MinnieSweetheart
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2014
Several things. Both of our DDs went to WDW many times before age 3 for so many reasons.
1) They are free under 3. This is the first year I have to buy four APs, and that is a painful bill.
2) We're making family memories and taking more pictures than you can shake a stick at. Older DD loves to look back at her pictures from early trips and see how WDW has changed. We also take the same picture ever year in from of EE and it's such a fun way to see how everyone has evolved.
3) They actually do seem to remember the trips. Last September, I was on the boat ride in Mexico. DD had just turned two in June. AS we were riding, she said, "Oh this is the one with the fireworks at the end." We had been to WDW in late May, so this was a memory she kept from four months back. And this wasn't something she remembered because we kept discussing it. I can't think of any context in which I would have mentioned the "firework" lights on the ceiling of the boat ride. It was totally and completely something in her memory.
4) My mother always says, "Begin as you mean to go on." We started our girls early on travel generally and WDW specifically, and they both love to travel so much and are amazing travelers. Just last weekend, younger DD asked if we could go to WDW that day. She's got a bad case of the Disney Fever.
5) I will never forget taking the bus back to AKV when we were staying in a Savanna view at Kidani. DD was 15 months, and she grabbed my face and looked right into my eyes and said, "Annn-eee-mals" in a way that made it very clear that she wanted that bus to hurry up and get back to the resort so she could see the animals from the balcony.
6) It's fun
Ahh we're taking a shorter trip this year because we can't get much leave and were considering splurging for Savannah View at animal kingdom with our will be 20 month old. I'm taking you recommend it?