Board 8 > Taking the kids to Disneyworld in Nov.

(+) Yeah! (+)

A little over 100 days away. I may be more excited than them. Actually I definitely am. One downer is I couldn't get a Be Our Guest dinner reservation, was lucky just to get a breakfast reservation on the calendar.
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Have fun. Should be a blast. I wish more than anything I had the money to take my son to do that.
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Yeah it's not going to be cheap, but can you put a price on two smiling little girls faces when they are meeting their favorite disney princesses.
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i hope you all have fun :)
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SBell0105 posted...

Yeah it's not going to be cheap, but can you put a price on two smiling little girls faces when they are meeting their favorite disney princesses.

I hear ya. Should be a blast. Post some pics of it when ur back!
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my dad took my sister and i there when i was 15 years old. best christmas ever. i hope they have fun! and you, of course.
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how old are they?
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It'll be just before Wins 5th birthday and Kai just turned 3 like four days ago.

Disneyworld is literally all they ever talk about.
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I'm sure they'll enjoy it loads, but i do wonder if they're a little young for a lot of it
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CherryCokes posted...

I'm sure they'll enjoy it loads, but i do wonder if they're a little young for a lot of it

5 year old is probably good. 3 yr old prob wont remember it. But she will enjoy it in the moment however and they will have pictures and video i am sure.
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CherryCokes posted...

I'm sure they'll enjoy it loads, but i do wonder if they're a little young for a lot of it

They def. Are.

All the story rides are doable. Meeting the princesses doable. The shows doable.

The big fun stuff though we are totally going to miss. But that's ok. This is just their first trip to disney it'll make the next one even more exciting.

Kai is super pumped to meet Chewbacca and Darth Vader. However you know she's gunna be scared as shit when we actually get to them
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Space Mountain and Haunted Mansion are not happening, but we can ride the tea cups all fucking day!!!!
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teacups aka tha worst
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Rather tea cups than small world
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its a small world after all

its a small world after all

its a small world after all

its a small world afterall
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The must do list currently:

Meet Rapunzel
Meet Belle
Meet Arielle
Meet Chewbacca and Darth Vader
Eat at Cinderellas Castle (reservations for our last night there)

Any rides are bonus
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have u eaten at belles
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We will.
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Your girls have good taste in princesses :333
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I dont remember the exact number of days, but something like 60, 30, a week, and a day out are when dinner reservations are canceled at WDW. So by calling as soon as the reservation number opens for calls on those days can sometimes snag a table. Not being able to get a BOG dinner was a big regret of mine, so I'd advise you try it out.

Always call, don't rely on the website. The people on the phone have access to a bigger inventory.

it's Ariel
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(saving you from Yoblazer later)
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Having just been to the parks, 3 and 5 does seem a bit young :/

Not just in terms of not being able to do everything (though that seems important), but in terms of being able to spend the entire day in the park before they kids run out of gas. It seems a shame to not spend every possible minute in the parks, but it certainly felt like families would be leaving the parks as soon as early to mid afternoon because their kids had enough for the day.
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That was a concern FD. However we could leave the park at 2, go to hotel, nap, go back at 5 and have dinner and the evening to enjoy the park. Yay free buses.

We are doing 4 days of parks. 2 magic kingdom, 1 epcot, 1 Hollywood studios. Skipping animal kingdom. With one day in the middle of just hotel swim relax day.

Sure it sounds good on paper but we'll see how it goes.
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CherryCokes posted...

it's Ariel

I always fuck that name up
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Are you staying at a hotel on Disney Property or off site? If you are staying on site, the best piece of advice i have is:

- ARRIVE EARLY and go back to the hotel around 1:00 or 2:00 for a mid-day nap.Getting there before opening is the most critical key to enjoying rides and/or meeting characters before lines get unbearably long. The more you wait in line, the more miserable everyone gets - and this is amplified with children.

- The midday nap is essential for everyone to recharge, especially if you want to arrive early to beat the lines and stay late to see the fireworks show. An hour or two in a cool, dark room does wonders for your energy and patience levels. The middle of the day (2-6 PM) is the hottest and busiest part of the day anyways, so you aren't missing much. Even if returning to your hotel is not feasible, go find a dark, air conditioned show like the Hall of Presidents, Carousel of Progress or Ellen's Energy Adventure where you can sit and let the girls nap for a bit. Take in two shows in a row if needed.

- Pack snacks and refillable bottles for water. It will save you tons of money. You can refill your bottles at the drinking fountains, but any quick service restaurant will also give you free cups of water that you can dump in your bottle.

- There is another excellent Princess Dinner at Akershus in Norway at Epcot. They have great, unique food and it's a great way to meet several more princesses.

- Use your Fastpasses! You can book a few rides/shows/ character meets ahead of time to skip the line save a ton of time.

Let me know if you have any more touring questions. I hope you have a great time!
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SBell0105 posted...

Skipping animal kingdom.

idk about this.

Animal kingdom has a lion king play and a finding nemo musical which are both really cool and fairly kid friendly. (Maybe a touch on the loud side? But the content is great). It also wound up being the favorite park of both my wife and myself. Although part of the reason we loved it was the Avatar section and the 3D avatar ride which they would not be able to ride or appreciate. But there are a lot of animal walking trails which are basically mini-zoos scattered around and I would say it would be a better park for kids.

if you had to skip one I might even recommend it be Hollywood Studios, but then you miss the meet and greet with chewbacca (he hugged me!) so that sounds like a no. But there seemed to be a lot at Hollywood that isn't as kid friendly. Like the Tower of Terror and the aerosmith rollercoaster to name a couple.

