We've had the experience on certain trips where all the parks were really packed but then we hit the sweet spot and suddenly one of the parks was deserted. I was reading on one of the crowd calendars for example that today was packed at DHS and deserted in MK. We pretty much commit to one park and stay there for a while, but I'm starting to think that's a mistake. Does anyone ever go into a park and see that it's really busy and try a different one?
We park hop all the time. We almost never spend an entire day in one park. Sometimes we plan it that way and sometimes it just ends up that way.
We park hop all the time. We almost never spend an entire day in one park. Sometimes we plan it that way and sometimes it just ends up that way.
We definitely "park hop," but like dsoup we usually stick to the plan for the day. I think there are a lot of random variables that affect crowds and it might be in our best interests to just change it up. The problem is it takes so long to get in and out of the parks that we don't really want to switch if it's going to be just as crowded somewhere else. The worst would be to leave one park, go to another, only to find it's just as busy as the one you left.
im not a hopper, i like to pick a park and spend the day there 
Our Very Merry 24 nighter Nov/Dec 15
Watson's go West May 15
The one with all the birthdays Oct 14 4 Big Birthdays and a Vow Renewal thrown in
The OMG trip June 14 30th Birthday present from the hubs
Girly trip March 14 A last min cheapy week
September 13 our first all DVC stay
TR May 2013 the last min bargain trip offsite
Oct 2012 TR with a cruise!big family trip featuring the beach club, AKL, the dream and a villa offsite
TR on a budget May - June 2011offsite condo
TR Sept - Oct 2010 big family trip in an offsite villa
We're usually at MK from open until close, but we tend to hop between the other parks...especially DHS and AK. We have also done all four in one day a couple of times!!
Resorts
2017 AKL-Jambo House (May)
2017 Old Key West (Apr)
2016 Port Orleans Riverside (Oct)-Hurricane Matthew!!
2016 Old Key West (Aug)
2016 CBR (Jul)
2016 Art of Animation (May)
2015 Ft. Wilderness Campground (Oct)
2014 Sherwood Forest RV Park (Nov)
2013 Pop Century (Jul)
2012 Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress (Jul)
2011 Radisson Lake Buena Vista (Aug)
2010 Pop Century (Nov)
2009 PO Riverside (Jul)
2008 Pop Century (Apr)
2006-2007 FL residents: Hunters Creek 8 miles from the parks!!
2005 All Star Sports (Jul)
2005 PO Riverside/CBR/CSR (Apr)
im not a hopper, i like to pick a park and spend the day there
That's dedication! Do you usually go open to close?
We're usually at MK from open until close, but we tend to hop between the other parks...especially DHS and AK. We have also done all four in one day a couple of times!!
I think the most we've ever done is 3 and I think all we did in one was eat. 
We almost always hit a park in the morning and then get out during the heat/crowds. We then hit another park in the evening. Sometimes it's the same one as the morning, more often not however.
We've only park hopped for things like Fantasmic or Illuminations or to the park with evening EMH.
I can only please one person per day. Today isn't your day... tomorrow doesn't look good either.
We have switched parks a few times but that is not usually the norm for us, when we leave a park it's usually because we are done for the day and it's back to the hotel.
RobynPrincess wrote:im not a hopper, i like to pick a park and spend the day thereThat's dedication! Do you usually go open to close?
milliehubbard wrote:We're usually at MK from open until close, but we tend to hop between the other parks...especially DHS and AK. We have also done all four in one day a couple of times!!I think the most we've ever done is 3 and I think all we did in one was eat.
Our Very Merry 24 nighter Nov/Dec 15
Watson's go West May 15
The one with all the birthdays Oct 14 4 Big Birthdays and a Vow Renewal thrown in
The OMG trip June 14 30th Birthday present from the hubs
Girly trip March 14 A last min cheapy week
September 13 our first all DVC stay
TR May 2013 the last min bargain trip offsite
Oct 2012 TR with a cruise!big family trip featuring the beach club, AKL, the dream and a villa offsite
TR on a budget May - June 2011offsite condo
TR Sept - Oct 2010 big family trip in an offsite villa
Agreed. There's so much time spent getting in and out of the parks, so it's a serious cost to switch parks. Of course sometimes one park is just a mess and you need to move on.
