Traveling in Nov to WDW with Autistic son.

[Briansmom]

Is the cost of the hard hookup still an extra charge? Might think about taking the laptop......

[shellyb627]

Not sure what your son likes to watch on you tube but our autistic son at 12 still loves sesame street. What we have done at WDW to get through the wait even with the GAC is purchase from the internet (not sure if I can mention exactly where on here) famous website starts with a... ) videos and download them onto an ipod touch. You can stick it in and out of your pocket when waiting on line. The videos also come in hand in the hotel, when eating etc. Any place he doesn't like to wait or has down time that he can not tolerate. Cell service for us with verizon was not good either.

[BrerGnat]

Is the cost of the hard hookup still an extra charge? Might think about taking the laptop......

I am not sure. Depends on where you are staying, I think. At Art of Animation, for example, there weren't even any hard line cables provided (nor an outlet for it), so I don't know what's going to happen with that.

There are apps you can download that will allow you to download and store You Tube videos for offline viewing. Look into that option.

[TexansInNY]

Here are my 2 cents (as always understanding how unique our kids are) - our son who is now 7 and autistic. First, he loves movies..not just loves..I mean loves. To the point I will wait for a couple of hours while he performs the same ritual with every movie there and then chooses.

This ties to iPad we use for movies. That way we have the internet at the hotel or general AT&T. Internet at Wilderness Lodge always seems fine..Animal Kingdom - not so much. As for parks, our schedule starts and ends at deciding what park to go to on what day. Then it is all play it by ear. He may want to ride Small World 5 times..or not at all.. We also have some headphones from Vic Furth that block sound well - he wears them in movies as well...

Finally, we tell all photographers to just take pictures when he is with characters, Santa, whoever - no posing, do not even try... how well does it work? We get some of the most fantastic pictures - like where you cannot even see our son because of the bear hug he is giving Sully or his explaining to Santa exactly what he is to bring and how to organize it under the tree...

So basically the best tip is to know your son and go with what works. Enjoy the beautiful boy and your time!