth) of 45 minutes to 90 minutes.

Head to Tomorrowland and see the Tomorrowland Speedway using your LLMP.

See Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress.

If you have time before your LLMP for its a small world expires, ride the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover.

See it’s a small world using your LLMP.

Rode the PeopleMover if you haven’t already.

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

Tomorrow, you complete your visit to Magic Kingdom

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(Note: this is from the Disney World Multi Pass Itinerary with Tiana.)

MAGIC KINGDOM DAY 3: FRIDAY AGENDA

Your complete your visit to Magic Kingdom today. You will take advantage of Early Entry, and also need to have prebooked

• Lightning Lane Single Passes (LLSP) for each of Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at 11a, and TRON at 3.30p, and also
• Lightning Lane Multi Pass (LLMP) Tier 1 for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at 4p, and Tier 2 LLMP for both Buzz Lightyear at 9.30a and Winnie the Pooh at 10.30a

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

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, and ride.

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

Next see in this order Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin using your LLMP.

Ride Astro Orbiter.

See Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor.

Head to Fantasyland and see the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh using your LLMP.

See Seven Dwarfs Mine Trina using your LLSP.

Head to Storybook Circus and ride Dumbo, then Barnstormer.

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

Have lunch

See Enchanted Tales with Belle.

Ride Prince Charming Regal Carrousel.

See Mickey’s PhilharMagic.

Ride Mad Tea Party.

Head to Tomorrowland.  If you missed it yesterday, ride the PeopleMover.

Ride TRON using your LLSP.

Head to Frontierland and use your LLMP to ride Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.

Next is your dinner show at Fort Wilderness, the 6.15p show of Hoop-Dee Doo Revue. You get to Fort Wilderness from the boat docks in the Magic Kingdom entry area. The boats 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.

PREVIEW OF TOMORROW

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

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(Note: this is from the Disney World Multi Pass Itinerary with Tiana.)

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

• A Lightning Lane Single Pass (LLSP) visit to Rise of the Resistance for 12.30p, and also
• Lightning Lane Multi Pass (LLMP) Tier 1 for Slinky Dog Dash at 9a, and Tier 2 LLMP for both Toy Story Mania at 10a and for the noon show of the Indian Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular

You have no scheduled dining today, and 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 8.30a, this will mean a 7.15a arrival for an 8a 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 Tier 1 LLMP on Slinky Dog Dash

See the other attractions in Toy Story Land—Toy Story Mania, using your LLMP, and if it looks fun, Alien Swirling Saucers.

Walk back through Galaxy’s Edge, and at its other exit turn right and see Muppet Vision 3D.

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

Using your LLMP, see the noon showing of the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular Show.

Use your LLSP for Rise of the Resistance

See Walt Disney Presents

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

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 Multi Pass Itinerary with Tiana.)

DISNEY’S ANIMAL KINGDOM DAY 2: SECOND SUNDAY AGENDA

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

You should have prebooked

• A Lightning Lane Single Pass (LLSP) visit to Flight of Passage for 8.30a, and also
• Lightning Lane Multi Passes (LLMP) for Navi River Journey at 8a, Kilimanjaro Safaris at 9a, and the 11a show of Festival of the Lion King (Note: there are no LLMP tiers at Animal Kingdom.)

You have no scheduled dining today.

AT THE PARK

• Enter the park, make your way to Navi River Journey, and ride it using your LLMP.
• Ride Flight of Passage using your LLSP.
• Go to Africa. Explore it in between rides.
• See Kilimanjaro using your LLMP
• See Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail.
• See the 11a show of Festival of the Lion King using your LLMP.
• If you have time, consider fitting in a visit to Rafiki’s Animal Watch via the Wildlife Express Train (the only way to access this very minor attraction). Between waiting for and riding the train in each direction and spending half an hour at the Planet Watch, this could take more than 90 minutes.

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OPTIMIZED ITINERARY WITH TIANA, MULTI PASS, AND SINGLE PASS LIGHTNING LANES AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

Below is my draft Multi Pass based Disney World itinerary for first time visitors who may never return, updated in late July 2024.

This itinerary optimizes Early Entry, Lightning Lane Single Pass (“LLSP”), and Lighting Lane Multi Pass (“LLMP) to minimize waits and create an overall relaxing Walt Disney World experience.

I label the itinerary as a “draft” because there’s still some lessons to be learned about supply and demand and operational features. Also for this reason there are some LLSP you buy twice, and some LLMP rides you book twice.

All the dining in this itinerary is the same as that in my prior itinerary, the Genie+ with Tron Itinerary, so no changes are needed for guests who used that itinerary to book their dining.

I’ll build the next draft after some experience has been gained.  All the dining with one exception will likely be the same in the next version. The exception is the Thursday morning Chef Mickey’s reservation, which will likely move to 11a or 11.30a to eliminate some backtracking.

My itineraries  use almost all the tools available to guests to shorten waits, and thus will only work for those staying in a Disney-owned or other hotel eligible for both Early Entry and for seven days in advance booking of LLSP and LLMP attractions.  That narrows the list to all of the Disney-owned value, moderate, deluxe, and DVC properties, and in addition Shades of Green, the Swan, Swan Reserve, and Dolphin. (For more on these hotels, see this.)

Included are a detailed To-Do List with everything you need to do–especially reservations–when, and detailed daily agendas that cover what to do and see, in order, in each of the parks.

This itinerary won’t work all weeks, and some weeks that it mostly works it may need some little adjustments. Check your week here.

TO-DO LIST FOR THE DISNEY WORLD GENIE+ ITINERARY

The To-Do List for this itinerary is here.

DAILY AGENDAS FOR THE DISNEY WORLD GENIE+ ITINERARY

Detailed daily agendas are in the links:

• Saturday
• Sunday
• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Sunday

This itinerary is dedicated to my friend and co-author Josh Humphrey, who died at the age of 36 on March 10th, 2022.

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