Overcome with guilt!

[BYC]

Be careful telling them you are going somewhere else! There was a You Tube I saw a few years back where the parents told the kids they were visiting cousins, and then as they were on the way, told them they were really going to Disney. Well, the kids were so disappointed they wouldn't be visiting their cousins, they all burst out crying!

 

[#1hoosierfan]

My sister and I both had our families in WDW this past June. 4 - kids - ages, 1,2,3, and 6. At one point two of the kids were melting down, and we looked at each and just started laughing. I said, "Man this place would be GREAT if we didn't have these kids with us."

Just kidding - It was a great trip.

My family is going back in March for spring break, and then next October my sister, two friends, and I are going to run the F&W half-marathon. All girls and NO KIDS ALLOWED. I honestly can't wait.

My boys will have been on 2 week long Disney vacations 9 months apart. I honestly don't think they are too "deprived." Momma deserves some fun too!!!!

 

[mccathy]

I'm with you.

We've got our anniversary trip scheduled for March - no kids.

I haven't told them yet. Going to wait 'til I book a June trip for them - then I'll break it to them.

I cannot wait for a Disney trip without the kids. Sounds crazy, I know, but everytime we're there I keep thinking of stuff we could do without them! Of course, I'm sure while I'm there I'll keep thinking of the stuff they'd love - which is why I'm taking them in June!

 

[basketlacey]

Congratulations on your adults only trip and your upcoming surprise! We will be there for the last weekend of F&W - kids in tow. I wonder if I can just leave them in them room one day

I'm kidding! But they already know we will be snacking around the world one Sunday - that is the "ride" that mommy picked!

 

[sissy_ib]

Be careful telling them you are going somewhere else! There was a You Tube I saw a few years back where the parents told the kids they were visiting cousins, and then as they were on the way, told them they were really going to Disney. Well, the kids were so disappointed they wouldn't be visiting their cousins, they all burst out crying!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MIBxhh_R_w

I know there are other videos like this one.

 

[Rhode Island Quahog]

I would be but I would never go by myself. I can understand going to Disneyworld alone if you don't have kids but going to Disneyworld without your kids if you have kids is pretty mean. How do you look at your children and say hey we're going to Disneyworld but you are not coming.


Way to start off your relationship w/ your new stepson!

So what's your problem...are you a troll or do you seriously just have issues? Obviously noone is as perfect as you are, at least in your own eyes. Leave this person alone and go post elsewhere! Noone needs your snide comments or opinions on this subject.

And we wonder why people are so mean and can't get along. I never will understand why people post what they post, but its people like you who enjoy making people feel bad for no reason at all. Be a role model for your children, not a cyber bully. Seriously if you can't say something nice or positive, shut up and go away!

 

[OhioDisneyDad]

You are lucky you can take your kids at that time of January. Our kids are now 19 and 21; I dread the day when they won't want to go with us anymore. So savor those family trips while you can!

I've already told my kids that they'll keep going with us when they get older - NO DISCUSSION! It is amazing how fast the time goes by.

 

[Brian_WDW74]

I've moved this thread to the Doing the Happy Dance! board.

And let's stop the arguing right now. Name-calling and other personal attacks are not allowed on the DIS. Any further posts containing such violations will be deleted and infractions will be issued.

 

[OhioDisneyDad]

Good for you! I'm glad you had a great time. Sometimes it just has to be a parents only trip, especially if you're going to enjoy Food and WINE.

Your kids are the lucky ones, as they probably wouldn't have scored a trip to Disney so soon, if you didn't feel so guilty.

Have fun planning your trip for January.

Yeah, the F&W Festival was great without the kids. I don't think they would have liked the wine tastings! I know my son would have eaten anything but my daughter thinks chicken nuggets are a food group! I still found myself wishing for the kids, though.

Maybe you can just tell them it's a vacation to the beach, but then just end up in Disneyworld. Then it probably would be a surprise right until the very end!

Or better yet, just tell them it's a road trip down south. My parents would take us on road trips out "west" with no idea where we were going to end up

My kids are a bit older @ 10 & 13 so it may take them a while to realize we're not heading the usual direction to grandma's house. Mostly because they'll either have their noses buries in a video game or be zoned out listening to their iPod!

 

[OhioDisneyDad]

It's mean to have adult time? Not like the OP was talking about rubbing it in the kids faces. What is wrong with having some "parent only" time at the happiest place on earth? The beach is fun for kids too, would it be mean if they went there for a week childless?

