Applications such as lab-on-chip technology and self-cleaning technology needs tuning of the wetting transitions by controlling simple physicochemical characteristics of the surfaces. In this work, we demonstrate our ability to tune the dimensionality of wetting transitions by appropriate choice of surface energy. We used butterfly-wing inspired micro-cavity surfaces with varying longitudinal to lateral length ratio of the cavities to alter the local fluid-structure interaction giving rise to varied wetting phenomenon. Three different surfaces having equal enclosed area and different perimeters were fabricated. Surface chemistry was altered using 20 nm thick coatings of diamond-like carbon (DLC), Fluorinated diamond-like carbon (FDLC) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Wetting studies were performed using sessile drop and evaporation methods with drop sizes varying from 0.25 µl to 5 µl. We show that on our cavity surfaces, nucleation scenarios for the Cassie to Wenzel transition can be varied from 2-D to 1-D by altering interplay between surface geometry, drop geometry, and surface chemistry. Importantly, we show that FDLC coated micro-cavity surfaces exhibited 1-D wetting transition due to the pressure and velocity gradients resulting from the internal flow of the drop during the ‘rush hour’ period of the drop life. Our results prove that internal flow dynamics can be used to alter transition dynamics of wetting states at an appropriate surface energy.