BWV Without Kids

[DaveBWV]

Hello all. Do any of you occasionally leave the kids behind and spend some time at DVC with just your spouse??? What are your thoughts?? Do you find you miss the kids or not?

 

[Cruelladeville]

We have two grown daughters, and we have been going to Disney with them since they were babies. The first time we went alone after all those years was scary for me. I didn' t think I would know what to talk to my DH about. What if I didn't even know him after all those years? Well, it turned out to be a wonderful, romantic trip, and we found a LOT to do Once we tried it we liked going to BWV alone together. That was four years, and nine trips ago, and we haven't gotten rid of the kids ever since!! It seems that they suddenly WANTED to go to Florida with us after all, and our only times alone since then have been a few stolen days here and there, and those days make me feel like a kid again!

 

[JohnG]

We have two grown sons. They've been to WDW (on us) virtually every year of their lives. But, we've been "weaning" them off this concept for about the last 7 or 8 years. We go once a year as a family, mom and dad go twice (Flower and Food & Wine Fests) without them.

As they get married and provide grandkids, we'll continue the once-a-year family trips, but we'll also do our adults-only trips as well.

We have found that WDW has grown as we have - providing all sorts of leisure, food, adult beverage, entertainment and just pure fun stuff that makes us totally "forget" we've left the kids behind. There are so many more Romantic things to do at WDW than most people expect, realize or uncover. We have made it our quest to discover them all......and then all over again.

We also sometimes "turn your question around". We get to be the "kids" bringing the parents to WDW! We've brought my in-laws down twice (they're both in their 80s), and they absolutely love seeing WDW through the eyes of their (fifty-ish) daughter and/or they're grand-kids!

We only wish we had joined DVC earlier so we could afford to take 3 trips a year, treat the kids......and treat ourselves.

 

[Zurg]

We go without the kids from time to time. It is great to have the kids and great to have a little time alone so we do both.

Kid would like to go too but they understand we are in DVC and they are going back soon.

Planning trips is a bid deal and we are always talking about the next trip befor we even leave for the current one.

This year we are going without the kids to DIS Con. Really looking forward to it.

Much different experiance with out the kids particularly when it comes to meals, more dinning less fast food.

 

[keenercam]

We took our kids on the 5/26/01 7 day Magic Eastern cruise. Later that summer, we were trying to plan a weekend getaway for just DH and me for the winter of 2002--our friends that we had met on the 2001 Magic said they were doing the western without their kids--we booked immediately. Did the 6/22/02 Magic Western itinerary without the kids--it was an absolute blast!! The kids had a great time with my in-laws and we had an absolutely fabulous, relaxing, fun-filled vacation. We joined DVC while on board and came home and surprised them. The kids understand Mom & Dad occasionally need a vacation alone, and they get to go to summer camp every summer for two weeks, so they think it is all fair . Aren't we lucky?
BTW, every time we saw a crying or whining child or heard some parent saying "you must get out of the pool now!" or "no, you cannot have a hot dog for dinner AGAIN" or "you are going to take a nap!" , we and our friends all looked at each other and said, in unison --"NOT ON THIS TRIP!!!!"

 

[fan of the mouse]

We joined DVC in October of 1999 on a trip to Wilderness Lodge with our 3 year old. In February of 2000, we decided to check-out our "property" and spent 5 days at Boardwalk while our daughter stayed home with her Grandmas. We had a nice time but decided we both missed having our child along. Every vacation since then we have taken our child(ren) and the Grandmas. Might be attributed to the fact that we were "older" before we started having a family and had already had alot of private time to ourselves.

 

[SamS]

My wife and I just bought at BCV. We have a grown son, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren. We would have to rent at least two studios to take the family which would use a lot of points. So we're planning our first two trips without family, although that could change since Xmas '03 is not booked yet. We hope to be able to buy more points in the future, but whether we do or not remains to be seen.

 

[mb168]

DW and I have 3 kids between us. DD6, DS5, DD4. The girls are hers and live with us. The boy is mine and lives with my ex. We have all 3 every other weekend and NONE in between. We usually do "mini-vacations" on those in between weekends so we've actually been down to Mickey Town 5 times in the last year and they went with us once... We have 2 more trips this year, Food and Wine and Dec for the lights that they won't be going on either. Next June we're taking them mainly to stay at BCV (home1) and SAB. So when people ask us about taking the kids with us we just.

