3 year old and one year old

[Nicnyb]

This will be our first time at Disney. My little one might need naps and I will have 4 adults- poss a suite type room. What is the best resort in terms of shortest trip to magic kingdom and fun pool area if we take a break from park.

 

[Lucky]

In my experience POFQ was quickest to MK. It shared buses with POR to the other parks, but not to MK. It's also probably the most compact resort, so you'd have a short walk to the pool from your room or the bus stop.

 

[s&k'smom]

I can't encourage you enough to take breaks with little ones heck even the adults need breaks. We have done this with every single one of our trips and actually our kids really enjoy it. They know we break and they swim in the pool, maybe just hang in the room to snack and watch a little tv. Then they are so ready for an evening at one of the parks.

 

[Lexie]

This will be our first time at Disney. My little one might need naps and I will have 4 adults- poss a suite type room. What is the best resort in terms of shortest trip to magic kingdom and fun pool area if we take a break from park.

We are taking our 1 and 3 year old for the first time this summer as well! We are traveling with six adults so we got a two bedroom villa at the beach club. Easy walking distance to Epcot and close to MGM. I agree with previous poster... Take lots of breaks!! I have been many times as an adult and we always take an afternoon pool (now nap!) break.

 

[buseegal]

the one big thing we found with taking breaks and naps with young children is the ride back to room. ours fell asleep on bus and then would not go back to sleep. not much rest, for us we found stroller naps worked best. this even affected evening bedtime but not as much. it is not the same as eating lunch and taking child to their room and putting down for nap. more like grabbing lunch out while shopping and then heading home for naptime

 

[lilclerk]

If money is no object, a suite at a monorail resort is your best bet. You can just take the monorail to/from the Magic Kingdom in about 15-20 minutes. The Contemporary and Bay Lake Tower are even within walking distance.

 

[sissa216]

the one big thing we found with taking breaks and naps with young children is the ride back to room. ours fell asleep on bus and then would not go back to sleep. not much rest, for us we found stroller naps worked best. this even affected evening bedtime but not as much. it is not the same as eating lunch and taking child to their room and putting down for nap. more like grabbing lunch out while shopping and then heading home for naptime

That's my personal experience as well- strollers worked much better for us for that reason. If my son falls asleep on the way to the resort, it would be a short nap, and he wouldn't fall back asleep. For us, it worked much better to let him fall asleep in a stroller, and just use that naptime to relax ourselves- leisurely walk around or find a quiet place to sit, soak in the atmosphere, shop, people watch, etc.

 

[slappy magoo]

I would agree to shoot for either a monorail resort if you intend to spend a lot of time at the MK, or an Epcot resort if you plan to spend a lot of time at Epcot and or Disney Hollywood Studios; Beach Club, Yacht Club and Boardwalk are a reasonable walk to both of those parks. Same goes for Swan and Dolphin, though they are technically not Disney resorts and not as elaborately themed (BUT cheaper). As lilclerk pointed out, staying at Bay Lake Tower, adjacent and connected to the Contemporary resort, affords you suite options and walking distance to MK. It's not cheap, though.

Let me ask you this, would the kids sleep in a stroller if given the opportunity? Or would they not be comfortable outside of a bed? Because there are places to bring kids while in the parks (or just outside them) to let them rest. I've seen people even camp out for an hour or so in a hotel lobby, or keep riding the monorail to keep the kids sleeping. Just something to think about if you can't get them back to the room before they conk out, no sense continuing to try to get back to the resort if getting to the room and trying to put them to bed only wakes them up. Some kids won't sleep in a stroller, others are fine and dandy.