anyone else annoyed at the age 6 requirement?

[ZeitgeistDuck]

I weep for you. What with getting two free tickets and all you are much to be pitited.

Disney doesn't have to give away any free tickets at all. Your 3 year old doesn't 'deserve' anything for helping out with her little volunteer projects. The free tickets are a nice extra, not something anyone 'deserves'. If are too annoyed to pay for one ticket for admittance of your family of 4, maybe the most magical place on earth would be more magical without you there.

 

[Momfromva]

We were a bit disappointed that out 5 1/2 y/o won't get credit for volunteering. I am happy that the horse rescue center where are family is volunteering is allowing him to help out anyway. He is SO excited about helping out (and I know he'll work harder than my 7 y/o). We're not going to tell him that we'll have to pay his way at the park.

 

[LisaNJ25]

What info do you leave to sign up? Did you leave your actual children's names and ages on the express info? What other personal info is needed. I have applied to two and have not heard back from either. I did not include their names, just ages. Would that do it?

No because when you redeem the voucher you have to show their birth certificates.

 

[BabaGanoush]

Also something to remember - the requirement of being 6 to volunteer is for ALL individuals registering on the website. However, many organizations have additional age requirements and it behooves you to understand those before signing up for that particular activity.

 

[BabaGanoush]

No because when you redeem the voucher you have to show their birth certificates.

Also, the system requires you to individually input the ages of the children and if they are under 6 years of age, it will not register them. If they are not registered, they will not be issued a voucher. If you input an incorrect age, they will check that age when redeeming a voucher. Thus, there is no way to circumvent this requirement.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

I really think this is a glass half full/half empty thing. Instead of thinking I did not get one ticket for my 6 year old, how about, "I got 3 free tickets and it is only costing us $17 each for a day at Disney instead of $80 each or $320 total? I mean saving $240 is huge.

This is a wonderful program and I think complaining about the age limit really misses the intent of this program.

Sorry for the lack of empathy, but seriously, this is a very generous thing Disney is doing. This is not a free handout. It seems like it's never enough sometimes.

I agree 100%!!! Very well said!

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

I weep for you. What with getting two free tickets and all you are much to be pitited.

Disney doesn't have to give away any free tickets at all. Your 3 year old doesn't 'deserve' anything for helping out with her little volunteer projects. The free tickets are a nice extra, not something anyone 'deserves'. If are too annoyed to pay for one ticket for admittance of your family of 4, maybe the most magical place on earth would be more magical without you there.

And with this too!

 

[sramos89]

Sick of it GREEDY People!!! Everyone wants something for nothing... "I want to teach my 4 year old to give back"......and to expect something in return from Disney when she does! Give me a break!!!!!! It is this type of attitude that is making this society horrible. Now I am sorry Disney is doing this. People like you don't even deserve it. There is nothing your 4 year old daughter is going to contribute to an organization but a LIABILITY issue. Good Grief. I bet of disney gave you $100 you could ***** because it wasn't $200. Shame on you!

 

[Anal Annie]

But someone so young is going to get the message from the parent. So have them join in, role model for them and make them part of some type of volunteerism. It is such a wonderful thing to volunteer and kids learn this from parents primarily. I would recommend buying a pin for a child or even making up a certificate for them. I realize some volunteer activities cannot allow young children due to safety and insurance costs, so perhaps the children cannot attend the exact Disney volunteer.

I am sure the program is not perfect in terms of opportunities. And some folks appear to have worked a lot harder than others. We only had to make 5 cards to get a ticket. We put tremendous time in and made 10 cards instead. I read where some people worked 35 minutes and others 8 hours. So this is going to be a varied experience. We were happy in our remote area to find an opportunity for all our family.

It is really discouraging to read someone complain when they earned 3 free tickets and feel going to Disney for a day is not worth the $70 they have to spend for the one child under 6. That is what I responded to.

I won't keep commenting. I just think one can be negative and find things to complain about in anything. This clearly is just that type of thing.

Half full, Half empty. Each person can decide.

