Mother and father planning their baby’s first journey to Walt Disney World usually have lots of questions, as visiting Walt Disney World with youngsters is uncharted territory that may be intimidating. This information solutions a few of these questions with useful recommendation to keep away from errors and customary planning pitfalls. (Up to date March 2, 2025.)
Let’s begin with the most recent replace, which comes as we’re reviewing this information as dad and mom ourselves. After we first lined this subject a number of years in the past, we had been the dreaded Disney Adults with out youngsters. The guidelines & methods had been written primarily based on a combination of firsthand experiences with pals and their youngsters, seeing households meltdown in sure situations, plus fan suggestions. The aim was recent recommendation from an outsider perspective, and embody quotes from readers who’re dad and mom providing quite a lot of views about visiting with youngsters.
Admittedly, we’ve lengthy fearful that among the technique right here would come again to hang-out us. That our expectations could be unrealistic or idealized. As we now replace this after visiting Disneyland on a weekly foundation with our now-toddler and having made just a few journeys together with her to Walt Disney World, we’re revisiting what we acquired proper and unsuitable. The largest factor we acquired proper was big-picture philosophy about visiting with youngsters. What we acquired most unsuitable was underestimating simply how for much longer every part takes with a child, and the way time really is cash as a result of you have got quite a bit much less of it as dad and mom of a small baby!
This information is supposed to complement different guides (together with our personal Walt Disney World Journey Planning Information) and supply a fairly knowledgeable (hopefully) perspective dad and mom may not in any other case hear. All in all, we expect this can be a fairly respectable useful resource to learn as you propose that journey with the youngsters to Walt Disney World!
We’ll be again for a lot extra complete updates within the years to return as our daughter continues to develop up, and we’ve extra Walt Disney World holidays as a household below our belts. And possibly many extra occasions within the years to return as we make errors and be taught from them. For now, listed here are some issues that we expect are good to know earlier than your first go to with kids.
Perspective
The largest piece of recommendation we will supply is to know your limitations. We’ve seen this situation time and time once more, in quite a lot of types: dad or mum pushes child’s limits in a technique or one other, and everybody has a nasty time. For a lot of households, Walt Disney World journeys with are a as soon as in a lifetime factor, and a ceremony of passage for the youngsters.
We perceive that these journeys are actually costly, and with that comes greater stakes and extra strain to “make as a lot magic” for the child as attainable. Our robust recommendation–and this goes equally for {couples} or solo vacationers–is to disabuse your self of this notion. Take into consideration the cash when budgeting, however as soon as it’s already spent, take into consideration the journey solely when it comes to enjoyment.
Children get cranky after an excessive amount of stimulation. Everybody is aware of that. Nevertheless, adults can too. Parental crankiness manifests itself in quite a lot of methods, however the unseen method is the commonest: within the stubbornness of wanting to maintain pushing after they usually wouldn’t in “regular” dad or mum mode.
This in flip causes crankiness within the baby who’s past their breaking level, which in turns causes extra crankiness within the dad or mum, who retains enthusiastic about how a lot the journey price, and the way a lot enjoyable they “want” to “make” their youngsters have. It’s a vicious cycle, and earlier than you recognize it, there’s a full-blown meltdown.
As a dad or mum, angle is every part. Don’t go into the journey with the expectation that you want to do 17 sights per day and will need to have X, Y, and Z finished earlier than 11:30 am. There is no such thing as a magic variety of rides for an ideal and memorable journey. 4 hours per day of high quality time within the parks is best than 2 hours of high quality time and 6 hours of depressing time.
In the event you’ve been to Walt Disney World earlier than having youngsters, don’t count on to go at your previous tempo or to do the identical stuff you as soon as did. The trade-off for seeing the magic by your kids’s eyes as they mild up with pleasure upon assembly Mickey Mouse for the primary time is which you can’t do marathon hours within the park (except you convey grandparents!).
Approaching the journey with reasonable expectations and a optimistic angle is an important component of planning a visit to Walt Disney World with youngsters. A plan of assault for hitting rides in probably the most environment friendly order is a good factor to have (as you’ll learn under), however dad and mom needs to be ready to desert these plans instantly as soon as the youngsters on the journey are starting to method that wall.
What Age is Proper
One of the crucial frequent questions when planning a baby’s first journey to Walt Disney World is: “what age is true?” It is a loaded query that actually is dependent upon your circumstances.
