Wonderful!!! I'm a Disney Dad with one child (divorced) and being there with her is 90% of my enjoyment, I can't imagine going solo or just with adults but that is just me.
There is no greater joy I have then seeing a child who is excited, happy and laughing. The first thing she does at the hotel is a few dozen bounces on the beds (I sometimes join in, lol, I get a bit silly like Robin Williams does with kids in movies) and then makes a beeline run down to the ice machine through the hallways. This is all after a 13 hour car trip, too....
I do set aside a small amount of time each vacation for "stuff" Dad likes to do (Epcot, World Showcase) but she knows that up front. It's Dad's 1/2 day, she gets 6 1/2 days, not a bad deal. Even then I get tempted when I see she wants to do something (on my alloted time) and I love to surprise her "Let's go!".
Our last vacation was as perfect as I could ever have hoped for and perhaps this is why I am now becoming a hard core addict.
We had seven completely relaxing days (after a few previous visits to WDW I figured out how to pace myself), were never stressed and always agreed on decisions. Often I would say something like "let's do Animal Kingdom in the morning and MGM in the afternoon" but when afternoon rolled around I would hear "Dad, do you think we should go to MGM?". I would just smile and say "Nahhhh..., want to hit the pool at the hotel instead?" I could see that was exactly what she wanted, so we both yelled "woohoo" and off we go.
Everybody has their own way of enjoying parks but when I see families rushing on strict preplanned schedules it does seem to take some of the fun and spontaneity out. I was a bit like that on our first trip and I guess it was because I was too anxious to see everything and not sure if we were ever coming back.
On another note, next year we are bringing friends my daughter knows from school and they have NEVER been to WDW. The next best thing to your first time is bringing other people to theirs and I have a feeling next years trip will be a real blast.
Disney 2005
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