Introducing myself

Welcome to the best WDW forum around, and Congratulations on your honeymoon trip. I've heard great things about the Art of Animation. I'm looking forward to staying there myself sometime.

Lauren

Hello Lauren and welcome to WDWForGrownups! Happy to have you and we will try to help you in anyway we can. If you are interested in any table service meals, I would deffinetly recommend making ADR's (Advance Dining Reservations). Now that doesn't mean you couldn't walk up and get in somewhere, but it's much better to have ADR's then not.

Now , how much money to take, we'll that's really totally up to you! Everyone spends differently, espescially in WDW! Everyone has different opinions on how expensive things are there too. For meals, the cost of the meals in Disney World are not much off from what we usually pay at home on a night out. To some people its totally outrageous and they won't pay the prices. To each their own. Check out the menus on Allears.net, they are the most up to date (usually). You can figure out prices for meals and get an average of what you might need money per day wise.

Drinks are expensive, that's all ill say about that. Souvenirs, hey all I can say is Scrappy, my DW, one trip she set the record, in the MK 15 minutes, $600 GONE , and on one thing, a painting.

Lauren. You've come to the right place for information. Everyone here is very helpful and we all have one thing in common....WE ALL LOVE DISNEY!

Welcome Lauren! We have a lot in common: I'm leaving for my Disney honeymoon in under 2 weeks and it's my first adult trip and my fiance (soon to be husband's!) first trip at all! I'm sure you'll have an awesome time...and Disney is great with special diets, especially vegetarian. I'm sure it won't be that much of a problem for you!!

Lauren. All ears is great with menu prices and this forum is great with sharing our experiences. Most places have amazing fish dishes.

Hello Lauren and to our friendly group of Disney lovers. We are a very friendly and courteous group and happy you decided to join us and look forward to you being with us for a long time.

Hi and Lauren! Do you know what section at AoA you're hoping to stay in?

Welcome Lauren!!

Love Little Mermaid! Hope you come back with lots of pictures!

No worries Lauren, Disney has lot of options for vegetarians! I've heard many say that it's actually easier for them to eat out at Disney than it is at home. Check out AllEar.net Menus section http://allears.net/menu/menus.htm they have every menu from every restaurant across the property. If you look down the left hand column at that link about half way down you'll even find a list of links that talk all about eating vegetarian at Disney.

And Welcome!

Hello Lauren and Welcome!!...so glad you have decided to join our lovely group!...I'm sure you and Bob will thoroughly enjoy staying on property....we have always stayed on property since we've been married (our delayed honeymoon/1st year anniversary trip was to Disney as well) and always use Disney transportation for everything. Looking forward to your posts!

Welcome, Lauren!!

It sounds like you're already full-swing into planning a magical trip across the pond for you and the hubs!

Haven't gotten a chance to eat there yet, but it looks like the AoA restaurant has a fabulous, fresh, healthy menu! You may be able to find a lot of things you're able to eat/you'll want to eat there!

I would recommend doing a sit-down breakfast or lunch, if you're trying to cut costs; those meals are cheaper than dinner. We love eating breakfast at Crystal Palace before the park is officially open, so you can get a good, uncrowded photo in front of the Castle!

Best of luck; we're looking forward to getting to know more about you!

Hi Lauren and welcome! Apologies for being late to the welcoming party, but so nice to have you join us!

Hello I am Dani from California and have been to Disney world once in 2009 loved it so much I wanted to go for my 21st, so in 2010 I started saving the money to afford my trip. We are staying in a Finding Nemo family Suite at Art of Animation, I already have a agenda and I'm already packed. I was wondering though where some good Flat Stanly picture opportunities are. Loving this forum already and happy to find all the tips and suggestions!

Hi there Disneylover21! Welcome to our forum!

My answer is everywhere! Pictures with characters, riding on a monorail, eating tasty food, in front of the castle/tree of life/spaceship earth/hat, on a boat, on a ride, in each country.

A flatty can really get around at WDW

I'm new to this but I wanted to get some feed back on my up coming trip in oct with my husband and two children! I have a husband who has had 5 back surgeries and problems with big crowds and a 6 year son that is autistic. I also have a daughter that will be 5 when we take our trip! So I'm doing all kinds of research to make the best of our trip with few meltdowns and no chance of the "never agains"! Does anyone have tips to make the trip smooth and enjoyable ( I have been told of the guest service pass) thank you!

Hello Dani and welcome to our little piece of the "Magic" on the web! Had to look up Flat Stanley, never heard of him, or don't remember. Ha! Yeah in answer to your question, just like Kristen said, anywhere is a good place to take a picture.

And welcome to you too Jhaskell1213. I'm sure you have done a ton of research already, but ill throw something else out there just in case you missed it, http://allears.net/pl/dis_aut.htm , and there are a ton more sites just like it. The biggest thing everyone here would tell you I think would be "Don't try to do everything" in one trip. You can't do it, it's impossible, it will never happen! Take your time and don't rush it. Enjoy it. We see to many people having meltdowns because they try to push to into one vacation at WDW. You will not see everything in one trip.

Oh and before we take over Laurens intro thread to much, why don't you both hop over and start your own introduction threads and tell us a little more about yourselves, we love to get to know the new members!

Lolastardust we are going June 7th-June 15th. It will be my mom, dad, and my best friend. My best friend has never been before so its going to be insanely fun!!!!

Hi Jhaskell1213! Welcome!

I'll echo Mr. Hub, just relax and slow down. You're not going to be able to do everything and see everything, so don't even try. Map out just a handful of "must see" attractions ahead of time and focus on those, everything else is cake. Be sure to schedule in some rest stops as well.