For a lot of adults who take their actually younger kids, the expertise will not be concerning the recollections of the youngsters, however for the dad and mom. It’s about watching their child’s face mild up as they contact Eeyore for the primary time, or it’s about getting that first photograph in entrance of Cinderella Fort. Clearly, infants usually are not going to recollect any of that. However they’ll be indelible recollections for the dad and mom.
Our recommendation right here could be to not let different folks speak you out of the choice you’ve already made regarding when is true for that first journey. It looks like lots of dad and mom discover themselves pondering that they need to make a journey with their toddler for no matter motive, after which flip to different folks, nearly as in the event that they need to be talked out of the loopy concept.
On this space of planning, your particular person instincts and intestine feeling ought to trump all else. If you wish to wait till the youngsters are sufficiently old to stroll, wait. If you wish to take them as quickly because it’s secure (specialists advise that you simply restrict a new child’s publicity to giant teams of individuals in order that they don’t get sick, so that they’re the one group we’d rule out definitively as being “not” the correct age), extra energy to you. You understand what you need greater than I do know what you need.
We made our first half-day go to to Disneyland about 2 months after our daughter was born (we’re locals). We waited till she was over 6 months previous earlier than making our first journey to Walt Disney World. She’s since visited Florida just a few occasions, whereas additionally taking journeys to Tokyo Disney Resort and Hong Kong Disneyland. These lengthy flights had been very intimidating and made us nervous, however she tailored simply fantastic. A lot in order that we’re planning extra journeys to Asia and Europe!
Since this part is kind of, “when to go to Disney World with youngsters,” we’ll lump time of 12 months in right here too. If attainable, don’t go when faculty is out of session–particularly in case your youngsters aren’t but at school. There are literally two causes for this, the primary of which needs to be fairly apparent and intuitive.
Walt Disney World’s key demographic is households, and college breaks are the time when that demo is most inclined to go to. This really will not be fairly as dangerous as you may count on in summer season. Many households do take holidays to Walt Disney World from late Could by mid-August, however since that’s a multi-month break, the attendance and crowds are diluted.
Against this, the weeklong or shorter breaks are far worse–particularly when everybody is out of college on the similar time. There’s just one Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Yr’s Eve, and so forth. Even fall break and spring break happen for a lot of faculty districts across the similar time, so these weeks and lengthy weekends are dangerous. That is to say nothing of the various lesser recognized holidays or breaks which have an outsized impression on crowds. Issues like Presidents’ Day, Mardi Gras, Jersey Week, and so forth. Suffice to say, see our 2025 Walt Disney World Crowd Calendars.
The underappreciated element of that is climate. Summer season is the worst time to go to Walt Disney World not due to crowds, that are “solely” above-average, however due to crowds plus the worst climate of the 12 months.
The warmth and humidity makes these congestion and crowds really feel a lot worse. Even the late summer season and early fall low season, which has the bottom crowds of the whole 12 months, is arguably not value it as a result of climate.
This might all most likely be decreased to “consolation.” Decrease crowds means larger consolation, as does higher climate. Much less consolation will increase the possibilities of a meltdown, whereas the other is true of extra consolation. Everybody ought to optimize for consolation–minimizing crowds and maximizing climate to the best extent attainable. That’s much more true for households with young children, who’re extra meltdown-prone.
We took our daughter to Walt Disney World in mid-June, and it’s not one thing we’d advocate. Attributable to climate, we misplaced huge chunks of the day and took far longer breaks than we did throughout our journeys within the spring or at Christmas. See our listing of the 10 Greatest and 10 Worst Weeks to Go to Walt Disney World in 2025 & 2026 for the candy (and not-so-sweet) spots.
The place to Keep
The place to remain actually relies upon upon private choice. Widespread recommendation for households is to remain on the most compact lodge in every value tier. This implies French Quarter out of the Moderates, Up to date out of the Deluxes, and All Star Music out of the Values. The benefits are extra pronounced at French Quarter and the compact Deluxes than they’re at All Star Music–just about the entire Values are equal in measurement.
Different households might need to keep at resorts with inside hallways (Deluxe Resorts plus Artwork of Animation suites and Gran Destino Tower). Some might need to keep away from resorts with out elevators (Caribbean Seashore and Port Orleans Riverside). Then there are the resorts with inner bus loops and a number of stops, which is expounded to sprawling measurement however barely totally different.
