Navigating Disney

Posted under Disney by The Blonde Diaries on July 29th, 2008 8:50 am
This entry is part 13 of 20 in the series Disney Trip Planning

A couple of friends of mine just got back from Disney. It was their first trip together and also his son’s first trip to Disney. The trip was a very last minute decision both all parties involved and Mike and I were quite nervous upon hearing this back in mid-June. Being the Disney buffs we are, we know all the ins and outs and know about making our dining reservations 180 days out, how extra magic hours work, where to find the characters, etc. Unfortunately, our friends were planning with just 2 weeks to go and we just weren’t sure if they were going to come back loving or hating Disney.

We had dinner with them this past weekend and much to our happiness they had a great time and saw everything they wanted to. Their only complaint was the heat which is not something you can really change. One thing they did mention that I have heard from other people is they didn’t know how to gauge the rides with the 7 year old boy. He was tall enough and old enough to go on most if not all rides but he is afraid of the dark and therefore hated a few rides. This got me thinking. There has to be videos out there that people took while on the rides that you could use to gauge your comfort level for each ride. I headed over to YouTube and found my answer: there are tons!

So I am going through the weeding out process of too long or poorly shot videos and putting together a new series that will be debuting this afternoon called: Navigating Disney Rides. You can use these videos to see how fast, dark, and scary the rides are before you go to the parks and get in line. I will say these videos won’t give you the total experience of riding the ride but if you have small children or don’t like certain things like the dark or bumpy rides these videos should help you. I hope you enjoy this series as I have enjoyed working on putting it together the past few hours.

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2 Responses to “Navigating Disney”

  1. What a great idea! We do have this problem..sorta…Cameron just won’t get on rides…period. Maybe if you find a good one or two before we leave, I can show her and MAYBE convince her to ride a “big” ride.

    Kimberly @ AllAboutKimberlys last blog post..A New Page

  2. Let me know which ones you are looking for and I’ll try to find a good video or two. I just put up Soarin’ because it is a fabulous ride but one I can see people being wary of. I hope this helps people become a little adventurous when they go to Disney.

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