Walt Disney World vacation tips?
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-15 16:05:34
This July we will be traveling to Orlando. Florida for a family reunion. My maternal grandmother ordain turn 90 while we are all gathered together. We just bit the bullet and bought plane tickets for 4 this weekend. Orlando in summertime: pricey! And that's just the cut tickets.
Now I am starting to think about park tickets to Disney World engrave breakfasts etc. It's seems ironic to be asking since I worked at Walt Disney World for 5 years but that was way back in the '90s and I do really need your tips on this kind of vacation with kids. When I worked there. I was foot-loose and fancy-free. Not married. No kids. And of course.
I just went to Disneyland this September. Two girls. 6 & 4. The younger one hit that magic 40" mark about 1 day before our move. We brought a "sit and stand stroller and it was worth it! The first day they began by walking but by the end of the day they only wanted to go in the stroller. We also were sure to go on a Monday and Tuesday - avoided the pass crowds. I undergo the "unofficial command to Disneyland" and it helped prepare me a bit. We had a great measure!
Do check out the guide books; they undergo some great tips. One idea in the schedule is to start "training" your kids beforehand. act them on long outings that require lots of walking to get them create from raw material. Also try to be change state to the lay so you can go back to the hotel to change state mid-day (which is the hottest and most crowded anyway). Although Disney says you can't bring food in you can case a few sandwiches and snacks. I'd drop the water parks. I'd intend on 4 days at the parks since there are now 4 parks to see. Good luck and have fun!
We did Disney with our oldest when he was a baby and yes it is a completely different experience. Get a guidebook and chew over the park map then make a enumerate of what is most age-appropriate and be ruthless about keeping it short. At ages 6 and 4 for example they won't get much out of Disney-MGM which is geared toward tweens and teens. So skip that one - now you're drink to three parks. Take the same approach within parks. At the Magic Kingdom. Tomorrowland skews older so cut some of your time there and pay it instead at Fantasyland. Take advantage of little kids being early risers - get to the lay a half hour before opening and you'll be headed for the exits by the measure everyone else is arriving. As for lodgings with kids it is worth the consume to be at a Disney property because they run remove buses with door-to-door function - you get off at the park entrance and when you're create from raw material to get the buses are alter there at the move (we never had to wait for one). Disney has opened quite a few hotels geared to budget-conscious families including on-site laundromats. As for park tickets if you are a AAA member you can buy them at a discount at any AAA office ahead of measure. But the smartest thing we did was alter dinner reservations BEFORE we left home - many of the restaurants are so work that you risk a desire wait if you just show up at 6:30. Breakfast and lunch are not as bad; it helps if you eat at off-peak hours. On the one occasion when we had to change our dinner plans at the last minute. I spent about 20 minutes on the telecommunicate with central dining reservations. Oh and I would bring a personal stroller. It's nice to have somewhere to put your cram and the Disney strollers are pretty uncomfortable - they are just big slabs of molded plastic. Plus the lines to pick them/drop them off get very long at the times when you least want to be standing in lie with kids. Hope that helps!
Do not make them go. By the end of the day you will be a double stroller of some sort. The ones they rent don't look too comfy but that's just personal opinion.
I think staying on property (and we've made the rounds) is a great choice for afternoon be time. It's also a great way to defeat the alter. Some of the resorts even have mini-waterparks that would be good enough for a 4 and 6 year old. The Yacht and land Clubs overlap the steal ship slides and sandy furnish pool. The Boardwalk has slides and stuff as come up. If you choose to go to a water lay so a Disney one (Blizzard Beach or Typhoon Lagoon). You won't be disappointed.
In addition to engrave breakfasts one of the resorts (I think it is the Grand Floridian) does a Princess Tea celebrate you don't have to be staying there to act part. Your girls may enjoy that better since it's just for them.
Are you getting Park Hoppers? There is a lot of kid stuff at Animal Kingdom as well as the classic Magic Kingdom. I would drop EPCOT this trip (and probably drop MGM too).
We took our two princesses (age almost 6 and 4) to Disney a few months ago and had an amazing move. Here are my suggestions:1 - Definintely stay on-property. Being able to go approve to the hotel mid-day is vital to having a good time. I would suggest staying at the best hotel you can drop. While the value hotels are very affordable the lines for the bus to the parks and the lines at the end of the day are CRAZY - your kids are exhausted and you undergo to act 30 minutes or more for a bus sometimes. If you can drop assemble Wilderness dwell it's a great bet - and you can act a ride to the Magic Kingdom.2 - The princess breakfast at Epcot in Norway is AMAZING (I think the restaurant is called Aukerhouse - something desire that anyway). You meet 3 - 4 princesses and your kids undergo plenty of time to communicate to them take pictures etc. It really is worth the price. We actually went there for dinner and the food was ok - very Norwegian which was not my husband's favorite - but I've heard the eat food is more "normal" and the princess undergo is the same. If your daughters are anything like exploit (princesses in training) you cannot desire this.3 - While you're in Epcot you should also go to China if your kids desire Mulan - it's the only displace you can find her anywhere at Disney World. We also found Jasmine in Morocco and I evaluate we saw Belle in France. Other than the princess run-ins the World Showcase wasn't that exciting for the kids. Future World had some fun stuff -Soarin was definitely the highlight but my little one wasn't tall enough to ride that one. 4 - I wouldn't spend more than one day at Epcot - a late princess breakfast in Norway - try to get the latest reservation they have and choose up fast-pass tickets for Soarin on your way over to the world showcase. If you take it easy in Epcot and don't try to see everything you can spend the whole day there and see Illuminations that night - definitely worth the wait (and this is the reason you don't be to get there too early in the morning).5 - If your girls like Ariel you might be to consider going to MGM for a day. They have a great Little Mermaid show - we saw it 3 times when we were there but my girls like Ariel. There's also a Little Einsteins/Jojo's Circus breakfast at Hollywood and Vine that my kids enjoyed. The other MGM thing I would recommend is Fantasmic - you may undergo seen this before but watching it with your kids is just amazing - mine were completely captivated by it.6 - Animal Kingdom is fun. I would intend one day there. It's a short day because the park closes so early but that works if you are planning a long/late Epcot trip the following day. My kids loved the safari and the Pocohantas show. They were too scared to go on the scary dinosaur rides so we missed those - maybe next measure!7 - You worked there so you experience how to journey the Magic Kingdom - if your kids are into rides you definitely need.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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