Talking of which, transportation is mostly a huge one. We strongly favor resorts that provide non-bus transportation to at the least 2 parks. Usually, this implies the Magic Kingdom space (monorail loop, boats, walkways), Crescent Lake/EPCOT space (boats, walkways, Skyliner) or Skyliner gondola resorts. See Our Favourite Resort for Walt Disney World Journeys as Mother and father with a Toddler for our #1 advice inside strolling distance that additionally gives nice bang-for-buck by Deluxe Resort requirements.
Buses are the least-predictable or dependable type of Walt Disney World transportation, and with the ability to use non-bus transportation could make issues simpler on households. Much less stress with strollers, decrease commute occasions, and a larger probability of truly taking a noon break. (That is recommendation that’s not distinctive to households with youngsters, nevertheless it’s extra pronounced for them.)
Resort swimming pools also needs to be a consideration, as noon breaks on the pool appear to be well-liked and well-remembered by youngsters. See what pool theme appeals most (the most effective pool by far is Storm-Alongside Bay on the Yacht and Seashore Membership) to your youngsters, and issue that within the resolution.
Choosing the “proper” lodge appears to be a type of “YMMV” issues. Completely different themes will attraction to totally different households. You may not thoughts being farther from the parks, or counting on bus transportation. However through the years, we’ve obtain a ton of suggestions from dad and mom who assume the unfold out resorts are terrible due to how inconvenient they’re to navigate with youngsters. In any case, see our Rankings of All Resort Accommodations at Walt Disney World from Worst to Greatest for suggestions of the place to remain for all events and journey kinds.
The place to Eat
Sure eating places are extra enjoyable for youths. Specifically, eating places with cool and kid-friendly themes. Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater ranks on the high of this listing. I nonetheless keep in mind consuming right here as a child, though I don’t actually keep in mind some other restaurant (apart from Hoop De Doo Revue, and that’s solely as a result of we went there yearly, so one thing was certain to stay to my reminiscence). Our listing of the Greatest Themed Eating places at Walt Disney World is a good useful resource for making Advance Eating Reservations (ADRs).
Now we have a Checklist of Greatest Character Meals at Walt Disney World, and we’d strongly advocate reserving at the least one meal at these far upfront of your journey. It is a nice climate-controlled method to meet a number of characters, and eat whereas doing so. Kill two birds with one stone. (For some households, character eating experiences are the spotlight of the journey–they do one each single day!)
Our different advice for locations that many households ought to keep away from is Signature Eating places. These eating places do enable kids, and lots of dad and mom convey their youngsters to the eating places. Nevertheless, they’re upscale eating places that undoubtedly skew in the direction of adults, with grownup ambiance, grownup delicacies, and grownup costs.
In case your youngsters are sometimes loud or unruly throughout dinner, it’s most likely not the most effective of concepts to convey them to those eating places. We point out this as a result of lots of “for youths” guides written by precise dad and mom attempt to justify taking any kids to those eating places with the mentality that “it’s Disney World, the place was made for youths, they’re okay ANYWHERE.”
Talking for the adults with out youngsters who kind the primary clientele of Signature Eating places: this isn’t true. Walt Disney World will not be solely “for youths” (there are tons of convention-goers, honeymooners, businesspeople, {couples}, and so forth.) and different patrons will probably be irritated by the presence of unruly kids throughout their good, costly meal.
Not solely that, however you’ll most likely be much less snug and really feel out-of-place at a Signature Restaurant in case your kids are unruly. The meal is expensive and neither the menu nor the environment are geared toward households. Frankly, it’s onerous to see how that is extra gratifying than simply consuming at a extra family-friendly restaurant.
Nevertheless, it’s vital to emphasise that this pertains to unruly kids. In case your youngsters are properly behaved, by all means take them to any restaurant (apart from Victoria & Albert’s, the place they flat out are prohibited). It is likely to be an costly method to feed youngsters, however there’s not essentially an issue with taking them. Different folks received’t give side-eye on the mere presence of kids–solely misbehaving ones.
As for counter service eating places, most locations in Walt Disney World have fairly tame choices that can attraction to kids. World Showcase in Epcot is a notable exception to this, however that’s actually about it. In any other case, nearly each counter service restaurant at Walt Disney World will supply one thing that’s appropriate for even the pickiest of eaters.
