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Magic Kingdom Touring Plan for Families With Small Children

5. 3 PM The Festival of Fantasy parade at 3 PM tends to be a child favorite, so hopefully your little ones are up from their naps and ready to see their favorite Disney characters!  Depending on where you choose to sit and watch the parade, you might even be able to get another 15 to 20 minutes of naptime for your child until the parade r

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Magic Kingdom Touring Plan for Families With Small Children

6. Mid-Day / Early Afternoon The hottest hours of the day in Florida tend to be between noon and 4 PM, so the overall theme for these hours is “downtime”!  Parents who recognize this are rewarded with children who can often enjoy the park into the evening hours, whereas parents who ignore this are often confronted with a full-blown tantru

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Magic Kingdom Touring Plan for Families With Small Children

7. Late Morning Your first FastPass time is probably approaching, so you should be headed in that direction.  If you decide to do another attraction on the way, pay attention to wait times and ask Cast Members about the amount of time that the attraction takes – you don’t want to miss your FastPass window!  But with a full hour of availab

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Magic Kingdom Touring Plan for Families With Small Children

8. Mid-Morning By mid-morning, you’ve been able to do a number of rides and attractions, and it’s the perfect time to take a quick break and have a snack to recharge.  You’ll be tempted to push on, but doing Magic Kingdom is a marathon – not a sprint.  Taking time out and slowing down the pace is vital to your child’s stamina.  I highly r

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Magic Kingdom Touring Plan for Families With Small Children

9. The First Couple of Hours Once you get that first ride out of the way, it’s time to pick a land and start hitting those attractions!  If your first FastPass reservation is still hours away, you may want to start with rides on the opposite side of the park and work your way back toward your FastPass attraction.  Or if your first FastPas

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Magic Kingdom Touring Plan for Families With Small Children

10. First Attraction When the welcome show ends and guests are allowed to enter the many lands of Magic Kingdom, it’s the perfect time to go to a typically busy or more popular attraction.  Essentially, your first attraction of the day is like an additional FastPass because the crowds and wait times just after rope drop are lower than the

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Magic Kingdom Touring Plan for Families With Small Children

11. Rope Drop There’s no better way to officially start your day than by watching the Let the Magic Begin show in front of the castle.  Your kids will love watching Mickey and Minnie welcome guests to the park, with the help of many other characters that may include Pluto, Chip ‘n’ Dale, Mary Poppins, Belle, Snow White, Jasmine, Aladdin,

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Magic Kingdom Touring Plan for Families With Small Children

On the Day of Your Visit 12. Early Morning The best touring plans take advantage of your strengths.  And let’s face it, most parents of young children are used to being woken up early.  Use this to your benefit and get to Magic Kingdom as early as possible.  Prevailing wisdom states that you can do more in the first three hours at the par

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Magic Kingdom Touring Plan for Families With Small Children

13. Make FastPass Reservations FastPass reservations are your opportunity to make sure you and your children are able to meet their favorite characters or get on their favorite rides.  Keep your child’s desires in mind here.  If your child isn’t a big fan of rides but would love to meet a lot of characters, go ahead and book character mee

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Magic Kingdom Touring Plan for Families With Small Children

14. Make Dining Reservations Make reservations for your character / table service meals as early as possible.  Your advance planning already comes into play here.  Magic Kingdom offers three character meals.  The Crystal Palace features Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and Eeyore.  Cinderella’s Royal Table features Cinderella and other pr

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