living in a state of well controlled chaos

Finally I have time to sit down and put this all together!

We did complete the Ultimate Magic Kingdom Touring Plan. It took 14 hours and 15 minutes. We would NOT have seen every attraction if it had not been an Extra Magic Hours evening, but we likely would have not needed the extra time if it had been an Extra Magic Hours morning. Having completed this once, I’d like to try it again to see if I can match or beat the record, but I would definitely only try it on a morning EMH day in a very low crowd situation. I’d also visit the MK a day or two in advance for a bit of research ahead of time.

I think the key to getting this done in record time is entering Fantasyland at 8 AM on EMH morning and seeing all available Fantasyland & Tomorrowland attractions plus Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain RailRoad before Toontown opens at 10 AM.

Overall, I felt like we did a lot of running back and forth across the park, more than I would normally do if I wasn’t trying to follow the plan. If I was doing this on my own, I’d do Dumbo, Peter Pan, EMH Tomorrowland attractions, remaining EMH Fantasyland attractions, then be at rope drop near Haunted Mansion at 9 am for SM & BTMRR. I’d come back to finish up any remaining Fantasyland attractions, then be at 10 am rope drop for Toontown before starting on the shows and parades and using fastpass as much as possible for everything else in Frontierland and Adventureland.

We followed the plan for a while, but by the afternoon, the plan became more of a checklist than a touring plan. We did see all shows, parades, and fireworks from beginning to end. We may have been eating or plotting our next move during the show, but we did witness all of each one.

Here’s how it all went down.

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