kvnchapman
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Oh my! Where do I begin?
We took our twin toddlers to WDW this past November. The 1st 3 of our themepark hours (in Epcot) were a nightmare. Our little guy with challenges suffered an incomprehensible meltdown, and I was ready to turn around, repack our car and head home. This was only 5 hours into our vacation. It really was THAT bad.
Well, we headed to Guest Services, where they were calm and caring despite our level of noise and chaos, immediately gave us a GAC and tagged our stroller. They also gave our NT twin some Disney stickers and gave us some advise on how to naviagte the parks.
The little one eventually tired himself out, and after some snacks and deep sensory input, he chilled out. My Dh and I, exhausted and sweaty, but now hopeful, decided to metally start our vacation over.
With our precious GAC in hand, a newly filled diaper bag overflowing with a variety of snacks, a few familiar toys from home (mainly plastic dinos), a small battery-operated DVD player (which by the way was perfect for waits at ADRS, etc), spinning lightup toys and little man's blankie, the rest of our trip was memorable and manageable. We had a genuinely good time.
Here was how the GAC and stroller tag helped us -
For rides the kids were doing, the GAC gave us entrance with the stroller. More oftern than not, this helped us avoid long, melt-worthy waits in places that were not appropriate for him.
If there was room, the tag allowed us access to wheelchair accessible parade and show viewing.
For longer treks in queues (think AK's safari), the tag allowed us to stroll all the way up to the ride entrance.
We only had to get FPs for the more "adultish" rides, and oinly one FP at each, because we could use childswap.
The characters were excpetionally understanding and tried to accomodate any need we were having at the moment. Some character lines allowed us to wait in a different area which helped us very much.
I'm am so proud of Disney and what they did to make sure that our family had a great experience. Kudos to WDW and its founder Walt, for making the experience that Disney is, accessible to kids, despite their needs.
We took our twin toddlers to WDW this past November. The 1st 3 of our themepark hours (in Epcot) were a nightmare. Our little guy with challenges suffered an incomprehensible meltdown, and I was ready to turn around, repack our car and head home. This was only 5 hours into our vacation. It really was THAT bad.
Well, we headed to Guest Services, where they were calm and caring despite our level of noise and chaos, immediately gave us a GAC and tagged our stroller. They also gave our NT twin some Disney stickers and gave us some advise on how to naviagte the parks.
The little one eventually tired himself out, and after some snacks and deep sensory input, he chilled out. My Dh and I, exhausted and sweaty, but now hopeful, decided to metally start our vacation over.
With our precious GAC in hand, a newly filled diaper bag overflowing with a variety of snacks, a few familiar toys from home (mainly plastic dinos), a small battery-operated DVD player (which by the way was perfect for waits at ADRS, etc), spinning lightup toys and little man's blankie, the rest of our trip was memorable and manageable. We had a genuinely good time.
Here was how the GAC and stroller tag helped us -
For rides the kids were doing, the GAC gave us entrance with the stroller. More oftern than not, this helped us avoid long, melt-worthy waits in places that were not appropriate for him.
If there was room, the tag allowed us access to wheelchair accessible parade and show viewing.
For longer treks in queues (think AK's safari), the tag allowed us to stroll all the way up to the ride entrance.
We only had to get FPs for the more "adultish" rides, and oinly one FP at each, because we could use childswap.
The characters were excpetionally understanding and tried to accomodate any need we were having at the moment. Some character lines allowed us to wait in a different area which helped us very much.
I'm am so proud of Disney and what they did to make sure that our family had a great experience. Kudos to WDW and its founder Walt, for making the experience that Disney is, accessible to kids, despite their needs.
