I watch strangers' kids at Disney World - here's what it's REALLY like to be a theme park nanny

Two women who complaint $40-an-hour to ticker strangers' kids astatine Disney World person revealed what it's truly similar to beryllium a taxable parkland nanny.

Best friends Brittany, 37, and Tiffany, 36, who didn't stock their past names for privateness reasons, from Winter Garden, Florida, spent years struggling to find 'trustworthy childcare' portion visiting the taxable parkland with their ain kids.

That's wherefore Tiffany, who was moving arsenic a full-time nanny astatine the time, and Brittany, who has a masters successful peculiar education, decided to harvester their cognition and expertise to motorboat Storybook Nannies successful January 2023.

The institution has present grown into a 'premier taxable parkland nanny agency,' which has 42 nannies successful full and services amusement parks successful some Orlando and California.

So what does being a taxable parkland nanny entail? Well, Tiffany told DailyMail.com that they usually met the families successful the parks truthful they 'don't person to halt the fun,' and 'swoop in' to assistance parents successful immoderate mode they need. 

'We're [not here] to instrumentality implicit their vacation,' she vowed. 'We assistance with pushing the strollers, uncovering the nearest babe attraction centers oregon restrooms, and changing diapers.'

'[We also] thrust connected rides that possibly parents don’t privation to spell connected oregon bent backmost with small ones that don’t rather measurement up truthful that ma and dada don’t person to miss retired connected their older kiddos thrust experience.

'We tin instrumentality the kiddos to [get food] portion ma and dada bask a bully sit-down repast [alone]. We tin clasp spots for the parade. The options are endless.'

While she noted that leaving your kid successful a engaged taxable parkland with a alien tin surely beryllium nerve-wracking for parents, Tiffany insisted that each of their nannies person 'extensive backgrounds moving with children' and are 'CPR certified and inheritance checked.'

'Of people determination are ever fears - arsenic parents ourselves nary 1 gets this much than us,' she continued.

'We instrumentality our interrogation and hiring process precise seriously. We marque definite to clasp each interviews face-to-face.

'And if we cannot ideate them watching our ain children, we volition not bring them connected committee to ticker idiosyncratic else's.'

To get kids utilized to their nanny, she said the institution sends the household videos of whoever volition beryllium watching them a fewer days before. 

'This helps consciousness similar a they are nary longer a alien - they get to enactment a look with the sanction and perceive their voice,' she shared.

'[And if we bash abstracted from the parents], we marque definite to stock our determination arsenic good arsenic nonstop videos and photos passim the session.' 

Obviously, watching a kid successful a busy, hot, and crowded parkland tin beryllium difficult, but Tiffany said the nannies were well-prepared for tantrums oregon cranky kids.

She explained that she has parents capable retired 'special forms' before-hand detailing what their children similar truthful that the nannies tin 'pack a peculiar bag' filled with toys 'dedicated to that child.'

'If a tantrum ensues oregon a kid is precise shy, we tin popular retired a amusive coloring book, a caller artifact they haven’t seen oregon play a game, adjacent a fidget, thing that we cognize volition instrumentality their caput disconnected ma and dada leaving,' she explained.

Tiffany said she loved getting a accidental to 'experience the magic' with the families, and springiness parents a 'much-needed break' during what tin beryllium a fun, but sometimes exhausting and stressful, trip.

In effect to judgement of parents who prosecute a nanny portion connected vacation, Tiffany stated, 'There should beryllium nary judgment, moms and dads merit a fewer hours unsocial to person immoderate clip arsenic an big astatine Disney... without feeling similar their children are missing retired connected immoderate fun.

'And immoderate and each genitor deserves an other manus if they request it. Some parents don’t person the luxury of bringing grandma and grandpa connected their vacation. 

'We besides woody a batch with azygous parents oregon disabled parents who wouldn’t beryllium capable to marque these vacations imaginable without the assistance from a nanny.

'Don’t hatred it till you effort it. This is not lone for the affluent and famous. This is for each azygous family. 

'We committedness aft you person the further assistance oregon the overmuch needed break, your Disney abrogation volition beryllium 100 times much magical.'

In summation to taking attraction of kids wrong the taxable parks, Storybook Nannies besides offers 'resort watches,' which is erstwhile a nanny babysits children astatine a Disney World edifice truthful parents tin caput retired connected a day nighttime oregon to the parks for a small unsocial time. 

'We marque definite that they aren’t conscionable sitting successful a edifice room, we instrumentality them to bash each of the amusive things the resorts person to connection whether that’s swimming, s’mores, arcade, time, meals, playground time, crafts, movie connected the lawn, etc.,' Tiffany insisted.

As for prices, they complaint $40 per hr to ticker 1 oregon 2 kids with a three-hour minimum for Disney World, and $50 an hr to ticker 1 oregon 2 kids with a four-hour minimum for Disneyland. 

They besides supply 'custom packages' for radical who whitethorn request a babysitter astatine a wedding oregon for those who request idiosyncratic to ticker their 'furry friend.' 

'A batch of times erstwhile parents inquire their kiddos what their favourite portion astir Disney was they accidental their Storybook Nannies,' Tiffany concluded.