Only Animal Kingdom - are we kidding ourselves?

[staceylou]

Hi

Having not been Disney for several years, recent trips have all been Universal centric, we (7 of us) were thinking of doing 1 day in Animal Kingdom this summer. Buying tickets on the day - we are there in August - are we kidding ourselves in thinking we could get the most from the park in one day, would we spend most of the time in queues?

Thanks in advance.

[tinytots]

Not sure what the answer is but we are doing a 1 day only for Epcot. We are maximising on that day by staying onsite, checking in early around 7am and also going on a EMH evening. Having a rest in the afternoon at hotel if needed. Hoping to get fast passes done and will just be a case of what we get done we do, what we don't, well we don't. Already done online chec in and customised magic bands. Only a day but so excited to do it. Use the plans and fast pass and I'm sure you will have a great day

[tinkerella123]

If you are not considering staying one night I would reccomend buying your ticket before at least then you can book fastpasses 30 days before. Undercover tourist sell one day tickets.

[Orlando 2004]

I'd also recommend buying before so you can book fastpasses. We had a day at hs last Feb and bought tickets direct from disney. We didn't even need to collect the tickets from guest services as we already had magicbands.

[DFussy]

We had 1 day at AK in august, and had a great day. I deffinately think you can have a good day there and do most things, but we did buy our tickets in advance and book 3 fastpasses, and then booked more in park as we used them up, to help us.

we did exp Everest twice, flight of passage at rope drop and end of day with a q of around 1 1/2 hrs, primeval whirl, dinosaur, safari (after fop rope drop), lion king show, walk around animal areas, the water ride, mickey and Minnie meet - probably some more but cant remember. we arrived just over an hour before opening as the flight of passage q's were still crazy then, and that worked well - we were off the ride less than 1/2 hr after park opening. we probably left the park approx. 5pm.

My favourite Disney park.

[tinkerella123]

Also don’t plan to arrive on early magic hour if staying offsite.

[loldis]

As others have advised, buy the tickets in advance. Not just for FPs, but so you can attempt to rope drop FOP as you more than likely won't get a FP for this in advance. Much better to already be in the Pandora queue at park open than still in the ticket queue!

But otherwise I don't see a problem with only going for a day. Just get there early to get as much done as possible before the queues build too much, and book FPs in the afternoon for the rest.

[sprocket]

AK is easy to do in 1 day, now they have extended the times as long as you get your 3 FPs. You may struggle to get Pandora FPs and may have to run at rope drop to do FOP if you want to.

[staceylou]

Thanks All - if we decide to go for it we will definitely purchase the tickets before we go to try and get fast passes (where we can!).

[Potterfan5686]

how much are tickets to AK for one day as we are also considering this