How young is too young to really enjoy Orlando

[beer snob]

Just curious to see other peoples opinion.

I am bringing my two three year olds (they turn four while we are down there next month. I think four years old is about as young as you can be and still "appreciate" being down there. My oldest was almost four when we brought her the first time (mine and my wife's first time also) and she talked about everything she saw, especially the Haunted House, for at least a year after. We went down again when she was almost six and she remembers that trip better.

What do you think, how old should your kids be, before you spend the money on such a big vacation?

[Cruella DeVilla]

We discussed this recently and decided that any children younger than 4/5 would not appreciate it all. ALthough it must be great to see the looks on wee ones faces. I queued up to meet Tigger when I was 33 and what a picture that made!!!!

[christhear]

We took our son for the first time when he was a few months below 3. This meant that we didn't have to pay for theme parks for him. We then went again when he was 5 and a half.
Sam spoke about his first trip quite a lot and often got his autograph book out to read who had read it. His one aim on the second trip was to get donald Ducks autograph as he did not get this first time. Admittedly we could go on a lot more rides on the second trip, but Sam does still remeber both trips. Now we have a villa he will have a lot more trips to remeber!

[LiesaAnna]

i think 4 years is a great age!!!!!!!
dont know about the flights tho' my kids when they were that young suffered with bad ears constantly and the 10 hour flight from the uk could have been bad for the ears, but we did the Butlins thing when they were small now theyre grown up there ears are fine, our daughter was 7 when we first went to florida and she loved every minute of it all!!!!!!!!
i dont think it matters what age you take them...........
personnal choice!!!!!!!!

My youngest is 3 next month, we were out during August and she still talks about every thing we did including hurricane Charley! I personally think its great at any age, but then we go everyear.[8)]

[Mo Green]

My children were 4 and 6 when we first went there and were young enough to think all the characters were real so it was worth it just to see the looks on their faces.

Maureen

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[amy]

Amy was 6 months the first time so we drove round the florida coastline as we knew it would be a few years before we could do it again once she realised about the parks. Wetook her back at 20 months she knew pooh and his friends, For her 2nd bithday party we met with friends at chef Mickeys she tells everyone about her mickey party, when you ask her about parties. Ask her where she is going for holidays she says either amy's disney house or minnies place! Our friends little one just asks about going to the other house in Flolida to see the cuddly guys.
Seeing the magic on her face and the reaction is fantastic, the excitment now she knows more builds on our excitment, but who needs a child to go to Disney we went 5 times before she arrived!

[Nostromo]

It depends on what your definition of "enjoy" is. To my mind, to really enjoy something like Orlando, you must be able to have a lot of fond memories of your experiences afterwards. Therefore kids less than 5 years old would miss out to a large extent even if they appeared to be enjoying it at the time. I think 6 years and above would be the right age.

[CarolAnn]

I think 4 is pretty good!! Though I have no regrets at all that we took our daughter for the first when she was 17 months! I remember it as a great hol, and we didn't pay for her to go in the parks then, and most of the things we were prepared to go on, suited her too[8D]However, I have pictures of her screaming when ever a character came anywhere near her, ok at a distance, but not close[msnscared]Now, at 12 she does ALL the scary rides by herself, while her whimpy parents wait for herand Rugby tackles a character if they attempt to move away before she has had her obligatory tourist shot with them

[jolliffee]

If you are taking your kids then you'll enjoy it, there is so much for that age group; when I took my three year old she thought it was great and thinks she still remembers it. Just do the little kids stuff; you will not get on those big rides but the photos of the little ones will be with you forever. Just keep it simple.[msnsmile2]