No Kids at WDW?

[DebIreland]

We took our oldest when he was 4 (he's now 6 going back for his third time) and our youngest who is 20 months will also be making his third trip, 2nd officially.
Deb - Your boys are going to love it, and your beautiful young lady is going to help you enjoy it. She may not remember it, but you'll always remember the smiles, giggles, and looks in her eyes.

Thanks so much Stitch. We're thrilled to be going. The boys are beside themselves with excitement. My 11yo was watching the planning DVD the other day and said "turn it off, turn it off, I can't stand it, it's too exciting, everything is toooo good" - he was giggling and shaking. lol!!

 

[mickeymousefan]

What a rude comment.... why do they care how other people spend their money and wether or not other peoples kids will remember the trip? Why make a neagatve comment that you and your kids could hear? Some people are soo inconsiderate. I am glad you had a good time. I know my kids wont remember our trips, but the pictures will last a lifetime!!

 

[MickeyMouth]

How does your title of the thread go with your post? No kids, to me, means no kids - your post is about young children, and the debate if it's 'worth' bringing them to WDW. A better title might have been - 'rude man in line', or 'no young kids at WDW?'

I understood her thread title. She was asking "No kids at DW?" In response to the rude comment she overheard. I don't understand why you even replied to this post?

 

[DebIreland]

I understood her thread title. She was asking "No kids at DW?" In response to the rude comment she overheard. I don't understand why you even replied to this post?

I know! I was thinking that too - why did he/she even reply to it???

 

[Stitch Inside]

How does your title of the thread go with your post? No kids, to me, means no kids - your post is about young children, and the debate if it's 'worth' bringing them to WDW. A better title might have been - 'rude man in line', or 'no young kids at WDW?'

What are you? Her editor?

 

[Jenn]

Just wait until that rude couple has a couple of kids - their opinions will change.

 

[Mady/Sophiemom]

My mom, and I had this conversation just last night. Apparently she was talking at work about my trip this week, as well as previous trips. A co-worker thought it was ridiculous that my 6 Y.O. would be making her 4th trip, because she felt she was still way to young. ???

My mom (who by the way thought the same thing not too long ago), actually defended our decision to go when DD was 2. She used a lot of the same arguments that I gave her.

The main one being, a repeat of what was mentioned earlier. Why make your older child(ren) wait, till the youngest is older. Also under 3 if free to parks, and many meals. My 2 Y.O. never ate enough to order her own food, so she basically ate free the whole trip. The only thing that cost us was her plane ticket ($156). We went off peak, to avoid heat, crowds and meltdowns. Also went at a slower pace, and one of us took her back to the room, if need be.

I am always amazed at what whe remembered from that trip. We haven't done Fantasmic since that trip, but she asked to do it this time. She did not know the title, but started describing most of the show. She remembers the CSR resort pool, and bridge, too.

 

[BostonRob]

I was always of that opinion too - I felt the money spent on bringing young kids to WDW was wasted. Now I have a 2 year old daughter and my wife and I wanted to go on a vacation with her. So now we've got to find somewhere child-friendly. Where can we go where the weather is good, where a toddler could have fun, where we'd enjoy ourselves, and where we can go sit in a nice restaurant with our daughter and not worry about disturbing other diners (she behaves great, but all toddler's have epidodes)?

The words - Walt Disney World. As others have pointed out, if this experience is wasted on her (and I doubt it will be), well than all experiences are wasted on her. But at least we'll have fun in a place where young children are welcome and expected.

 

[SandrainNC]

I can't believe how rude people are. It definitely sounds like they were saying it on purpose so you would hear them. Good for you for not saying anything because I would not have been able to keep my mouth shut.

I don't understand why it is anybody's business what I choose to spend my money on. My son was 3 when we went to WDW in November. Will he remember it, probably not. Did he have fun. Absolutely! The look on his face when he saw Mickey and some of the other characters and the Spectromagic Parade was priceless. I also paid for him to go to Discovery Cove, so if anybody wants to say something about that to me, be my guest.

We went on vacation and took our son with us as we do on all vacations (going to the beach soon too). That is what we choose to do. If other's don't want to, that is fine and it is their business, but it is totally wrong to say things out loud to purposely cause trouble. Rude Rude Rude!

Sandra

 

[kakiegirl]

The people were very rude and that would have made me mad also. I probably would have at least gave them an ugly look, if not said something in response. I know everyone has there own opinon. My Sister has been waiting for the right time to take her kids to disney and it has never come my niece is 13 and nephew is 11. I really thing she misssed the boat. They will still have fun but it want be as magical as when they are young and believe everything is real. Honestly my niece is a thrill ride only kind of person and I told my sister honestly she would probably enjoy Universal better now. Anyway, back to the subject I have to admit I have thought to myself why someone would take a new born infant when there are no other children especially in the middle of the summer, but I would never be so rude as to say something out loud, that is their business. I know our dd went for the first time when she was three and is now six and still remembers alot about the trip. Of course she is unusually brilliant so she might be an exception But even if she didn't remember anything, I have those memories to carry in my heart forever. and I will treasure them, it was magic.

 

[kupperman]

What a rude comment.... why do they care how other people spend their money and wether or not other peoples kids will remember the trip? Why make a neagatve comment that you and your kids could hear? Some people are soo inconsiderate. I am glad you had a good time. I know my kids wont remember our trips, but the pictures will last a lifetime!!

