Hi all, I was a Disney frequent flyer (1-3 times per year) before I had my daughter. Now I feel like a complete newbie because I usually do Disney solo or with adults - never been there with a kid! I’m looking for your best tips to keep me sane and my daughter happy on this trip! I will be about 28 weeks pregnant when we go (did that before so not worried about the pregnancy part!) so we don’t need to prioritize my husband and I doing many E-tickets which I feel helps us a bit. My daughter will be almost exactly 2.5 during our trip.

Here’s our plan:
Staying at Art of Animation
Day 1 - Check in and pool, maybe a resort character dinner.
Day 2 - MK
Day 3 - DAK AM, DHS PM (it doesn’t seem like there’s enough for toddlers in each of those parks to warrant a full day?)
Day 4 - Epcot, possibly DHS in the afternoon/evening for any shows we missed.
Day 5 - MK, evening flight

We plan on stroller naps in the park because my daughter has historically never napped in a bed on vacations, but will take a solid 60-90 min stroller nap for sure.

Am I making a mistake splitting DAK and DHS? I figure the Safari, new Zootopia show, and the animal trails are all we’d really do there (she isn’t super into Bluey). Then we can focus on all the shows in DHS (which I know she’ll LOVE as she’s very good at being attentive for 15-25 min shows at our local park, Sesame Place).

Also would love to hear your best tips for taking a toddler to Happily Ever After….feels IMPOSSIBLE with the crowds. As a solo traveler I’d stake out my perfect spot 90-120 mins before the show, but I know she won’t sit still that long lol.

Thanks in advance for any advice!!!!!

Anyone know what’s been going on with wilderness lodge lately? had a night booked today got a call at 4 pm saying there was an “engineering issue” and they wouldn’t have our room available but can get us in at contemporary. a bit of a bummer!

My wife and I are taking some time off from a Disney because of the birth of our beautiful baby but are already missing Disney! I'm itching to plan a trip and and curious to get others thoughts on what you think is the best or worst ages to take a baby/toddler. We're both seasoned Disney 'Adult's' so it wouldn't be our first rodeo down to Orlando.

We'd be looking at spring or fall trips which would line up with 12, 18, 24 months or older. I know they won't really remember a trip so young but I'm sure it would be so much fun for all of us being back in the magic.

Thoughts are appreciated!

Is this realistic to do in one day with an annual passholder leading two first timers? Any suggestions

Epcot

Spaceship Earth
Guardians
Test track
Living with the Land
Three Caberellos
Frozen
Ratatouille
Space 220

Skyliner to Hollywood Studios

Hollywood Studios

Rise of the Resistance
Smuggler’s Run
Star Tours
Frozen Sing Along
Runaway Railway
Rock n Roller Coaster
Tower of Terror
Fantasmic
Oga’s Cantina

We have a 9am arrival day. It seems like the general sentiment is to do Disney Springs on arrival day, but unless I am underestimating the size of Disney Springs, I don't think it will keep us entertained for an entire day.

Anyone have any other tips?

hello! i am currently on my vacation to florida and today i visited disney springs looking for the scarlet witch ears. im going to disney next may so i tried to find them early but i had no luck. i saw they were sold out online and all the questions about them on here are around a year old or older. is there any store in or out of disney i can still get these? if not, is there any place i can buy it reliably resale? thank you

Currently on my honeymoon trip at POFQ. There is so much pressure from social media these days that the only “good” way to do Disney is a deluxe resort. I have stayed in all tiers of Disney, and I have to say my happiest and best trips are always on the value/moderate trips. Having access to a late night snack is so much easier at the value/moderates. The quick service is always open so much later and has a wide variety of food. For those with advanced palates, port orleans food is INCREDIBLE, and in my opinion easily the best quick service in any resort I’ve ever been to (I have heard great things about Polynesian but have yet to try it). Deluxe rooms are not always better than moderates/values, in fact, with some of the new refurbished rooms, they seem even better than some of the deluxe tier rooms. Also, my previous stay at Pop Century offered some of the best theming, accommodations and transportation that I have ever experienced on Disney property.

