Buddy and I love Disney World. We love to watch YouTube videos of rides and planning our next trip. I saw a couple different families post about doing a virtual trip at their home while Disney World is closed. And since I am looking for new things to keep Buddy entertained at home, I decided to make a Disney World of my own.
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I decided to do all four parks in four different rooms of my house. The signs for every park included an image to scan the magic band and fingerprint to enter. Then I had three different rides/activities for each park. I went through all of Buddy’s toys to find things to set up things to enhance the ride atmosphere. I looked for different ways to add movement while Buddy watched the rides on You Tube. Here are the things we did at each park.
Character Breakfast: I found some Disney characters and set them up for breakfast. I pulled out our Mickey Waffle maker as well, although Buddy opted to have his normal Saturday breakfast of mini muffins instead.
Epcot: Buddy is super excited to go on Soarin. I put his Mickey airplane toy by our power recliner couch. We watched the ride on TV, and I made the recliner go up and down to simulate flight. I set up a bunch of underwater creatures to be the Nemo ride. And we watched the Gran Fiesta Tour on his little arm chair.
Animal Kingdom: I hid Buddy’s little zoo animals around the room, and we used some pretend binoculars to find them. Buddy pretended to drive the jeep, and we walked around the room and looked for the animals. Then he bounced on an ottoman while we watched the Dinosaur ride. And we also searched for dinosaur bones in black beans in the Boneyard.
Hollywood Studios: I set up a bunch of Toy Story toys to be Toy Story Land. I got an empty toy water gun and set up my laptop with a desk chair for Toy Story Mania. Every time the ride turned, I spun the desk chair around. Then we did Slinky Dog Dash on an exercise ball. And then we did Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway with Buddy in a laundry basket, and I pushed him around.
Magic Kingdom: I set up Buddy’s Around the World Duplo set to be It’s a Small World, and then I pushed him around on a desk chair. We went into his rocket tent with a flashlight to do Buzz Lightyear’s Ranger Spin, and he tried to shoot the targets on the video with his flashlight. And then we did Seven Dwarfs Mine Train with Buddy in a laundry basket.
Our final activity was lunch at the T-Rex cafe. I put a bunch of dinosaurs on and around the dining room table. This area was also part of Dinoland USA in terms of the decorating in our house, even though the real T-Rex cafe is at Disney Springs. I used a dinosaur sandwich cookie cutter for his sandwich and he drank out of the refillable cup we got at the real T-Rex cafe. This was Buddy’s favorite part of Disney World, and the only part of the experience that wasn’t taken down by the end of the day.
I’m attaching my printable in case anyone else is inspired to create a Disney World at their own home. Do you have any other fun activities to do with a four year old at home? Please share your ideas in the comments section.
