Our normal park schedule is to hit 2 parks each day - a morning and late afternoon/evening with a break in the middle. We did 1 session at the AK, 2 at Studios, 4 at MK, and 6 at Epcot. I can't get my crew to make EMH in the morning, so I don't try. Typically, even I can't do the late EMH's, so that's right out. Ideally, we completely avoid the EMH parks for the day.
As I mentioned, we did all of our "must-do's" for the trip with the exception of the Nemo show in AK.
Favorites
Bruce: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Soarin'/Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure, Toy Story Mania/Tower of Terror, Kali River Rapids
Sandy: Buzz, Soarin'/Kim Possible, TSM, KRR
Mags: Splash Mountain, Kim Possible, TSM, KRR
Mo: BTMRR, Soarin'/Kim Possible, TSM, KRR/Kilamanjaro Safaris
As you can see, we really enjoyed the Kim Possible World Showcase Adventure. We did adventures in Mexico, Norway, and United Kingdom over 2 sessions. After the first adventure, we did NOT get an option to continue. Of course, the second time when we had less time we had an option to continue not once but twice. OH... almost forgot, on one day - the day we set aside to do KP, it was down the entire day.
Toy Story Mania was a big hit with us, but I might like Tower of Terror better overall. On TSM, I score the highest in the family, but I'm the least accurate.
Mags and I are water magnets. On our first trip on Splash, we were completely soaked at the first opportunity (when you are waiting to go up... next to those taking the plunge down). By the time we were done, it looked like we had a shower with our clothes on. The whole family rode Kali for the first time in quite a few years (Mo doesn't like to get wet
), and sure enough we rotated down the plunge into the "soaked" sweet spot.
For the first time, on our last day when we grabbed Fast Passes for Pooh, I got a "surprise" fastpass for Mickey's Philharmagic. I was so giddy... and then we ended up being the ONLY people in the fastpass line when we used them; the show was easily a walk-on.
Also on our last day, we got to take the walk down Main St. before the park opened thanks to having early fastpasses at Crystal Palace. VERY nice.
If you can believe this, we didn't have a single Photopass opportunity the entire trip. I was even considering buying it too. Had we received a card early in the trip, I would've sought out opportunities. Surprising.
Mo got her face painted in the Studios. Wow! It took about 5 minutes tops... they are so fast, and it looked cute. $12? Not bad at all by Disney standards.
On our "flex day" - the day when we knew we'd be in the parks, but not which ones - we did Studios then Epcot. We took the boat. It wasn't quick, but it was nice trip with great views and it put us at the Showcase entrance which was a perfect fit with our plans.