Our remaining advice with eating is to go early to keep away from the crowds. We advocate everybody do that, nevertheless it’s particularly vital with youngsters. Some eating places get actually busy round midday, to the purpose the place it may be troublesome to discover a desk. Juggling the youngsters and trays of meals throughout these occasions will be troublesome (we’ve seen loads of households wrestle with it), and it’s simply a lot simpler when issues aren’t so busy. The opening occasions for eating places varies, however most begin serving lunch at 10:30 am or 11 am.
Points of interest
The salient advice right here is to not take youngsters on rides that they’re not able to expertise. For starters, learn our Disney Parks Trip Guides that describe, charge, and supply different information for every journey. Past that…how are you going to know whether or not they’re prepared? Nicely, the easiest way is to gauge their reactions or what they are saying after they method an attraction.
Numerous youngsters are scared on the prospect of the Haunted Mansion, and simply because a Solid Member tells you that it’s principally comical ghosts doesn’t imply your youngsters will choose up on that nuance of the attraction. To them it is likely to be the case {that a} ghost is a ghost is a ghost, and all are equally scary. You might also discover they’re petrified of issues that appear innocuous.
Children received’t even be capable to journey some sights resulting from peak, and it is best to not try to bypass these guidelines to get your baby on an attraction earlier than they’re the suitable peak. These restrictions usually are not arbitrary–they’re for the sake of security.
It additionally vital to do not forget that peak is not any assure {that a} baby will take pleasure in an attraction. It looks like on a regular basis we’re in Walt Disney World, we see dad and mom attempting to coax their youngsters to “be courageous” and go on a specific attraction. This most likely stems from the mentality that the holiday was costly, and fogeys need to get their cash’s value.
Additionally don’t be shocked if these fears change and “evolve.” In the future they is likely to be fantastic with Haunted Mansion or no matter attraction, the subsequent day they could not. Simply roll with it. Heck, if they’re reluctant to go on The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, don’t power them. A few of these fears may defy logic, however it’s what it’s.
If the attraction goes to traumatize the kid and make them nervous about experiencing subsequent sights with which they in any other case wouldn’t have had a problem, what’s gained by forcing them to “be courageous”? Nothing. Their recollections of the journey will kind round these damaging experiences, and there will probably be points for the remainder of the day or remainder of the journey. So why power it?
The rationale youngsters have for desirous to do or not desirous to do issues perplexes even the neatest scientists, so there’s no sense attempting to rationalize or motive with them about experiencing an attraction. Karin J. gives strong recommendation on this regard: “Don’t take younger kids on sights they aren’t prepared for. I’ve heard many tales from others who did that and it could possibly spoil the journey, as a result of the kid is depressing after which will be afraid of every part afterward. Check them with tamer rides first if younger and see what they like and might deal with.”
After all, you recognize your youngsters higher than a information written by some stranger, and there’s at all times the prospect that your youngsters have preliminary hesitation however are sometimes fantastic as soon as they really interact within the expertise. If you recognize this to be the case together with your youngsters, disregard the above recommendation, and encourage them to go on sights about which they’re nervous. However when you don’t know, and end up simply pushing them since you need to do as a lot as attainable, rethink the technique.
As for what sights are finest for youths, that is dependent upon the child. We’ve seen youngsters like and dislike nearly each attraction at Walt Disney World, and any listing you see elsewhere goes to be primarily based on what the listing author’s youngsters take pleasure in. Their youngsters aren’t your youngsters.
I completely liked Nation Bear Jamboree as a baby (and nonetheless like it), however I learn dad and mom on a regular basis who name it a snoozer that places their youngsters to sleep. What totally different folks and children take pleasure in could also be surprising. Erin S. illustrates this level together with her daughter: “You’ll be able to’t plan for every part, so be ready to drift. Who knew my daughter’s fave journey could be the transportation bus?”
To get an concept of what your youngsters will like upfront, we advocate watching YouTube attraction journey by movies; simply seek for the attraction title plus “ride-through” and also you’ll discover loads of outcomes. You may even watch these together with your youngsters so you possibly can see their response to particular sights (like we stated above, they could be scared by issues that shock you and so they might like issues that you simply thought would’ve scared them).
It’s additionally vital to do not forget that, for youths, character meet & greets are an vital a part of the expertise. Doing a personality meal will be an effective way to see a number of characters with out ready in line, and whereas consuming within the air con. We extremely advocate character meals. In the event you don’t need to do character meals, indoor meet & greets are sometimes higher choices.
