Originally Posted By greewe I'm going with DH to WDW while he attends a conference from March 10-16. We are staying at the Yacht Club and DH will be at conferences all day for 5 out of the 6 days we are there. I have several questions since I have never been to WDW while someone attends a conference. So here it goes! How is the best way to see the parks when DH can only go in the late afternoons and evenings? I want to ride most of the big attractions with him. But we don't do roller costers! I plan to go to the parks in the mornings and than return to the hotel for the afternoon and than return to the same park in the late afternoon. How is the best way to get fast passes? Can I even get fast passes for DH? I'm thinking they will all be gone by the time the two of us get there! I've already decided to advoid EMH since DH has to get up so early to get to conference. I have just a couple of ADR'd since we're not really sure what time he will be getting out of conference for the day. Is there anything else that would be helpful to make touring earier at that busy time? Any suggestions and recommendations would be so wonderful!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't think that time will be too busy. It is during spring break time, but I think it is closer to the beginning edge of that time frame, so it might not be too bad. Also, given that you don't do coasters will also make hitting the big attractions later a lot easier. Unfortuantely, you can't get a FP unless that ticket has been used to enter that park on that day. If you want to, you could get a FP for something, but there would only be one person who could use it (perhaps if he wanted to go on something that you would rather skip out on, this might work). Given that my experience is that they don't care what time you return, as long as it is after your window opens up (you could return at 9:00 pm for a ticket that was good from 9:30-10:30 am and be fine), so you may want to look into possibly using that. I would also suggest that you hit any of the smaller attractions that you want to before he comes later, since lines tend to be longer at night (especially at MK). For getting the most in during the morning, each park has a slightly different strategy that works. In MK, start to the right with Tomorrowland, and work your way back around to Adventureland. Most crowds start in AL and work around clockwise. If you want to get a lot of things in Fantasyland, I would suggest getting there as early as possible and being prepared to wait (or using FP when available). With Epcot, enter the World Showcase as soon as it opens (it opens later than Future World), as most people wait until afternoon/evening to do that. Then, once the crowds have moved back there, head back to Future World and get a lot of stuff in without too bad of lines. Soarin' will probably have a long line all the time, so I would suggest FP there, but most of the other lines fluctuate throughout the day. I haven't been to DAK since they added Everest, so it may be completely different now, but my advice would be to do the Safari first, as that seems to have the longest line, and it's fairly consistant all day long. Also, the Nemo show seems to be very popular now, but I really don't know what to do, other than tell you to be prepared to wait (showing up at the last minute may get you a spot at the front of the line for the next performance, and hour later). With MGM, I really don't know what the best strategy is. People tend to enter and immediately go to Tower of Terror and Rockin Rollercoaster, so if you want to do TOT, I would suggest you either get a FP or get there fairly early and be prepared to wait. Given that the park has such a haphazard layout, many of the smaller attractions in the backlot areas usually have fairly short lines. I'm not too sure what else to tell you, but I'm sure other people will come along with great advice to help you too.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN "How to tour park while attending conference?" Simple. You *skip* the conference.
Originally Posted By greewe Thanks for such detailed help and I wish DH could skip some of that conference!
