Am I crazy to think that I can go to 4 Disney parks in one day just to get on 4 rides?

I know nothing about Disney and even I think that sounds unrealistic.

How much is a night at one of the three Universal resorts that include the Express Pass with your stay?

You also need to assume an hour to get from 1 ride in 1 Park to another ride in another park.

It would probably be possible, but the lines for these rides can push up to 3 or 4 hours. 1 ride has a 200 min wait and you are done.

100% you could do this in 2 days.

Yes, it’s doable.

I’ll post more tomorrow but what is your exact date?

Is this like a nerd version of Spartan Games?

For our last trip a night at a Universal hotel that included express was $800 a night which wasn’t worth it so I bought express pass. We did early entry which doesn’t mean much since only a few rides are open and unless you are the first group there over an hour before early entry, you will still have an hour+ wait at any of the big rides. Since express can be used on any ride but 2 now, we were able to ride every one of those with time to spare in one day. Some I will never do again (Simpsons, transformers).

At Disney the rides aren’t just shake you around make you sick rides like Universal so we enjoy it more. Velocicoaster is awesome and Hulk/Mummy are solid but we go to Dollywood enough that roller coasters like those don’t impress as much anymore.

Doing 4 parks in a day is doable with genie plus:

Epcot - virtual queue is hit or miss because it sells out in seconds and even with it you’re looking at a 1-2 hour wait. Buy the LL and get a morning time which would be a 20-30 min wait. If that’s all you wanna do there the. You could technically try for a 2 pm time so your morning isn’t wasted and it could be your first park to hop to.

Magic Kingdom - if Tron is all you want then you are relying on the virtual queue to get you the perfect time, if you get one at all. Good luck.

Hollywood - not sure why you picked arise of Resistance but ok.

Animal Kingdom - I’d do this first since it’s easiest to rope drop and get on/off Flight of Passage because the rest of your options are virtual queues. You could even hope for a genie plus return window early. I’d also do Everest which is one of their best coasters and typically had low wait times early.

I don’t believe it would be possible primarily due to that 2PM limit to start park hopping and regardless it would be miserable.

My biggest gripe about Disney world and why I prefer Disneyland is that transit between the parks and even the resort hotels takes at least half an hour waiting on bus or ferry between the different stops

Book the VIP - let’s you get on any ride in any park when you are ready - and you have direct park to park access…and no damn wait.

Minimum is about $800 an hour but worth every damn penny -
You will need to tip a heafty amount.

You will need your park passes in addition to the $800 an hour.

All that said - with a 12 year old, slow down and enjoy the day - the 12 yo won’t appreciate the vip day until older

Nah. What's crazy is continuing to throw your money at Disney.

You can get into all 4 parks, that’s not that bad. Hop on the bus at each park to go to the other. Depending on when the bus runs, it may take you an hour to get from park to park. You can take the monorail from Magic to Epcot and the skyline from Hollywood to Epcot I believe.

The issue is getting on the ride. You may have a 3 hour wait for each ride. Those are the most popular rides. Also, unless it’s changed, you have to get in the Que on the app for the Star Wars ride and that’s not always easy. Because of this reason, I would not recommend it.

I’ve been to Universal with express passes and without. I’ll never go back without a pass. You still end up waiting maybe 15-30 minutes for each ride, but it’s far better than 60-90 minutes.