One day on Amalfi coast.

FYI It's gonna be crowded and unfortunately you might get in traffic jam. There is not really any walking around Positano that would take 3 hours. With the crowds blocking your view you might find you want to leave.

Ravello was my favourite of the three in terms of interest and views. Great views from the coast as well as the highway, the drive may be more interesting than the ferry to experience the curvy roads.

What's your plan for your luggage while you're exploring? None are luggage friendly to be hauling it around, especially Positano. You'll get plenty of people who disagree with me, but while Positano is beautiful, 3 hours is a long time there. It was my least favourite of the big 3.

If your looking for a nice walk after checking in, look into the Path of the Lemons between Minori and Maiori.

I agree with the above, and I was just there this past May. Positano is all high-end stores, steps, and shoulder-shoulder people. I just don't get why it's so popular? The beach is dark colored-pebbles with a little sand. The ferries don't run if the weather is bad, and the dock was recently repaired.
Transportation in the areas lacks infrastructure. There is no way to move about quickly and efficiently.
Ravello is charming, less crowded , and surrounded by natural beauty in all sides.
Whatever you decide, pre book your transportation options. It will probably be expensive.
Good luck and safe travels!

Where are you before Positano?
How are you getting to Positano?

We will spend Friday night in Minori also (no worry about luggage). We plan on taking an early morning ferry on Saturday from Minori to Positano. It sounds like an hour or 2 in Positano might be plenty. Thank you all for the good information. Any advice is great! How do we prebook our taxi from Positano to Amalfi?

Honestly, I thought the AC villages in themselves were not very interesting. The joy of the AC is the scenic beauty. I would recommend just taking the bus and the ferry and going along the coast from Positano to Salerno and back, with time to take the bus or taxi from Amalfi to Ravello and then walking back down to Amalfi.

One of the highlights of my visit was Sal de Riso in Minori - to-die-for pastries.

Joining the chorus of those who don’t think Positano is very much worth your time. We were staying in Amalfi and decided to spend a day in Positano. By noon, we’d had enough and left. As several posters have said, it’s shops and a not very attractive beach.

Ravello is the one to see. The views are astounding. There are two villas worth visiting and a small, interesting cathedral.

Since you're staying in Minori, I would take a cab to Ravello and spend a few hours there. The view from the Terrace of Infinity at the Villa Cimbrone is one of the beautiful sites I have ever seen - even on a partly cloudy day!

We chartered a small boat that took us from Amalfi to Positano, then back to Salerno, where we were staying. Positano from the water made for beautiful photos - but it was just too steep and too crowded for us to bother getting off the boat.

You may not have a good handle on the cost of multiple taxis in a high-cost area, although I agree that the chances of slow traffic on the limited roads in the area is high. I bring this up to mention that when we were staying in Sorrento, we hired a car and driver for the whole day, to visit Positano, Amalfi, and Ravello. He also stopped at three other viewpoints, and took us to the (missable) Green Grotto. Now, this driver lived in Sorrento, so a round trip was good for him.

You would have to pay more for a one-way trip, and a driver's empty return. We're talking a couple of hundred Euros. But you would have more control over the length of each stop, and could call him (presumably) away from his card game with his buddies, to move on to the next place. There are posters here who swear by the view from the water. And there are those who got carsick on the roads! (We didn't.)

I agree that Ravello is the most "beautiful" of the stops, and it is quite "out of the way". But while I was "disappointed" with Positano, it remains an important high-end tourism destination that "should" (??) be seen. (Opinion, and one 10 years old!) It would be equally true that there are too many high-end clothing, jewelry, and cosmetic boutiques on the paradisical island of Capri! (Not slamming Capri, only making a comment about Positano .... )

I thought Amalfi was worth visiting because it was so much less "resort-y" than Positano, but I think you could substitute Ravello, especially if you don't have to wait for the spur bus up to Ravello. Again, OPINION. Because you are sleeping in Minori, that makes Amalfi less ... important to your day. I think ferry crowding is still uncertain in 2023, especially as regards Positano, which has smaller docks and shallower harbor ... i.e. fewer ferry seats.

You will get better advice if your answer the questions of before and after. How are you getting to Positano at 9AM?

And now for something completely different.
Two ideas for you, vicki (btw, are you the same 'Vicky'?)
The sunrise view from Scala looking down onto Ravello remains one of the best-kept secrets along the coast.
And/or: a meal at nearby Atrani's 'Arcate' restaurant will provide not only good food at an honest price-point, but surely one of the World's Best restaurant views. Outstanding in the truest sense of the word. *its that postcard view seen on countless guidebook covers.

Bonus: a meal in Cetara is equally appealing. 'Aqua Pazza' has not only a great menu with their own home-made 'Coltura di Alici' 'sauce' but also the possibility of a two-fer---the attractive town itself is as genuine a fishing village port as one could find.

They can keep Positano. Back in March, we took the advice of locals (to skip actually visiting the town) and simply stood on its periphery to catch a quick glimpse the attractive view.
One traveler's humble opinion.

I am done. the stinky sardine sauce