What do your kids really want to do at Disney?

[abs]

Ride the tea cups, meet Princess Tiana, eat at Tusker House and Yachstman Steakhouse, and swim in the Beach Club pool.

[ribollita]

3.5-4.5) ride Rollercoasters, specifically Space Mountain; hotel waterslide

Just under 2) ride Dumbo

[ECB]

At the age of 5, DS mainly wanted to swim in the pool at our resort... . I don't think he really "got" Disney. He loved the rides, had a blast at the parks, but he LOVED playing in the pool.

[fancefpp]

My oldest will be 5 when we go and he wants to go on Dumbo, Buzz light year, everything in AK, especially the dinosaur stuff, and tomorrowland speedway.

My 3 year old wants to do everything his brother does

My DD (will be almost one) just wants mommy!

[bronxgirl]

Meet princesses and other characters, see shows/ parades, go on smaller rides, eat desserts

[ilikedonuts]

We spent 3 hours last trip riding the carousel, teacups, and dumbo over and over again.

On our first day we let DD1 pick what we did and we met Ariel first and rode the Little mermaid (same thing the trip before)

[lala]

Our last visit the girls were just 6 and just 3. Meeting princesses, swimming, mickey waffles, and classics like dumbo & IASW & teacups were top for both. The 6 year old was super psyched to be tall enough to ride the mine coaster, splash, thunder & space mountains.

They did love all of that and in addition the highlights were the jungle cruise, living with the land, the safari, the lion king show, kali river rapids, maelstrom, figment.

Everyone loves the people mover.

Playing in random fountains. The baby gorilla in AK.

[lala]

Oh! And meeting elsa & anna. The most patient 40 minutes of their life was waiting for that.

And the pre rope drop stuff at MK is the best. I cry every time.

[lala]

chilerellanos, it's one of my faves. I could ride it all day long. I think you get to see the action but you're cool and relaxed. And it's just retro-y enough to feel like Walt would be on it.

[katie]

It's a small world, the carousel and meeting Elsa and Anna are her favorite things.

[abs]

Oh yes...DD loves the People Mover, too! I have no idea why but okay. There is never a wait and it gives you a nice break!

She also loves unlimited snacks. At no other time does she hear yes to basically everything she wants to eat.

[panicked]

Mar 12, 2016 17:05:16 GMT -5 lala said:

Oh! And meeting elsa & anna. The most patient 40 minutes of their life was waiting for that.

And the pre rope drop stuff at MK is the best. I cry every time.

I cried then. And during Wishes. And every parade. And when I saw cinderellas castle for the first time.... I cried a lot.

[ilikedonuts]

We didn't make it on the people mover last trip because it was closed for most of our trip. I was sad.

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Go in the pool
Ride all the roller coasters
Splash Mountain
AK playground
Monorail
Swimming
" go to the loo-out" luau

[ribollita]

I have still never seen the opening show, lol. We book a pre park breakfast every park.

[panicked]

Mar 12, 2016 17:57:36 GMT -5 chilerellanos said:

Mar 12, 2016 17:55:48 GMT -5 ribollita said:

I have still never seen the opening show, lol. We book a pre park breakfast every park.

It's worth seeing!

I don't need to see it every Mk day or anything, but it's cute and magical!

When the train pulls into the station and everyone starts singing? Goosebumps!

[panicked]

Mar 12, 2016 18:00:11 GMT -5 chilerellanos said:

Mar 12, 2016 17:58:40 GMT -5 panicked said:

When the train pulls into the station and everyone starts singing? Goosebumps!

My husband just looked over my shoulder and is teasing me for talking about this. Lol

Tell your husband that Disney is the Happiest Place on Earth and if he has anything other than "HELL YES IT IS," then he can come have a little chat with me. ;-)

[elcjet]

DD is 3.5 -- she really wants to have breakfast with Anna and Elsa, but she doesn't really know what to expect yet.

DS is almost 6 and he wants to meet Stitch and do the Test Track at Epcot and also do the Dinosaur ride. I hear it's dark, loud, and scary, so I don't know how to tell him he's probably not going on it.....

[Deleted]

We went when Ben was 15 months. He would have ridden the carousel all day. DH and I got on the line in separate spots and handed him off so he could ride over and over. We have a FREE carousel near our house so I was unamused.

[ribollita]

Mar 12, 2016 19:00:49 GMT -5 elcjet said:

DD is 3.5 -- she really wants to have breakfast with Anna and Elsa, but she doesn't really know what to expect yet.

DS is almost 6 and he wants to meet Stitch and do the Test Track at Epcot and also do the Dinosaur ride. I hear it's dark, loud, and scary, so I don't know how to tell him he's probably not going on it.....