We spent 1 day at each park and I couldn't imagine skipping any of them tbh. Magic Kingdom was hard to do in 1 day, but we did it on a wednesday to get the midweek crowd instead of the weekend crowd and barely got it done. But that was with plotting in all the major attractions that you would be skipping like space mountain, splash mountain and thunder mountain. If you are already forced to forego a lot of those then you can focus on the slow moving kid friendly rides, like the little mermaid, peter pan and small world.
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cyko posted...

Are you staying at a hotel on Disney Property or off site?

This is also a quality question. If you are staying at a Disney Resort then you can plan your days to line up with the extra "Magic Hours" and get into the parks a couple hours before general admission. You can really get a lot done in the hours before everyone else is allowed in.

My wife and I did not have this benefit so we had to pick the days we did specific parks to AVOID the parks with magic hours so we would not be entering a park at "opening" that has already been half full for a couple hours.
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Thanks for the tips cyko. The mid day naps are totally going to happen.

We are on resort, just made everything easier. Already have lunch reservation at akershus the day we do epcot.

We figured epcot and Hollywood would end up being half day excursions with our 2 magic kingdom days being full days of carrying children around.

As for animal kingdom, skipping it has its pros and cons but there is a chance that on our "off day" we pick up an extra ticket and head over.
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I'm still not sure there are 2 full days worth of content at magic kingdom if you are (A) age gated from some of the bigger attractions and (B) have access to magic hours so you can see/do a lot before general admission is allowed in.


Then again your children may want to do the same favorite attraction numerous times, so this could account for that.
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Avoiding the extra magic hours days and enjoying the extra sleep actually may be more advisable, even staying on site. Those hours really do bait the crowds.

SBell0105 posted...

Yeah it's not going to be cheap, but can you put a price on two smiling little girls faces when they are meeting their favorite disney princesses.

Sure, like $10k each. Maybe $12k for your preferred child.
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Pro Tip: If you can in any way justify a wheelchair, get a wheelchair.
Source of tip: My brother's incapacitated Father-in-law, who at the time refused to accept he needed a wheelchair, and thus walked as much as possible.

Then they got a wheelchair for him and got to skip lines.
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No, we are not scamming disney.
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SupremeZero posted...

Pro Tip: If you can in any way justify a wheelchair, get a wheelchair.
Source of tip: My brother's incapacitated Father-in-law, who at the time refused to accept he needed a wheelchair, and thus walked as much as possible.

Then they got a wheelchair for him and got to skip lines.

Most queues are accessible now.

Unsure if WDW has adopted Disneyland policy, but wheelchairs and other disabilities are no longer front of the line passes here.

I saw many people in wheel chairs and motorized wheel chairs(?) going through the lines like regular people. So that seems like it wouldn't work anyways. Not that you should scam disney even if it would work.

But I think Universal Studios Orlando still had special access for people in wheel chairs.
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My parents took to me and my brother to Disneyworld when I was in like third grade, but I was scared as fuck of flying on the plane so they bribed me by buying the Pokemon TCG game for me, which I proceeded to play the entire trip. I feel kinda guilty about it in retrospect!
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LordoftheMorons posted...

My parents took to me and my brother to Disneyworld when I was in like third grade, but I was scared as fuck of flying on the plane so they bribed me by buying the Pokemon TCG game for me, which I proceeded to play the entire trip. I feel kinda guilty about it in retrospect!

Luckily we are driving.
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Can you truly consider yourself lucky with ANY means of travel with a 5 year old and a 3 year old
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SBell0105 posted...

Wins 5th birthday

Fuck Toy Story 3 (incorrectly) being 10 years old


WINRY IS 5 YEARS OLD NOW

FEEL OLD YET?
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wait

who names their kid WINRY?
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Well she's still 4.5, Punny. But yes we should all feel old.



Aecioo posted...

wait

who names their kid WINRY?

Where we're you 5 years ago?
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have some sort of contingency plan JUST in case they start asking "can we go home yet?" and "im tired of walking"
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but yay hype
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LeonhartFour posted...

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Oh I get it
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I always thought Winry was a great name btw board 8s post name trolling is dumb.

Also loosely related to this topic, Epcot is getting a GotG and Ratatouille attraction by 2021 and i am super jealous.

GTM posted...

have some sort of contingency plan JUST in case they start asking "can we go home yet?" and "im tired of walking"

Stroller for each kid if they are that young. They will have some fun and when they are older and remember, bring them back for a more full experience at Disney. Have fun!
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Leafeon13N posted...

I always thought Winry was a great name btw board 8s post name trolling is dumb.

Also loosely related to this topic, Epcot is getting a GotG and Ratatouille attraction by 2021 and i am super jealous.

She loves her name too, her sister calls her wi-wi.

And I just heard about the ratatouille attraction and am psyched.
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neonreaper posted...

GTM posted...

have some sort of contingency plan JUST in case they start asking "can we go home yet?" and "im tired of walking"

Stroller for each kid if they are that young. They will have some fun and when they are older and remember, bring them back for a more full experience at Disney. Have fun!

Oh yeah, strollers for both, back and forth between hotel and park. At least one night for fireworks. They will love every second of it and we'll have the photos for when they are older and don't remember.
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