I know this promotion is just that for Disney, but they are going to be giving away an incredible amount of park tickets, all to the benefit of wonderful charities and organizations.

Peace to all.

EXACTLY! 3 out of 4 people get in free and that's "not worth it"?! THAT attitude certainly doesn't represent the spirit behind the whole program. That's just downright greedy and that "so why bother" mentality is what sends the wrong message.

I personally don't have a problem with the age 6 limit. I mean serioulsy, for a good number of the opportunities how much "real work" can a 6 yo REALLY do without just being a drain on time & efficiency and as others said, a liability? Most of the opportunities are not craft time, many places have real work (manual labor) that needs to be done. Sorry, but that's MHO. With the age limit of 6 though I was disappointed in our area how few opportunities there were offered for under age 15/16. The offerings between the ages of 6-14 were severely limited. But again, those age limits are set by the individual organizations, not Disney.

 

[Princess Janay]

I hate the age requirement also. My daughter is 5 and loves helping out. The event I did would have been so easy for her to do.

 

[SnoWhiteRabbit]

I would still be doing it with my husband and you will just need to pay for the child. Still a great savings!
We did a project making posters so my 2 kids that were ages 8 and 6 got the vouchers, my 3 year old helped us too so he was not left out. of course we will just need to pay for him but I will take any free tickets anyday!

 

[SnoWhiteRabbit]

We did our voluntering at an animal shelter with our 3, 4 and 8yo. The 3yo didn't do anything, but the 4yo did pretty good though. I just told the kids it was for the whole family, it would have been nice for her to get a voucher, but no big deal; it was a good experience for them

 

[SnoWhiteRabbit]

I really think this is a glass half full/half empty thing. Instead of thinking I did not get one ticket for my 6 year old, how about, "I got 3 free tickets and it is only costing us $17 each for a day at Disney instead of $80 each or $320 total? I mean saving $240 is huge.

This is a wonderful program and I think complaining about the age limit really misses the intent of this program.

Sorry for the lack of empathy, but seriously, this is a very generous thing Disney is doing. This is not a free handout. It seems like it's never enough sometimes.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I don't want my 4 year old to think she is too young to help out or make a difference.

Simply because she's too young to be involved in the Disney Give a Day/Get a Day promotion should NOT indicate to her that she's too young in general to help out, to volunteer.

We have AP's so I am not even thinking of how I can financially benefit from GAD

So, don't benefit personally. Can't you donate your tickets? I thought that was one of the options?

 

[4HOLIDAYS]

Perhaps the feeling is that a parent would have to be supervising and helping a child younger than 6 rather than being productive in their efforts to help the org.

 

[squirrel]

It would have been nice if my niece could have volunteered, but I had enough trouble finding something I could do.

I would have had the older niece on this trip, but I took her last year instead. Didn't want her to miss two weeks of grade 2. Now her little sister is tall enough to ride the 40" rides but too young to volunteer. Didn't know about the promotion when we decided who was going last year.

 

[n2mm]

I think that anyone that has to buy a ticket, should be eligible for GAD but that is jus my opinion.

I absolutely agree and feel that a parent should have been allowed to do the volunteer service for children who are excluded from the program. My SIL would've done another day for his 5 year old daughter.

 

[happy place]

I'm really happy that Disney allowed Canadians to participate in this promotion, and we'd have done it and donated the tickets even if we weren't going to wdw this year.


What a great opportunity for all of the many organizations in our communities who are always in need of more volunteers!

 

[pixarmom]

I agree with many of the previous posters who mentioned that children under 6 can still contribute and be involved. Our family (2 boys old enough for the GAD promotion and our pre-schooler who is not) all worked on Project Linus blankets. Our youngest was with us every step of the way, from selecting fabric to making blankets (he "supervised!'") and delivering them to a chapter meeting a couple hours away from our home. We made a mini blanket to contribute on his behalf, even though he is too young to participate in the program.

I think what Disney is doing is wonderful, and we appreciate the opportunity to participate in the program. Our pre-schooler was fully involved in the process, and we hope he learned from it! I am not one bit annoyed that he did not receive a free ticket.