is @waltdisneyworld good for preschoolers? {part 1} #disneykids

Seems like many of my friends are always questions the correct age to bring their children to Disney World for the first time.  Obviously, you are going to spend an obscene amount of money, so you want your children to not only enjoy the experience, but REMEMBER it!  I have the opportunity to head to Disney World next week.  The topic?  Preschool-aged children and Disney World.  I can not wait to see what they have in store for us!

For now, what I do know, I wanted to share with you.  For starters, we are going to be staying at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge.  I can’t wait for Adalynn to experience this place!  We have visited the park before, but never had the opportunity to stay in the Lodge 🙂  We will be having dinner here the first night as well as staying here out entire trip.  Pinch me!!

Then we are off to the Magic Kingdom on Friday.  Friday we will get see the new Festival of Fantasy Parade.  This is new to me so I can’t wait to experience it and share with you all.

Another fun activity that we will be experiencing is the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique for my Adalynn.  The first time we went with our oldest daughter, I longed to do this with her!  Now we get to experience this.  It’s a fun time of pampering your little princess.  There are many different price ranges of “services” that your little princess can experience.  And did you know your little princes can have fun there too!  They have a prince service menu as well! 🙂

Hollywood Studios on Saturday – I can’t wait! Adalynn is about tall enough to experience many of the rides she couldn’t go on last time.  Her top request?  Tower of Terror…oh yah!  We will see, I’m still not convinced she is tall enough.  I’ll report back 🙂  Oh yah, we will be hanging out with some Disney Junior characters too on Saturday and capping the night with a royal evening at Epcot dining at the Princess Storybook Dinner at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall in Norway.  Again, so excited to experience this!!

I am beyond excited about the last thing we will be doing.  A runDisney Kids Race at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex!!!  I am an avid runner and my girls love it too.  This should be simply magical.  Also on our last day we will be touring the popular family suites at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort.  At my last trip to Disney, we had a lot of friends choose this resort.  I can’t wait to see if with my own eyes and see all the room options!  They are so different!

We will be experiencing the new Magic Bands while there.  I am pumped about these!  When we have went to Disney World before, we have always had the tickets.  I was always having mega anxiety that someone would lose their park ticket…and then out with the ticket goes the money! Now they have the Magic Bands.  These bands are all you need at Disney!  They are your park tickets, your room tickets, your…on and on!  How convenient, right?!?! I have heard from some friends that they had challenges with these when they went on their trip, and others say they worked perfectly. I think with anything there are some “growing pains”, and since these are SO new, things can happen.  However, I have nothing but high hopes for these!

There is more I’m not including which we will be doing.  I’ll keep posting so you TOO can decide if Walt Disney World is a great fit for you and your littles! 😉

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