What is the best age to take a child to Disney World. I have a 2 and1/2 year old.?

Answer 1

Well, it depends. If this is your "once in a lifetime" trip to Walt Disney World, and you really think it's something you'll only do once, wait until they're a few years older. When they're older they certainly won't remember a thing about the trip, but you'll always remember how incredibly happy they were being there. And they'll always have pictures to look back on. But if you think you and your family will be going to Walt Disney World every year or every couple years, defintiely start going now. It will be great to see how things at Walt Disney World change over time and to see how your family's tastes of attractions and stuff change.

So, yeah - if this will probably be your only time going, try to wait until they're a bit older so they'll definitely remember and they'll be old enough and big enough to enjoy all the different attractions. But if you plan on taking them more than once, feel free to start bringing them whenever you'd like. People bring infants and toddlers to Walt Disney World everyday, and everyone has a great time. It's such a magical place. Children of any age will love it.

If you're interested, here's link to a website that's really helpful for planning a Walt Disney World vacation. This section has a lot of information about going to Walt Disney World with infants and toddlers...

http://allearsnet.com/pl/infant.htm

Hope I could help!

Answer 2

The only problem I can foresee with taking a child that young is that you will be limited to what rides you can get on with your child. Or what rides they can ride alone. Also most 2 year olds are still kinda scary, so the child might not be willing to get on anything. However, there are a lot of other things to do and look at besides rides. it would mainly depend on what type of 2yo you have. Does he/she lose interest in things fast? Easily bored? Things like that have to be considered. Maybe you can go to a local theme park or carnival to see how he/she would handle it before going somewhere as expensive as Disney World. I took my daughter to Magic Kingdom for the first time at the age of 5. It worked out well because she was tall enough to ride everything there, including Space Mountain. However, I kinda wished I'dve waited cause she doesn't even remember the trip now.

Answer 3

I took my son the first time for his 5th birthday. There are a lot of factors to consider--like naps, you child’s personality, the time change perhaps, how late they stay up, and what rides they will be permitted on.

I'd wait until they no longer take naps. I'd stay at the All-Star Resort located on the property and very affordable---you can take the shuttle right to the front door of the parks and not have that hassle. Plus, that way, you can always leave the park if they get too overwhelmed and go to back to hotel for a swim or some down time--and then hop a shuttle to back to park in the evening (I didn't have to do with my 5 year old).

I also gave my son $10 a day to spend on souvenirs. He could spend the whole $10 in one day or roll over any balance to the next day...at 5 he was able to understand this---we all know how expensive WDW can get.

Other tips---eat at nice places in the parks for lunch--it's cheaper than dinner and you can sit in side and cool down. Eat the hot dogs and burgers and such for dinner...those prices stay the same all day!

Also--check the height requirement for rides--there's nothing worse then standing in line for the log flume only to find out your child isn't tall enough (even though they gave him a certificate that would allow him at the front of the line the next time he returned and was tall enough--no expiration date! How cool was that?) So check that out.....

I love WDW---and it's a great place for kids who are ready to handle the excitement and challenge.

Answer 4

I have a 3 year old and have been wondering too about when to go on her first trip. I have decided to wait until she's 4 or 5 so she can remember it. As for Disney World wait until they can go on more rides and stuff. Maybe around the ages of 7 or 8.

Answer 5

I know on the disney Cruises, the youngest they have activities for is 3 years old. I think 2 1/2 may still be too young, more like 4 or 5.

i know how you feel though, I have a 9 month old and I can't wait to take him to these sort of places.

Answer 6

Honestly (and if you were hoping to go soon you may not agree).... wait until both are potty trained. Disney is not set up for diaper changes or bottle feeding. Yes - they ahve changing stations... but the bathrooms are crowded and do you really want to be the 100th person to change a diaper on the changing station that day? Not to mention that you will end up carrying around the diaper day all day , and on some of the attractions it is not convenient to have to have the bag sitting at your feet. And parking strollers and having it get lost, bumped around, stollen? YUCK!

Naptimes are another thing... forget about the kids falling asleep in the stroller... it is just too loud and too much going on. So then they will be cranky the last half of the day.

It can be a fun family event.... when everyone in the family is walking on their own, pottying on their own and can eat/drink food that does not have to be carried around in a diaper bag.

Besides.... with as much as its costs these days.. wait until they can remember they've been there. Or else you will have to go back again in a couple of years (this happened to my friend whose two oldest could remember, the two little oens could not and felt like they had been jipped so everyone went back again just so the two youngest could say they could REMEMBER going to disney).

Answer 7

I would wait until (s)he was at least 6 years old. The first time I went, I was 6 and I still remember going there. And I am 26 now. Some of my favorite memories were the street venders selling invisible dogs. (just a wacky leash that that looked like it had a dog harnessed in) and he barked in a way I couldn't tell it was him and it scared me. I remember the haunted mansion... I thought the ghosts were real and missed out on the fun because I was hiding in my dads side. My dad had me crying on jungle boat tour thing becasue he said there were animals in the water. At the time I didn't realize the animals were machines and the river was probably 3 feet deep. LOL yes I was a scardie baby... I am over that now. LOL. Maybe take your 2.5 year old to a smaller theam park??? Or Disneys Animal Kingdom. That way (s)he could enjoy seeing the animals instead of missing out on a lot of rides.

Answer 8

I was raised in Orange County, CA and I used to take my neices and nephews to Disneyland for their third birthdays. I think that anything younger than three is too hard on everybody. It's such a big place, there is SO much going on and so many things to see and do, that it is slightly overwhelming for little ones under the age of three. It is definitely the coolest thing ever to experience a child's first visit to Disneyland or Disney World. Take tons of pictures, video, snacks and juice boxes, and at least one change of clothes for the kids and have a blast!

Answer 9

Regardless of whether your children remember their first trip to Disney, I can say from experience that there is no better place to vacation with children than Disney. We stayed at the villas (our children were 2 and 1) were supplied with potties, highchairs, bedbumpers, and any equipment we needed (which meant we didn't have to take it on the plane.)

Did my children remember their first Disney trip? No. But I remember a very child friendly vacation for my husband and me. Two years later, my kids were aware of what was around them and they had a blast!

have fun and good luck!

Answer 10

We took our kids to disney land when they were two and three and then took them ten years later. They say they don't remember a whole lot about the first experience except that they had a lot of fun. So, basically you'd be building a foundation for those memories outside the home.