Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Touring Plans for Low-Attendance Days
We receive a number of letters each year similar to the following one from Lebanon,
New Jersey:
The guide always assumed there would be large crowds. We had no lines. An altern-
ate tour for low-traffic days would be helpful
.
There are, thankfully, still days on which crowds are low enough that a full-day
touring plan isn't needed. However, some attractions in each park bottleneck even if
attendance is low:
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MAGIC KINGDOM
Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, The Many Adventures of Winnie
the Pooh, Enchanted Tales with Belle, Peter Pan's Flight, and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
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EPCOT
Test Track and Soarin'
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DISNEY'S ANIMAL KINGDOM
Kilimanjaro Safaris and Expedition Everest
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DHS
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, and Toy Story Mid-
way Mania!
For this reason, we recommend that you follow a touring plan at least through the
first five or six steps. If you're pretty much walking onto every attraction, scrap the
remainder of the plan. Alternatively, you can see the attractions above immediately
after the park is open, or use FastPass+.
Extra Magic Hours and the Touring Plans
If you're a Disney resort guest and use your morning Extra Magic Hours privileges,
complete your early-entry touring before the general public is admitted and position
yourself to follow the touring plan. When the public is admitted, the park will sud-
denly swarm. A Wilmington, Delaware, mother advises:
The early-entry times went like clockwork. We were finishing up the Great Movie Ride
when Disney's Hollywood Studios opened to the public, and we had to wait in line
quite a while for Voyage of the Little Mermaid, which sort of screwed up everything
thereafter. Early-opening attractions should be finished up well before regular open-
ing time so you can be at the plan's first stop as early as possible.
In the Magic Kingdom, early-entry attractions currently operate in Fantasyland
and Tomorrowland. At Epcot, they're in the Future World section. At Disney's Anim-