Chris T. has a advice for meet and greets that proved polarizing: “Skip the silly autograph books. When you’ve got an outgoing baby who’s not afraid to speak, get them to work together with the characters. They’ll have much more enjoyable.”
Like so many issues, we disagree with this as one-size-fits-all recommendation. For some youngsters, the autograph e book is likely to be a conduit for an interplay that they could’ve not had in any other case. For extra social youngsters, the autograph e book is likely to be wholly unnecessarily–and forestall an natural interplay. (One factor we do advocate in our Distinctive Packing Checklist for Walt Disney World is an autograph e book alternative.)
Irrespective of how a lot you prep your self and them, there’s at all times the likelihood (nay, chance) that your youngsters will shock you when you go to. To today I keep in mind being scared mindless by the Universe of Vitality as a baby and hiding on the ground of the journey automobile after I noticed the dinosaurs…and I liked dinosaurs as a baby. This was no fault of my dad and mom, nevertheless it made for a nasty expertise that I nonetheless keep in mind. Unpredictable issues like this occur, and the most effective you are able to do is injury management as soon as they do occur.
Plan of Assault
In the event you’re like my dad, you train your kids life classes by maxims and colloquialisms. A preferred one is at all times “the early fowl will get the worm.” A visit to Walt Disney World is a good time to essentially hammer this one residence. (Okay, possibly not within the sense that the journey is admittedly the time for educating them life classes, however it is best to observe it on the journey.)
Tackling Walt Disney World with youngsters is a lot simpler when you’re up early and to the parks earlier than they open. Ideally, you need to arrive 15-Half-hour earlier than official opening time, and also you need to have a plan of assault for at the least your early morning. In the event you’re eligible for Early Entry, you completely need to make the most of that.
Normally it will contain experiencing a number of sights in Fantasyland, most of that are shortly skilled and might get lengthy strains later within the day. In these circumstances, the distinction between being to the park at 8:30 am versus 10:30 am could be a 5 minute look ahead to Peter Pan’s Flight versus a 60 minute wait. The significance of arriving early can’t be understated.
We’d additionally advocate studying itineraries upfront of your journeys and making some notes. Nevertheless, we don’t advocate creating binders, spreadsheets, and scheduling each step of their day. Individuals get severe and obsessive about this, which is a mistake. (See above about parental expectations resulting in meltdowns.) One of the best laid plans usually go awry, and when that inevitably occurs (and it completely will when you’re touring with young children), it may be disappointing when you’ve over-planned.
As with most issues in life, steadiness and moderation are key. Now we have the next versatile step-by-step plans for every park that cowl our good days utilizing standby-only:
Do NOT count on to stay to those plans when you have young children. Use these as a broad strokes define, not as a strict schedule. Children might develop into drained, irritated, or they could spontaneously see one thing they actually, actually need to do. We’re not suggesting that it is best to at all times let youngsters name the pictures, however at Walt Disney World…there are lots of circumstances the place it is best to let youngsters name the pictures.
It might sting to skip your Lightning Lane return time for Frozen Ever After as a result of your child can’t get sufficient of the interactive water in Moana’s Journey of Water, however don’t combat it. Embrace the enjoyment and spontaneity–forcing them to cease having enjoyable to do a “higher-priority” journey doubtless received’t finish properly.
This was recommendation a number of dad and mom shared with us, and the recurring theme of this recommendation was that it’s vital to decelerate and never over-plan. Sharlene M. stated this: “The youngest member of your group is at all times going to find out your touring fashion. Decelerate, take a nap, and maintain them on as near their regular schedule as attainable, particularly for meals. You’ll have a greater journey and everybody else will too. A soften down is not any enjoyable for anybody.”
Past arriving early and having a unfastened plan, it’s possible you’ll need to think about using Lightning Lane Multi-Move (there’s additionally Lightning Lane Single Move and Premier Move, however Multi-Move is the optimum choice for folks with young children). The whole lot you NEED to know, together with journey priorities, the place it’s NOT mandatory to purchase Lightning Lanes, and far more is roofed in our Information to Lightning Lanes at Walt Disney World. We don’t advocate utilizing Lightning Lane Multi-Move daily or for each park.
One other related time-saving choice is the Rider Swap Move (extra generally often known as a “Little one Swap”), which will be obtained from Solid Members outdoors sights with peak limits. This cross permits one dad or mum to stick with the youngsters who don’t meet the peak requirement for an attraction whereas the opposite dad or mum (or group of above-height folks) waits with the youngsters. When the driving dad or mum/group is finished, the ready dad or mum/group can use the Lightning Lane.
