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How to Plan For Disney World When Traveling With Teens AND Small Children

1. Set Aside Special Family Time The larger the family, the harder it will be to travel efficiently in a group. While splitting up for certain attractions and experiences will make your life easier, you will still want to plan sacred togetherness time. As referenced earlier, mealtimes present the perfect opportunity as everyone needs fuel

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How to Plan For Disney World When Traveling With Teens AND Small Children

2. Grant Each Child a Wish If you decide to add on extra experiences, recreational activities, or meals – consider letting each child select the activity. Since everyone is required to be somewhat flexible on a family trip, it could truly make your child’s day to let them pick out a special treat. As long as you also encourage your family

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How to Plan For Disney World When Traveling With Teens AND Small Children

3. Compromise on Restaurants While it can be harder to select attractions for a large family, selecting restaurants will not present the same challenges. Walt Disney World has dozens of restaurants to pick from in the parks, across the various hotels, and in the ever-expanding Disney Springs. Additionally, 90% of them offer options for bo

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How to Plan For Disney World When Traveling With Teens AND Small Children

4. Encourage Your Family to Split Up for Rides If there are huge age gaps between your children, they won’t agree on every ride. If this is the case, don’t force compromises on ride selections. Don’t drag a terrified five-year-old onto the Haunted Mansion and don’t forbid your fifteen-year-old from riding Expedition Everest because their

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How to Plan For Disney World When Traveling With Teens AND Small Children

5. Splurge on a Larger Room Depending which hotel you select, you may want to book something larger than a standard two queen- sized bed room. (And you should!) Just think about the all the ways your family’s needs and schedules differ. Your younger children will have earlier bedtimes. Your older children will probably spend more time in

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How to Plan For Disney World When Traveling With Teens AND Small Children

6. Stay on Property There are many great reasons to book a hotel on Disney property. For this particular instance, we’re recommending it because on-property hotels include free bus transportation to all of the parks. This means that instead of piling into the family van, everyone (with the exception of small children) can come and go as t

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How to Plan For Disney World When Traveling With Teens AND Small Children

It’s no secret that planning a Disney trip with children is more complicated than a couples’ getaway. On top of that, travelling with multiple children of various ages can throw quite a wrench into your itinerary. This doesn’t have to be the case though! If you happen to be vacationing with both teens and toddlers, than a Disney Park coul

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10 Benefits That Are Only Available to Disney Resort Hotel Guests

1. Overall Convenience Disney Hotels offer so many amenities that enhance your Disney vacation.  The staff and management are like all the employees of Walt Disney World; they are Cast Members, and all the guests are the audience, while the Hotel and the parks are the stage.  They are there to entertain, assist, and make your stay the utm

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10 Benefits That Are Only Available to Disney Resort Hotel Guests

2. Beautifully Disney-themed rooms At select Disney Resort Hotels, you can request specially themed Disney rooms.  The Art of Animation Resort offers rooms with fully decorated suites themed around these animated Disney movies:  “Cars”, “The Little Mermaid”, “Lion King”, and “Finding Nemo”.  At Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort, you can cho

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10 Benefits That Are Only Available to Disney Resort Hotel Guests

3. Package Pick-up and Delivery Service This unique service offered by all the Disney Hotel resorts is one of the most convenient perks offered.  Let’s say you find an oversized stuffed animal at Animal Kingdom, and you don’t want to purchase it right then because of the inconvenience of carrying it around for the rest of the day.  Since

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