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Is Disney World Worth It With Young Children? Honest Answer From An Experienced Disney Mom
Apr 29, 2026
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Wanna know is Disney World worth it with young children? Here's my honest answer as a frequent and experienced Disney Mom!
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I get this question a lot, especially
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from other Disney moms like myself with
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younger kids, and that is, is Disney
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actually worth it at this age? And I
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think it's a fair question because it's
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a big investment, and it's not always
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the easiest trip. When I was traveling
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with my young kids, even with my baby
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when she was 3 months old, this question
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just never crossed my mind because I had
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a child that we had already traveled to
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Disney World with plenty of times. We've
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been traveling to Disney World since my
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now 7-year-old was a year and a half.
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So, once we had baby number two, it just
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wasn't a question anymore that I was
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asking myself and especially not anyone
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else. With that being said, I think that
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I have a little bit of experience in.
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This is right in my wheelhouse and I
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want to share with you guys what I have
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learned. I do not think that there is
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one simple answer because it really just
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depends on your expectations, your kids,
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and what you want the experience to feel
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like, but I can share what it has felt
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like for us going with younger kids and
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how my perspective has changed over
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time. One of the biggest things is that
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it's not going to look how you expect,
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unless you have been there with young
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kids multiple times and you kind of just
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already know what to expect. If that was
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the case, you probably wouldn't actually
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be asking that question or even on this
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video. The thing is that Disney with
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young kids just doesn't always look like
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what we picture. You imagine four days,
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big moments doing everything, but in
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reality, it's usually a bit slower than
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someone who doesn't have a baby. It's
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shorter days, more breaks, fewer rides.
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And sometimes that can feel
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disappointing at first if you are used
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to experiencing Disney, you know,
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child-free before you became a mom and
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if you are expecting something else or
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expecting your Disney days to look like
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a Disney goer that's not a parent. But
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as a Disney parent or as a Disney mom,
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once you adjust to that pace, it kind of
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just starts to feel different in a very,
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very good way. And it's something that I
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have truly learned to love. One funny
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thing that I always say when I'm talking
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to like all my other Disney friends is
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that I'm not a Disney adult. I'm a
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Disney mom. And they're like, "What's
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the difference? Is the same thing." And
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we joke. We joke about it. But here's
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the thing, you guys. I truly believe
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there's a difference. Disney moms can't
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Disney like Disney ads. If you disagree
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with me, comment down below. But if you
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agree with me, give this video a thumbs
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up. Young kids experience Disney
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differently than adult. And for that
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reason, adults traveling with young kids
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are also going to experience Disney
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differently than adults without young
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kids. Toddlers and young kids don't see
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Disney the same way as older kids do
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either, like teenagers. They're not
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thinking about checking things off a
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list. They're noticing small things. The
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music, the scenery, the colors, the
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sensory, simple interactions. And
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honestly, sometimes the most exciting
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thing for them isn't a ride, but it's
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just being there. I think that this is
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why the question comes up so often
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because Disney, it's expensive. And when
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you are spending that much, you want it
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to feel worth it. And for some families,
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that means waiting until kids are older.
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For others, it's something they choose
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to experience. Now, neither is wrong,
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but I do think it helps to go into it
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with realistic expectations for what
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you're actually paying for. For some
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Disney parents, Disney World can
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actually feel overwhelming. And I travel
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to Disney World multiple times a week
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before we actually lived near Disney
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property. We were traveling multiple
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times per year. Now we're going multiple
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times per week. I have experienced
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Disney with kids traveling across the
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country in an airplane as well as just
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driving 20 minutes away. And with that
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being said, there are still some days
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when Disney can feel overwhelming. It's
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not every day, but the reality is that
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Disney with young kids, especially like
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toddlers, babies, sometimes it can be a
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lot depending on the weather, the
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crowds, the stimulation, what you have
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planned for that day. And for moms,
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there's a lot to manage throughout the
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day. So, if you're someone who already
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feels stretched or overwhelmed easily,
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that is something to consider. It
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doesn't mean don't go, but it does mean
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that you might want to plan a slower and
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simpler version of the trip.
