4 parks in one day - recommended order?

[00swan]

Haven’t tried this before - want to set a mini challenge of doing a ride, getting an iconic photo and having a snack in each of the Disney parks.
To avoid going around in circles , which order would you do them, bearing in mind ease of transport (no car) between them?
Thanks x

[Elsa42]

Hi, it’s great fun so you’ll have a good time! We did a 5 parks challenege you can read it in my “if you can dream it you can do it trip report” depending on the time of your you go depends on the order really. Pick which park closes the latest and make that your final park.
We did animal kingdom, bus to blizzard beach, bus to a hotel then to Hollywood studios, boat to the broad walk and walked round to Epcot then monorail to magic kingdom, tiring but so much fun!

[chmurf]

well, first of all, are you a hotel guest ?
it will be easier if you are.

choose a day where there is morning EMH at one park (you have park #1) and when a park closes late (like a 12pm or 1am MK closing) and you have park #4 (on a 4 parks challenge)

then it's a matter of changing park in a sensible fashion, like for example transferring from EPCOT to DHS (or inversely) since you have no car

So that could be AK, EP, DHS (or DHS, EP) and MK if you choose the right day

just an example and a thought, but it will depend on the day, how you go from park to park, operating hours ... well, eventually that will be the day you choose to do that, that will give clues as to the order you should do that.

[BarryL]

If you're staying onsite use extra magic hours to your advantage

Last time we did AK - bus - HS - boat - EPCOT - monorail - MK.
We left MK to last primarily for night time entertainment and also greater 4+FP availability.
It was also pre-Pandora / Rivers of Light so AK rarely had evening hours.

This time we're planning a reverse schedule starting with MK extra morning hour then
MK - monorail - Epcot - boat/walk - HS - bus - AK

[walt4it]

You will love doing this - it is actually easier than you think - we had certain things to do in each park just to keep us on our toes, we included Character autograph , ride, pin trade, photopass pic and something to eat or drink in each park.
You can read our day by clicking here

A celebrity meet at the end of our day and a Nemo moment still defines such a fantastic thing to do on holiday

[ashesmod]

We always do it on the last day.

Always do
Hollywood Studios
Animal Kingdom
Magic Kingdom (drive to EPCOT then Monorail across)
Epcot (monorail back across)

Beer at Epcot

and rest... ...

[loldis]

You can do them in any order you like really, although for transport it would be best to keep HS and Epcot together (since there is the boat between them) and also Epcot and MK as you can use the monorail. Of course, all the parks have buses to the other parks available so even that doesn't matter but it's fun to use different transport methods as well.

My order will be AK, HS, Epcot then MK. I wanted to finish in MK so that meant doing AK first to keep the rest together. But I've seen some reports of finishing in Epcot to have a celebratory drink - even around the world if you're up for it. Depends on priorities, I guess.

[mysteryjimbo]

I'm going to throw an alternative plan into the mix based on what I'm going to do next year (subject to change). We're going to be offsite but we'll have DAS to help us out.

Valet Park at Contemporary.
Walk to MK - Four mountains + SDMT
Monorail to Epcot - Soarin' + Test track
Friendship boat to DHS - ToT + RnR
Bus to AK - Everest + FOP

Then enjoy the rest of the evening in Pandora and get bus back to Contemporary.

Meals will be in U.K. and Pandora.