I haven't read through this whole thread yet, in fact, I haven't read it since it was barely a 2 page thread. But in thinking about the topic the last couple of days, it reminded me of a something that happened to me and my wife 3 years ago on our anniversary.
Some history, my wife and I were very lucky to have a long honeymoon of which 14 days were spent at Disney World. Before we had kids, our interaction with the characters was limited to when they would approach us. Now we have kids and we visit so often, meet & greets are a regular thing. However 3 years ago I decided to take my wife back to WDW and recreate part of our honeymoon, no kids of course.
While planning I debated whether I wanted to go to Chef Mickey's. There is some very sentimental reasoning behind going there that only my wife would understand. But without the kids it just isn't our thing to do character meals. I made the decision to go and when we arrived, I asked for a table as out of the way as possible, it wasn't our intention to take fun character time away from families that were there for that. We were seated in the southeast corner of the restaurant against the windows and for the most part had very little character interaction.
My wife had an "anniversary" button on the strap of her purse and our waiter noticed it, so he asked all the characters to come over and get one picture with everyone. Then they brought us special placemats and a special dessert. Shortly after, the man seated across from us stood up, came over and proceeds to tell us how upset he is that I would come in, without children, throw money around (what?) for special treatment, and take time away from his family. He then went on to tell me that I am no man because a real man wouldn't bring his wife to WDW on our anniversary. He sat back down but continued his rant for close to 20 mins, it only stopped when we were done with our meal and were leaving.
We never said one word to him, just listened and smiled, I may have winked at him. But it got me thinking, how this man really had no idea of the magic behind Disney and how sad that was. Disney truely is for everyone, just because I don't see the characters when its just the adults, doesn't mean other adults should be robbed of it.
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The WDW commercials they use to have with the mom/daughter or father/son, and the reflection in a window shows 2 children instead of parent/child is so right
