DisneyDillyDally
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- Dec 31, 2018
Feeling bummed to realize my 4 year old (5 in December) may not be back at WDW for several years because of covid-19 between the health and economic fall out. Anyone else feeling the same way?
I don't have children yet, but I totally hear you. My wife and I were taking my sister-in-law this year for her first WDW trip (and first vacation in like 10 years!) and I really hyped it up and planned everything perfectly. Of course it all fell apart and though I have a November rebooked trip, I am not sure we will actually go. In that case, my sister-in-law will likely never go to WDW at least not for years and we will not either as we plan on starting a family so it will be at least a couple of years until we can make that trip again.
Great advice!I'm sad too but my kids favorite memories are more about feelings than the place and you can make magic anywhere by making an enormous big deal about an indoor picnic & Disney movie night. We used to do flashlight tag in the dark where dad would hide and we would try to find him with the flashlights, can Disney it up with images in the flashlights. You could even go out each night and look at the stars and say it's Tinkerbelle's sisters. Honestly, when kids are little its all about the fuss and excitement of the caregiver & this is what they will remember
No. I have faith they will have a vaccine in less than a year. And if needed I can always take a budget trip. While it is not my ideal, I would have no problem staying off site, and cutting back on table service and souvenirs if need be.
Yes. Our two older children got to go at ages 6 & 9 and 4 & 7, respectively, so during that window when it is "magical" but they still remember. Youngest was two on our last trip, so he doesn't remember, and would have been 7 on our trip this summer - just nearing the outer window of that little-kid magic. I'm hoping to go next summer, when he will be 8, although depending on things it might not be for another year after that. Whenever it is, we will still have a wonderful time and in the grand scheme of things this is not a big problem, but there's a part of me that is wistful about him missing out on an experience his siblings had (and let's be real here, it's just as much me missing out).Feeling bummed to realize my 4 year old (5 in December) may not be back at WDW for several years because of covid-19 between the health and economic fall out. Anyone else feeling the same way?
Yes you have put your finger on it. I’m fretting that by the time we are able to go back, he’ll have outgrown hugging characters, Dumbo and the speedway. I’m sure the next phase will be great, too, but I love the small kid at Disney phaseYes. Our two older children got to go at ages 6 & 9 and 4 & 7, respectively, so during that window when it is "magical" but they still remember. Youngest was two on our last trip, so he doesn't remember, and would have been 7 on our trip this summer - just nearing the outer window of that little-kid magic. I'm hoping to go next summer, when he will be 8, although depending on things it might not be for another year after that. Whenever it is, we will still have a wonderful time and in the grand scheme of things this is not a big problem, but there's a part of me that is wistful about him missing out on an experience his siblings had (and let's be real here, it's just as much me missing out).