Tips For First Visit to Disney World Orlando

11 Tips For Surviving Your First Trip to Walt Disney World

January 20, 2013

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Get or Rent a Stroller

Your stroller will be your "home base" during your day in the park. It will help mama shuttle the kids between rides (the distances can be longer than they look on a map) and will be your resting spot for your things while riding on them.

Even kids who haven't ridden in a stroller in years will tire out from the pace of a Disney trip. Before heading to Florida, someone suggested renting a double stroller at the park rather than bringing my own single umbrella stroller. While my 6-year-old didn't end up spending much time in it, we appreciated the extra space. The biggest surprise for me was that we could leave our diaper bag (minus any valuables) in the stroller while we rode the rides. It was perfectly safe, and everyone in the park was doing it!

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by Rebecca M Gruber 6

Get or Rent a Stroller

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6 Comments

aprilallard 14 weeks 3 days

love this! great pics! we are going in april (first time with kids...we have been alone once before). it's going to be tough, but i am really excited. i want to know how much the stroller rental was in the park for a double?? thanks!

rmfranze 1 year 8 weeks

This is a great list! I would also recommend doing the disney hotel, because that gets you extra hours at the park, free shuttles between parks/hotel, and pickup/drop off at the airport. A meal plan is also a good investment. There are plenty of websites that will help you get a great deal on them. For my husband and I, we did the basic plan (a snack, usually our breakfast, a stand up, usually our lunch, and a sit down, which we made reservations for) and it cost us $50 a day for both of us. That may seem like a lot until you look at what just your dinner bill would have been...most times it was $70-$80 to get all the things included in the meal plan dinner. Another bonus, if you ask the wait staff for the recipe for something, they are supposed to give it to you. Good luck on future planning!

Susi May 1 year 10 weeks

I am not so afraid now — thanks for the tips!

Bloomdl 1 year 11 weeks

These tips are invaluable & couldn't come at a better time! I've just started planning our first real family vacation with our daughter who will be 5 in December when we go. We have lodging arranged, now I'm trying to plan all the details but since it's been, oh, about 25 yrs since my last trip, I was clueless. Now I feel much more prepared, thanks to you!

inbliss01 1 year 11 weeks

wow! these tips are really good! If you did all these things you definitely did better than me. Our first time at Disney was amazing...but it was tough! glad you had fun!

Nancy Einhart 1 year 12 weeks

These are great tips. Honestly, I love Disney World, and I kind of want to go right now. I haven't been since they had the FastPass or rider switch things; what a smart idea!