Traveling with 18mos and 5yo

[2tinkerbells]

Does anyone have any suggestions about traveling to WDW w 18mo DD and 5yo DD? I have not been to WDW in 15 years and do not remember the attractions and dining. We are staying at CB and are using the Dining Plan. I have made reservations at Chef Mickey's breakfast, Cinderella's Table for lunch, and Crystal Palace for breakfast. I was considering Ohana and Boma. Any suggestions for a less worrisome trip will be helpful.

 

[NU2WDW]

My suggestion is that you get a copy of the Unofficial Guide and read it thoroughly. Join the website (just 8 bucks for a year's subscription). We just got back from two weeks in WDW with our girls (13, 5, 4, and not quite 3) , first trip in 20 years for either DH or myself. We followed the advice and tour plans from the UG and I am completely sold. They were right about crowd levels, which days to avoid which parks (boy, were they right about that one!) and generally what to do, when. I was amazed at how few lines we had to wait in and even more amazed at how many people didn't seem to be following a plan!

Have fun & happy planning!

 

[2tinkerbells]

thanks for the advice, I bought it this morning. Any suggestions on eating?

 

[NU2WDW]

We stayed off-site in a house so we did most of our meals there, but here are some places we went. Most of these are counter service only -- check the Restaurant board for table service reviews and help with DDP reservations.

Cinderella dinner at 1900 PF -- excellent buffet, good character interaction, very noisy
Crystal Palace breakfast -- excellent buffet except for the bacon (truly awful IMO), VERY noisy and bit "rushed" feeling, fun characters, my girls enjoyed this even more than meeting Cinderella!
Pecos Bills, Frontierland/MK -- really good food and one of the better values IMO -- very large portions, lots of seating (albeit backless stools)
Columbia Harbor House, MK -- nothing to write home about, go to Pecos Bills
Earl of Sandwich, DTD -- Yum yum yum to the cobb salad! Service was extremely chaotic (maybe they were new?) Kids were a little leary of warm PB&J but they liked it.
Pizzafari, Animal Kingdom -- Ehh. Wish we done Flame Tree Barbeque as it gets good reviews

HTH!