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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.

We arrived at the MK at 8:45 AM. E had NO IDEA there was anything special that happened at opening. Her family usually travels in July and uses evening EMH/sleeping in to avoid the heat.

We were through the tunnel and on Main Street around 8:55 AM. I’ve been stopped at a rope in mid-Main St. before, but this time we found the rope at the castle, keeping us from entering Fantasyland.

Dumbo: We were the first in line since everyone else had to park a stroller. On at 9:02, off at 9:07 am.

Astro Orbiter: We stopped to get fastpasses for Winnie the Pooh with return time of 10:05 am on the way, got a bonus fastpass for Mickey’s PhilharMagic at 9:05 am. Walked on to elevator,on ride at 9:14 am, off at 9:17 am.

Tomorrowland Speedway: Posted wait 5 minutes. In line at 9:22 am. In car at 9:30 am. Out of car at 9:35 am. They opened the second load lane while we were in line, but E had to wait longer than me to unload.

Pooh’s Thotful Spot: Pooh’s Thotful Spot 9:38 to 9:39 am

Peter Pan’s Flight: No wait posted, in line at 9:41 am, on ride at 9:49 am, off at 9:53 am.

it’s a small world: Posted wait 5 minutes, actually walked down ramp and right on to a boat. The lady in front of me took flash photos of everything. On ride at 9:56 am, off at 10:09 am.

Snow White’s Scary Adventure: Posted wait 5 minutes, in line at 10:11 am, on ride at 10:19 am, off at 10:22 am.

Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Used fastpasses, walked right on at 10:24am. Off at 10:28am.

Mad Tea Party: Posted wait time 5 minutes. In line at 10:29 am, on ride at 10:32 am, off at 10:35 am.

At this point, we found Toontown to be absolutely mobbed since we missed the 10 AM rope drop. We decided to go off-plan and try again later.

Dream Along with Mickey show: We caught the 10:30 am showing of the Dream Along with Mickey show. By “caught”, I mean we began viewing it as we walked up via the bridge near Mad Tea Party and continued viewing it from the Liberty Square bridge. The show ended at 10:55 am.

Move it, Shake it, Celebrate it Street Party: We caughted the 11:00 am showtime. Between the shows, we ran to pick up fastpasses for Splash Mountain. (Standby time was 15 minutes for Splash, 20 minutes for BTMRR.) Return time is 11:35 am. Walked back to castle hub as the street party pulled up. Show over at 11:21 am.

Ariel’s Grotto: We saw Ariel at 11:31 am.

Mickey’s Philharmagic: No fastpass running today, so our bonus fastpasses obtained with our Winnie the Pooh fastpasses seemed silly. Wait time of 5 minutes, in line at 11:35 am, seated at 11:44 am, show over 11:55 am.

At this point we attempted to ride a Main Street Vehicle, but were told that they had all stopped running for the day. The Photopass CM said they usually run from 9 am to Noon and it was right around noon.

Princess Tiana Showboat Jubilee: We caught the 12:15 pm showtime while eating lunch purchased at Cosmic Ray’s and carried to the Liberty Square area. We weren’t sure what to call the “end” of this show, but we watched all the characters walk out, get on the riverboat, then followed the riverboat around until we got to BTMRR.

Splash Mountain: used fastpasses, walked right onto ride at 12:40ish. (stopped for fastpasses to BTMRR on the way – return time 1:05pm, standby wait 30 minutes)

Tom Sawyer’s Island: we JUST missed a raft and had to wait for the next one. We were on the island from 1:00 pm to 1:18 pm. We saw the mill and the fort and were very impressed with the newly redone bathrooms at the fort!

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: used fastpasses, in line at 1:22 pm and off ride at 1:33 pm, standby wait was 40 minutes at that point.

At this point, we headed for Adventureland, got fastpasses for Jungle Cruise, and tackled Shrunken Ned’s Junior Jungle Boats from 1:40 to 1:43 pm.

Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse: The slowest people in all of WDW in front of us going through the treehouse. We were there from 1:48 pm to 1:58 pm. While we were creeping up and down the stairs, T called to say she had arrived at the park and was heading down Main St. We told her to get a Jungle Cruise fastpass and meet us at the exit of the treehouse.

Enchanted Tiki Room: We didn’t time this one well either, entering the queue just after a show had started. Our first attraction as a party of three! We were here from 1:59 pm to 2:22 pm.

Story Time with Belle: We caught the 2:35 pm showing. We weren’t allowed into the seating area since it was full but stood just behind the rope for the 10 minute show.

Cinderella’s Golden Carousel: in line at 2:50 pm and off ride at 2:54 pm.

We made another tactical error with our viewing spot for the afternoon parade. Last year, the 3 pm parade ran from back to front of park. This year, it ran from front to back, so we lost quite a bit of time here.

Jungle Cruise: used fastpasses, in line at 3:40 pm, on ride at 3:45 pm, off ride at 3:59 pm.

Pirates of the Carribbean: posted wait time 5 minutes, we were in line at 4 pm, on the ride at 4:07 pm, and off the ride at 4:15 pm. I still can’t believe E got this photo with her iPhone!