I find Dinosaur to be fucking terrifying. I've been on it twice and refuse to ever go again. My 4yo makes fun of me for it, lol. He loves it.

[huskymom]

Mar 12, 2016 15:40:54 GMT -5 ribollita said:

3.5-4.5) ride Rollercoasters, specifically Space Mountain; hotel waterslide

Just under 2) ride Dumbo

Your kids must be tall!! DD is over 4.5 yrs and only 42"...what's the chance she will grow 2 inches in the next 50 days??

She remembers the Ariel ride from when she was 3 and is most excited for that. She wants to meet Mulan, and ride Splash mountain for the first time.

[ribollita]

Mar 12, 2016 20:18:55 GMT -5 huskymom said:

Mar 12, 2016 15:40:54 GMT -5 ribollita said:

3.5-4.5) ride Rollercoasters, specifically Space Mountain; hotel waterslide

Just under 2) ride Dumbo

Your kids must be tall!! DD is over 4.5 yrs and only 42"...what's the chance she will grow 2 inches in the next 50 days??

She remembers the Ariel ride from when she was 3 and is most excited for that. She wants to meet Mulan, and ride Splash mountain for the first time.

#1 is over the 100th percentile for height. #2 is perfectly average, 50th %ile across the board.

#1 LOVES thrill rides but #2 seems even more adventurous.

[thebulldog]

Mar 12, 2016 17:58:40 GMT -5 panicked said:

Mar 12, 2016 17:57:36 GMT -5 chilerellanos said:

It's worth seeing!

I don't need to see it every Mk day or anything, but it's cute and magical!

When the train pulls into the station and everyone starts singing? Goosebumps!

So i was very eye rolly at our whole trip (we went with my sis and her kids....dh and i have no kids)...so we went to rope drop and DH turns to me asking where we are meeting the family that day and i am crying. Like legit happy tears crying. The train. The mayor. The special family to open the park. I was a pile of pixie dust and floated through the rest of the trip.

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[Wines Not Whines]

My son is 5. His favorite things to do at WDW are probably swimming at Stormalong Bay (which is why we keep going back to Yacht and Beach Club), and going to the place in Epcot where you can try sodas from around the world, which I think is hilarious, but we have to go there at least twice during each trip.

His favorite rides are the Buzz and Toy Story rides, Jungle Cruise, Tomorrowland Speedway, and the People Mover. He also likes the MSEP.

[dcrunnergirl52]

DD: Meeting characters, especially Anna and Elsa; 7DMT

DS1: Peter Pan ride, Small World ride, Star Wars stuff, Turtle Talk

DS2: Meeting Peter Pan, Nemo ride

[lala]

Oh yes, club cool! Everyone loves club cool, it's the only time they get soda & it's a big treat.

[Amy]

At 5 DS wanted to meet EVERY character no matter if he knew who they were or not

At 6, he wanted to do all Star Wars related things and to ride kid friendly rides.

At 22 months, DS2 liked riding the buses

[krystee]

We took DS at 8 months and he loved the teacups. It was so cute. He also LOVED Pluto. He pretty much slept through everything else.

I think we're taking him again at 20 months, and I'm very excited! I think he's going to be pretty into it (as much as a kid his age can be anyway) this time.

[TBM]

Mar 13, 2016 13:52:17 GMT -5 krystee said:

We took DS at 8 months and he loved the teacups. It was so cute. He also LOVED Pluto. He pretty much slept through everything else.

We took youngest daughter to DL for the first time when she was 8 months, and she didn't sleep all day....from opening to closing.   She loved everything except the Big Bad Wolf licking her head.  She just looked around and took it all in, and as my dad carried her through the exit her eyes finally shut.



My oldest grandson loved The Enchanted Tiki Room and anything with music, (shows, rides parades), as long as it wasn't too loud when he was that age.  I took him to DL once a week and had so much fun with him.  He enjoyed The Haunted mansion too, but he started a fear phase when he was 2 1/2 and didn't like anything that was dark or loud for years.  Now that he is older, he is all about Star Tours, Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain, etc., and is up for anything.

[gardengal]

Well, I don't tell my kids before they wake up that we are going so they can't really register opinions bc it's already all been planned. I also don't tell them all the options so they don't know what they are messing.

That said, my oldest loved Star Tours on our last visit & that barnstormer goofy rollercoaster. It was his first rollercoaster & he felt so brave! But there was like zero wait so he did it 3x in a row. We were also there for the Osborne Family light show & he loved it. He also enjoys sharing my dessert from the dining plan 2x/day.

My toddler's favorite is buzz light year.