My suggested order:
3/4 day - will remind you a lot of Omaha Zoo + some fabulous rides
New Rides: Pandora
1 full day
New Rides: Batuu and Toy Story Land
1 full day
New Rides: Remy's Ratatouille Adventure and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
1 full day
New Rides: Tron Lightcycle Ride and Tiana's Bayou Adventure
The thought behind this order. Day 1 needs to be an easier day in case traveling is a nightmare. Disney's Animal Kingdom is a good one to get to early. But, if you miss the early, you can still get the entire park done in a day if you are late. And it closes early so you can catch up on sleep you missed from traveling.
Hollywood Studios is a more intense day depending on how much you love the themed areas. You must be there early to get everything done. Plus it's good to know you have a less intense day afterwards. And Fantasmic! is typically not a late night show.
Epcot is a strolling day. You can come early, leave and take a break and come back or you can sleep in and just come later. This one is typically a later night because of the fireworks.
End the trip with a bang. Visit the must anticipated Magic Kingdom last. And when you leave, you can say Good Bye to the castle.
I have never purchased this, but feel it will gives you lots of flexibility as dining is hard to book
Love this more in the hot summers when you need to go back and cool off cause then you can try something different in the afternoon & evening. Or during busier times like holiday weekends.
Free
Information, suggestions and tips on where to ride and eat next
goal is to suggest things to disperse people throughout the park
you can swap to a different ride if a suggested step does not appeal to you.
Assumes you'll be in the park the entire day
With your Park Admission you have the ability to ride EVERY attraction for FREE.
However, note there are different 2 different queues at Disney World
Standby Queue / Entrance
Every ride has a Standby Queue or Entrance. The My Disney Experience App will show you the Wait Times for the Stanby Queue for each ride. The newest rides do not allow you to walk up and ride. You must book a Virtual Queue.
Virtual Queue
The only way to ride newer rides within the park is to get in line via a virtual que. There is no cost to enter the line via the Virtual Que. This is not easy and you must be ready to do this on your app.
Typically, you will try and get a spot within the Virtual Que at 7:00 am and again at 1:00 pm. Make sure to confirm all members of your party within the app before you try and get your virtual que.
This will allow you to skip the standby queue!
If you are staying at a Disney Resort hotel and other select hotels (Shades of Green Resort, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotels), you will be able to plan Lightning Lane passes up to 7 days in advance at 7am EST, for their entire stay (up to 14 days). If you are staying off-site, you can plan up to 3 days at 7 am EST in advance. These advance purchase windows will allow you to secure some of their must-do rides and experiences after you've had some time to decide what dining reservations you want to book and any other plans you may need to consider.
This must be done in the My Disney Experience App, it cannot be done online.
You may purchase a Lightning Lane Multi Pass, a Lightning Lane Single Pass or both in one transaction.
Can book all of your experiences based on the length of your park tickets valid use period.
In advance, you can only book for one theme park per day.
You can make adjustments to your times within the My Disney Experience App
Lightning Lane Multi Pass
When purchasing Lightning Lane Multi Pass, you may make up to 3 Lightning Lane selections in a theme park, in advance of your visit. You'll also be able to choose available times as you make your selections. On the day of their visit, once you use a selection, they you may check the My Disney Experience app for availability to make an additional selection.
Can only purchase for one Theme Park per day.
If booked at the same time as a dining reservation, go to your dining reservation first, then go to your lightning land ride and they will let you on.
They give you a 1 hour window to go to the ride. You can arrive 5 minutes prior to the start and be up to 15 minutes late and still use.
You can move your Lightning Lane reservations
When purchasing, here are some other perks
once in the park, and have used your first lightning lane, you may make an additional selections based subject to availability. You can only hold 3 at a time.
digital downloads of select attraction images
Disney themed photo lenses
There are 2 different tiers in Magic Kingdom, EPCOT and Disney Hollywood Studios. You may choose either:
1 experience from Group 1 and two experiences from Group 2
3 experiences from Group 2
Lightning Lane Single Pass
Lightning Lane Single Pass allow you to secure a time to ride one of our most highly demanded attractions, and you will be able to make your purchase and plan in advance.
Can purchase up to two individual priced experiences per day.
These rides are not available with Lightning Lane Multi Pass.
Rides that you can purchase this for:
Hollywood - Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance ($15 - $25)
Epcot - Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind ($14 - $17)
Magic Kingdom - Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ($10 - $12) & TRON Lighcycle / Run ($20)
Animal Kingdom - Avatar Flight of Passage ($11 - $16)
Rider Switch Pass (more commonly known as a “Child Swap”) is obtained from Cast Members outside attractions with height limits. This pass allows one parent to stay with the kids who don’t meet the height requirement for an attraction while the other parent (or group of above-height people) waits with the kids. When the riding parent/group is done, the waiting parent/group (up to 3 per pass) can use the pass by going to the Lighting Lane return line. Since three people can use the pass, your kids or other party members who are tall enough to ride the attraction can conceivably go twice: once in line with the first parent, and the second time by using the pass with the parent who did the watching the first time.