Is he still "2" or do you pay the $ for a 3 year old?

[zakatak]

The children were measured at the gate and at 40" got a bracelet to wear. You would pay IF your child was 40" or taller. At that rate, they could ride some of the more popular (bigger) rides, and are usually old enough to eat food (more than a baby bird, that is...).

That is my opinion. My 3 year old was 3 1/2 when we went in Feb and she was only 37 inches tall... couldn't ride the big rides, nor did she eat anything more than Mac and Cheese (three bites). We paid all the way around with her, admission and food. Now next July, my 2 year old will be JUST 3, but she is tall. She will most likely be 40 inches so I will have no problem with paying for her (I would regardless but it just didn't make sense in Feb when both dds rode the same rides, ate the same food but one was free and one wasn't).

I think the 40" bracelet would end the discussion. You pay when they hit 40". Period.

Thanks for listening to my opinion.

Karen

 

[polyfan]

zakatak- that is a good suggestion- my 3 year old can't ride any more rides then he could when he was 2

 

[GAIL HAYDEN]

(I'm not sneaking her in, she is in her stroller and they just open the gate and keep talking to whomever or doing whatever and don't ask for her ticket or her age so on thru the gate I go!)

Nope not sneaking, but it is still dishonest. It is lying by omission and trying to get something for free. I guess the expectation of being honest is lost on some.

 

[Mickeycrazy]

IMO, there is nothing wrong with pulling your three year old off as two.

Is there anything wrong if you can come up with a good enough excuse? I'm not trying to disparage anyone here, but this kind of morality is no good for this country. "As long as I have a good enough excuse, any behavior is okay", that's wrong, and its the wrong message to give our children. Its the same type of reasoning that sees under-age drinking so prevelant ("I'm old enough to vote, I'm old enough to drink), or teen pregnancy ("As long as it feels good do it"), would you accept a lie from your kids if they had a good reason (Dad, I cheated on the test cause it gave me a better chance at a scholarship)? We're seeing the results of our loose morality everyday on T.V. as CEO after CEO is caught for mishandling funds.
This is my humble opinion, and not meant to insult anyone.
Todd

 

[Maleficent2]

I beleive Disney's stand on this if a child is 2 years old when the family arrives at WDW then she/he is a two year old for the duration of the trip.move your trip up a few days.

Karen- I love your idea.It is really alot more fair.Our DS is 5 and he just reached 40 inches and we have been buying him a ticket since he turned three.So this was the first trip we felt like we had gotten his money's worth with his ticket.


If I were a moderator I would close this thread.

"Judge not least you be judged."


JMHO


Mal

 

[beattyfamily]

I don't think the responses are "judging". They are opinions and answers to the poster's question.

This will always be a heated issue because some think it's stealing and illegal and others think it isn't and "to each his own".

There are varying degrees of stealing; ones that are easier to do without much consequences and some people thinking it's "ok" like the age limits at parks, and 5 people in a hotel room meant for 4 people, and using your soda mug at all resorts or from previous trips etc....and then there's robbers and thieves who we judge and punish accordingly. But IMHO they are BOTH stealing or breaking rules that a company has instituted. Just some are easlier to pull off than others. Some are looked down on more than others.

And it cracks me up when someone suggests "do what you feel comfortable with" in regards to this issue. That's like saying to a robber who's asking your opinion on whether he should rob the convenience store because he's broke, "do what you feel comfortable with". Can you imagine our country if we felt this way about all crimes big or small?

If you can't afford a 3 year old's ticket, then you shouldn't go or you should try to go BEFORE their 3rd birthday.

This is, of course, IMHO. I'm sure this thread will be closed now so I'm glad I got this off my chest.

 

[polyfan]

It's amazing to see how many people claim to be strictly by the book, so to speak. I find it hard to imagine that everyone here has never done something that they really should not have- ex.- drank before the legal age, smoked, speeding, gotten home from a store and realized the cashier didn't charge them for something-did you run back and tell them to charge you?, go through a red light, I could go on forever. Everyone has done something- it's just part of life.

 

[Karel]

Yes, most people make mistakes. Accidently taking something from the store -a chain fell in my son's stroller, didn't realize it until we got home, grabbing a ***** from work and taking it home, getting extra change.

Most people try to live honestly and if they can fix the mistake, they do. I try not to judge people but if they ask my opinion, I'll give it. But just because people 'get away with things', it doesn't make it right or the desirable behavior. If you know what the rule is - you have two choices - follow the rule or break the rule.


