We are going in a week and I am trying to decide if we should do Animal Kingdom with a 3 1/2 yo and 17mo. Thoughts? What can/can't you do with this age? And it did not even cross my mind but I am guessing that DD cannot do the safari b/c she is too little.
Jen - Mom to two December 12 babies
Nathaniel 12/12/06 and Addison 12/12/08
Re: Disney's Animal Kingdom - yes or no and ?
This except we really liked Hollywood studios too.
We took the boys to AK when they were 2.5. We didn't like it at all...thought it was really boring and not much to see..esp for the price. We also took them to Sea World at that age and they (and we) LOVED it. Sea World also has an option where you can buy a pass for the same price as a one day ticket, and come back as much as you want through the end of the year. I'm not sure if it was for Florida residents or not (we are not), but they didn't check and actually a worker was the one who suggested we buy it. We went back a couple times, even.
We went to MK this year (age 3.5) and we all loved that, too. If I could choose, I'd do MK and Sea World again for sure! I will not be returning to AK.
ditto, my kids loved it too, they were 4 3/4 and 20 months old. They loved all of the parks.
Our kids were almost 4 and a little over 2. AK was great. The Lion King and Finding Nemo performances are not to be missed. There is very little they can do at either Hollywood Studios or Epcot, and for those ages, I'd recommend skipping those two parks entirely. We did AK 2 days (with going back to the resort for naps) and it still wasn't enough. We were there 6 days and if I could do it over again, I'd split it 3 days in MK and 3 days in AK.
There is no age or height limit for the safari, I don't think.
We leave for Disney in a week too! Our trip sounds like yours. We are planning to do MK, AK and SeaWorld. We did get the buy one day get one day free at SeaWorld. We are staying w/in a few minutes from there so we plan to do two 1/2 days at SeaWorld. I have a 5yo girl, 2.5yo boy and 3mo. I've been to AK before and we enjoyed it. My 2.5yo loves animals and I've heard it's a great place to see the characters. My 2 will enjoy the shows as well, they love Nemo and the Lion King is great.
I know its expensive but I'm thankful AK won't take all day b/c it will be nice to leave when it gets too hot. My friend who lives in Orlando has a 3.5yo and they LOVE seaworld.
Hope you have an awesome trip!