Convincing my 6 YO the slim chances of winning a night in the castle?

[abandcsmom]

How do I do this without ruining the magic for her? She is CONVINCED we are going to be picked to stay in the castle. I mean, it could happen (yeah right), but I am scared she will get upset when we don't get to stay in the castle.

 

[imthatgirl]

i was scared of this as well. so i didnt even tell them about the year of a million dreams. last year the commercials were on all the time about staying in the castle and so yes theyve heard about it, but the commercials are off the air now and even my oldest whos 8 doesnt really remember that its being given away.

if it were me i would either tell her the contest for the castle is over or i would tell her maybe the night before the trip that you checked on line and you didnt win. that way she isnt walking around looking to be handed a prize.

 

[vleeth]

That's a hard one...I wouldn't want to lie and I wouldn't want to wait to tell her. Seems like if she finds out the day before she'd still be crushed.

I guess I'd just tell her that chances are you won't get it and talk about other things at MK that she likes and try to get her excited about that.

 

[luvmyfam444]

the only thing I know to do is tell her that its not give out daily or anything - & show her pics that another family has already won - then make sure you have the ADR set up for eating in the castle at least....

YOu could tell her they are still giving away other prizes & that y'all may get lucky with that - but again you might get her hopes up & she still might take that hard....

 

[abandcsmom]

Thanks everyone. We do have ADRs to eat dinner at the castle as a consolation. If she wasn't so darned convinced it is going to happen, it would be so much easier. I keep telling her they only pick one family out of everybody that is at WDW that day and she says, "I wonder which day they will pick us." We'll figure it out. I like the "I checked online" bit.

 

[imthatgirl]

Thanks everyone. We do have ADRs to eat dinner at the castle as a consolation. If she wasn't so darned convinced it is going to happen, it would be so much easier. I keep telling her they only pick one family out of everybody that is at WDW that day and she says, "I wonder which day they will pick us." We'll figure it out. I like the "I checked online" bit.

i know we all ahte to lie to our children, like someone else mentioned, but i think in this case if you dont find a way to end it you may be sacrificing the rest of her vacation. could you imagine how crushed shell be coming home? the ride home should be full of talk of their favorite moments, not i cant believe we didnt stay in the castle.
so even though its lieing this is what i would do. i would tell her now that the week before you go they will announce it online who wins. but they only announce it at a certain time when she isnt home(unless she cant read yet) the check and (does she know shes eating in the castle?) if not id tell her you won a dinner with cinderella. what harm could that cause right? then shell ahve the trip and dinner to focus on, so shell still be ecited for the trip, she wont be crushed.

 

[abandcsmom]

No, I don't mind bending the truth a little for the sake of my sanity there with her peeking around every corner wondering if this CM or that one is the one with the "magical keys to Cinderella's bedroom" -- her words, not mine. She does know we are eating dinner at the castle, but she doesn't know I scheduled BBB at the castle for that same day, so that can be the prize we win. Thanks!