Hi all,
thank you for all the great answers, my question however is going to be rather difficult to answer, but I would appreciate any advice you can spare.
I’m planning to invite my family (all the way from Europe) to Orlando in the first half of December 2013 (no crowds, fine weather and hopefully some lower resort rates…gasp…)
There will be two adults age 33 and 32, two adults age 50 and 58 (one family member has some mobility problems due to knee surgery, and two family members have mobility problems due to being heavily overweight) and two kids age 2 and 6. And me (the translator..)
Because of the small kids and all the mobility problems I would like to keep the pace rather low to moderate, aiming for 10 -14 days in one of the Arts of Animation family Suites.
My main concern is that I will be the only one speaking English (I do only moderate rides, not a fan of rollercoaster’s) and having been to Orlando numerous times in the past I feel that many of the rides would not appeal to none of the adults and neither to the kids.
I “reserved” a full day for a visit to Downtown Disney and to see laNouba, one day to visit Sea World, one day to browse the hotels and admire all the Xmas decorations, one day at Magic Kingdom including the fireworks.
While visiting Zoo’s back home, the kids had shown little interest in animals, so I think we should skip Animal Kingdom? I also doubt Epcot would be of any interest to them, and I think they won’t enjoy the Disney Hollywood Studios with all the rides either, due to their young age. The same goes for Universal Studios and Adventure Island but perhaps I’m wrong? Due to various reason I don’t want to take them to Aquatica, Splitville, Legoland and neither to see Arabian Nights.
Basically I’m looking to visit places where one doesn’t have to understand much (read any) English in order to enjoy themselves but I also want to get most out of their stay. Sure I will translate some but to translate a whole show would be exhausting and would bother everyone around, so I would really like to avoid these.
Would the Dolphin Cove be ok if I translate? Possible to visit in december or is it too cold?
When are the parades starting and at which park?
Anything else I we shouldn’t miss?
Please weight in and recommend some attractions you think may be suitable for our situation.
Could you also recommend some "light" rides suitable for kids that can be accompanied by adult ( The Simpsons ride was pretty much the max I could do....)
Thank you!!!
thank you for all the great answers, my question however is going to be rather difficult to answer, but I would appreciate any advice you can spare.
I’m planning to invite my family (all the way from Europe) to Orlando in the first half of December 2013 (no crowds, fine weather and hopefully some lower resort rates…gasp…)
There will be two adults age 33 and 32, two adults age 50 and 58 (one family member has some mobility problems due to knee surgery, and two family members have mobility problems due to being heavily overweight) and two kids age 2 and 6. And me (the translator..)
Because of the small kids and all the mobility problems I would like to keep the pace rather low to moderate, aiming for 10 -14 days in one of the Arts of Animation family Suites.
My main concern is that I will be the only one speaking English (I do only moderate rides, not a fan of rollercoaster’s) and having been to Orlando numerous times in the past I feel that many of the rides would not appeal to none of the adults and neither to the kids.
I “reserved” a full day for a visit to Downtown Disney and to see laNouba, one day to visit Sea World, one day to browse the hotels and admire all the Xmas decorations, one day at Magic Kingdom including the fireworks.
While visiting Zoo’s back home, the kids had shown little interest in animals, so I think we should skip Animal Kingdom? I also doubt Epcot would be of any interest to them, and I think they won’t enjoy the Disney Hollywood Studios with all the rides either, due to their young age. The same goes for Universal Studios and Adventure Island but perhaps I’m wrong? Due to various reason I don’t want to take them to Aquatica, Splitville, Legoland and neither to see Arabian Nights.
Basically I’m looking to visit places where one doesn’t have to understand much (read any) English in order to enjoy themselves but I also want to get most out of their stay. Sure I will translate some but to translate a whole show would be exhausting and would bother everyone around, so I would really like to avoid these.
Would the Dolphin Cove be ok if I translate? Possible to visit in december or is it too cold?
When are the parades starting and at which park?
Anything else I we shouldn’t miss?
Please weight in and recommend some attractions you think may be suitable for our situation.
Could you also recommend some "light" rides suitable for kids that can be accompanied by adult ( The Simpsons ride was pretty much the max I could do....)
Thank you!!!