Good for you OP! Hope you have a magical family vacation

It's not like my kids are deprived of vacations. We all went to WDW last Xmas and then to Marco Island for the following week. They also went to the Outer Banks in June.

I think it's important to have some alone time with the wife. We've gone on numerous getaways by ourselves (some a few days, some as long as a week). Helps keep the magic alive (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).

 

[OhioDisneyDad]

We are going as a family in December and getting annual passes, so DH & I were talking about squeezing in a few adult only short trips over the spring and then going back as a family in Oct for the Halloween Party

I love your form of Therapy for the "guilt"

You know we went to MNSSHP while there and we absolutely LOVED it! We had a blast trick or treating - brought back so many great memories. I'm sure somebody around us got a huge laugh when I got all excited because we found The Hag. Nothing like a big 6'+ male going all giddy.

 

[OhioDisneyDad]

Take us too! We're from Columbus!!

Pick me up on the other side of the river in N. Ky. I'm sure we can gather lots of people along I75 who want to join us!

We're neighbors SDSorority! GO BUCKS! Kymom - my wife and I used to live in Cold Springs when we first got married. Small world.

Guess I'll need to get a bigger van but ya'll are going to have to help out with the driving!

 

[kymom99]

We're neighbors SDSorority! GO BUCKS! Kymom - my wife and I used to live in Cold Springs when we first got married. Small world.

Guess I'll need to get a bigger van but ya'll are going to have to help out with the driving!

Same county! Really small world! We can ride that first!

 

[prnces1214]

You are lucky you can take your kids at that time of January. Our kids are now 19 and 21; I dread the day when they won't want to go with us anymore. So savor those family trips while you can!

haha...i am 25 my DB's are 20 and 26 and we are taking our mom next year for her 50th birthday and we are all so excited to go again as a fam....its been to long and you would think it was our first trip again...its all we talk about!

But my parents used to go on Parent only trips for anniversaries and so on. We never felt left out, but then again they would also take us another time so good for you!!! Have a great Trip

 

[Neeny17]

Wow, I wish that my parents would go, feel guiltyt and then take us lol! Ah well, we'll be going for a day in August so not too long to wait.

 

[pigletforever]

You are lucky you can take your kids at that time of January. Our kids are now 19 and 21; I dread the day when they won't want to go with us anymore. So savor those family trips while you can!

That may not happen for a while. We are taking DS 21 in JAnuary and he has countdown on his phone. He calls me several times a week for a countdown check. He is more than willing to go and not have to pay for it.

 

[high meadows]

Remember, folks, that time rolls along and changes things. We took all our kids, then just the youngest (in college), then the whole family including grandchildren. During the course of our WDW visits, we also went by ourslves, and fell in love with the charming parts of each other that WDW brings out. Now, all the kids and the grands love going to WDW which we do in alternate years. Everyone we love is just on loan, kids most of all, and we have to make to longest-term person as important as the shortest.

 

[Lillian Gracey]

I think it's great that you took a trip without the kids and now are doing one with the kids. It's nice to get away from the kids every once in a while. I know my parents love it.

I am going without my family in May so it should be interesting. My mom every-so-often tells me that she wants to go with me. She jokes with me that I favor my boyfriend because I'm taking him and not her.

But I plan on taking her to Disney World in 2012 or 2013 (whenever the Fantasyland expansion is done) for her birthday. I want to take her to the Be Our Guest restaurant because her favorite movie is Beauty and the Beast. Plus, I want to stay in the new Disney resort.

 

[dormouse72]

I know how you feel. BF and I just booked an "adults-only" trip for his birthday in January - there's a reason why BF's smilie is "Tigger"...he literally bounces at the thought that we get to go again! Now I'm feeling guilty (especially as the kids have caught me on the boards and know that can mean only one thing) so I've started looking at a "quick family trip" for early December 2011. Nothing induces guilt more than DD8 saying "Mickey has a Christmas Party? Did I ever go to that?"

As for "Disney only with the kids", BF has three children whose mother won't let him take them to Disney since she can't go. They know he's gone without them and it's hard for him - enjoying the trips with my kids knowing he's not allowed to do the same with his. That doesn't mean he doesn't go. We've just started looking at Disney as their official 18th birthday present - the day we get to take them on their first trip.

 

[nooneshome]

If it weren't for my recent eye surgery I would take that "guilty trip" with DW sometime after Thanksgiving. The air bubble in my eye is almost gone!!