Need advice...I have a toddler who never naps!

[TinaLala22]

Let me start by saying when you're at Disney it's a whole new world. All bets are off and all schedules are put to the wayside.

My youngest DD never napped usually, but at Disney I could have set my watch by them. It's totally different for kids there because they are outside in a different weather pattern, running around to the characters and the rides and the excitement is up and down and boy they get exhausted. You can help by enforcing a schedule - go back to the hotel room around noon for either a dip in the pool, which might help the nap or right to the room for a nap - the bus ride back might help. Then go back to the park around 4pm for dinner and some night time fun. But trust me on your ride back your child will be sleeping. You'll even find them napping in the stroller....trust me they will nap.

 

[Elmo888]

I keep thinking of things...since you aren't sure that your family needs naps, I would try a day without naps and just plan on going back to the resort in late afternoon and relaxing and eating at the resort (not trying to make a dinner ADR at a park or just driving to dinner ADR at a resort, where you can get in and out and back to your resort easily). Maybe you could do it on the day that you have breakfast at MGM. If it doesn't work, then take the nap.

After our trip in January, I wondered how it might have gone if we skipped the naps. DDs didn't go to sleep easily in the resort room, and I wondered if nights would have gone better without the nap. I wouldn't have skipped the nap every day, but some days. This January, I'm planning on nap every other day, and early dinner/relax at the resort on alternating days. DDs will be 7 (almost 8) and 3, so I have confidence that it will go well. If it doesn't, I'll just change the plan!

Have a great trip!