We have flight (booked with points), off site hotel reservation, car rental and 6 day park tickets purchased for trip late January for a family of 3 to DW. Our oldest, 14 yr old will not be traveling with us. We went 10 yrs ago and I don't remember doing any planning then.
The 4 yr old who is going, doesn't watch tv and doesn't really know any characters except maybe Elsa (
lego set gift), Moana and has read some Mickey & friend and super hero & pet friends books. Of course
he is a very inquisitive kid who loves new experiences. Due to an eye surgery I haven't been able to do any planning or reservations and my husband's surgery (minor) last summer as well had made things tough. We are staying offsite due to one of us being
GF and lactose free and the other being currently on a very low fat diet so thought (wrongly perhaps, I see now) that a small pantry with microwave etc would help.
Since dining reservations are all but gone and quick service doesn't look very doable in our case, it will be work to pack most food daily. Also 30 days ahead FP may not be as good as 60 days prior (even though it's January). I am dreading the wait times without FP. The period when I would have to select the FP one day at a time, we are traveling, visiting family so it would be problematic though not impossible to keep checking and picking FP rides etc.
According to me, we should pay the 5% restocking fee for the tickets and get all else refunded and think of another time. I don't think we would do DW more than once. Per DH, we must go as we may not have another time during a low period, due to his work and health too is iffy in future and that we should take a chance since the 4 yr has already been told (though he is amazingly understanding and I don't think will mind the postponement to an indefinite date).DH of course has done zero reading and as I just started, I am realizing this needs more planning than even a 15 day trip to Europe! i would hate for this once in a lifetime trip to be below average or poor. What would you do?
We are not interested in any non-kiddie rides. 4 yr old is not yet 44" and does not nap so we would likely be done by 5ish.
Thank you for reading and comments from DW veterans really appreciated.