Are our children overindulged with DCL trips?

[jgalecpa]

I really think this has been one of the best, thought provoking threads ever.

Bravo.

Jim

 

[LAMPSKIES]

We too have had that conversation. My DWs and My first sailing was a DCL land/sea in 2000, we figured it was a "once in a life time" experience. We have sailed every year since and have Thanksgiving 05 and x-mas 06 already booked. I know, why don't we look at it as spoiling ourselves and just taking the kids along for the ride.. maybe that will make us feel better!
I even considered buying DVC points to be able to "pass on" to them to be used for their families when they move on with their kids.....this way they don't have to "struggle" to take trips like we did when we were first married with 2 little ones. And I don't want to be "that in-law" hanging around on vacation.

 

[LCTsMom]

ANd being that I live so close to the Jersey shore, that was where everybody went growing up.

Denise, LOL at your Jersey Shore comment, I work in Jersey, my in-laws are in South Jersey and my husband grew up in Delaware, my husband's vacations were always spent at Rehoboth Beach or Cape May.....He has been to more countries, islands, states in the 10 years we have been married. Some girls I work with can't imagine going anywhere other than the shore. Not growing up in NJ, I am not a big shore fan...what do you mean you have to pay to go on the beach, I announced the first time I was there there, during college (roomates were all from NJ, come to the shore for a week they said.....) To me the jersey shore is a quick saturday/sunday getaway if the weather is nice and we can get a hotel room...don't think i could ever spend a week or 10 days there....I think only NJ people get the shore thing, have lived on the east coast 14 years and i still don't get it!

I lived in NJ the first 28 years of my life. My family took me on cruises and to the Bahamas when I was a child yet my favorite vacations were always the ones spent "down the shore," even though it was a 3 hour drive in traffic to get there! I now live in Florida - 15 minutes from the Gulf. I still miss the Jersey shore! I hope that one day I will be able to take my kids there to experience all that the Jersey shore has to offer! I love Florida! There's not a lot about NJ that I will defend these days but the Jersey shore is one of them!!