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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Odd responses, OP. Assuming you are a competent parent, it's totally doable.  We are from Florida. I took my kids to Disney all the time by myself. We have five.  Just keep expectations reasonable. It's not like your older kids are going to be riding the roller coasters.  Plan to get to the park when it opens.  Ride a few rides. Head back to the hotel and let the kids rest. Swim in the pool.  Then, when your DH gets free, maybe go back to the park for a couple of hours in the evening.  Get a double stroller so that you can switch the older kids in and out.  It's really not that hard!  You certainly don't need "help". Have fun! [/quote]

Her oldest is 8. She has a baby who is going to need diaper changes and feeding. The two middle kids are young enough to wander off. If you go "all the time," then you're in a familiar place, where I imagine you went with first one child, then two, then three, etc.. She isn't even going to know what to plan for, and her kids are going to make it hard for her to stop to read a map or spend time figuring out things on her phone.[/quote]

Disney has created this myth that visiting the parks requires all kinds of advanced planning and purchasing.  Like it's some kind of magical place where reality is suspended.  It's not.  It's an amusement park.  That's it. You don't have to do everything in the park. She could easily focus on just one small section. Her kids are young enough that they'll have a blast even if they don't see the whole park.  My oldest was 10 when my youngest was born so I certainly understand the challenges. But really, with managed expectations, it won't be that difficult.   [/quote]

I'm the poster who responded to the original post in this set. I have four, we went in November last year, my oldest was 7. I have a really good idea what the OP is in for, and even reading the damn map is difficult if your 6-year-old may wander around the corner to look at something while you're also wrangling a baby. Even at off-peak, the parks are crowded, there are not a lot of places for kids to "play" that aren't walking paths and lines, and this poster is going to have at least two in a stroller, which means her hands will be full. If she were very familiar with Disney, this would make sense, but, no, I don't think she'll feel like it was worth $300 to take her kids to the park and have them cry because all they did was wander around.

Another adult will make this enjoyable, OP. OF COURSE you CAN do this, but it's not going to be fun.

And, FWIW, my 6 and 7 year olds wanted to ride every roller coaster they were tall enough for (the 7 year old was tall enough for all of them). They would have been really disappointed to not do any of the rides the very small 5-year-old and the 2-year-old couldn't do. They aren't so young that they'll be "thrilled" just to be there. Her 8-year-old can read, for god's sake. With another adult, you can do rider swap if you have fast passes.

After all the money you'll spend on tickets, spend some more on a sitter. You will be happier, and the kids will be happier.[/quote]

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