We Survived Disney World

Last year when my husband and I were lying on the beach in Cape Cod we decided that in 2012 we were going to take our little girl to Disney World and boy am I glad we did!

Disney World is very magical. It is clean and everyone is so friendly and it brings out this happiness in children. I have never seen my daughter smile so much. She lite up whenever she saw a character, every time she did that my husband and I looked at one another with a big smile on our face pleased with this big trip we took.

Luckily I had a lot of friends who helped make sure I knew what were the major things we needed to do there. Again my little one is only 3 1/2 so we did not have to go too crazy in the things we did, even though she kept asking if she could go on splash mountain-which of course we didn't let her. Below are some great tips in helping your Disney experience be as magical as ours was. We are planning on heading back in 3 years when our little one is older to have her experience different things she could not experience at this age.

Must Do Activities When Visiting Disney World:

• Book a breakfast/lunch or dinner with the Characters. This is something you need to do 3-6 months in advance but it is so much fun! I booked a breakfast where my lil one met Jake the Pirate (which she has a crush on) Oso, Handy Manny and June from lil Einsteins. She loved it. Each Character comes to your table so your child guarantees to get a pic and autograph with them. The food was excellent and they even do a little dance party where the kids can go up and dance with them. It was a lot of fun and well worth it.
• Character Spot in Epot. Some people criticized my idea about visiting Epot because they did not think there were things for kids to do.I say shame on them because it was GREAT and believe it or not my daughter ended up seeing most of her favorite characters there vs. Magic Kingdom. My fav is the Character Spot, here you can meet Mickey and all his buddies, you have to wait in line but it is in doors and air conditioned. Your child gets a pic with every character and an autograph. So much fun and worth the wait.
• Disney Photopass: This is a great service they have. What you do is around the parks are photographers they will give you a photo card and take pictures of your family in the park, when meeting the characters ect...At the end of the trip log in and you can purchase these professional photos. Of course some of a little pricey but you can't put a price on memories.
• Food: Delicious food is an under statement for Disney World. EVERYTHING is sooo good and yes  a little pricey but not too bad, figure after visiting Yankee Stadium nothing seems as pricey as there! Must eat foods: Turkey legs- these are sooo good. For $10 one can feed 2 people. In Japan they have this frozen rainbow iced flavored goodness that is so refreshing on a hot day. France has my fav ham and cheese croissants at their cafe. Even the popcorn was delicious. You can not go wrong!

Disney brings out the kids in all of us and I am so glad we took the time to do this with our little one this year. It was a great time for us to bond as a family and do something magical for our daughter!

Disney 2012