Hi all, I just signed up to this forum. Looking forward to learning and sharing experiences from everyone.
Here's something I would like to share:
We took our kids (2.5 and 5 years old) to Falls Creek for the first time last season. My daughter (5 at the time) absolutely loved the snow school and could wait to go back the next day. She made lots of friends with the other kiddos that were there also.
Our Son (2.5 at the time) didn't go to snow school so we took alternate days off to look after him whilst the other parent would make use of the coffee club (awesome deal by the way!) offer.
In the mornings, we would all catch the Falls Express chairlift up to Cloud 9 where we would break away into snow classes.
On the days I had to look after the little one, I would take him on the MouseTrap magic carpet and then teach him a few things on his skis. I found that he would be ok in the morning for an hour (1.5 if lucky) or so before he would get tired. Once he started to tire, his cooperation would be non existent. However I countered that with a reward of chocolate. That seemed to give him a little bit more energy to ski longer.
After my morning session with the little guy, we would then catch the chair lift back down, and slowly walk back to our apartments. We stayed about 10 mins walk away from the Express lift, so the walk back would have been tiring for him. By the time we got back to our apartment, we would have an early lunch, followed by a short nap to recharge his energy.
This season, we're staying right next to the express lifts, so we're pretty excited about that. We'll be visiting in August/September this year.