re: headed to Disney World... school me

july 5, 6, 7 is our days...

thanks for the information guys, i am studying and researching per yalls replies. sucks very little magic hours, but bet your azz ill be taking advantage of whats there. I'm the only one that won't have kids etc, so i may even do some solo running while everyone else is having down time

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july 5, 6, 7 is our days...

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Oof, just be prepared to test your patience. Lots of people there using the 4th holiday sliding into that weekend. Parks can hit capacity around then.

Hit rides during parades and fireworks, really abuse the rides when it gets closer to closing and keep riding them til they force you out. You can hit a lot of popular rides with barely any wait in the back part of the parks when people start heading to the front to leave.

A good hint, as long as you are in line at closing time, you will get to ride, unless the line is 3 hours long like Flight. They will close the stand by line an hour before closing if the standby is long.

You didn't say if you have quick dining or table service, do you know yet?

If quick service, I have some great recs. Places where two adults can get full on one meal.

Peco Bill's near Big Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain has a loaded nachos that feeds two easily. They give you the chips, meat, and cheese sauce, you go to the taco/nacho bar and build your own. it is open late. A quick service meal comes with a drink and dessert.

The lobster roll is also a great meal in MK. Its a good size sandwich, loaded with lobster salad. Google it, I forget the name, but its near Peco Bill's (I googled it, its called Columbia Harbour House.

There is all kinds of great quick service meals in EPCOT.

You said you are staying at Orleans. Their restaurant is pretty good, especially the pasta.

If you have table service, you can change them to quick service. I think one table service equals two quick service meals.

I know one quick service meal equals three snacks. Our last day there last year, we had 27 quick service meals left. We got 81 snacks (pre-packaged) at the candy store on Main Street, MK. We brought them home as souvenirs for friends, snacks for the kids all summer long, etc.

I really like the shows and parades personally, especially when it's busy. They are well done and a great way to relax at known times. Many of them you can have a beer or snack while they are going also. You know the showtimes ahead of time and while I haven't been in summer in a long time but if you get there 5 minutes early anytime I've been you can get a decent enough seat.

The only show to really plan to arrive early is Fantasia or whatever it is the end of the night at Hollywood studios. Ha, the more I think about it the more I remember the show at the end of the night at Animal kingdom you needed to get there early for good seats too but I'd probably skip that for Magic Kingdom.

For 3 days, I'd agree to go to a park in the morning and afternoon and end 2 nights at Magic Kingdom.

Some may poo poo the shows, but I just like to sit down with a beer and not have to wait in a damn line for awhile lol. And again they are well done.

You have fastpasses but have you booked them? What about dinners? Reservations are hard to get and will be gone for the most popular restaurants but I would start figuring out where you want to eat and get reservations now. Waiting until the day of and deciding on a place can mean a ridiculous wait or everyone ends up eating a nasty quick service burger and being disappointed.

I would go early and then back to the resort to cool off and use the pool. Then head back once it begins cooling off. Hopefully the parks extend their hours, they usually announce that as you get closer to the 30 day mark.

arriving on the 4th check out on the 8th..

sucks theres not more night times available, id hit that up solo while everyone else is crashing

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Oof, just be prepared to test your patience. Lots of people there using the 4th holiday sliding into that weekend. Parks can hit capacity around then. 

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Actually, Touring Plans which has the best crowd calendar only predicts those days will be 5-7 out of 10 level crowds which isn't bad. Summer crowds aren't as bad as they used to be. People are too fat to handle the heat.

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Bad advice. HE is only there for 3 days. Hit the pool or Disney Springs the first night. Ironman the parks for three days. Hell, me and my family Ironman'ed the parks for 6 days, and I am fat and lazy.

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Depends on the family, he obviously isn't going with any kids of his own. So yeah hanging out by the pool isn't a great idea.

Lots of families could use breaks, you don't need to try and do everything nonstop. Plan better and come back another time if you need to, sounds like you go a bunch. It's awful to watch some of these families bicker and fight instead of going rest up for a few hours and enjoy the park more. The money thing is weak sauce, if it is that big of burden on you, you should rethink your priorities. Not so applicable in this situation since he is kidless.

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Bad advice. HE is only there for 3 days. Hit the pool or Disney Springs the first night. Ironman the parks for three days. Hell, me and my family Ironman'ed the parks for 6 days, and I am fat and lazy.

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I am just saying what I would do. I can't deal with the heat. I realize it is only 3 days and Disney isn't cheap but he already said he wasn't footing the bill. I couldn't stay in the parks all day in July. That's me though. And I doubt many kids can. Just an idea, not sure it is bad advice but ok...