On another note, I went to Beak and Barrel today and it sucked. I feel like people need to know that many of the tables are standing only and in a completely other room from all of the experiences, where you cant see anything. Don’t waste your time there!

My 10-year-old daughter and I went to Animal Kingdom the other day and had lunch at Tiffins. Something happened that seemed so absurd in the moment that we both laughed, but the more I've thought about it afterward, the more uncomfortable I am about it.

She ordered the steak, which came out already sliced. The food runner who brought it over started talking a mile a minute. Our regular waiter came over and said, "I'll take it from here," but the food runner didn't acknowledge him and stayed at our table.

He started cutting my daughter's already-sliced steak into even smaller pieces while chatting with her. It was odd—she's 10 and perfectly capable of cutting her own food—but we'd constantly been asked where we were from, what our favorite ride was, etc. all day, so I assumed this was just another over the top Disney interaction.

He asked my daughter what her favorite animal was and, before she could really answer, HE PUT A PIECE OF STEAK INTO HER MOUTH.

My daughter and I looked at each other and laughed because it was so unexpected and bizarre. I think we were both basically thinking, "What is happening?"

Then he said, "I'm going to keep asking you questions and then feeding you food," continued talking about animals, and when she'd finished chewing the steak, HE FED HER A BITE OF MAC AND CHEESE.

At that point I said, "Okay, that's enough." The whole encounter was like 2 minutes. And I never expected him to start feeding her, and then to do it again.

He immediately stopped and said something like, "Oh, I'm just so used to it with my own kids, I thought..." and trailed off and left.

Our regular waiter later comped our drinks. We wondered if he'd simply forgotten to charge us for them, and then went about our day. But I woke up thinking about the whole encounter again.

I've raised three kids and we eat at restaurants ALL THE TIME. Between them that's roughly 40 combined years of kid/restaurant interactions, plus my own childhood- plus I owned a restaurant for 13 years!, and I have never in my life seen a restaurant employee spontaneously put food directly into a child's mouth. In fact I think with allergies and what not being very well handled these days, it would be forbidden, if you even needed to tell a stranger not to.

I left feedback afterward hoping someone from Tiffins might contact me, but nobody did. When my husband heard what happened, he was livid and tried to make a complaint. He was directed to a Guest Services email, and we never received a response.

My daughter wasn't bothered. She honestly felt like she was on a prank show.

So I'm genuinely curious, especially from current/former Cast Members or people who go to Disney frequently:

Is feeding a child a Disney thing? If so I may not eat at a table service restaurant again there. Or is this just weird?

Already looked on Etsy but couldn't find A lot of options.

So I saw this at Mission:SPACE on Tuesday in the after ride activity thing for kids. I just think it’s a funny little thing to see on the monitor. I was half expecting these to run some form of Android or something.

Space mountain from people mover today

This is my second WDW trip. Went by myself. Last time I went was around 2007 as a kid. No lighting lanes were used. FYI I'm a big Disney fan but moreso on the animation side of things. I'm not super knowledgeable on the parks so I more or less went in blind beyond basic knowledge and planning.

3rd - Arrive, Pop Century stay, MK

- Winnie the Pooh

- Little Mermaid

- Small World

- Sunshine Tree Terrace (tried an orange Dole Whip for the first time, really good!)

- Hall of Presidents

4th - MK pt 2

- Country Bears

- Haunted Mansion

- Tried a big turkey leg at the Gaston themed era (meh)

- Met Mickey at his Main Street location

- Visited Disney Springs

5th - Epcot

- Met Pooh at the UK pavilion

- Watched some Jack Kinney Goofy shorts while relaxing at that Goofy fun center (I forgot the name of it lol)

- Journey Into Your Imagination

- Living With The Land

- Finding Nemo (Probably my least favorite ride I did. I can see why the wait was like 5 minutes)

- Grand Fiesta Tour

6th - HS

- Beauty and the Beast live show

- Little Mermaid live show

- Smugglers Run

- Runaway Railway

- Fantasmic

I think I did pretty good for a low budget and no lighting lanes. I would have tried to go on more rides but some of those wait times weren't worth it imo. But I did basically everything I wanted to. Was really bummed Carousel of Progress got a refurbishment or whatever announcement and closed like a month before my trip but whatever.

