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Re: Park Hopping?

Post by Wizzard419 » May Sun 15, 2011 5:17 pm

Looking online, the WDW site is surprisingly less informative on it's schedule than the DLR one, it appears that they do add a second show during the high season.

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Re: Park Hopping?

Post by MetalRage » May Sun 15, 2011 6:52 pm

I enjoy park hopping. We don't do it much but it is fun to do.
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Re: Park Hopping?

Post by Satchel T » Jun Wed 01, 2011 10:56 am

We hop because my son usually wants to ride a ride at the park we chose not to go to that day...

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Re: Park Hopping?

Post by Soarin08 » Jun Wed 01, 2011 11:17 pm

I have done all four in one day... usually only hitting the highlights. But short of Epcot, I never spend a full day at just one park.
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Re: Park Hopping?

Post by theBIGyowski » Jun Thu 02, 2011 8:11 am

Soarin08 wrote:I have done all four in one day... usually only hitting the highlights. But short of Epcot, I never spend a full day at just one park.
I asked DW about doing this last night. We might do it this trip if we feel the itch.
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Re: Park Hopping?

Post by jacobcary1 » Jun Thu 02, 2011 9:22 am

Go for it. Thats what we like to do as well.

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Re: Park Hopping?

Post by theBIGyowski » Jun Thu 02, 2011 9:32 am

we'll be there for 8-9 days...so I am hoping we can have a day to just enjoy hopping and the Disney transportation

we'll probably start at a park with Morning EMH...then make our way from there
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Re: Park Hopping?

Post by figmentaholic » Jun Thu 02, 2011 1:55 pm

theBIGyowski wrote:we'll be there for 8-9 days...so I am hoping we can have a day to just enjoy hopping and the Disney transportation

we'll probably start at a park with Morning EMH...then make our way from there


We usually go for between 6-8 days every Feb and I like to take one afternoon to do a whole circuit of the two monorails, making sure to take pics as I go. That is a little guilty pleasure of mine. And a couple if years ago I ever got to ride in the front of the monorail car for the first time ever. That was pretty darn cool.

Wierd considering how I am TERRIBLY afraid of heights, but I just love the monorail so much.. :)
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Re: Park Hopping?

Post by Amy » Jun Thu 02, 2011 3:59 pm

figmentaholic wrote:
theBIGyowski wrote:we'll be there for 8-9 days...so I am hoping we can have a day to just enjoy hopping and the Disney transportation
we'll probably start at a park with Morning EMH...then make our way from there
We usually go for between 6-8 days every Feb and I like to take one afternoon to do a whole circuit of the two monorails, making sure to take pics as I go. That is a little guilty pleasure of mine. And a couple if years ago I ever got to ride in the front of the monorail car for the first time ever. That was pretty darn cool.
Weird considering how I am TERRIBLY afraid of heights, but I just love the monorail so much.. :)
I think with the monorail, especially in the front cabin, you can see the track and it doesn't seem so scary if you are afraid of heights. I wonder if they will ever allow guests in the front cabin ever again?

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Re: Park Hopping?

Post by Soarin08 » Jun Thu 02, 2011 4:13 pm

theBIGyowski wrote:
Soarin08 wrote:I have done all four in one day... usually only hitting the highlights. But short of Epcot, I never spend a full day at just one park.
I asked DW about doing this last night. We might do it this trip if we feel the itch.
Do it! It's so much fun!! :mickey:
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Re: Park Hopping?

Post by figmentaholic » Jun Thu 02, 2011 11:47 pm

Amy wrote:
figmentaholic wrote:
theBIGyowski wrote:we'll be there for 8-9 days...so I am hoping we can have a day to just enjoy hopping and the Disney transportation
we'll probably start at a park with Morning EMH...then make our way from there
We usually go for between 6-8 days every Feb and I like to take one afternoon to do a whole circuit of the two monorails, making sure to take pics as I go. That is a little guilty pleasure of mine. And a couple if years ago I ever got to ride in the front of the monorail car for the first time ever. That was pretty darn cool.
Weird considering how I am TERRIBLY afraid of heights, but I just love the monorail so much.. :)
I think with the monorail, especially in the front cabin, you can see the track and it doesn't seem so scary if you are afraid of heights. I wonder if they will ever allow guests in the front cabin ever again?


when did they stop? I did that only a couple of years ago. I don't think it was last yea,t I think it was the year before last if I remember correctly..
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Re: Park Hopping?

Post by Soarin08 » Jun Fri 03, 2011 1:13 am

figmentaholic wrote:
Amy wrote:
figmentaholic wrote: We usually go for between 6-8 days every Feb and I like to take one afternoon to do a whole circuit of the two monorails, making sure to take pics as I go. That is a little guilty pleasure of mine. And a couple if years ago I ever got to ride in the front of the monorail car for the first time ever. That was pretty darn cool.
Weird considering how I am TERRIBLY afraid of heights, but I just love the monorail so much.. :)
I think with the monorail, especially in the front cabin, you can see the track and it doesn't seem so scary if you are afraid of heights. I wonder if they will ever allow guests in the front cabin ever again?


when did they stop? I did that only a couple of years ago. I don't think it was last yea,t I think it was the year before last if I remember correctly..
It happened after the monorail CM was killed over the 4th of July weekend in 2009. I can tell you that exactly, I was there then.
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Re: Park Hopping?

Post by figmentaholic » Jun Sat 04, 2011 10:51 am

Soarin08 wrote: It happened after the monorail CM was killed over the 4th of July weekend in 2009. I can tell you that exactly, I was there then.




Yeah, I remember reading about that. That was so terribly sad. So I guess it must have been February of 2009 that I had my last ride.


I wonder if they will ever start it again? I hate to say it, but I would be surprised if they ever did.
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Re: Park Hopping?

Post by fancyfeet » Jun Sat 04, 2011 6:50 pm

I usually only hop on the last day of the trip. We'll sometimes do MGM in the morning with lunch, and then hop to the Magic Kingdom for dinner and the rest of the evening. It can be time consuming and tiring otherwise.

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Re: Park Hopping?

Post by Amy » Jun Sat 04, 2011 7:05 pm

fancyfeet wrote:I usually only hop on the last day of the trip. We'll sometimes do MGM in the morning with lunch, and then hop to the Magic Kingdom for dinner and the rest of the evening. It can be time consuming and tiring otherwise.
I loooooove to park hop. I'm tired at the end of the day anyhow, so I would rather see and do as much as I can in as many parks as I can! Don't you feel a little cheated when Animal Kingdom closes so early? Or do you use that time to go have a nice meal, or go shopping at DTD?

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