Tips about Epcot, Mousecellaneous and Special Needs

I just wanted to share this tip for traveling with an autistic child, as it was a lifesaver for me. Most restrooms in WDW have the automatic flush sensor, which can be very loud and frightening to an autistic child, or any child with sensory issues. I purchased a Walkman cassette player with headphones at Walmart. Every time my daughter needed to use the restroom I would put the headphones on her and hit the play button. Instead of the noise of constantly flushing toilets she was listening to her favorite Disney songs. It worked like a charm. By the end of the trip she would even try the restrooms without using her headphones! - Karen McAuley

EPCOT - On every trip to Epcot we try to collect different things from each country, but I'm beginning to run out of space. So this year we decided to collect candy from each country. We usually picked up two different candies at each country. The only country that did not have candy was Morocco, so we bought a pastry. It's a tasty treat that you can enjoy at the park and later at home. I took some to my family and we had a contest to see what country they thought the candy came from. So, in essence it's a treat, collection, and later a game, but only needing short-term storage space. What a fun, tasty thing to do -- my family enjoyed it! - Kelly Adkins

EPCOT - On every trip to Epcot we try to collect different things from each country, but I'm beginning to run out of space. So this year we decided to collect candy from each country. We usually picked up two different candies at each country. The only country that did not have candy was Morocco, so we bought a pastry. It's a tasty treat that you can enjoy at the park and later at home. I took some to my family and we had a contest to see what country they thought the candy came from. So, in essence it's a treat, collection, and later a game, but only needing short-term storage space. What a fun, tasty thing to do -- my family enjoyed it! - Kelly Adkins