I booked on a party day because I keep hearing the same but if we all do it won’t it be crowded?
Same here, really!
We are morning people and would never make it until the fire works. Last time we got park hopper and were too pooped to hop. This time I’m planning to head back to the pool at like 3-4pm. It will just be hubby and me this time so we plan to hit the slow rides and enjoy more shows and just the whole experience rather than the rushing about, exhausting trips we took with the kids!
FYI: Good Neighbor Hotels do NOT get early entry. Since you didn't say which hotel, I couldn't say if you get early entry OR if you are not in a Good Neighbor Hotel. Just didn't want you booked somewhere you expected perks that did not have it.
Hilton Palace. It gets the early entry.
Yes it does. It is not a Good Neighbor hotel it is an Official Walt Disney World® Hotel.
Thank you! Still on the fence. I could do MK on a Friday which is my last day. Maybe I double
Yea my situation is having the ability to go to the parks next Sunday- Friday. We land on Saturday afternoon. I noticed that on Sundays and Fridays MK opens at 8am instead of 9am like Other days. So if I were to go on one of those days that’s an extra hour. We already had plans to
I would play it by ear. If you get to the MK and it's busy enough to need LLs then use it there. If you find you don't need it, you can stack for your second park.
It would be tough for me personally to miss fireworks at MK but everyone is different. If that is important to you, you could do Sun (party day) & Wed (MK open 9-10, one of only 2 non party days that week) or Mon (the other full MK day) & Fri (party day). If you did the Sun & Wed MK, you could have Fri be AK since it's open earlier at 8am, also the least busiest park on the busiest day of your trip (Friday).
I’m a firework guy. But I would be ok with seeing it one night
They've been doing some 8am open rather than 9am on some party days to tempt guests to still go to MK. For our recent stay earlier this month, they had 8am for party days late Aug., and then didn't expand our park hours, so they were still 9-6 at MK for Mon & Fri. Pretty tough to avoid party days when it's nearly every day for you.
I like your suggestions. Another factor is Thursday will be my sons 8th birthday. I was really wanting to have his birthday at any park. I know some many variables. Lol. Now looking at weather. Not sure if I should take any of that under consideration. I know whether there can be crazy unpredictable. For reference, this will be our 4th time visiting with last March in 2022 being our last. Also to give you more context to maybe give me some more good info. It will just be 4 of us. Wife and daughter (13) and son (8). We are rope droppers. And usually stay until fireworks.
Sounds like a decent plan to me. You currently have afternoon rain chance for every day except Tue/Fri, but this time of year it's good to plan on rain chance every day and check in the am if you should bring a poncho. We were lucky in that the hurricane hit 3 days before arrival date and knocked out the rain from the system so that it didn't rain for us at all over 8 days, highly unusual in Sept. Low to mid 80's for you too, not scorching hot either, which is nice. We typically take ponchos plus sandals for days we don't want socks/shoes on if it's going to be torrential. But lately, with how much our feet hurt from standing/walking all day, we've just stuck with cushy running shoes. We don't really plan around weather at all since our park plans are typically set well in advance and we usually stick to them. I do prefer EP or MK in longer rainy weather though. I'm usually ok being holed up at the Land Pav riding Soarin' and Living with the Land over and over again, and places like Carousel of Progress, Monsters, and quick jogs between indoor attractions in the rain at MK vs. very few shelters at AK.
