Help with day-one itinerary at DW

Hey folks -- haven't been to DW in well over 30 years. Thursday will
be my first trip since then. When I go to DL, I know what rides to
head for first (Indiana Jones, Peter Pan, Nemo). What do people think
are the first few rides I should head for once inside on day one?

Cheers,

Rob

WOW that's a big order. If you are only going to MK (and with one day I
would assume
that would be the priority, I would head for Pirates, Haunted Mansion,
Buzz Lightyear.
Lisa

toe2toe6@m wrote:
> Hey folks -- haven't been to DW in well over 30 years. Thursday will
> be my first trip since then. When I go to DL, I know what rides to
> head for first (Indiana Jones, Peter Pan, Nemo). What do people think
> are the first few rides I should head for once inside on day one?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rob

On Sep 15, 11:29 am, Rudeney <rude...@mickeypics.com> wrote:
> toe2t...@m wrote:
> > Hey folks -- haven't been to DW in well over 30 years. Thursday will
> > be my first trip since then. When I go to DL, I know what rides to
> > head for first (Indiana Jones, Peter Pan, Nemo). What do people think
> > are the first few rides I should head for once inside on day one?
>
> Which park?  For DHS, it would be Toy Story mania, then RnRC and ToT.
> For AK, it's ExE and then the Kilimanjaro Safari.  For Epcot, it's
> Soarin', then TT and M:S.  In the MK, I'd probably head for Frontierland
> and do Splash Mt. and BTMRR, then to Tomorrowland for Space Mt. and Buzz
> Lightyear.

I personally would reverse the MK plan, if only because Splash
Mountain is such a very long ride, that by the time you get off, the
rest of the rides will have much longer lines. You really have to
add about 10 minutes onto the expected wait time at Splash, to account
for the length of the actual attraction...

Paul Lalli

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<8282c7a5-b1df-4232-8de4-a6116a225b1a@z66g2000hsc..com>,
toe2toe6@m wrote:

> Hey folks -- haven't been to DW in well over 30 years. Thursday will
> be my first trip since then. When I go to DL, I know what rides to
> head for first (Indiana Jones, Peter Pan, Nemo). What do people think
> are the first few rides I should head for once inside on day one?

Right whatever you want. This is purely a matter of personal preference.

> When you've done the MK attractions you want to see, head back on the
> monorail to Epcot and finish your day in the World Showcase.
>
> That'd be my plan, anyhow.  Good luck!
> Paul Lalli

There's been discussion here in the past about using FPs hours after
the printed return time. I've never done it, but other posters here
have said that most CMs will accept them. If this is still the case,
it might be helpful to skip a World Showcase attraction in the
morning, get a FP for it and use that when you return to EPCOT later
that day.

Thanks again everyone for your suggestions. We went to DW (from open
until close) on Thursday and Friday. I post a trip report in a
separate thread. Suffice it to say that we had a great time!

Cheers,

Rob