RE: The Contemporary - Need advice
We did WDW with DS when he was 2.25 years old, and again for his third birthday. The Contemporary has a great location, though you will be VERY tight with 6 people in the room! WDW rooms are not known for being generously sized.
You will have a tiny dorm-sized fridge with no freezer compartment. A gallon of milk does not fit, but a half gallon does. We always rent a car, so grab some groceries at the beginning of the trip and, if needed, run back to the store during the week. If you are feeding 6 people 2 meals per day for 5 days (so, 60 meals) out of the room, you may want to have groceries brought when you arrive and again halfway through your trip. For meals, you can do cereal in the morning and sandwiches (e.g. PB&J) for lunch, and that won't take up much of your refrigerator space. But it gets boring!! And with such a tiny room, you'll want to spend LESS time in there rather than MORE.
WDW has tons of food options that don't involve sitting in a restaurant. They have plenty of counter services places (think eating McD's style, but better food for more money) so that the kids don't have to sit for long. And consider doing a character meal - the characters are a great distraction so that you can sit for a little longer than usual! We didn't think that DS would do so well eating out so much (we did one sit down and one counter service meal per day) but we ate early (less crowded) and picked carefully so that all of our needs were met. He did VERY well, much better than we expected!!
I would suggest that you do at least 1-2 other parks while you are there. MK is great, but no way could I do it for 5 days (it's not *that* big). We don't try to do everything at each park we visit, but pick a handful of things to "target" and go at DS's pace. On our first trip, we got sidelined at the jumping fountains at the Imagination pavillion (Epcot) and had a wonderful, relaxed hour there!
Go to www.disboards.com and zero in on the Family Board. You'll find some great suggestions for entertaining your kids - and managing your expectations! Have fun!
Single mom to
DS ("twice exceptional") - September 2002
DS - February 2006
DD - July 2009
DD - July 2009