As for the wrist bands - for a place like Disney that wouldn't work. I would hate having to where that thing for a week or more. Also, we've always felt as if we got our money's worth, no matter the age of our children. It's not like height plays a factor on a major number of the rides. Can you honestly say that there was not enough for your five year old to do??? I don't think that it has anything to do with 'fair'. Is it fair to charge a eighty year old man the same price as a 20 year old? How about pregnant women - maybe there should be a separate price for them?

Lines have to be drawn somewhere and everyone always thinks they're the exception....

 

[Mickeycrazy]

Everyone has done something- it's just part of life.

Not to inflame, but is that the lesson you want to have your children learn? "Lie if it gets you something you want, we all do", or "To save $200 its okay to steal, Disney charges too much anyway", after all it's a part of life.

Moderators- Please shut down this thread it's very depressing.

 

[polyfan]

First, I don't recall saying anything about teaching children to lie.

Secondly, my point is that fact that so many are being self-righteous and I can't believe that they have never lied. A lie is a lie no matter what it is about. Just because one person chooses to lie about something you would not does not mean that they have any less of values than you (generic). If someone here has never lied- more power to you. How about speeding- "officer, I didn't realize it........- come on you(generic) knew you were speeding. I have not said it was right, just that it happens to everyone.

 

[A kid at heart]

Nope not sneaking, but it is still dishonest. It is lying by omission and trying to get something for free. I guess the expectation of being honest is lost on some.

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Thats one persons thoughts. WE don't all think the sameway, and I find it really hard to believe that so many actually rush to pay for their child who has turned 3. Merely my opinion. I do agree that this thread needs to be locked.

If they were truly that worried about someone taking their 3 yr old in for free, then they would require us to have proof of the childs age. I have a ticket for my child, but when I get up to the gate they just open the gate for the strollerto get thru and I put my ticket in and they say nothing.They don'task, I don'toffer.

Ifnothing is said to the childthat hey I'mgoingto sneak you in for free, then to be quite honest how does the kid know, unless they aretold?

 

[nuthut]

If you can afford to buy the ticket, then buy it. If you can not afford it, then maybe you should consider staying home. The children learn more from our actions than any other way. Remember Disney is owned by their stockholders, people like you and I.

 

[Debbie]

Disney is owned by their stockholders, people like you and I.

and me-I own stock, too. I figure that I must own one of the peepholes on the doors at Dixie!

And, yes, I took my 3 year old as 2, so that I did not have to get that extra room~funny it was okay for my family to be in that cabin or room just a short time earlier, but hit that third birthday, and WHAM, another $100 a night for you, lady.

In my opinion, -and that's all it is- loriencke and a kid at heart have it right when they refer to those judging others, and the fact is that no one I know is perfect. When one tells other people that they can't go to Disney, that is rather presumptious on their part, in my opinion, because no one knows the exact circumstances of another. Would I do it again? Luckily, now I have a better idea of how to handle things. Unluckily, my oldest don't come with us any more, so it really is a moot point. Anybody want to pool hop?

Debbie
-oh, and yes, I give back the change if I'm given too much, and I give a lot of money to charities, and I try to do good as best I can. BUT I do go over the speed limit sometimes, too!

 

[robinb]

{{sigh}}

ttm999, I hope that you will weather this little tempest in a teapot and remain here with us at the DIS. Most threads are friendlier . This thread always degrades into one with words like "liar", "cheat", "steal", "integrity" and "honesty". Soon, someone will equate passing off a 3 year 3 day old child as a 2 year 255 day old child with lying under oath and capital murder .

I personally would not pay for your son who is only 3 days over 3 years of age. Keep him in the stroller and push him right through the gate. You may be asked how old he is, so be prepared. More likely than not, you will not be asked.

I was almost in the same boat as you find yourself in. We have plans to go to Disneyland Paris 10 days after my DD's 3rd birthday and I was ready to pass her off as 2. It turned out we used DVC points for our stay which includes park passes for all 3 of us at no additional charge. C'est la vie.

 

[C.Ann]

Ouch!!

Hope this thread doesn't get any nastier..

 

[Joyfulsnuff]

The age of 3 seems fair for a child ticket. Whats always painful for me is buying my 10 year old an adult ticket, ouch! I wish the age was a little bit older for the adult charge.

 

[A kid at heart]

I am a disney stockholder too! I know that I too go over the speedlimit......oops!Basically this is a no win situation, those that do it do it and those that don't don't! To each his own. I don't pretend to be of extremely high morals. I do give in to temptation,not all the time but it does happen, I am a normal red-blooded person. Perfect I will never be, but that is who I am. I will admit it.

 

[Debbie]

You are right about the 10 year old, joyfulsnuff! Hard to look at and call the kid snuggling for a story an adult.