How to Use This Topic - The Easy Guide to Your First Walt Disney World Visit 2015 - page 1

CHAPTER 1
How to Use This Topic
This chapter has two purposes: introducing the topics of the rest of the topic and boiling
down our recommendations into an easy-to-digest list. The chapters that follow it offer de-
tailed information on the whys and hows behind our recommendations. For example, you
may be interested only in eating at one or two sit-down restaurants. Instead of forcing you to
read through a hundred reviews, we've listed the best values and the most immersive exper-
iences here in an effort to speed up and simplify the planning process. And you never know,
as you read the later reviews of our favorite restaurants, something else might catch your
eye.
While you can skip around the topic, we do suggest consuming the full text from begin-
ning to end—perhaps a chapter per night with the help of a glass of wine and a roasty, toasty
fire. The chapters build on each other, with decisions made during Chapters 2 and 3 affect-
ing the choices you make in Chapters 4 and following. Chapters 8 and 9 come full circle and
serve as the road map for your entire trip.
Changes, corrections, updates, links to larger color versions of key charts, and such, can
be found at YourFirstVisit.net/easy-guide-2015-changes or at EasyWDW.com/easy-guide .
Why Age and Height Matter [Chapter 2]
Children of all ages enjoy wonderful visits to Walt Disney World every single day of the
year. However, if this may be your kids' only childhood visit, consider going when your
youngest child is at least 8 or 9, and your shortest child at least 48 inches tall.
Many of Walt Disney World's best and most popular attractions require riders to be 48”
tall, and kids around the third-grade-age are mature enough to appreciate the layers and nu-
ances of each Disney experience. Those already planning to return may want to start earlier,
when the kids are younger and all aspects of the Disney magic are open to them. While tod-
dlers and younger kids are charmed by and enamored with the Disney princesses, older kids
may be less enthusiastic about a sit-down meal with Belle and Cinderella. Starting young
offers an opportunity to enjoy many varied trips as the kids get older. But starting too young
and too short on a once-in-a-lifetime trip means passing on several of Disney World's best
rides. Chapter 2 describes how easy it is to design an itinerary with kids (or adults) of any
age.