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In my opinion, the moments truly make it
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worth it. For me, it just it's worth
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doing. It's the small moments watching
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your child react to something new,
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seeing them recognize a character,
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seeing their little faces the first time
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that they're on the Disney rides, like
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Dumbo or It's a Small World, even
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Pirates of the Caribbean. The little
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interactions that you wouldn't get
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anywhere else. Those moments are simple,
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but they stay with you. And one thing
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that I have noticed is that when
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traveling with, you know, babies, if you
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start them early, if you are a Disney
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loving family and you just typically
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travel and vacation at Disney World
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often, the smaller you start with your
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little ones is what I'm trying to say,
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the more they kind of just get
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accustomed to it and used to it. And
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even having starting my baby off at 3
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months is different from starting my son
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off when he was almost 2 years old. You
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kind of just notice and see the
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difference in their love and their joy
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for Disney World itself, the rides and
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things like that. Because for my
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2-year-old son, it was something he
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never seen before. But for my now almost
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2year-old daughter, she has been to
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Disney World more times than I can even
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count. One of her favorite rides is
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Frozen Ever After. She loves that ride.
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She loves Mickey and Minnie's Runaway
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Railway, and she has loved that one
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since she was a year old. And I've seen
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many different, you know, conversations
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surrounding Disney World, the rides,
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what it's like for babies. And it's, you
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know, really just depending on you, your
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children, what they like and their
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temperament and things like that. But
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again, I truly believe that the younger
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you start them off, the easier it's
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going to be for you. Especially when
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introducing them to new rides, if they
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have a sibling, all the better because
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some children, they get on those rides
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for the first time and they hate it. And
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we have to experience that with either
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of our children thus far. And that's
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completely different from how I was
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growing up as a child. And so basically
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what I'm trying to say is, you know,
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children eventually get used to it. Even
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if the very first time you take them
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young, it can be a lot. I would like to
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say that the second time it gets better,
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the third time even better, by the
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fourth time they're like a pro. And you
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find what really works for your family.
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the perfect nap times, the perfect time
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of day to go, the perfect snacks to
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bring or to purchase at the parks and
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eat. The perfect places to go and get
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downtime even when the baby care centers
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are crowded because sometimes,
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ironically, the baby care center isn't
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always the best way to go get downtime,
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unless you are a nursing parent. And
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this is a video that I feel like I'm
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going to have to make separately because
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a lot of parents go thinking that the
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baby care center is the place to go if
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you need downtime after a long day. I
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have found this to be true in Universal
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because a lot of Universal goers don't
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actually utilize the baby care center
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surprisingly and it's because it is
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definitely like a further walk and a
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little bit harder to find and it's
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smaller and it is less, you know, open.
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Going into the baby care center at
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Universal, it's always a quiet, intimate
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experience versus Disney. Sometimes it
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is overwhelming unless I'm in the
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nursing care center where typically
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everyone goes in there feed their
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babies. They're quiet. They leave out.
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Every once in a while you get a parent
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who is kind of just like, I'm just going
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to stay in here all day long. My baby's
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not eating, but we're just relaxing. But
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that's not always the case. Now, in the
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lobby area, especially particularly at
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Magic Kingdom, it is, I tell you,
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sometimes it can be loud. The kids are
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running around, TV's on, the dads are in
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there, the moms are in there, the
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grandmas, the younger kids, the older
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kids. It can be a lot. And so, if you
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want to know the perfect places to go
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and get downtime with your little ones
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in the Disney parks outside of the baby
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care center, go ahead and subscribe to
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this video because I'm going to be doing
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a separate video talking about the
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perfect places to go in Disney World
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with young kids. And if you haven't seen
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it already, also watch this video next
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where I'm telling you guys the best
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Disney World rides to do with little
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ones as well. So, I hope that you guys
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enjoyed this video and that it has been
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helpful. Let me know what you think. Is
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Disney World worth it with young
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children? I'm going to give it a big fat
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yes, but I want to know what you guys
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think,