Thank you for all the replies about AK with little kids. There were too many to quote, but I have read them all and appreciate everyone’s perspective. It does sound like there should be plenty to keep my young nieces engaged, so I will keep our AK day in our plans after all.
Honestly, I care! I’m also paying the full bill, not that I think it’s relevant to the discussion.
I’m not sure if you are intending to come across this agressive. I have said several times in this thread and elsewhere, that I have never been to WDW. Despite all the research I have done, there are still things I don’t know, and this is one of them. Rafiki’s Planet Watch was allocated an hour in the plan of our AK day, so it’s a blow that it will be closed.
My nieces and their mum are only there for a few days. I don’t have children, and I’m trying to work out the best way to use our limited time and the limited energy of my nieces, so that it’s a fun trip for all of us. We don’t get to see them very often as we live in different countries, so in my circumstances, I absolutely would priorities a smooth and peaceful trip over getting to see everything in each park. The primary purpose of this trip is to see family; the location is very much secondary. I realise that’s not the case for everyone, but that’s the reality for us right now.