WDW with the Abbott's

In January we had a nice visit to the Mouse and stayed at Bay Lake Tower.
We really liked staying at BLT. It was a nice walk to magic kingdom, and I liked having the monorail as well.
Some of our Disney tips for toddlers...
We love going to Disney, It truly is the happiest place on Earth! I like that there is always something to do if we choose to do it.
The Disney dining plan for us pays for itself! Because, we do all the character dinings and they're buffet you never go hungry.
Reservations are key! 180 days in advance!
We did Cinderella's Royal Table, it was expensive. Cindy, land Arial, casual belle, aurora, snow white are there. Yes they stop briefly at every table for a picture and autograph. Cindy doesn't, she takes 1 picture with you, it's included in the price. Get a reservation for before the park opens!!! You can then get on Dumbo without a wait! If your trip is more about characters and you want to save some cash... For free-Arial is in Arial's grotto complete in her mermaid costume. 3 other princesses are found in mickeys country fair tent/store (but its closing in May), the faeries are also there. Mickey and Minnie are a house over in mickeys house area. The wait for Ariel is a little long, princesses are 45 min. Faeries are longer 60-90. These setup are cool they put you in a room in a group of 5 so it feels very special! I like the Epcot princess meal better, it's cheaper, not as rushed, and the princess took their time. Belle is the main act there. Jasmine and Aladdin can be found in Maraco (?) in a back store or sometimes by the lake. She's a hard one because she's half naked so she gets cold. Every 45 min. She needs a break! Pocahontas is at Animal kingdom... My husbands favorite!
Website we like...
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PARKS
Magic kingdom is where we spend all our days. There is 2 rides for this age set that are the longest waits Dumbo, Pooh, and 3 if you include the gran pre race.
Dumbo first! While waiting at Dumbo Send someone for fast passes for pooh, then do the car races, depending on time do Buzz light year or tea cups. Do Pooh, get a fast pass for peter pan, then do small world, take a break, do pan. She also enjoys Aladdin's magic Carpet ride and Big thunder rail road!
Animal kingdom is a half day for us. For us, We go to Animal kingdom right when it opens, We sometimes do the character breakfast here, before opening, and send Neil to get fast passes for the safari, and do the Safari first. The Animals are woken up and fed in the AM. It also has a long wait. Next to the Safari is Rafiki's animal watch. U get on a train and get off, take a WALK, and there's a petting zoo. After that, we do the Dino "dumbo" ride, There is a Nemo stage show that's supposed to be good, and its on its way to Dino land never went because Ellen wasn't interested. There are characters in the Dino dumbo area. Then we leave because that's pretty much it. The Tree of Life has a 4d bugs life movie, Freaked Ellen out but it's really neat. The other rides are height restricted or too scary. There's another character area in the Camp Minnie/Mickey Area We seen Pochatonas there.
Epcot....They have the Nemo ride, aquarium, Space ship earth, Ellen's energy ride, Journey into imagination, the imaginarium and world show case. Mexico has a boat ride that features the 3 cabrellos (I suck at spelling & Spanish) There's also a really good ride Soarin. Where you fly on hang gliders over different places (get a fast pass. You can also find the fab 5 (Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto, and Goofy) near the front in one of the inside corridor places, also in England the toy shop in the way back, Pooh, Tigger, and Eyore hang out.
Hollywood Studios is a waste of time. They have about 3 things for us to do. Playhouse Disney show, Toy story ride (FAST PASS FIRST THING UPON ARRIVAL!!!!), and the honey i shrank the audience play area. The Muppet's have a 4d movie but it's not up Ellen's alley, but I will say this is not scary or as scary as bugs life , The movie ride is got a few scary scenes (aliens).