Comments on: Disney vs. Universal: Child Swap https://childpsychmom.com/disney-vs-universal-child-swap/ Practical Parenting Solutions by Dr. Polly Dunn Sun, 09 Mar 2014 19:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Polly https://childpsychmom.com/disney-vs-universal-child-swap/#comment-650 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:33:19 +0000 http://childpsychmom.com/?p=1628#comment-650 Just last week my toddler rode Living With The Land three times (happily) while we did rider swap at Soarin! We hit Circle of Life too, but that was because of a downpour (and needing a dry place to hang out for a while). We’ve been making annual trips to WDW for more than ten years and this was our first year to venture out into the world of Universal/Islands of Adventure with our four kids. We still did all Disney parks, but added those two Universal parks as well.

Most of the rides at Universal were geared towards kids over the age of ten, so my two youngest kids were not that impressed with having to wait in lines with very few rides that they could actually enjoy. My older kids LOVED it though, so it really depends on the age of the children you are bringing. I was shocked about the rider swap system and wish I had known more about it before I went. I probably would have packed more fun things to do for my toddler while she waited (or not gone at all with her!).

But I know I’m a biased Disney fan having visited there so many times (see my posts Top Ten Reasons We Pick Disney and Traveling to Disney With An Autistic Child). I’m planning a few more posts on Disney vs. Universal, so stay tuned! Love your blog and all the help that you are giving to those taking their kids to Disney!

]]> By: Mama Wendy https://childpsychmom.com/disney-vs-universal-child-swap/#comment-647 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:59:33 +0000 http://childpsychmom.com/?p=1628#comment-647 Thank you for writing about both child swaps. I write a blog called http://www.disneywithchildren.com about traveling to DW with children. I was planning on going to Universal in Dec but may rethink that now hearing how their child swap works!
When we did it at Epcot my toddler got to see the movie Circle of Life while I waited on line and then rode Soarin. Then I took her to see it again, her request, while my mom went! Enjoyable for us all!

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