I've always preferred a trip planned down to the minute. Most times when it's not planned I'll end up just sitting there trying to figure out what to do.
It looks like a pretty fun ride. I never actually went on the Malestrom so to me it's just like they built an entirely new ride. I hear the lines are crazy though how long did you have to wait?
Right now at least it seems like DHS is the park to miss. However when Starwars Land opens I feel like it will be the most popular park for a few months at least. Have you gone to any of the new stuff yet? (Frozen or Pandora)
As long as you make the most of the time you have it's always going to be fun! I just went down to Disneyland for a day and maximized every second, I might have enjoyed that day more than three slow days where I didn't do much.
My favorite memory would have to be when my entire family filled out an entire log on splash. When the picture was taken we all had the best expressions I still have a copy of that picture today and this was probably 5 6 years ago.