Captain Jack’s Pirate Tutorial: We saw the 4:25 pm show, if you can call sitting on the nearby stage while the show went on “watching”. At this point, we were coming to grips with the fact that we would not have the plan completed prior to regular closing time and decided to focus on attractions that would not be open during evening Extra Magic Hours.

Between 4:45 pm and 4:51 pm, we were in Exposition Hall on Main Street. After that, we watched the flag retreat from the second floor of the train station. This was the ONE attraction that none of the three of us had seen before. I was the only one that even knew it happened daily, but I guess I’ve never been on Main Street at that time of day. We were there until 5:08 pm.

At this point, we made our round trip on the WDW Railroad from the Main St. Station.

Frontierland Shootin’ Arcade: I nearly had to shove a twelve-year-old out of the way to play. He spoke English, but apparently didn’t understand, “if you aren’t going to play, do you mind if I use this spot?” even after I repeated it three times. 5:43 pm to 5:56 pm.

Liberty Belle Riverboat: We got on the boat at 6 pm. Neither E or T could remember the last time they had been on the boat.

Tomorrowland Transit Authority: walked right onto ride, rode from 6:30 to 6:40 pm.

We headed back to Toontown, hoping all the little kids had left the park. We were wrong. We tried at 7 pm to ride the Barnstormer, but it had just gone 101.

Minnie’s Country House: 6:42-6:43 pm

Toontown Hall of Fame: We had a choice of waiting 45 minutes to meet the fairies or 15 minutes to meet the princesses. We got Cindy’s autograph and ran! We were there from 6:43 to 7:02 pm.

Mickey’s Country House: 7:04-7:05 pm

Donald’s Boat: 7:06-7:07 pm

Barnstormer was still not open, so we had to accept we would not get to ride it.

We tried to see the Hall of President’s several times between 6 and 9, but kept missing the start of the show.

We watched Spectromagic near the Hall of Presidents while eating dinner from Columbia Harbor House. Since we didn’t camp out for a viewing spot, we were several people back in the crowd.

Haunted Mansion: We had to wait just a few minutes outside the doors, then I impressed E & T by knowing which wall of the stretching room would open and making sure we were first out into the hallway. We were in the Mansion from 7:40 to 7:53 pm.

We watched Wishes from the Liberty Square area. Again, not a prime viewing location in my book, but it was okay.

Hall of Presidents: We finally made it into a show from 8:30 to 8:50 pm.

Carousel of Progress: We entered the theater at 8:57 pm and left at 9:20 pm. We almost didn’t make it before this one closed for the day!

Buzz Lightyear: Used fastpasses, on ride at 9:24 pm and off ride at 9:30 pm.

Monster’s Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club: Posted wait time 10 minutes, in line at 9:30 pm, preshow started at 9:40 pm, out of show at 10:05 pm.

Stitch’s Great Escape: no wait, in attraction from 10:06 to 10:24 pm.

Magic Carpets of Aladdin: no wait, on attraction from 10:36 to 10:38 pm

Country Bear Jamboree: in attraction from 10:55 to 11:15 pm.

11:20 pm, headed out the gate to bus heading for Old Key West to collapse.

ETA: bus actually leaving MCO at 4:25pm

Thing One finally put it together this morning and asked if I was going to Disneyworld. Mommy had to ‘fess up that yes, I was going to WDW and I hoped to take him again soon. They both took it pretty well, and makes me think that I’ll definitely make our February trip a complete suprise.

I’m boarding soon…

So, here’s the scoop on the Ultimate Magic Kingdom Touring Plan.  I’m leaving in two days for a quick girls’ trip to WDW and of course, the 14th annual International Food and Wine Festival at Epcot is the focus of our trip.  I first experienced the Food & Wine Festival in 1998 when I was there for the Walt Disney World College Program and have been every year since except 2003 when I was seven months pregnant with Thing One & Thing Two and 2004 when we had just moved from South Florida to Kentucky and Thing One & Thing Two were less than a year old.  But we can’t spend four days just at Food & Wine Festival, so the Ultimate Magic Kingdom Touring Plan will be a good diversion for E & I, both Disney “Level Five’s” (to quote another podcast), for next Monday, November 2.  E is also a mom of twin boys (+ another boy), so she’s every bit as crazy as I am!

We’re at a bit of a disadvantage since Monday is an extra magic hours evening at the Magic Kingdom and conventional wisdom says that is typically a more crowded day at the MK, but it’s the day that works for us.  We hope to be joined mid-day by another friend, T, who is a Florida native and also a Disney Level Five.

Here’s the plan with my notes.  Space Mountain is closed and a new show has been added since the plan was originally written, the Jack Sparrow Pirate Tutorial.

We both have iPhones and will try out the free Disney World Wait Times app.

If all goes well, we’ll be posting pictures here to the blog as we go along and also tweeting at stateofchaos

Ultimate Magic Kingdom Touring Plan
Standard Version
Used by J & E & T on Monday, November 2, 2009 (evening extra magic hour day)

Park opens 9 am
Disney’s Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade 3 pm
SpectroMagic Parade 7 pm
Wishes™ nighttime spectacular  8 pm

Have at least two dollars in quarters (for games) before starting the touring plan.

