TigerlilyAJ
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2011
Hi, DISboards! I've missed you. My family last visited WDW in Dec 2016 with Free Dining and holiday fun. Our friends (DH, DW, and DD, age 4) are going for the first time in January after school has resumed, as one of them will be already there for a work conference. So, they'll be in Orlando longer than three days, but have three days for parks. The daughter needs Princess Content. I know a lot can change in two years, so I thought I would ask for recommendations here.
Questions:
-Best place to stay for comfort and ease in getting to parks? They are looking at the Contempo and GF to be close to the MK. (This is not a budget trip.)
-Do they need Park Hoppers, or should they focus on hitting one park hard each day?
-What park would you skip? They're not big Toy Story or Star Wars fans, so skip DHS with construction? (But what about the DHS shows like B&B and Frozen? I loved those.) Or should they skip AK if they're not going on Expedition Everest? Or is Pandora worth it all? I thought Epcot might be a nice, slower day at the end of the trip, and there are princesses there, too.
-Character meals: I recommended these as an easy way of getting their daughter to meet some characters. I was not thrilled by Akershus, so thought they might enjoy Cinderella's Royal Table for princesses. Other meals that might be good with a young child?
-"Enchanting Extras": I'm always going to have to put that in quotes. Nevertheless, we LOVED our MK EMM from doing Seven Dwarves several times, to the food, to photos without others in the background with the castle and on the carousel (which they opened early, although it is not promised), to the food, to being right there to jump on Small World at RD and see Ariel with no line. Still worthwhile? Better ways for them to spend $200 to have a magical time?
How about the million considerations I have missed?
Questions:
-Best place to stay for comfort and ease in getting to parks? They are looking at the Contempo and GF to be close to the MK. (This is not a budget trip.)
-Do they need Park Hoppers, or should they focus on hitting one park hard each day?
-What park would you skip? They're not big Toy Story or Star Wars fans, so skip DHS with construction? (But what about the DHS shows like B&B and Frozen? I loved those.) Or should they skip AK if they're not going on Expedition Everest? Or is Pandora worth it all? I thought Epcot might be a nice, slower day at the end of the trip, and there are princesses there, too.
-Character meals: I recommended these as an easy way of getting their daughter to meet some characters. I was not thrilled by Akershus, so thought they might enjoy Cinderella's Royal Table for princesses. Other meals that might be good with a young child?
-"Enchanting Extras": I'm always going to have to put that in quotes. Nevertheless, we LOVED our MK EMM from doing Seven Dwarves several times, to the food, to photos without others in the background with the castle and on the carousel (which they opened early, although it is not promised), to the food, to being right there to jump on Small World at RD and see Ariel with no line. Still worthwhile? Better ways for them to spend $200 to have a magical time?
How about the million considerations I have missed?