My wife and I went to Walt Disney World in Florida for our honeymoon, and we had been back twice since, but neither of us had been in 10 years. Our kids, 4 and 8 yrs old, had never been. Some of their classmates had been and they were aware vaguely that it was somewhere they wanted to go. Our oldest even described it as his "dream" to go to Walt Disney World. Becky's parents announced to us last fall that they would like to take all of us and we decided to plan for this year's Spring Break. We told the kids at Chrsitmas and they've been counting down the days on the calendar. Disney World did not disappoint.
We stayed in the Polynesian Resort which gave us great transportation options to every location on the resort property, including riding the Monorail to Epcot and the Magic Kingdom, and even shuttling around by boat (both much more enjoyable than the Disney buses). The Polynesian had a pool with a steaming volcano rising out of one side of it that the kids enjoyed. We hit all of the major parks - first Epcot, then Animal Kingdom, the Magic Kingdom, and the newly renamed Disney Hollywood Studios. We took a day off in the middle and had a leisurely brunch at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, and midday fishing excursion for the guys while the ladies were shopping, and a performance that evening of La Nouba by Cirque du Soleil in their own dedicated theater in Downtown Disney. Becky and I even got a night to ourselves while the grandparents watched the boys where we dined at the top-tier California Grill and partied (gently) at Pleasure Island (mostly taking in a few comedy shows).
The parks were the highlights of course and were universally loved by all of us. They had fun mixes of thrill rides, educational experiences, shows and playscapes that the kids could burn off steam on. The weather was fairly reasonable - warm most days but not sweltering with a couple of annoying rain showers that are typical for this time of year. We were disappointed in having to leave, but we vowed to go back again someday.
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