If any other attractions are closed during your attempt, note those attractions here, and skip those steps in the plan.

                a.  Space Mountain

Show Schedule

        Captain Jack Sparrow’s Pirate Tutorial
                Daily at 10:15 & 11:20am, 12:25, 2:15, 3:20 & 4:25pm

        Dream Along With Mickey @ Castle Forecourt
                Daily at 10:35 & 11:40am, 1:15, 2:15, 4:15 & 5:15pm

        Storytime with Belle
                Daily at 9:55 & 10:55am, 12:00, 2:35, 3:45 & 5:00pm

        Move it, Shake it, Celebrate it Street Party
                Daily at 11:00am, 12:30 & 5:40pm

1 Arrive at the Magic Kingdom at least 30 minutes prior to official opening.
2 Ride Dumbo the Flying Elephant in Fantasyland.
3 Ride Astro Orbiter in Tomorrowland.
4 Obtain a FASTPASS for Space Mountain.
21 Obtain a FASTPASS for Buzz Lightyear in Tomorrowland.
5 Ride the Tomorrowland Speedway in Tomorrowland
6 Ride The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh in Fantasyland.
7 Quickly tour the Hundred Acre Wood opposite the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
8 Ride Peter Pan’s Flight.
9 Ride It’s a Small World.
10 See Snow White’s Adventure.
11 See Mickey’s PhilharMagic.
12 Ride The Mad Tea Party.
13 Ride Splash Mountain in Frontierland.
14 Ride Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
Toontown opens 10 AM
15 Ride the Barnstormer in Toontown.
16 Tour the Toontown Hall of Fame.  You must get one character autograph, and it can be from the character with the shortest wait.  Princesses usually have the longest waits, so avoid that line.
17 Tour Mickey’s Country House
18 Tour Minnie’s Country House
19 Tour Donald’s Boat.
20 Ride Space Mountain in Tomorrowland.
21 Obtain a FASTPASS for Buzz Lightyear if not already done.
22 Enjoy Cinderella’s Carousel in Fantasyland
23 Walk through Ariel’s Grotto in Fantasyland.  You do not need to meet Ariel.  opens 10 AM ?
24 See The Haunted Mansion in Liberty Square.
25 Ride Pirates of the Caribbean.
26 Ride one of the Main Street vehicles.
27 Tour Tom Sawyer Island in Frontierland. See the fort and mill.  You must spend at least 15 minutes on the island.
28 Tour Fort Langhorn on Tom Sawyer Island.
29 Ride the WDW Railroad – Frontierland.  Take the round-trip ride.
30 Obtain a FASTPASS for Jungle Cruise, then see Enchanted Tiki Birds.
31 Ride the Magic Carpets of Aladdin.
32 Explore the Swiss Family Treehouse.
   You may want to switch the next two attractions depending on which is available first
33 Experience the Liberty Belle Riverboat.
34 Experience The Hall of Presidents.
35 See the afternoon parade.  You must watch the entire parade.  3 PM.
36 Ride Buzz Lightyear in Tomorrowland.
37 See the Country Bear Jamboree.
38 Experience the character greeting at the Diamond Horseshoe Saloon Revue.
39 Experience the Frontierland Shootin’ Arcade.  Each game costs $1.
40 Experience Tomorrowland Transit Authority.
41 Play one game in the Tomorrowland Arcade near the exit to Space Mountain.  Find the fastest game to play.
42 See Storytime with Belle (Fairytale Garden) 9:55 & 10:55am, 12:00, 2:35, 3:45 & 5:00pm 
43 See Dream Along with Mickey at the Castle Forecourt.  Daily at 10:35 & 11:40am, 1:15, 2:15, 4:15 & 5:15pm
44 See Flag Retreat scheduled for 5 PM.
45 If the Carousel of Progress is operating, see that.
46 See Stitch’s Great Escape – use FASTPASS if necessary
47 See the Monsters Inc Laugh Floor Comedy Club in Tomorrowland
48 Experience some interactive feature in the Exposition Hall on Main Street.  For example, take a picture of yourself in one of the cut-out scenes in the back of the hall.  Or watch one entire cartoon in the theater.
49 See the evening parade 7 PM.
50 Ride the Jungle Cruise.
51 Experience Shrunken Ned’s Junior Jungle Boats – one game.
52 See the evening fireworks 8 PM.

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= Some basic rules for all attempts =
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1) The ticket media used for admission must be available to the general public at the entrance to the
   Magic Kingdom.  No VIP “front-of-the-line” passes, “Unlimited FASTPASS” or other special perks may be used.
   Exception: Extra Magic Hours are permitted.

2) You must obtain your own food, drinks and FASTPASSes.  No assistance with these items is allowed.

3) Using “spotters” in the park to relay instructions or wait times is prohibited. 

4) Only one Main Street Vehicle need be experienced.

5) Complete viewing of the afternoon and evening parade is required.

6) Live shows are included in the Ultimate Plan.

7) The following arcade attractions are included in the Ultimate Plan:
        Frontierland Shootin’ Arcade
        Shrunken Ned’s Junior Jungle Boats