helpful hints before you go

• Young children wear out fast.  Consider a day at Disney and a day relaxing at home.  You will have 14 days to use the tickets no matter how many days you buy and your 14 days does not start until you go your first day. Thus, if you are in Florida for six days, then go to Disney for three.  Also, it is very time consuming to travel between parks during the same day, therefore, go to one park per day - a park hopper is not necessary.
• Look on line before traveling and decide which rides you want to go on.  Some are not appropriate for young children such as Snow White’s Scary Adventure and Stitch’s Great Escape.  Kid’s may want pen lights and should be warned that most Disney Rides have a dark portion and often have loud, surprising sounds.
• If you are there for a week, you will get caught at least once in a heavy afternoon downpour.  Carry ponchos!  (They are very cheap in Dollar stores or Wal-Mart, but are $6 or more at Disney and will rip after a few uses, so they are not worth spending a lot of on.)
• Plan to have children wear high quality gym shoes for long days at the park if they are not in a stroller.  Even crocks gave blisters, but gym shoes did well.  The only real problem with gym shoes is in a heavy rain.
• Have your tickets before you go.  Disney stores sell tickets at the same price, but then you avoid shipping fees.  Some friends have had great luck ordering discounted tickets through dwtickets.com, however, I have never done that and do not know anyone working for the site.
• Places to look on line before visiting: Orlando Visitors Bureau, mousesavers.com, and allearsnet.com
• Dressing in matching shirts will feel silly, but will be easier to keep your family together and enables cast members to see how many are in your group when getting on rides.  People are less likely to cut you off too.
• Write cell phone numbers on the inside of your child’s shirt and show them it is there.