Good spots to let a toddler run around?

[Lillebelle]

When my son was a toddler, our three favorite places to let him play were Goofy's yard, the water feature in Bug's Land, and the dead-end area where the closed off future entrance of Galaxy's Edge was behind Big Thunder. Unfortunately none of those are options with our second, so I'm looking for new spots where we can let her run around. Ideally something that doesn't have a ton of pass-through foot traffic and is relatively contained/closed off (she's fast!). Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

 

[PMGuernsey]

I've often taken my girls to the wishing well and fountain to the right of the castle... There is some through traffic there, but not alot. Goodluck

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

Oh how we miss Bug’s Land!

Off the top of my head:

Water ball thingy in Tomorrowland near Space Mountain
Pixar ball water ball thingy at Toy Story Midway Mania
Pirate’s Lair on Tom Sawyer’s Island
Most of Galaxy’s Edge, especially near the Millennium Falcon and over by Rise of the Resistance
Play area at the base of Tarzan’s treehouse
Redwood Creek Challenge Trail in DCA
Walkway behind Grizzly River Rapids
Walkway between the hub and Tomorrowland (where the fairy houses are)
Wishing Well on right side of castle
Sleeping Beauty Castle walkthrough
Pooh Corner area between Winnie the Pooh ride and Splash Mountain

 

[poptart90]

Couple others to add:

DCA:

The trail along RSR heading towards the wharf. There is foot traffic, but sometimes hardly any and definitely not like Main Street. My DD like to try and race the cars as they went by. Great energy burn!

Paradise Gardens area. Lots of space. Lots of times when hardly anyone is there.

Hollywood land area. Near Monsters. Lots of space with not much going on usually. Plus there’s a great big bathroom close by!

RSR opposite of Stanley’s statue (on Luigi’s side of the street) is a nice spot if you are waiting for peeps riding Cars.

Under Silly Swings! Perfect spot overlooking the water.

DL:

Pizza Planet seating area near the Launch Bay. Little run around space there where it won’t bother anyone and the Stormtroopers used to (don’t know if they still do) enter and exit the park there. Great interaction spot for toddlers!

And very sadly near IASW if you are going soon. If they don’t get the ride up and going, that area will be a perfect spot for some running around.

 

[Lillebelle]

Thank you for the suggestions! We're actually at the park this week - maybe we'll check out IASW tomorrow (so bummed this won't be running while we're here!). We did the Pixar ball today combined with up and down the midway area and that worked out well (since the balls don't have the water right now they're less attractive to older kids so great for mine!). We also found a good spot in Cars land where Fillmore's fruit stand usually is - it was walled off for some reason so it created some otherwise dead space that worked out well.

It's feeling like I should adopt a similar strategy to Spirit Halloween stores - look for spaces that are boarded up/closed down/not operational and swoop in while the getting's good.

 

[l4dyj8]

DCA:
under the swings was my favorite spot. Great for enjoying a view and having a sleeping baby. But the past few years they keep changing the access. Took away extra benches or make it a distribution spot for various events. We didn't stop by this last trip (last week) but currently there's no water.

Redwood Creek has areas for little ones too. Didn't go thhis last trip, but They do have Meet Santa. But you can still go without the line to see Santa.

DL:
I heard the old boat area is nice. (it used to be the smoking area). But I don't know anymore. hha. Every time we are in DL, we haven't had a moment to just soak it in and relax

But my kids do love Tom Sawyer Island/Pirates' Lair. So many spots to explore. (There are restrooms. Picnic tables and a (not cold) water bottle center.