Parents ~ Going solo???

[Disney's Fab 4]

Parents, going without your children????

Do you feel like you are cheating on your kids???

My DH and 2 DS (10) & (7) and myself have gone 2 times, with one time being this past October `05... My husband said for our Anniversary we should go... JUST US! Only for 3 nights/4days!! BUt I feel like I am cheating on my children!!!! I don't think I would feel this way if we were going to Vegas or anywhere else.... But Disney????
I am really looking forward to standing in long lines without 2 little boys fighting or that one is looking at me and that one started it....
But I was just curious if any other parents felt this way???

 

[Karnak]

I've been to Walt Disney many times with my children and grandchildren and always enjoyed watching them enjoying themselves.

BUT I HAVE ALSO ENJOYED MYSELF SOLO BECAUSE ...

No waiting for others to: (1) decide what to do next, (2) take photos, (3) rush right by the street performer you would really like to watch for a while, (4) take a rest room break, (5) mill around and study the map, (6) stop to trade pins, (7) use up too much time eating lunch, (8) stop for every character that pops up, (9) stop to press coins in some silly machine, (10) walk super fast when you are really worn out, (11) stop at every gift shop in the park, (12) insist on taking a break at the resort in the middle of the day, (13) not be ready to go in the morning, resulting in the crowd level increased by the time you get there, (14) want to sit down when you are ready to move on, (15) not be able to decide what to order at a counter service site, even though you’ve been standing in line for 25 minutes.

My next two trips (see below) will be solo, and I am really looking forward to them.

Enjoy.

 

[spiceycat]

You might miss your children. but I think you deserve some time ALONE with your husband - don't you.

think of the fun you will have.

you can stay up late and do EMH.

you can go to all the countries in Epcot with someone saying ' we're bored can we leave now'

you can enjoy a nice restuarant without 'there is nothing I like here can we go some place else'

believe me you and your husband deserve some alone time. Disney can be very romantic....

 

[janice1234]

disneys fab4, iknow exactly what you mean . my husband and i went to disney for 4 nights in november without the kids. it was our first trip anywhere, without the children. i did feel like i was cheating on the kids, there are just so many happy memories with the kids at disney. but having said all that, it was a great trip, my husband and i had a blast. it was a very different trip without the kids. good luck with your decision.

 

[Disney's Fab 4]

I've been to Walt Disney many times with my children and grandchildren and always enjoyed watching them enjoying themselves.

BUT I HAVE ALSO ENJOYED MYSELF SOLO BECAUSE ...

No waiting for others to: (1) decide what to do next, (2) take photos, (3) rush right by the street performer you would really like to watch for a while, (4) take a rest room break, (5) mill around and study the map, (6) stop to trade pins, (7) use up too much time eating lunch, (8) stop for every character that pops up, (9) stop to press coins in some silly machine, (10) walk super fast when you are really worn out, (11) stop at every gift shop in the park, (12) insist on taking a break at the resort in the middle of the day, (13) not be ready to go in the morning, resulting in the crowd level increased by the time you get there, (14) want to sit down when you are ready to move on, (15) not be able to decide what to order at a counter service site, even though you’ve been standing in line for 25 minutes.

My next two trips (see below) will be solo, and I am really looking forward to them.

Enjoy.

Thank you!!!

 

[Disney's Fab 4]

You might miss your children. but I think you deserve some time ALONE with your husband - don't you.

think of the fun you will have.

you can stay up late and do EMH.

you can go to all the countries in Epcot with someone saying ' we're bored can we leave now'

you can enjoy a nice restuarant without 'there is nothing I like here can we go some place else'

believe me you and your husband deserve some alone time. Disney can be very romantic....

Thank you!!

 

[handicap18]

DW and I are looking to go in June with out the kids. Though our kids are young and it wont really bother them too much. But I'm all for doing things for yourself. DW and I have rarely done something just the 2 of us since before our first was born. Don't get the wrong impression. We love doing things as a family, but every now and then you need some alone time and some alone couple time.

 

[MRNsMommy]

I know how you feel. My DH and I have decided to go for our anniversary in December. Our DD will only be 2 at the time, but I just start thinking, "oh, she'd love this...or she'd love that." But we left her at home last time we went with another couple and their child (ours was only a few months old at the time), and even though the other couple had fun with their 2-year-old, they were also headed back to the room for afternoon naps, had to deal with a cranky child at the parade, had to leave the park several times b/c all the child wanted to do was go swimming in the pool at the resort. All this is fine, too...but there is NOTHING wrong with taking some time for y'all to enjoy the romantic side of Disney! Have fun! We plan to!

 

[Disney's Fab 4]

One more I thing I must add...

Again, I have 2 DS, 1 who is now 10 and one who is 7.... We haven't told them where we are going! They have been there before so they know what they will be missing out on. We figured, we will just tell them we are going away for a few days... But we will tell them where we went when we get home.... Any ideas on this?????

 

[Silverbelle990]

Sorry I don't have any ideas to tell your kids

My DH and I are going to disney in 31 days. We are leaving our DS 2 and DS 5 home. My DS 5 knows we are going and wants to come but my DH has never been. We have never had a honeymoon or gone anywhere by ourselfs in 9 years!!! I am excited to finally be going back and to show my DH all the wonders of the world.

