Half Day at Disney?

[MomtoAshley]

I will be getting off the Disney Wonder on Jan 2, and heading to MK with a 3 year old.

We will only have time to be at the park from about 2 til about 8 or so.

Can anyone provide with with tips and ideas? What is a must see? (DD loves Princesses.) What shows are happening? I figure we'll spend most our time in Fantasyland and ToonTown.

We understand we'll only see a limited abount of attractions, but we have old tickets to use. And this will be the only rip to Florida for a LONG time, as I'm expecting #2 in April.

All help is greatly appreciated!

I haven't been to Disney since I was in High School and I know lots has changed. Especially what attraction I focused on

 

[sunny04]

Fantasyland - Make sure you get fastpasses for Peter Pan as soon as you get there if you want to ride this ride. It's one of my favorites, so I would recommend doing this. They usually give them all out for the day in the early evening. Your DD will probably enjoy the Pooh ride, Small World, Dumbo - the classics. Philharmagic is an amazing 3-D show that should not be missed. Snow White's ride I really like, but some kids think it is scary (it is called Snow White's SCARY Adventures by the way), so depending on how your DD deals with things like that may decide that ride for you. Toontown doesn't really have many actual rides. It has character meet and greets, including the princesses, mickey's house, minnie's house, etc. The only ride I can think of is Goofy's Barnstormer which is a little roller coaster. There may be another one, but I can't think of any others at the moment...Your DD would probably love Cinderellabration in front of the Castle since she loves the princesses, so I would try to catch that show at one of it's times. Have a great time!

 

[salmoneous]

I'd put Cinderellabration at the top of your must do list. Get the schedule when you arrive and plan everything else around that.

 

[MomtoAshley]

Thank you both for your suggestions.

Does Cinderellabration get crowded? It just in front of the Castle right? So it's just 'general admittence'. Or woul it be smart for DH to catch a viewing spot, while we ride a ride?

 

[sunny04]

Well, when we were there in Oct. it was nice because everyone right in front of the stage sat down. So you could go right up close and sit on the ground and be able to see really great. It didn't really get crowded until a few minutes before it started, so 10-15 min. would probably get you any spot you wanted.