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There’s no need to wait until kids are in elementary school to bring them to Orlando — not when every park has plenty to wow the littlest park goers and their parents, including big, interactive play areas designed just for them.
- The Magic Kingdom’s New Fantasyland doubled the size of Fantasyland with everything from the iconic Dumbo ride, the chance to meet and greet the princesses at A Princess Fairytale Hall, and the Barnstormer coaster that’s the perfect size for preschoolers.
- The Boneyard at Dinoland U.S.A. at Animal Kingdom lets your little paleontologists dig for “fossils” in a gigantic sandbox, play on a xylophone that looks like dinosaur ribs and head down prehistoric slides.
- Turtle Talk with Crush is that loveable animated creature’s home at Epcot’s Future World.
- See “Muppet Vision 3D The Great Movie Ride” and “Beauty and the Beast-Live on Stage.”
At Sea World:
- Shamu’s Happy Harbor at SeaWorld includes a four-story play area of climbing nets, tunnels, water slides and a water maze, a Sea Carousel, Swishy Fishies ride and more.
At Universal Island’s of Adventure:
- Parents as well as young kids love Seussland, especially The Cat in the Hat attraction where you ride your couch through the pages of the famous book.
- Curious George Goes to Town offers a water playground with pipes, spray guns, giant roof buckets that dump water on those below, a foam-ball playground with chutes, tubes and more.
At LEGOLAND Florida, about 45 minutes from Orlando:
- DUPLO Valley, scheduled to open this Spring, is designed so even toddlers can drive a tractor and help farmers plow a field. There’s an adjacent splash area set among larger than life farm animals.
Most important, leave when the kids have had enough. There’s always tomorrow — or next year.
Eileen is the author of the syndicated column Taking the Kids and the Kid’s Guide to Orlando, part of the Kid’s Guide Series from Globe Pequot Press. For a more complete list of what each park has for kids, check out Taking the Kids .
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