https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 10:13:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411777 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 18:31:54 +0000 babybysurprise 2411777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are taking DD the first week of February for her 2nd birthday. I know she won't remember it but I think it will be fun and us and her grandparents (my inlaws are coming). Kids under 3 are free, and we are planning to share our food with her (meal plan). At the buffet places they don't mind if you get them their own plate so I know we are doing a few of those. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411770 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 18:19:59 +0000 Keybee 2411770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411737 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:47:15 +0000 birdofafeather 2411737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBehr: she slept all day and DH and i took turns wearing her. nursing her was a nice break in the day for all of us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411706 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:07:45 +0000 pinkcupcake 2411706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't plan on taking her until age 4. We've been to other amusement parks (like Lotte world in Seoul) at age 2 and 3. Both times were fun but she was pretty overwhelmed and got scared easily at age 2. She was only able to really enjoy about 2 hours before she got tired and exhausted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411696 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 16:56:08 +0000 Autumnmama79 2411696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Age 3! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411694 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 16:52:17 +0000 MamaBehr 2411694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: I'm glad the six week old was easy! Everyone thinks I'm nuts bringing a ten week old when we go in March, but he's getting dragged along because my older kids are at a great age to go! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411686 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 16:41:33 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2411686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've done 18 and 30 months and both times were super fun </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411644 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 16:22:55 +0000 autumnlove 2411644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO 2 had fun at 13 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411634 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 16:14:11 +0000 gingerbebe 2411634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Yoyo: Haha, I felt like such a grinch saying what I did. DH is similarly not interested in Disney any time soon so we were like "this would be a perfect thing to farm out to my brother as an uncle date!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411630 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 16:09:12 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 2411630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: Are you me? We spent a few days at Disney World with the kids over the holiday (not my idea). I would have rather been anywhere. else. Like anywhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411608 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:57:19 +0000 808love 2411608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took LO at 2.8 years and she definitely, absolutely loved it! :) And the surprising thing is, so did we!!<br /> I was NOT a Disney person at all when we begrudgingly took her. I just wanted to get the discount (2 year olds are free) and get it over with! :)</p> <p>Something happened while in the parks! DH and I did not believe in Disney Magic or anything (LOL!) but it was AMAZING!! I'm hooked, as in addicted, and haven't looked back since! LO is looking forward to it too...but I think I'm most excited. I love the planning phases. So go if you want to go with LO...or go even if you kinda don't want to go-like me the first time with LO- and see how you like it! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411596 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:48:31 +0000 jmarionsmith 2411596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took my son at 20 months and he LOVED it, then took him again at 2.5 and of course he loved it then. My 6 month old daughter came with us for the second trip and while she was just along for the ride most of the time, she definitely enjoyed seeing everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411592 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:47:23 +0000 birdofafeather 2411592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just took both kids at just under 3 years and 6 weeks old. It was exhausting but really fun. DD1 hated some rides we thought she would love, was freaked out by Mickey until the end of day 2, loved meeting princesses, loved the light parade, passed out in the stroller both days from exhaustion. The 6 week old was the easy one! 😜 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411586 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:45:53 +0000 ModernDayJibarita 2411586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We plan to take the LO close to his 3rd birthday, so it'll still be free but he'll be the oldest possible. We would probably go back between when he's 5/6. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411557 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:29:58 +0000 Charm54 2411557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: definitely. Plus it's going to cost us a lot more than we expected with the Canadian dollar sinking faster than the Titanic these days. Waahh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411530 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:13:35 +0000 kodybear 2411530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we live near disneyland so we had season passes when dd was 1-2 yo and ds was 0-6mo. ds obviously didn't care but dd liked taking it all in but it was hard to go on many rides since its always so crowded and hot in the summer. it wasn't until she was a little past 2 that she really got more into it. we didn't renew after that because it was harder to find time to go.i think now at 3 she'd love it, but we'd have to buy her own pass which would make the passes so much money! so maybe in the future we'll get passes again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411527 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:11:20 +0000 HabesBabe 2411527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Charm54: She totally will at that age! I just meant that if you were shelling out thousands for hotel, airfare (if applicable), tickets, food, etc. I would wait until 4ish instead of "saving" a few hundred on a ticket for a 2 year old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411526 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:10:06 +0000 AprilFool 2411526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took LO at 19mths and had a blast! If only it wasn't so far away for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411524 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:08:11 +0000 Charm54 2411524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: that's a good point...we are only taking her this young because my extended family is planning the trip in March so we decided to go along with them. Had it just been DH, DD and I we would have likely waited until she was 4. I still think she will have a blast at 2.5 though ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411523 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:07:04 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2411523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say its really good for any age but after about a year they will really actually enjoy it.