Amen!

 

[lclark0621]

All I have to say is, we took DS for his first trip at 9 months old, and have absolutly NO regrets. He is going for his second trip next week & he will be 21 months old for this one!

I absolutly love taking DS to Disney World. It is not a once in a lifetime trip for him, so I see no reason to wait for the "prefect age". He may not remember his first 2 trips, but DH & I always will.

I never understood the "they wont remember" comments. I mean after all, DS wont remember much of his first 3 years of life. But DH & I do everything we can to make laugh & smile now. He wont remember it, so why do it? Because we love to make our DS happy at the moment!

What a sad life kids would lead if everyone wait "until they could remember" to do everything.

I dont understand why people who say "they dont remember" bother taking their kids to the park, or the zoo or having birthday parties. After all they wont remember Disney World, so they wont remember the local park either.

But that is just my opinion.

 

[lclark0621]

Oh & one more thing...

Until kids are 3, they are free in Disney World anyway. So why not go?

Ok so I guess I had more to say then my first line in my last post after all...

 

[dis-happy]

Look at it this way.....when that rude man has Alzheimer's in his old age, he won't remember this trip to WDW either.

 

[rt2dz]

OK, just a couple of points in response to some of the other responses.

1) they have PROVEN through years of research & repeated studies that children CAN remember experiences they have as young as 18 months. They think younger, but can't prove it.

2) when we took our first family vacation to WDW DS#2 was only 7 months old. Now, I'm pretty sure he won't remember it. And he certainly didn't cost us any money on the trip. BUT, I have some fantastic memories. Mainly Pocohantis getting down on the floor and playing with our son only for over 20 minutes (yes, there were no other children around at the time). Rafiki & Stanely were also spending quite a bit of time with him. Then in Epcot, Mickey, Donald, & Goofy as the three musketeers stopped and played with my little baby for a while too. THAT wouldn't have happened if he had been 7 or 8 or even just 4. And it was completely and totally priceless.

 

[efinn88858]

How rude of them!

And, IMO, it's a dumb argument. If that was the case, why do anything with a child under 4? Why bring him to the local zoo? He won't remember. Why bring him to the beach? He won't remember. Why give him a birthday party? He won't remember. Why cuddle and kiss an infant? They won't remember. We do it because it's fun at the time, whether they remember it or not and because we love to make them happy and see the smiles on their faces. When their face lights up and their mouth opens in awe at the sight of the castle in front of them... what other possible reason could you need?

Maybe that couple just hates kids.

Very well put!

 

[drakethib]

I just spent the week after Easter at WDW. I went with my dd (4), ds (2), and nephew (6), and my mother.

While I was in line with the kids in the Living Seas, I was holding ds, and the other two kids were talking and joking nicely while we stood there.

Imagine my shock when the man behind me says to his wife, "It's just stupid to bring small kids to Disney World! They won't even remember it."

The wife answered something in agreement about how people are "ridiculous".

I looked at the kids, wondering what in the world could have set these rude people off. None of them were misbehaving in the least bit! I didn't say anything to the couple, even though there loud tone made it obvious that they wanted me to overhear them.

I wanted to say that it doesn't matter if they don't remember every trip because I bring them back every year! DD can tell me stories about past trips dating back to when she was only 2 years old!

Can you believe the nerve of these people? What would Disney World be without kids (besides quieter)?

LP

Maybe the children won't remember the trip. That is quite possible.Then again who can tell what chidlren retain.

But think of all the great memories that YOU will have of you with your children at the best place in the world.

Say a prayer for those people.

They are missing out.

 

[Suzanne74]

well we went with my DD for her 3rd b-day in Sept and she has not stopped talking about - literally everyday something else is mentioned about disney. Minnie Mouse is her new best friend, LOL. I don't think she will ever forget and you know what - neither will DH and I - I actually had tears in my eyes when she saw Cinderella at the breakfast. It was wonderful!!

Those poor people - I think preschool years are the BEST time to take them. They really still believe!!

 

[wright1baby]

I don't want to go too far in defending this individual, but with that being said...
We made a choice as parents to wait until this year because this is not going to be a trip we are going to be able to do every year. We thought about the timing of, is the youngest going to be "too young" and is the oldest going to be "too old". We think we timed it just right! However, this was a decision we made based on our situation and I would NEVER dare to comment on anyone elses decision to take their family members of any age!
Don't get me wrong, we would love to go to WDW every year...HECK everyDAY! Just not possible for everyone, so we planned to do it at what we thought was the optimum age for everyone.

 

[G8RFAN]

Last year was the first year I had to buy an AP for my 3.5 DS. The thought had come to my mind last July when he turned 3 about why Disney decided that 3 was the year they would start charging. They must have done their homework, because I can tell you that he has been there quite a number of times before and after 3 and you now should see the excitement in his face a week before we leave and as we count down towards our trip. It's almost nonstop talking about Dumbo/Mickey/Airplane (Barnstormer)/Pooh, etc. He knows the car ride and recogizes when we hit Oceola Parkway that we are almost there. Even if he won't remember this when he is an adult, he is cherishing the moment and so are we. Worth every penny and more.