[Code Name Mama]

Hi mamas! We are taking a much needed vacation (and late honeymoon

to Orlando this year - we'll be traveling late October/early November. We'll have our ds with us, he'll be 22 months old at the time. We'll be there for 7 days/6 nights, and I'm fairly certain we're staying in the downtown Disney/Lake Buena Vista area.

I'm pretty sure we're doing Animal Kingdom (we love our animals!), and perhaps Sea World (omg that is expensive though). We also want to do a day at the beach, and we'd love to maybe see some real wildlife (would Silver Springs park 90 miles NW of Orlando be sufficient?).

We don't do characters (or TV/Disney movies/etc.), so I'm wavering on the Magic Kingdom, but I guess ds would probably like the rides and the parades.

Can you give me some help planning our trip? There is SO much info online, I'm a little overwhelmed. Places to go, tips to remember, etc. would all be helpful.

We are on a pretty tight budget, but we will have a little spending money.

TIA!!

 

[BensMom]

We did WDW when DD was 20m and she loved the rides at Magic Kingdom as well as Animal Kingdom. No interest in Epcot and we didnt even try the other one (MGM or Hollywood Studios or whatever its called). At MK, there are several play areas near Toon Town and Fantasyland that are toddler friendly, the carousel, teacups, pooh, small world, buzz lightyear and aladden rides were big hits.

 

[asoulunbound]

Just bumping. I'm doing WDW w/ a six mth old soon. yay atypical honeymoons!

 

[CanidFL]

Check out the Central Florida Zoo. It's perfect for that age and they just added a splash pad.

 

[MeganS]

If you decide to do Magic Kingdom, I would definitely go later in the day. We just went for our birthday(my son and I on May 1st). We went to MK and it was extremely packed. We had thought about doing pics with the characters, but the lines for them were worse than the lines for the rides! I regret that we didn't do Animal Kingdom, I think my kids would have really enjoyed it. We also went to Epcot for a couple hours, and it wasn't too bad at all. They have a boat ride that takes you through their gardens, and shows you all the different ways they grow their produce for the parks. HTH!