Noon breaks are one other well-liked advice, and these are one thing we advise benefiting from for each dad and mom and non-parents. The center of the day will not be solely the busiest time on the parks, nevertheless it’s the most popular, too! A noon break means that you can return for nighttime enjoyable, so undoubtedly depart the park throughout the center of the day.
Relating to a “plan” for preserving recollections, Karin J. reminds households that photograph time needs to be early within the day on the plan: “Take footage early within the day when the youngsters are glad and never worn out…have a present photograph that exhibits precisely what they’re sporting when you get separated throughout the day.”
Strollers
We’ve simply began utilizing a stroller extra repeatedly at Walt Disney World.
Earlier than that, we used a BabyBjörn Child Provider in all places–from day visits to Disneyland to 6 weeks in Japan. We’re large followers/advocates of baby-wearing, and went primarily that route for so long as attainable. We prevented strollers to the best sensible extent…till we had no different alternative, which began across the time our daughter grew to become extra cellular. See our Information to Child Sporting for Disney World & Journey.
As we’ve began to make use of our stroller extra, we are actually of the opinion that strollers are sometimes a necessity or a worthwhile asset to have. The parks are large and young children merely can’t be anticipated to traverse World Showcase or Animal Kingdom with out some help. And although it may be a ache to fold strollers on crowded buses, discover parking, navigate by crowds, and so forth–there’s additionally an enormous benefit to napping on the go, having a “free locker” and extra.
Nonetheless, we’ve tried to reduce our stroller utilization on the parks, and infrequently depart it parked for hours on finish. If you look again at photographs of Walt Disney World from previous a long time, you discover far fewer strollers. This isn’t as a result of extra kids are visiting now–it’s as a result of a larger phase of kids are utilizing strollers. When visiting the worldwide parks, we’ve seen shockingly decrease use of strollers by visitors. There are nonetheless strollers, however not almost as many. A part of this is likely to be as a result of lively existence of Europeans and Asians as in comparison with People, and actuality that individuals who reside in walkable cities and depend on public transportation are much less doubtless to make use of strollers.
Anyway, our recommendation is to work on growing your baby’s stamina earlier than the journey. It’s at all times good to have a stroller as a security internet, as only a few kids will stroll as a lot throughout a median week at residence as they do at Walt Disney World. However “security internet” isn’t the identical as being dependent upon the machine.
Reader Rhonda B. agrees: “Have your baby stroll. We took our kids to Disney again within the days when kids weren’t overweight, went outdoors to play, and exercised. They had been 2 and 4 years previous….now 22 and 24 (at the moment a forged member). My youngest, age 2, did simply fantastic.”
Nevertheless, not everybody agrees. “Hire a stroller! Even on your youngsters which have outgrown them…One thing that’s snug for the youngsters, we had an light-weight break and needed to name Orlando Stroller Leases they acquired us one which day. Wonderful. It price the identical as our stroller we purchased and it was a double, had a number of room for bag and an enormous solar shade,” says Jill M.
It’s a couple of 50/50 cut up as as to whether it is best to convey a stroller or hire one at Walt Disney World. Megan R. shared this: “TAKE your individual stroller! Completely not a trouble within the airport (will be gate checked without spending a dime) and a lot nicer and cheaper than renting the plastic ones from Disney.”
On the opposite facet, many dad and mom advocate renting a stroller as a result of what you’ll need at Walt Disney World may differ from what you’d usually use at residence. Once more, a YMMV scenario. The overwhelming advice different dad and mom shared with us was to make use of an umbrella stroller.
Daybreak B. stated this: “When my boys had been youthful, we at all times introduced umbrella strollers (if it reclines for naps, that’s a bonus–not all umbrella’s recline). The umbrella stroller was good as a result of it folds simply for bus rides to parks and helps save grown ups from carrying little ones from the car parking zone into the park.”
Kayla E. shared just a few extra suggestions: “Carry a poncho or rain cowl on your stroller…when you’re in a journey or consuming when a day rainstorm breaks out, that can assist. Tie a shawl, balloon, one thing figuring out on stroller. It’ll most likely be moved from the time you park it to choosing it up.” She additional added, “assume upfront the way you’ll journey the bus. When you’ve got two or extra youngsters, a stroller, and some baggage, boarding the bus could be a mess.
