When we did it we started our tour at AK. Met the guide at Tiffins and walked right to FOP and did Pandora before heading to another park.
We did the tour in March with my son and his family, my son paid for it! My husband and I are 68 and 70. We did 7 hours in all 4 parks starting in MK. We did quick serve lunch in AK. Our guide’s name was Sam, he has done the tours for 22 years and was fantastic! My son gave him a list of the rides everyone wanted to get done in each park and Sam led us in the most efficient was to get the rides done ending where we would exit the park where our van was parked backstage to go on to the next park. You are driven on back roads to the parks and enter backstage near the rides you will be doing. In AK we wintered near Pandora,, did the rides there then drove to the other side of the park to do more rides. In Epcot we parked near Test Track and did that ride then parked between Norway and China to ride Frozen, the drove to the back side of Soarin to ride that. We also found out our guide could have made dinner reservations for us. We ended our night in Epcot where my son and his family ate, my husband and I returned to our hotel with our youngest grandson to eat there. My son said it was the best money he ever spent at Disney and will get a guide every trip now. Sam always found my husband an me a shady spot to sit while waiting for the others to ride. They ended up on 21 rides that day!The more I read on this the more I want to do it, and the more questions I have
I’m curious on the 7 hour window...if we meet guide at DHS to start, end at MK and use guide transport back to the Boardwalk, I assume the transport time also needs to fit within the window?
Also, if we do the tour (Nov) it wouldn’t be our entire party (ages 20’s-70’s), but only myself and 8 of the younger folks (20-somethings & millenials). Purpose would be to do the headliners only, and we would skip Epcot. However we’re also hoping to have a large gathering in our Grand Villa that evening as it’s the only night that we are all overlapping. Thus I’m concerned about the 7 hour timeframe, and people’s energy levels going into the evening. For folks who have done this - do you think 6 hours would be enough to do the headliners in those 3 parks if we met at first park, and took 1/2 hr for a QS (realizing that I would still pay for full 7) . Also, does anyone know the earliest time they‘ll start the tour?
Finally, any recommendations for great guides for that age group? Many thanks!
The thing is the guides know the mist efficient way to do the rides so you can get the mist done in your allotted time period. This is where a seasoned guide comes in.
The more I read on this the more I want to do it, and the more questions I have
I’m curious on the 7 hour window...if we meet guide at DHS to start, end at MK and use guide transport back to the Boardwalk, I assume the transport time also needs to fit within the window?
Also, if we do the tour (Nov) it wouldn’t be our entire party (ages 20’s-70’s), but only myself and 8 of the younger folks (20-somethings & millenials). Purpose would be to do the headliners only, and we would skip Epcot. However we’re also hoping to have a large gathering in our Grand Villa that evening as it’s the only night that we are all overlapping. Thus I’m concerned about the 7 hour timeframe, and people’s energy levels going into the evening. For folks who have done this - do you think 6 hours would be enough to do the headliners in those 3 parks if we met at first park, and took 1/2 hr for a QS (realizing that I would still pay for full 7) . Also, does anyone know the earliest time they‘ll start the tour?
Finally, any recommendations for great guides for that age group? Many thanks!
Thanks! I was thinking about this for ROTR but that means you’d still need to be in DHS at 1pm to try for 2nd boarding group right? If so, what time did you start there, and what time did you finish at the other parks? Might be too late in the day for us to do that way as we have evening plans.
