To Change or Not To Change ?

[LeeAnn]

Need help planning my day. On this particular day, we will be arrive early (before park opens) for CRT. We'll have lunch @ CS. and plann to stay for the 3P Parade.

Here is my dilemma...


We're celebrate our 10th Anniversary w/ 2 small kids. We made ADR for Citricos @ GF since it was just a short monorail away.

Do we go back to SOG to change to dressier clothes for a 5:30P ADR (5:00P is my kids usuall dinnertime)? If we leave right after the parade @ 3P. Do we have enough time to drive to and from and change? AND do we drive to GF or to MK since we plan to return to MK?

OR wear somewhat dressy clothes in the park and hope no one makes a mess.

OR do we bring clothes w/ us to the park and rent a locker. Change @ MK hop on the monorail to GF.

Note my DS won't have a nap that day (which worry me a bit). The car ride back could be a short nap or maybe trying going to the Baby Center.

We want our anniversary to be special w/o too much craziness. Is this possible?

All my other day's plan have a nap or early night so I'm not worried. This day is our first full day at the park. Is it overload?

Thanks for your help.

 

[staci]

Well, its hard to say without knowing your children. Will they be able to nap in the stroller?

I think if it were me, and my ds, and I knew he couldnt nap in the parks, I would plan on going to CRT then exploring the park. Then I would go back to the room around lunchtime, and see if a nap were possible in either the car or the room, get changed, and try to make it back for the 3 pm parade. Then I would just head over to GF after that. Then you could go back into MK at night, this would also help avoid midday crowds.

I would be real nervous taking my son into GF after a whole day of no naps, but that is my son and your children may be much more patient than mine!

However, if you think your nappers may be able to relax in the parks, then you may be able to just find a quiet corner of the MK to rest in. If this is not the first day of your trip, you will have an idea of how your children are handling the change of routine and the excitement of the parks, and you may have to just wait till you get there to decide.