Hi Kyla!
You're going to Walt Disney World Resort today!! I'm not at all jealous of your Disney plans for the first week of 2019. As the mom of a preschooler myself, having fun on New Years Eve is now about making sure our kids are welcome and won't get lost in too huge of a crowd, but also that we can easily retreat back "home" for the night should the kids be wiped from the other activities of their already busy day.
Disney Springs is indeed a very family-friendly location to spend the last evening of 2018. On a regular Monday night, most shops and dining locations do close around 11:00 P.M. However, most locations should be extending their hours to accommodate the not-so-noisy revelers. There will also be plenty of Disney-approved street style performers out and about, everything from jugglers to a roaming piano player to live music. Don't forget to check out the beautiful
Christmas Tree Trail!
I do think that most Table-Service Dining Locations are already well booked up for the night. But there are plenty of
Quick-Service Dining Locations serving all kinds of delicious dishes. Pro Tip: Try to dine as soon as you arrive just in case any of these do close on their normal schedule.
If you're up for a bit of traveling, from Disney Springs you can catch a Disney Bus to
Disney's Polynesian Village Resort, where you could grab dinner from the quick-service dining location Capt. Cooks and watch midnight fireworks from the Poly's private beach. Return bus service to Disney Springs will run until 1:00 A.M.
Happy New Year, Kyla!
~Kristen