Hi Rob,
I need a bit of advice to see if we can do both Epcot and animal kingdom in the same day. We want to ride Guardians, Test track and Remi's as we never have done them before. We do not have park hopper but will grab genie plus and will use an extra day ticket for admission at second park as we decided to get a sixth day at the parks instead of the 5 day we were previously planning ( cheaper for us Canadian resident offer). If we are lucky enough to grab guardian's with a virtual queue( if not we will buy the Lightning lane) and select an afternoon time slot, can i still make my way to animal kingdom first as i believe with an early entry ticket staying at a Disney resort, we will be able to get most done at animal kingdom in the AM. Would this mess up my reservation for guardians at Epcot if i scan first into Animal Kingdom? Furthermore, I know if you buy genie plus for the day, it will be good for both parks. With my virtual queue at Epcot, will I be able to book lightning lanes in animal once i get in or if the initial booking of Guardians will block out my possible genie selections for animal kingdom?
Animal Kingdom closes at 6pm so we could theoretically go to Epcot, Hop to Animal kingdom in the afternoon and then Hop back to epcot once the park closes but i am concerned that we would be wasting too much time with the buses.
(Everest, Avatar and Safari on the wish list for Animal Kingdom)
Looking for your expert advice knowing a day at the park always throws you a few curveballs.
Bringing my Mom back to Disney for the first time since she brought me 40 years ago.
A big fan and maybe we will see you in the parks that week.
We are a party of 5.
Alex
the Villeneuve Family from Quebec Canada
As Craig mentioned - I'm not sure if you can use two one day tickets on the same day. I will try to remember to ask someone at Guest Relations the next time I am at the parks. Assuming you CAN do this, I would not bother with going to Epcot in the morning. As long as you have a park reservation for Epcot on one of the tickets, you can try for Guardians at 7AM. If you have a park hopper, you can also still try for Guardians at 7AM when you start at AK because they changed the rules when they moved to all-day park hopping. Also know that they are very loosey-goosey with return windows at Guardians. Although you technically have to return within 20 minutes of your window "officially," they pretty much always let folks in late, especially if you let them know it overlapped with something else you had already planned. Here's the bigger problem with your plan: I THINK you will have to buy Genie Plus twice - once for each ticket. You won't be able to buy the park hopper variant because neither of your tickets have the park hopper option added. My guess is it will only offer you the Genie for the park you are in with that ticket. And this is another reason I don't think it is going to let you use two park tickets on the same day - Genie ties to your account, not your ticket. I know for a fact it is not possible to have two Genies at the same time (I asked 😅).