Anyone else struggling just a bit with scheduling for their October trip? The early hours (and lack of late hours for AK) are giving me trouble with trying to figure out which park to do which day. I had everything all figured out - but when they dropped the Extra Extra Magic Hours, it has me rethinking ALL my plans. I love the low crowds at rope drop, but my family will KILL me if I try to make them do 2 days at 6 am (or earlier). So - if anyone has any ideas about their plans & would like to share - I'd love some support. My dates are Oct. 9 - 14 - right before Columbus day.
DD & I are only really doing 2 parks other than MK/
MNSSHP this trip - DHS and AK.
For AK, we had a PPO ADR at Tusker House that we dropped when EEMH were announced, but luckily had also made an ADR for brunch just in case we changed our mind about breakfast. Since it is only 2 of us on this trip, we are also going with the flow, possibly taking advantage of the EEMH.
We added a DHS because DD wanted to ride RnR and made our reservation at POFQ a package. DD doesn't care for SDD so that helps, but we might try to still hit TSMM. At DHS we are planning to head to the park in the afternoon after brunch at Trattoria Al Forno, and only hit what we want to hit - most likely avoiding SWGE, and hoping for the best. With the EEMH we are hoping some of the crowd shifts in the afternoon... hoping.
Using Kenny the Pirate's crowd calendar for guidance, both parks look to either be the best or not be the worst parks for the days we are planning, but the resorts all look full-ish. It is a long weekend in mid-October 17-21 when we are going, so all bets are off. We might try to squeeze in some mini golf somewhere too?
18th - AK, hit the EEMH
19th - DHS, roll in after brunch
20th - sleep in, beignet dash at FQ, MNSSHP 4-close