Am I crazy? Or could these plans (with a toddler) work?

[lilmape]

Hello! I feel like all I do is ask questions on the DIS, I can handle planning for adults, but this is our first trip with a toddler! Our little girl will be 3 during our trip Sept 27 - Oct 4. I'm horribly realistic in knowing our touring will be different and to be honest I'm excited about it .. That being said, I really need someone with experience to critique this and let me know if it sounds ok. We are staying off-site and will be using 4 day park hopper tickets (military salute tickets). My kiddo is definitely a nap kid. She's great after naps and usually ready to go.

Sept 27 - Arrive and rest at resort

Sept 28 - AK (8:25 Tusker House)
Rest
Epcot - Illuminations (maybe)

Sept 29 - MK (10:40 CP Breakfast)
Rest
MK - MSEP/Wishes

Sept 30 - Off Enjoy Resort

Oct 1 - Kona Breakfast
MNSSHP

Oct 2 - HS (12:45 fantasmic Hollywood & Vine)
Rest
HS Fantasmic

Oct 3 - Epcot (8:25 Akershus Breakfast)
Rest
MK

Advice welcome

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Looks managable.

What time will Fantasmic be? That one followed by an 8:25 ADR is my only concern.

I would definitely utilize a stroller. This will help with evenings. (It will be parked for Fantasmic but useful for
departure.) But otherwise, it all looks good to me.

 

[lroger01]

A few things to think of:
What will you do between Kona Breakfast and the party? Would it be better to stay near your hotel until after nap time and closer to party time? You could eat a late lunch at Kona instead and then go straight to the party.

You're only hopping on the last day. If you're tickets don't automatically include hopping, that is an expensive hop.

Other than that it looks fine to me.

 

[lilmape]

We are hopping Monday and Saturday. But the hopper option comes with the military salute ticket. $177 for 4 day PH


I think you're right about kona... it's our favorite breakfast but I hate to do it that day too.

 

[han22735]

We traveled last fall and our daughter turned 3 during the trip and we didn't need to head back to the resort at all to rest. Some times she napped in the stroller but most of the time wanted to go go go..lol. Never once got grouchy. She usually passed out on the bus ride back.

 

[lilmape]

What time will Fantasmic be? That one followed by an 8:25 ADR is my only concern.

Right now 7:30... typical bedtime is between 9 and 10 with 2 hour naps during the day...

I would definitely utilize a stroller. This will help with evenings. (It will be parked for Fantasmic but useful for
departure.) But otherwise, it all looks good to me.

Lol I wouldn't dream of going without.. She's 40lbs not chubby just solid. No way am I carrying her around lol I'd need a couple naps a day if I did.

 

[Arielandtheactuary]

Looks pretty doable to me. I agree about the kona breakfast though. We will be there with ds4 and dd15months sept 24-oct 2 We went with ds when he was 2 and had a great time. We weren't brave enough to do any night time shows etc though. We will be this trip but we are leaving the baby with my parents hose two nights.

 

[famy27]

This is a completely doable plan. I've toured much more aggressively with toddlers (no breaks, open to close), so everything looks reasonable to me, but I really think this is very workable.

For the Ohana/MNSSHP day, you could do Ohana and then take the resort monorail and stop at all the resorts to wander around. Each one has interesting features. My girls loved watching the monorail go through the Contemporary. They thought that was really cool. You could then go back to your resort to rest and return to MK for the party.