Know the right way to fold the stroller, and when you can, fold it earlier than the bus arrives, not as you’re stepping aboard. The bus recommendation is one thing to contemplate when deciding which stroller to make use of within the parks. On the one hand, a Cadillac-sized stroller will be good to make use of, however the downside is transporting it when there aren’t youngsters in it, which might actually be a ache. Weigh the professionals and the cons earlier than deciding on one stroller.
Enhancing the Magic!
Lots of people search for little methods to make the journey extra “magical” for his or her youngsters. We’d advise dad and mom to not fret an excessive amount of about including extra “magic” for the youngsters, because it appears extra prone to put strain on the adults than to essentially end in that a lot of an enhanced expertise for the youngsters. Actually, when you’re a child at Walt Disney World, that’s already about as magical because it will get.
There are methods to make the journey extra “interactive” for the youngsters. Ben H. summarizes a few of our favorites: “Hidden Mickey books go over properly, too. And prizes to day by day winners, when you can afford. The books have totally different Mickeys at totally different level values, as do the apps! Disposable cameras are a cheap method to let a child be a photographer with out risking their iPod Contact or your iPhone to wreck. Zip-top baggage are a should for electronics… they’ve saved my butt greater than as soon as in a shock rain storm!”
Shopping for Disney pins upfront of the journey to commerce with Solid Members was one other piece of well-liked recommendation. Right here’s what Bernadette G. needed to say: “Pin buying and selling was an enormous hit for our three youngsters (teen by six 12 months previous) on our first journey to WDW final 12 months – nice for serving to shy ones muster up the braveness to work together with forged members, and so forth. I second (third?) shopping for them upfront on ebay – we doled them out a bit at a time over the holiday to unfold out the enjoyable.”
The over-arching recommendation relating to souvenirs is to at all times purchase earlier than leaving residence, as issues are far more costly within the parks. Rosalie provides one other instance: “Carry your individual costumes, by no means purchase them on the parks. Purchase your Princess clothes proper on or instantly after halloween from Disney.com, they are going to be on sale, or look ahead to any of the quite a few gross sales shopDisney.com has. By no means pay full value, when you prefer it, wait and it’ll go on sale.”
A advice of one thing which may make the journey a bit extra particular for folks is shared by Darleen L., who writes: “Many individuals don’t know concerning the Fundamental Road Barber Store. It’s NOT simply there for appears to be like/environment. They do an AMAZING “child’s first haircut” there! By wonderful, I imply, take your tissue and digital camera!”
One other miscellaneous tip comes from Sara S., who recommends taking lots of photographs (we agree!): “One other tip that was nice for our household is take footage of every part. My husband loves pictures and snaps footage continuously. It’s not unusual for him to take over 6,000 in a ten day journey…. He took tons of pictures of our youngsters, but in addition took heaps and plenty of footage of the parks themselves. There are such a lot of particulars that I missed as a result of I used to be so busy trying down at our youngest. I used to be so grateful to should footage after I got here residence, even those that had been a bit out of focus!”
We’ll shut out this text with maybe the most effective piece of recommendation and one thing that’s at all times value remembering from reader Anthony G., who writes, “BE A KID TOO! All of the prep suggestions are superior. However having fun with Disney together with your youngsters as a child is the most effective a part of going to Disney with Children!”
We agree. A visit to Walt Disney World with youngsters can appear overwhelming and it would sound like quite a bit can go unsuitable…however far more can go proper than can go unsuitable. Roll with the punches and keep in mind to loosen up and have enjoyable!
As our personal expertise will increase, we’ll undoubtedly be again with many (many) extra items of recommendation. For now, when you want customized assist with planning any side of your trip—we advocate contacting a no payment “Approved Disney Trip Planner” (Disney’s time period for a journey agent) to get a quote and that can assist you plan. They get their fee from Disney, so not one of the approved (key phrase) planners will cost you for reserving their journey and serving to. Right here’s one such advisable Approved Disney Trip Planner.
Planning a Walt Disney World journey? Study accommodations on our Walt Disney World Accommodations Opinions web page. For the place to eat, learn our Walt Disney World Restaurant Opinions. To save cash on tickets or decide which sort to purchase, learn our Ideas for Saving Cash on Walt Disney World Tickets put up. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys put up takes a novel take a look at intelligent gadgets to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney World Trip Guides will assist. For complete recommendation, the most effective place to begin is our Walt Disney World Journey Planning Information for every part you want to know!
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