Weird or not? Going to WDW without kids.

[Quinn222]

Now, I know most of you will say no it is not weird for adults to go to WDW without children. I am 29 and my sister is 32, we just took a trip together because we love Disney and we wanted to go.

So do you think it is strange for adults to go to WDW without kids??

Not at all! My normal trvalleing companions are my mother (80!) and my sister. No kids, no husbands. My sister does take her kids but those are seperate trips. This fall we're all going and taking the kids to MNSSHP. It's my treat for them being so good about their mom going off without them every few months! When I don't go with my mother and sister I go with my friend. Again, no kids.

As you know it's a great place to be for adults. We have a wonderful time. My mother wants to go on Spalsh Mountain next time and maybe Big Thunder. OMG.

 

[auntpolly]

The only people who really think it's weird are the people who've never even been to Disney and they think it is a small park with a few rides like Dumbo.

You are exactly right. Or people who havent't been there since it first opened and don't know what it has become.

We asked my SIL to come along and she agreed, but she told us later that she'd been really reluctant to go couldn't imagine how we went so much, but now she's so into it she plans a trip every year!!! She has no kids and doesn't plan to have kids.

On a different level, WDW is more fun without kids. The pressure is off, everyone can take care of themselves. (Don't get me wrong, it was wonderful when DD was little, and fun for sure, just in a different way.)

 

[Luvchefmic]

Not weird...if so I am one of the weirdest I go 2 xs a year most times solo, kids are all grown up and have their own lives....me I will be a mouseketeer eternally...gotta kind of feel sorry for "adults" that can't be kids, yeah I still get the looks from co-workers but I think they are just jealous

 

[L107ANGEL]

The best trip I ever had to Disney with with my two best friends last Nov...no kids....it was sooooo relaxing. The only fight I had to break up was who ordered the Bloody mary and who ordered the Mimosa

OP, no its not wierd at all.

 

[LiteBrite]

We've been on many trips with our now 18yo DD, and some with my parents tagging along as well. Last January we took a week long trip with DD, her best friend, and the grandparents. It ended up being the most tiring, and honestly, least fun trip ever for hubby and I. We felt that we were constantly juggling the needs and wants of the seniors vs. the teenagers (all of whom are wonderful people that we love and are generally easy to get along with, they just have vastly differing vacation styles from each other, and to some extent, from us). We were exhausted by the end of it, and that was the first time I was ever happy to be going home from WDW.

A month later, hubby and I went down for a four day weekend, just the two of us (a first for us). We had the best time! It seemed extravagant, so close on the heels of the family trip, but we did it for the Expedition Everest AP preview, and we were so glad we did. All of that to say, sometimes, no matter how much you love being at WDW with your kids, it does the grownups good to be there by themselves.

 

[doxdogy]

DD and I go to WDW together all the time. She is 27 and I am 46. We have a blast together. Our next trip we are planning on taking my nephew who is 23 and has never been to WDW.

 

[JulyGirl]

If it's weird, then consider me a freak!

 

[KristaTX]

I went once when I was a kid, but I've been 15 or 16 times as an adult even though DH and I don't have kids. In fact I'm always trying to talk my married w/children girl friends into going on a ladies trip, but none of them will go without their kids . Now THAT is weird .

 

[ilovepcot]

Been going for years without the kids.

 

[MoniqueU]

I dont think it is weird. I am an annual passholder to disneyland. But I will tell you, having 3 kids of my own still at home the second I can get a sitter Disneyland is the LAST idea of a vacation for me. I prefer something along the lines of an adult only all inclusive, Vegas if I only have a couple of days or a long weekend in the caribbean or Hawaii. Not Disney.

 

[DisneyPhD]

The only people who really think it's weird are the people who've never even been to Disney and they think it is a small park with a few rides like Dumbo. Or, by the people who have been to Disney once and do not like amusement parks. I love how people make such judgements without knowing anything about the parks and how they cater to all ages.

What is truly weird is the people who NEVER go to Disney but have kids (barring financial reasons of course). This would be my MIL. And she makes sarcastic "remarks" like "Oh, I was such a bad mom for never taking my kids to Disney." I always put on my most angelic smile and say "Yeah, you were."

She has no concept of Disney whatsoever. She would make this type of remark if I went down there on my own--Why would you go without kids?

I have to agree. DH and I have been to WDW many times before having kids (read sig, but our oldest was born March 2001 so any one before that.) We loved it. I am so glad we went before we had kids and had that time to ourselves. I love sharing WDW with my kids, it is a great family vacation. However it is a great vacation for just adults too. They are both fun, but in different ways.

Both kids have been to WDW a lot, and as DVC members they will go again. However this March we are considering going just DH and I for his spring break (he teaches college.) We are taking a family trip in Jan, and then a cruise (for the 1st time) in May. My oldest will be in K and I don't think we should take her out of school 3 times in one year, so maybe just the 2 of us (after all we have AP.) This idea has me pretty excited. As the mom I almost never get to do what I want. I don't mind, but one week of being able to would make me happy!

 

[Blondie]

Definitely not weird!

DH and I took our first "adults only" WDW trip back in February. We had such a great time that we decided to return just the two of us in May! We didn't feel one bit of guilt since we've taken them 12 times!

 

[azgal81]

I don't see how going without kids is weird, WDW is fun for everyone and alot of people don't even have kids and go to disney on a regular basis!

 

[eclectics]

I don't see how going without kids is weird, WDW is fun for everyone and alot of people don't even have kids and go to disney on a regular basis!

ITA I have as much fun in Fantasyland (a kid's domain) as any kid ever will. Let's face it, all WDW lovers are kids at heart.

 

[DisneyPhD]

I forgot to add that the 6 trips we took before kids (I counted) people did think we were nuts. They don't seem to verbalize how nuts they think we are anymore now that we own DVC and have kids, but I believe they have just accepted it more.

I didn't care then what they thought, I don't now. Have fun and don't let other judge you just because they don't understand it.

 

[poohs_hunny]

If it's weird, then I'm weird X 4. Of the 5 trips I've taken (including the one planned for this Aug.), I've only traveled with a child once. The other 4 times, it's been my mom and me. If it makes you happy, go for it!