However we are planning to give the gift of the world for the first time to our DS 5 for christmas.

Good luck, don't feel bad and have a great time!!!!!

 

[spiceycat]

tell them you are going on a romantic holiday....

it will be....

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

I am planning to surprise DW with an adults-only trip this summer. Our kids are 8 and 6. We have been to WDW as a family 6 times. DW stayed home with our kids until the youngest entered kindegarden this year. She sacrifices so much for our family. WE seldom get to go out on a date, so I am planning this special trip as a treat for her/us. I think I have my childcare lined up (my folks will entertain the kids). Now I just have to firm up the dates and make ressies. We have almost always stayed at value resorts. I will be treating my special lady to 5 nighst at the Grand Floridian. I can't wait to tell her!

 

[Disney's Fab 4]

I am planning to surprise DW with an adults-only trip this summer. Our kids are 8 and 6. We have been to WDW as a family 6 times. DW stayed home with our kids until the youngest entered kindegarden this year. She sacrifices so much for our family. WE seldom get to go out on a date, so I am planning this special trip as a treat for her/us. I think I have my childcare lined up (my folks will entertain the kids). Now I just have to firm up the dates and make ressies. We have almost always stayed at value resorts. I will be treating my special lady to 5 nighst at the Grand Floridian. I can't wait to tell her!

Sounds very sweet, I am sure she will love the thought you put into your surprise!!! How are you going to tell her???

 

[Alicnwondrln]

I am planning to surprise DW with an adults-only trip this summer. Our kids are 8 and 6. We have been to WDW as a family 6 times. DW stayed home with our kids until the youngest entered kindegarden this year. She sacrifices so much for our family. WE seldom get to go out on a date, so I am planning this special trip as a treat for her/us. I think I have my childcare lined up (my folks will entertain the kids). Now I just have to firm up the dates and make ressies. We have almost always stayed at value resorts. I will be treating my special lady to 5 nighst at the Grand Floridian. I can't wait to tell her!

AWWWW that is so nice
i wish my DH did stuff like that for me

 

[drgnfly30]

I'd feel like we were cheating! Although I have thought about doing it & lying to them about where we were going. But the guilt gets to me everytime! If they found out about it, they'd pack up & leave home!...

ummm, ok maybe that's not so bad, DS15 HAS been trying me lately

 

[MichelleVW]

I'm going on a short 2 day trip next week with my husband and I don't feel like I'm cheating, but my 13 year old DD doesn't quite see it the same way.....

Oh well, this is the same child that has been to Jamaica, Australia, Guam, a Disney Cruise, Disney World 3 times and countless other vacations...so do I feel like I'm cheating her by taking a short trip with DH....NOPE!!!

 

[Disney's Fab 4]

I'm going on a short 2 day trip next week with my husband and I don't feel like I'm cheating, but my 13 year old DD doesn't quite see it the same way.....

Oh well, this is the same child that has been to Jamaica, Australia, Guam, a Disney Cruise, Disney World 3 times and countless other vacations...so do I feel like I'm cheating her by taking a short trip with DH....NOPE!!!

Maybe I won't feel that way once I am there.... But by the time mine are 13 I probably won't feel like I am cheating either...
PS... Can you adopt me!!

 

[Pembo]

Dh & I are headed to WDW in 22 days w/o our 3 kids. We were all there last summer. I got a great Ding fare on SWA and we couldn't resist. We told the kids that we are going to Disney but we'll be doing boring grown-up stuff. Ds said that means shopping! I was thinking more like waiting in line w/o the whining.

 

[4mygirls9801]

DH and I are going in 17 days for the first time solo. We took DDs 3 years ago in April (then 2 & 5) and they LOVED the trip! But when I broached the subject with my DD7 by saying that 'Daddy and I are going on a trip to Florida" - her response was 'I'm not going on an airplane EVER again"(as if she assumed she was invited ) and I said "well, you can stay home then". And when I told my DD4 she started to whine that she wanted to come too. I have to admit I considered bringing her - for about an 8th of a second - and then told her that my mother would be coming to be with both of the girls for the long weekend.
Well, suffice it to say BOTH of my DD's think that spending time with my mother is BETTER than a trip to Disney. Now how great is life to be a kid with a grandmother like that? !!!!!
So off DH and I go to Disney for 5 days with NO guilt!!

I have already made ressies for lunches and dinners at ALL of the spots that DON'T specialize in "kids meals" And have planned daily activities that involve big explosions, 'fuel' for a childs nightmares, no princesses, and things generally geared toward the adult "kid at heart".

If anyone has any insider tips for romantic spots or other great things for parents without kids to do, please let me know - I'd love to hear your ideas.

 

[handicap18]

I have already made ressies for lunches and dinners at ALL of the spots that DON'T specialize in "kids meals" And have planned daily activities that involve big explosions, 'fuel' for a childs nightmares, no princesses, and things generally geared toward the adult "kid at heart".

NICE!!!!!!!

DW and I are doing the same thing in June!! Though we may do one character meal just because we liked the place and it has characters. Even though we're "all grown up" at 30 something, we still like the characters.