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[quote=Anonymous]We took our twins when they were 2.5 years old and they loved the experience.  Now at 4, they still talk about going to "Mickey's House" and the fun they had.

We went at a low-peak time (early May) and for many things we didn't need the fast passes for.  I put one in for the meet and greet with Mickey Mouse on Main Street and it was unexpectedly one of the highlights of our trip.  When we got there the regular line was 75 minutes wait.  We were in with Mickey 15 minutes after we arrived, thanks to the FP+.  We got a number of cute family photos and the kids still love to see the photo (one of the photos is the screen background on my laptop which I take when we're traveling, so they see it when we travel) and it incites more talk about going to Mickey's house again.

As for naps, for the first time in my life, I paid the high prices to stay at the Contemporary Hotel and it was worth it, despite the various hassles.  We would get to the Magic Kingdom for rope drop, play until about 11:30, have lunch, do one or two things extra and then between 1:30-3:00, we would head back to the hotel.  Put the kids down for a two hour nap, head back to the parks and stay until they were falling asleep in the stroller.  They loved getting to stay up late and see things they might not normally see (like the fireworks show over the park and the electric light parade).  The nap was so important.  The location was worth it because we could leave the park, go back, have a 2 hour nap, snack and be back in the park 4 hours from when we left.  There is no way we would have been able to do anything less than 5.5 hours anywhere other than right on the monorail.  So we got to maximize our park-time because we stayed on the monorail.  Now that the kids are moving away from naps, we don't necessarily need to be right on the monorail, but it was so worth it to pay the upcharge back then.[/quote]

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