1st Disney trip with the twins!!

lovebugkim

Hello MoM's!! It's been awhile since I've posted on here thanks to working FT & trying to spend as much time as I can with my babies. I miss reading about everyone's appointments and how things are going. I'm sure I've also missed many births, but Congrats to all the new MoM's out there and I can't wait to catch up!!

Anyways, we are taking Gavin & Gage to Disney for their 1st time (DH & I have been a couple times.) I've been reading up on the disboards, but find a lot of that overwhelming at times. I know before I went missing a few months back one of you had just gone. We will be staying on Disney property, taking advantage of their transportation, & I've read about skipping the line if you have kids. The boys will be turning 10 months old while we are there & I can't wait to see their expressions!!  

Any tips & advice would be very appreciated!!

LakeGenevaBride

Orangesmoke is there right now.  This is her second trip to Disney with the twins.  When she gets back I bed she would have some advice for you.

kzawisl

How do you skip the line if you have kids? I used to work at Walt Disney World and never heard this (there are tricks to line-skipping, but having kids isn't one....everyone at WDW has kids!). my advice (not as a mom yet, just as an observer) is to bring an easily maneuverable stroller and snacks and build naps into your sched!

Rangergal9

You might want to bring two lightweight umbrella strollers cause my friend just went and said it was a PITA with the stroller on the shuttles because she had to take her kids out and fold them up every time.

lovebugkim

LakeGenevaBride:

Orangesmoke is there right now.  This is her second trip to Disney with the twins.  When she gets back I bed she would have some advice for you.

That's right!! I remember orangesmoke had planned her trip, but there was someone else who had went and I believe she had twins girls and a singleton... Just can't remember who.  

lovebugkim

kzawisl:

How do you skip the line if you have kids? I used to work at Walt Disney World and never heard this (there are tricks to line-skipping, but having kids isn't one....everyone at WDW has kids!). my advice (not as a mom yet, just as an observer) is to bring an easily maneuverable stroller and snacks and build naps into your sched!

It's called Rider Swap or Child Swap. You get a fast pass, then when it's your turn to ride the ride, you enter the fast pass line with your child(ren), you ask the cast member for the rider swap pass. They then give you a pass that allows up to 3-4 people to ride the ride, while someone waits with the kids. When they are done, the person who had to wait gets to swap and ride it!! 

kzawisl

Oh right! I thought you meant skipping the line altogether!  Child swaps are a godsend.

ougrad1

We have a mom's disney planning group of facebook that many of us are on.  If you'd like to join it PM me your email and I'll add you.  There are several of us from this board in the group.

We just got back in December and only took my singleton but:

1.  Stay as close to MK as you can.  We stayed at Contemporary.

2.  Use GardenGrocer.com to order essentials so you don't have to travel with them.

3.  I used Orlando stroller rental.  The stroller was at bell services when we arrived and we dropped it back at bell services when we left.

4.  Go EARLY-like at rope drop and come back to nap after lunch.

Let me know if you want to join the FB group...it really is great for information/planning.

 

volgirl123

No advice, but I just want to say have fun!! I would love to go so I am looking forward to hearing how it goes!

cocojack10

We went with the boys for their first birthday in November, and honestly, Dh and I are still traumatized... however, I will say, we didn't plan the trip.  We tagged along for niece/nephew's bdays so SIL planned the trip, and we didn't do things how I would have done them to accommodate the boys.

I was scared about taking the shuttles bc of logistics of double stroller (bumbleride), potentially 2 sleeping babies, and all the baby gear from the park. However, I was pleasently surprised!  The drives would help us get on... wouldn't let anyone one until we were settled, so gave DH time to help me carry both boys while he folded stroller, etc.

Tips - We did MK night event, and got there too late, so boys didn't get to see much past 8:30pm bedtime.  Not much to do at Epcot (our second day)... except a character breakfast at Vine & Dine and character photo spot.  Hollywood Studios has the Playhouse Disney section which is nice, but not very large.  

We bought a 3 day pass, but only used 2 days.  I really want to go back next month to visit MK early and spend the day there.  Let's see.

GL! 

mandi leigh

So glad you posted this-I was going to as well! I think we're going at about the same time-Mid-March? I would love to join the FB group as well to get some tricks-neither DH or I have been since HS

lovebugkim

mandi leigh:

So glad you posted this-I was going to as well! I think we're going at about the same time-Mid-March? I would love to join the FB group as well to get some tricks-neither DH or I have been since HS

Yep!! We will be there on the 17th? How about you?