Appreciate the opinion for certain. My immediate family and/or I go a good bit, and are just planning to hit 1 or 2 highlights in each park.. roll with the punches and enjoy the day and a favorite snack (or three... LOL). We are only there for a short trip, mainly to attend a wedding.
My dh and I did the 4 parks-1 day little over a year ago, when times were still restricted and had a blast.
For our family, it is a good fit. We love constant motion... will definitely use the transport time to rest our feet, as they are getting older.
Just a bummer that so much front end planning is involved.
This sounds kind of like the solo trip I took last week. It took me a little more than a day and a half to visit four parks (and Disney Springs). I was only able to get away for a couple of nights, and I went without much of a plan. I knew I wanted to ride TRON for the first time and Cosmic Rewind again, but other than that, I didn't have a "must do" list.
I flew down on Tuesday and got to Pop Century at about 12:30 p.m. My room wasn't ready, so I checked my luggage at the resort and took the Skyliner to EPCOT with my Annual Pass.
Before getting on the plane that morning, I joined the Virtual Queue for Cosmic Rewind and bought a 4:05 p.m. Individual Lightning Lane for TRON. My boarding group for Cosmic Rewind was called while I was still in the air, but the Cast Member waved me through when I got to the attraction that afternoon.
By the time I left EPCOT, my room was ready, so I took the Skyliner back to the resort and took my luggage to the room before getting on a bus to Magic Kingdom. I walked around a little bit and rode TRON. I had planned to go over to Disney Springs to eat. Since you can't take a bus direct from MK to Disney Springs, I stopped at Wilderness Lodge to transfer. When i got there, I decided to try Geyser Point for the first time. The bison burger was a good choice. I then went over to Disney Springs anyway for ice cream at Salt & Straw before heading back to EPCOT for the evening. I rode Soarin' Over California and walked around World Showcase. I thought about staying for Luminous, but I'd taken about 27,000 steps that day and by 8:45 p.m., I was ready to call it quits. I saw some of the fireworks from the Skyliner.
Wednesday was my only full Park day of the trip. I got another VQ for Cosmic Rewind. I started the day at EPCOT again and ate breakfast at the France pavilion. I had an early boarding group for Cosmic Rewind and rode Remy's Ratatouille Adventure. I also walked through Journey Of Water for the first time. I then took the Skyliner to Hollywood Studios and rode Smuggler's Run and Tower Of Terror.
After that, I decided to take a bus over to Animal Kingdom to ride Expedition Everest. I rode it twice in a row in less than half an hour. The single rider line for that attraction is great. I had originally planned to skip AK, but I'm glad I went. I took a bus from there and went back to Disney Springs for food (with a bus transfer at Pop Century). I had a slice of pizza at Pizza Ponte and had ice cream again at Salt & Straw. I didn't feel like I had a lot of time to shop this trip, but I did walk through World Of Disney before taking a bus to the Beach Club to go back to EPCOT through International Gateway. I spent the evening walking around and decided to skip Luminous again. 37,000 steps on Wednesday.
I had an early afternoon flight on Thursday but figured I had time to go back over to EPCOT for breakfast again that morning. I got there early enough that I felt like I could easily rope drop Remy again without a long wait. I also decided to buy an Individual Lightning Lane (9:05 a.m.) for Cosmic Rewind (for the third time of the trip). I nearly walked on both attractions. I went back to the bakery in France for breakfast, and made it back to Pop Century to get my luggage and request a Lyft by 10:30 a.m.
It was a short trip, but I had a great time. The Parks were more crowded than I had hoped, but it wasn't terrible. The weather was nice. I carried a jacket for the mornings and evenings (it was 48 degrees when I left the room on Wednesday morning), but the highs were in the upper 60s and it was sunny.