Park Ideas for Grandparents (sometimes sans Grandchildren)

[evanstrouge]

Hi,

We are bringing (active) grandparents with us for a 5 day Disney stay. We have parkhopper and the mornings will be us using FastPass+ and the afternoon the Grandparents will be free to enjoy the parks. Knowing Disney has attractions for younger kids (and kids of all ages), what are some good ideas along the lines of:

Magic Kingdom
-Hall of Presidents
-???

EPCOT
-American Adventure
-Voices of Liberty
-???

Animal Kingdom
???

Hollywood Studios
-???

Thank you!

 

[georgina]

Well, I'm not a grandparent, but am old enough to be! My solo trip, I plan to do some things I have not done before.

With my kids we usually just hit the rides at the Studios, so I am going to check out the Art of Animation and Walt Disney: One Man's Dream. There is The Great Movie Ride and the Backlot Tour, which we usually skip as a family.

I plan to take my time strolling the trails at Animal Kingdom to look at the animals.

There are so many entertaining acts at Epcot that we often miss some, between the bands and acrobats, comedy groups, etc. Google 'Epcot live entertainment' to see the current schedule. I like to just sit and watch the fountain in Future World. My kids like the Living with the Land ride and have said it would be fun to do the Behind the Seeds tour someday, maybe the grandparents would that?

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

For the AK I would suggest they go and visit http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/guides/animalkingdom/ak-rafiki-ovr.htm

It a very interesting part of the park and you can watch them do medical procedures on animals. The one time I watched as they did a check up on a turtle and they measured his shell and legs and so forth. I've never seen anything too bloody.

They could do the safari treks.
http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/guides/animalkingdom/ak-africa-safari.htm