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Originally Posted by MoeTE87
Good morning All,
Wife and I are looking at surprising our 6.5 year old daughter with a trip to Disney at the end of Feb.
We are working with a travel agent who specializes in Disney trips but I wanted to come to you all to get help with things we have to do and see. We are thinking to go for 5 - 6 days. 2 travel days and possibly 3 - 4 days of being there at the different parks.
What are the top 3 parks to visit? My daughter is on the tail end of being into Disney Princesses.
Looking for additional help with:
- Top places to stay and have awesome pools.
- Top restaurants and experiences.
- Best roller coasters.
I haven't been since I was about my daughters age and I am 40. So I am completely out of the loop, hence why I am coming to you all!
Much appreciated!
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If you don't purchase a park hopper (don't recommend it) you'll need to plan your days around each park.
Buy a meal pass!
Buy the photo pass!
Buy autograph books/pens for princess and character signatures. You can buy them from Disney ahead of time.
If you're a selfie stick type of person, leave it at home they will confiscate in on entry to any park.
Keep your backpacks simple to expedite the search lines. Bring a water bottle or Camelback (I use a CamelBack instead of backpack) and one or two battery packs w/cords to keep your phone(s) charged.
Magic Kingdom
Lunch - Be Our Guest Restaurant aka Beast's Castle, air conditioned (may not mater in February)
Dinner - Cinderella's Royal Table (you need to sign up NOW).
While waiting for dinner they have a princess meet and greet downstairs, called Meet Cinderella and a Visiting Princess at Princess Fairytale Hall. Have to wait in line like a ride.
Happily Ever After Fireworks - find standing room in front of Cinderella's castle so you can see the parade and fireworks.
Main Street for snacks
Main Street Bakery - coffee
Ice Cream Parlor
Rides
Pirates of the Caribbean - they have a make-up/dress-up extra that she might like
Roller Coasters
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Space Mountain
TRON Lightcycle / Run (new, haven't seen it)
Avoid
The Crystal Palace unless you really like Winnie the Pooh
Epcot is great for eating but w/all of the concrete it's a frying pan in the summer. They have a nice firework show that you can see from most anywhere.
Hollywood Studio is nice, has a lot of rides for younger children and plenty of places to eat.
Get the Fantasmic! Dining Package. I enjoyed dinner at Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano.
Animal Kingdom is a haul and the animal safari was meh. The popular ride is the Avitar ride and you will spend ALL day in line for it. My opinion, if you have limited time skip this park.
Disney Springs, is a haul and has some nice expensive restaurants and stores but did you really travel to Disney to go shopping?
Depending on your budget the moderate resorts are the best bang for the buck and you won't spend time there except to sleep and eat breakfast. I wouldn't really worry about swimming pools b/c you will wake up early and grab a quick breakfast so that you can get to the park and wait in lines.
Pay attention to where you stay (look at the map) b/c it will determine the time it takes to get you the parks that you are interested in seeing.