We have been going to WDW annually for 15 years, but no more than 5 days each time. Our kids are 15 and 20 now, and we still have at least one more trip scheduled with them, this April.
Having said that, we do other things too. SOARIN is no substitute for having seen San Francisco in person. The California coast, San Simeon, Big Sur, redwoods. Cross the country: Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Carlsbad Caverns. Further east: Gettysburg, Harpers Ferry, the Skyline Drive in Virginia. Washington DC. Mount Desert Island in Maine and Mount Washington in NH. We even managed one three week trip to Europe with them. And we live in Manhattan, which is the ultimate theme park. (If you can't get here in person next week to see the GATES in Central Park, I can say in advance it will be at least one notch above the pink painted castle, or the Mickeys that were at WDW last year.)
We really enjoy Disney, but there is more out there. There is master showmanship on view there, but we should not substitute this for reality. To go back in time: my grandparents would spend two weeks every summer on the New Jersey seashore, and that was it. Some people really enjoy a very defined vacation. No shame there.
We think we gave our kids at least a taste of what is out there, and I hope we cause them to be hungry for more.
Having said that, we do other things too. SOARIN is no substitute for having seen San Francisco in person. The California coast, San Simeon, Big Sur, redwoods. Cross the country: Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Carlsbad Caverns. Further east: Gettysburg, Harpers Ferry, the Skyline Drive in Virginia. Washington DC. Mount Desert Island in Maine and Mount Washington in NH. We even managed one three week trip to Europe with them. And we live in Manhattan, which is the ultimate theme park. (If you can't get here in person next week to see the GATES in Central Park, I can say in advance it will be at least one notch above the pink painted castle, or the Mickeys that were at WDW last year.)
We really enjoy Disney, but there is more out there. There is master showmanship on view there, but we should not substitute this for reality. To go back in time: my grandparents would spend two weeks every summer on the New Jersey seashore, and that was it. Some people really enjoy a very defined vacation. No shame there.
We think we gave our kids at least a taste of what is out there, and I hope we cause them to be hungry for more.
for me; I told him that I was a little hurt about the way he gave the "ultimatum" I explained to him that I know that there is other places but Disney is special to me and the kids are still little and maybe will be bored in a trip like Washington DC, but that is true we need to see other places so I told him that we could do Disney every other year or divide our vacations in half (Thank you all for the ideas) He apologized and told me that whatever I decide will be OK with him.
Linnette