</p> <p>We took my daughter around 20 months and she loved it (wasn't scared). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411521 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:05:51 +0000 HabesBabe 2411521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you are going as a family early on anyway, an infant and toddler would enjoy it. Bonus is that they are free until they turn 3 years old, so it wouldn't be an extra expense UNLESS you were planning the entire trip around them. If that was the case, I would wait until they were a little older to invest that much towards a trip. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411518 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:03:06 +0000 mauxie 2411518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think DS was just over a year old when we started our annual passes. He was walking well and the weather was cool-ish. He loooooves it and now and at almost 2 is very aware of the rides, parades, characters, etc. Also, our kids nap well (2+ hours) in the stroller so I think that plays a factor. Don't wanna be dealing with overstimulated kids! </p> <p>We'll take LO3 as an infant since we go anyway and I don't want to leave him with anyone, but our trips will probably be more low-key. Sometimes we just do a few hours/couple rides. I think Disneyland is rather baby friendly since you can babywear on many rides and they have the Baby Care centers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411504 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:55:44 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2411504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think @erinpye took her daughter at 18 months and said there was lots for her to do and enjoy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411503 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:54:47 +0000 gingerbebe 2411503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry if I sound like a killjoy, but I grew up living down the street from Disneyland and had the "wonderful" task of having to usher every visiting family member through Disney my whole life and it led me to decide I will not take my kids to Disney or any large amusement park until at least 4 or 5 years old. Especially because the parks are even bigger and crazier and WAY more expensive than when I was a kid! The lines, the heat, the exhaustion, the expense, the pushing and minding of strollers, the tantrums, the long hours, going on a handful of boring, nausea-inducing rides (teacups, Dumbo, etc.) No thanks! That said, I am introverted, dislike crowds, and my son seems to be an introvert as well. </p> <p>I know people who have taken their babies since infanthood to Disney and have loved it, so do whatever your family will find enjoyable. I just don't see the point in spending so much time and money on things he doesn't understand or appreciate yet. I might consider going earlier if my son was like REALLY obsessed with a character or something, but I don't really think you are that cognizant until you're closer to 4. Plus they don't remember until then anyway! </p> <p>I do think its different for local folks who have an annual pass and can go whenever they like. Then its more like an activity you can do whenever, like ice cream and parade lights on Wednesdays, or family dinner and rides on a Thursday or something. But for like a big trip or something, I would totally wait. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411498 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:51:35 +0000 looch 2411498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: I had no idea my son would be afraid of them, but in hindsight it made sense...he was used to seeing these small characters on TV, but then he saw these giant things and it was game over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411496 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:50:20 +0000 Truth Bombs 2411496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I was going to make the point about characters and how it depends on your LO's personality. We considered going at 2.5 but our daughter was terrified of characters so we decided it wasn't worth it. Now that she's closer to 3.5 I know she would love it. But she has to wait because now her baby bro is here and he's too little to enjoy it 😜 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411482 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:43:07 +0000 looch 2411482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took our son at 2.5 and then again at 3.5 and I was shocked at what a difference a year made. At 2.5 for example, he was terrified of the characters. At 3.5, he was able to get pictures with them all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411478 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:41:35 +0000 Mrs. Microscope 2411478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Took DD at 12 weeks, she had a great time! Loved Small World, Tiki Birds, Winnie the Pooh, Peter Pan, parades, and fireworks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411476 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:40:41 +0000 Charm54 2411476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are taking DD this March for her first time at 2.5... That's when my parents started taking my sisters and I and they said it was good age. I'm not expecting to be able to do everything that I'm used to as an adult, but I do think she will be able to enjoy it. I can't wait to see her face when she meets Anna and Elsa!</p> <p>Our 5 month old will be staying home with my ILs though, because I have no interest in bringing a newborn to Disney! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/youngest-a-child-can-enjoy-disney#post-2411473 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:39:36 +0000 yoursilverlining 2411473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took LO at 14 months and she had a BLAST. She loved people-watching, loved touching things and had fun on several of the rides looking at everything. She also fell asleep and could be easily worn on more adult rides, like Pirates. </p>