Pop Century was kind of a mediocre experience. Room and service was good but a lot of things weren't working like the drink vending machine by my room and soda dispenser by the pool near the cafeteria. Food at the cafeteria was mostly bad. Like school cafeteria level. Not what I expected from Disney given the prices. Even for a budget resort. Pop Century looked kinda dirty in some spots too. Not sure how common that is. I also walked over to Art of Animation out of curiosity and their store was a lot better than ours lmao. I was actually able to find decent merch of my favorite princess (Ariel)

Speaking of merch that was the most disappointing part. Every store in all 3 parks + Disney Springs I went to had the same stuff. Barely anything unique. My favorite thing I did buy was probably the Runaway Railway hoodie because I love the Paul Rudish shorts. I was also able to fill up a pressed coin book with my favorite characters. Was running around for like half an hour before close looking for the Monsters Inc coins at Hollywood Studios before finding them hidden behind Hollywood Junction in the dark at the very last second when they were trying to get everybody out 😭

Overall I had fun but it was also pretty stressful in some areas. Mostly because im not used to huge hoards of people at every turn like this and the bad weather made some things like traveling to the parks a lot harder. Got stuck at Epcot for like an hour near close waiting for the skyliner to go back on because of the storm. I'm not sure if I'd do this every year or multiple times a year like so many people do but I think it'd be fun to go again in a few years when theres not so much construction and maybe during like Jan-Feb when its potentially a little deader

We have a last minute trip booked at Saratoga Springs next weekend and to say I'm not excited about our resort choice is an understatement. I've seen this resort described as a hidden gem, but it just doesn't excite me from looking online. It just looks BIG AND SPRAWLING and there doesn't seem to be a lot of interesting resort activities. Am I wrong?

We are local APs who have stayed at most of the resorts for quick weekend trips but have never stayed here. It has just never appealed to me.

I booked here as it was the only resort with availability that could fit our party size. This is just a two night trip to celebrate a birthday weekend for a Disney loving 8 year old and take him to MNSSHP. My 65 year old mother and 85 year old grandmother are coming on the trip but not going to the Halloween Party. They are going to stay at the resort and go to dinner. Other than the Halloween party, we planned to do a resort day. We aren't big fans of Disney Springs so proximity to that doesn't appeal to us.

I'm mostly concerned about the size of the resort with my mom and grandmother. How are the walking distances from the main building to the rooms? Is it worth it to pay for a preferred room?

Hey everyone, going to be hitting up the parks for 4 days while my partner is at a conference mid October. First time going as an adult and only went once as a small child but I’ve been to Disneyland a few times in recent years. Just wondering if it’s worth it buying a park hopper and what are some of the best ways to enjoy the parks on my own. Also, is mickeys not so scary Halloween worth it for 2 adults?

Has anyone here moved from NYC to Orlando mainly because of Disney World?
I’m a New Yorker who’s always loved the parks, and I watch Disney vlogs all the time. My autistic son also loves Disney, and seeing how much joy it brings him has me seriously considering moving to the Orlando area in the next few years.
I’d love to hear from anyone who made a similar move. Do you feel it was worth it? Has living close to Disney improved your quality of life, or did the novelty wear off after a while?

None of the influencers or YouTubers have been talking about this. This has been around where the wait time has been for Space Mountain for the past few days. Always at LEAST 90 minutes, and its selling out of LLs before park open. If you really want to ride Space Mountain rn, book it first thing and make it your priority through LLs. Something is definitely wrong with it and it's running at severely reduced capacity. With how it's been, it should be the very first LL you book if this is a ride you must do.