Planning Advice Needed!

You can't assume 24 minutes to get from DHS to AKL, or 35 minutes to get from MK to DTD, etc. You might arrive at the bus stop just as a bus is pulling out and have to stand at the bus stop for a full 20 minutes, maybe longer, just waiting for the next bus to arrive. Or there could be other transportation issues that slow you down.

So yes, your Day 5 is unrealistic, and some of the others are complicated. To simplify and cut down on travel, I would suggest starting at MK, getting lunch at MK or a monorail resort or even back at POR, then to 'Ohana and back to MK.

For Day 3, start at DHS with lunch there, park hop to AK, then a not-so-late dinner at Boma. Then if there's time and a park is still open you can go there, or fit in some Downtown Disney. Or, start at AK with lunch at Tusker House (the menu is similar to Boma, but not as varied), then DHS with dinner there.

Do you have an objection to doing and earlier dinner at Boma so you can head there straight from AK and then to DHS after dinner so you're not doing so much back and forth?

As far as day 5 goes, you could definitely find enough window shopping to do to occupy a morning in DTD, however if you're really set on going to MK in the morning as well, I think you'll be fine. We only had 4 actual WDW park days on our Oct 2012 trip (2 other days were at Universal) and on our last day we did MH in the morning for EMH, went over to Epcot for late morning/lunch/early afternoon, hopped on a bus to DHS for late afternoon/dinner, then went back to our resort (CBR) to change and get ready for MNSSHP, then took a bus back over to MK and still made it there before the start of the party and I still felt like we got a decent amount accomplished that day. Should you be in the mindset that you will be on Disney transport a lot that day? Yes. Should you allow yourself plenty of time for each transportation slot to make sure you make it place on time? Yes. Is it doable? Absolutely.

I think a lot of it depends on how much you want to see at each park each day. My BF and I are seasoned Disney travelers and we find no problem doing AK in the morning and hitting DHS in the late afternoon/evening and seeing everything we want to see. Actually last year we did just that and still had time to take the ferry to Epcot after DHS and hit some Food and Wine booths for dinner and drinks. Then again we aren't super crazed about seeing every attraction and have no problems seeing the ones we want to see and moving on. It also depends on your touring style. We are more laid back than most and have no problems going with the flow. If you are a scheduler I can definitely see how this might be stressful though.

I see no reason why your Day 5 isn't doable, although I wouldn't expect a ton of resort time in between lunch at WPE and then getting ready for dinner. If it were me I'd probably just grab lunch in MK and then leave myself more wiggle room at the resort for relaxing and getting ready.

In general, I really try to eat at the park that I want to play in for that part of the day. Just because there is ALWAYS waiting involved with the transportation at some point. The monorail is the best efficiency-wise and our anecdotal experience suggests that POR is among the best resorts for bus service.

I would recommend on day 1 that if you are literally only going to EPCOT to eat at Sunshine Seasons that you pick a counter service at MK instead (unless you want to monorail across the entire property just to see the sights or you really really love Sunshine Seasons). Sunshine Seasons is very good and has a wide variety, but there are many decent CS options in MK that will save you a ton of time. I would recommend Columbia Harbor House or Pecos Bills. If you don't care for MK counter service, the food court area POR (I forget what it's called ) has a delicious create your own pasta and a wide variety of other things that would make a nice quick lunch option.

You may have already factored this in, but on day 5, you mentioned a possibility of busing from MK to DTD. This is not a direct route. You can only travel from a park to DTD if you use a resort as a transfer point, which will take additional time. The closest that you can get is if you board the Saratoga Springs bus from the park and get off at Congress Park and take the walking path to DTD. The path was closed in December, but last week it looked like it was either open or getting ready to open soon. You also can't bus directly from POR to Poly. You'll need to use DTD or MK as a transfer point.

Thanks for posting--trip planning details are so much fun!! Hope you have a great time!