Am I the only person only going to one park

[RadioFanatic]

My dh and I have been disney nuts since we first got together - even went for our honeymoon. We then went every year for ten years just us. FINALLY, we got pregnant and had our amazing son. We decided we weren't going to go that year. Well, that lasted six months bc we just couldn't wait to have our son experience what we love. But we were only going for one night, staying at WL and only going to MK one day as not to overwhelm our 7 month old. Well, that lasted all of one minute - we then went to epcot, then decided to go to DHS, and then returned to MK for half a day before returning home. He loved it all, he slept in the stroller when he was tired, and I will always remember that trip as one of the best!

 

[Jynxed]

At 19 months, on break days from the parks my son asked for Mickey each day. It was more trouble keeping him entertained at the pool those days then had we just toured the park. He had no interest in shopping with me
As others have said, there is a little bit of every park that has something for all age groups. I would use break times to pool hop or dedicate 1 day to do that. I would not spend the money to go to Florida just to spend time at pools. To me, that is not what a Disney vacation is about. BUT everyone has different tastes.

 

[stsomewhere]

My kids could live at EPCOT! It is their favorite park.

 

[DisneyMomma81]

My daughter was a few months shy of 3 when she visited DLR for the 1st time - we went for 3 days and she was fine - loved it! Had we gone to WDW then I would've gone for no less than 7 days and hit a park each day - it costs a lot for us to get there.

 

[crystaldawn]

We generally do a week long vacation and end up doing one day Magic Kingdom, one day another Disney park and then one day Universal. I don't like to do two parks on consecutive days cause it seems to be too much for our kids (staying up then getting up early and running around all day). We live in Michigan though so we travel a long way to get there and I don't think it'd be worth just one day.

 

[dougsmom98]

We only do a couple days at the parks now that we have had quite a few trips and we know we will be back. We go in February and are just happy to escape the Maine winter. We stay off site in a really nice pool home and we relax by the pool, eat out, shop... We always do a full day (opening until close) at MK and then we usually choose one other park to do a full day. We bought 10 day water park and more, non-expiring tickets and we have gotten 4 trips out of them so far.

 

[bumbershoot]

For people taking their first trip with kids that are talking, beware of DTD. It is really nothing but retail hell for someone with young children!! And keeping track of shopping toddlers is also not easy with the store layouts. Unless you enjoy a few hours of saying nothing but nope we are not getting that, another park day is way cheaper!!!

OH man oh man yes. Disneyland's DTD was bad enough...WDW's would have been torture for me. Between DH and DS and their whining...



Until DS was around 5, our Disney trips were for the adults. He went along, we made it fun for him, but he was not the focus. Even now it's still a *family* trip, not *his* trip.

We didn't realize we were Disney fans until DS was 3, and so only took one-day trips to Anaheim while visiting family in San Diego, but when he was 3 we stayed 7 days and hit the parks every day, hopping between DL and DCA most days. He *loved* it.

So I can't imagine only visiting MK...I'm not even sure it's DS's favorite park, nor have the rides shared between them and DL ever been (Fantasyland is actually kinda scary with all the dark rides, especially at DL). First thing he wants to do on our second trip to WDW is to see the Indy show at DHS!

 

[VeroBeachGirl]

I have a 3 year old and she really enjoys all of the parks. I think that back to back days at parks may be a bit exhausting. When we go, we usually go to a park every other day. On our "off days" we do the watermarks, quest, downtown disney.
A side note about Downtown Disney, it might be a little difficult to take your 3 year old into the shops and expect her not to ask for anything. Whenever we are at the World of Disney store, I see at least 1 child having a meltdown and the parents are screaming, "we just came to look, not to buy." That is a very hard concept for someone 3 and under to comprehend. I always feel bad for the kids and the parents. Just something to think about...