DW told me the other night that DD6 asked why we were going without themand DW told her cause she kept going to their dad's house on the weekend we planed to go to Disney.I don't know how much longer we can get away with this...."But we're taking you next June...."

 

[WDWguru]

Believe it or not, some of us DVC owners don't even HAVE kids ::GASP!::

Seriously, though, there's SO much at WDW to do for everyone, why not give it a shot? We go sometimes with family members, nephews, etc., but most times it is just the two of us. We have a BALL every single trip. It's fun to introduce others to Disney, but it's also fun to discover - or rediscover - a whole side of Disney that a lot of people don't see.

 

[ncligs]

I didn't even know you were supposed to bring the kids.

We always take one trip with our 16 DD(and a friend) and 1-2 trips by ourselves.

 

[Laurabearz]

My husband and I just got back from 4 days at BWV without our kids..... it was wonderful.

If you can do it.......... DO IT!

PS we didnt miss the kids all that much but kept thinking... Oh they would like this..... or that..... LOL

 

[disneydom]

No kids for this trip in Nov. for the wine fest just my DW and some friends we are sharing DVC with , our DS is old enough to stay home

 

[lsutigger2]

Another childless DVC couple here! That's what I thought when I read this earlier today at work (yes, I know I should have been working, but it was lunch time, and I am the boss!). We haven't arranged a trip with family or friends yet, but I'm sure it won't be much longer, maybe 2 or 3 years!! LOL!!
Disney has something for everyone. And combine that with DVC's flexibility and it is almost perfect!!

 

[twinglefam]

We've gone twice a year since our purchase;

1 x a year as a family a week or more,

1 x a year just the two of us...for just a few nights.

We love it both ways....same place, different magic.

 

[DaveBWV]

Wow. thanks for the replies. My wife and I have decided to go by ourselves this time, and are looking forward to the time alone together. We have 4 kids , 10, 8, 8, 6, who have been twice since we bought at BWV. We cant wait to stay out late, sleep in, and lounge by the pool all day on our schedule.....your replies helped me feel like i'm not a bad parent for leaving them behind.....only 2 weeks to go!!!!!!

 

[MelCald]

We are taking our first trip without kids in January! I am sooo excited to do things that aren't "kid friendly". I am a little nervous about flying without the kids, but I figure people do it all of the time.

 

[sueg]

I convinced DH to go to WDW for our honeymoon (pre-DVC) and created a Disney-a-holic. We have gone on childless trips for our 10th and 15th yr. anniversaries. The first childless trip was magical- we stayed at Grand Floridian (although we owned at OKW) & while we missed DSs, we really had a ball. Our 15th anniversary trip was in the shadow of 9/11--we debated for days whether to go & ultimately decided to save the trip, but drive. (We were game to fly, but DSs couldn't handle it) It was a very good trip, but we missed the boys alot. We stayed at BWV & experienced some great dining.
As DSs have gotten older, they really have become great travel companions and while I think periodic childless trips are a very good thing, we'll have to see about our 20th anniversary. Oldest DS will be in college by then!

 

[laughinplace199]

We went in March for 2 nights without the kids, and now we're going in October for a week with the kids and the grandparents. We like getting away for a couple of nights, but any longer and we'd miss them too much!

Have a great time!

 

[BuzzLightYear3]

We made our first trip to our BWV 'home' without the kids.....it was just 2 nights, but it was great. It was fun to check out everything in advance of when the kids were with us, and it was great to do those things we never get to do (like sleep in, stay out late, relax, talk to each other!) It was actually our first and only trip without the kids who are now 9, 5, and 3. We really enjoyed JellyRolls and wished we could have checked out the Adventurers Club. We did have some of our friends find it pretty entertaining that we were going to Disney when we had a chance to get away without the kids......we figured they just wouldn't understand unless they'd tried it!

If we had someone who could watch the kids, we'd make more non-kid trips.....I personally think a short (2-3 night no-kid trip) would be a great compliment to our annual 10 day family trip.

Have a great time!