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disney_dreaming_mom · 11-21-2010, 10:49 PM

Has anyone been to the Disney museum in SF? We are going to SF for the holidays to visit family and were thinking about going. In your experience would it be suitable for a toddler? I've heard it takes about 4 hours to see everything and am wondering if there is anything for little ones to enjoy? TIA!!!

Miss SD · 11-21-2010, 11:05 PM

I volunteer at the museum and I've seen many toddlers rumbling through. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it, though. I don't think the adults can take in everything if they're worried about what the kids are doing. Even the interactive exhibits are better suited for kids who are least 5 years old. And since you can't take strollers into the galleries, you can't even hope that they'll fall asleep. Still, if you want to go, please do! The staff is accommodating and friendly, not like an art museum, say, and you'll still have a good time. (Maybe just not four hours' worth

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disney_dreaming_mom · 11-22-2010, 12:14 PM

Thank you for your response! I think we will leave our little one with grandma to go experience it....looks really neat!

mamacatnv · 11-22-2010, 01:53 PM

I would not take a toddler at all, I would not take a child until they were old enough to read the signage and have the patience to do the reading so that they can absorb the details. Otherwise they would zip thru the galleries while the adults are still beginning due to all the detail that is there.

The Museum is amazing but tons and tons of reading is involved. A friend and I took our DD's there in July - the girls were 12 and they enjoyed it, but I would not take much younger children.

I would plan at least a 1/2 day if not longer.

Its well worth the visit, we all really enjoyed it.

11-21-2010, 10:49 PM	#1
disney_dreaming_mom Mouseketeer Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 254	Disney Family Museum in SF Has anyone been to the Disney museum in SF? We are going to SF for the holidays to visit family and were thinking about going. In your experience would it be suitable for a toddler? I've heard it takes about 4 hours to see everything and am wondering if there is anything for little ones to enjoy? TIA!!! __________________ Me DH DS (3) DL June 2007, Anabella Hotel WDW November, 2008 POR WDW April 2009, ASMusic DL July 2009, Paradise Pier Hotel WDW December 2009, CBR/CSR DL April 2010, Doubletree Hotel DL June 2010 Howard Johnson

11-21-2010, 11:05 PM	#2
Miss SD Mouseketeer Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 244	I volunteer at the museum and I've seen many toddlers rumbling through. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it, though. I don't think the adults can take in everything if they're worried about what the kids are doing. Even the interactive exhibits are better suited for kids who are least 5 years old. And since you can't take strollers into the galleries, you can't even hope that they'll fall asleep. Still, if you want to go, please do! The staff is accommodating and friendly, not like an art museum, say, and you'll still have a good time. (Maybe just not four hours' worth)

11-22-2010, 12:14 PM	#3
disney_dreaming_mom Mouseketeer Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 254	Thank you for your response! I think we will leave our little one with grandma to go experience it....looks really neat! __________________ Me DH DS (3) DL June 2007, Anabella Hotel WDW November, 2008 POR WDW April 2009, ASMusic DL July 2009, Paradise Pier Hotel WDW December 2009, CBR/CSR DL April 2010, Doubletree Hotel DL June 2010 Howard Johnson

11-22-2010, 01:53 PM	#4
mamacatnv I am the queen of straw! Almost anything can be fixed with pasta Do my DH's "Shorty Shorts" count? I go in search of code! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central Texas Y'all by way of N. Nevada Posts: 8,912	I would not take a toddler at all, I would not take a child until they were old enough to read the signage and have the patience to do the reading so that they can absorb the details. Otherwise they would zip thru the galleries while the adults are still beginning due to all the detail that is there. The Museum is amazing but tons and tons of reading is involved. A friend and I took our DD's there in July - the girls were 12 and they enjoyed it, but I would not take much younger children. I would plan at least a 1/2 day if not longer. Its well worth the visit, we all really enjoyed it. __________________ MamaCatNV DH54 Me46DS 23 DD14 Baxter, Simon & Deck'Ster POFQ-1/1-1/9/07, ASMu-Dec 05/Jan 06 ASSp-Dec 99/Jan 00 Turn of the Century Thanks AidensMom

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