why young children?

[lillygator]

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Originally Posted by SC Minnie

Personally I would not want to take a baby or even a young toddler WDW. We waited until DD was 5 before we went. We thought it would be a once in a lifetime if not many years trip. I didn't want to wrangle with a stroller or carry a cranky toddler in 95 degree heat. Flame away.







anything negative about disney seems to get you flamed here anyway. do you people have stock in disney or what? why take it so personally. i felt bad for that mom in that heat and also for those babies in the hot sun.



i read posts telling people to get rid of your cable tv for a year to upgrade your to a more expensive hotel and such.

we have more to our life than the disney trips for us they are a big deal not a yearly or several times a month trip.

In your OP you were not saying anything NEGATIVE about DISNEY but negative about those who choose to take their young children to Disney...............let's reread...

i don't get it. i saw a mom with 4 mo old twins and a 3 yr old. my rule is we dont' go until my youngest is at least 5. i have 2 sets of children(just spread apart) 16 and 17 and 5 and 8. we just took our 2nd trip with the 5 and 8 year old and the 16 year old and a friend. 10 years ago my boys were 6 and 8.



babies are in knapsacks. its hot. its crowded. i wouldn't want the work of caring for a baby in a park especially if my other children were not at least 5 or 6. they can wait until they are older to go.



why do people bring their very young children to disney. they won't remember a thing. even my 16 year old remembers some of his disney trip but not much.

 

[daisy_77]

To me your question is like asking, "Why bother to buy them toys to play with now? They won't remember them later in life." Well, no, but they won't learn and grow if they don't have stimulation and FUN, either. JMO

That is so true!!
January

 

[lillygator]

and you keep mentioning the heat...to me as a native Floridian who knows how much we can take,that is pretty irrelevant. Are we supposed to hole ourselves up for the majority of the year? .....I would much rather deal with the heat than I would the tourist season down here. I hate leaving the house from October to April...

Now, you said the mom was out in the sun feeding her baby/babies...that is simply her choice. There are baby stations, restaurants and plenty of shaded areas....Fantasyland has a whole covered area by Aerial's grotto....(don't know if you were at MK or not when you saw this but it's what first came to my mind.)

when they are younger and in diapers we drive closer to home. its easier on the parents and we also need our time to destress and not have the hustle and bustle of business such as disney. we still want to go to gaitlinburg tn as one of our family trips.

this is close to home...

i was making an observation on how much work the mom was doing feeding her babies in the hot sun with her 3 yr old. for me thats not a vacation. i was making an observation why take young children esp. babies to disney when it does cost so much. we do take vacations. we the parents also like to enjoy our vacation and relax. i guess that would call us selfish as we consider our vacation needs before our childrens. we are the ones that are doing the work the children are also enjoying whatever vacation we choose to go on and yes they enjoy their vacations. personally i think its more special not to go to disney multiple times unless you live close by. some people think the only vacation with children is disney. i dont' get that at all with so there are so many places to visit in our country. being an older parent and already raising 2 children we are not going to knock ourselves out bringing babies to parks.

to some people the cost is irrelevant....most of those peopl probably don't frequent these boards.

yes, toting children around when they are young can be hard but I find that when they are too young to walk and still stay in a stroller - it is great.

Like many have said - different strokes for different folks.

 

[#1 Pocahontas]

I haven't read all this thread but I had to give my 2 cents

We took dd when she was 8 months. She doesn't remember a thing but who cares? While we were there she LOVED the rides and the characters. We have some adorable pictures of her grinning ear to ear at them with a toothless smile. I will treasure these pictures for the rest of my life. She is 3 and enjoys looking at the pictures and hearing about the trip. I also have to add that traveling with an infant was so much more relaxing for us then we expected, to be honest we were able to do everything we normally do. It was a wonderful trip.

We went again with her for her 2nd birthday. She loved and remembers just about everything from that trip. It has been a year since the trip and she still talks about the rides and the characters she met.

In my opinion You are never too young or too old to meet the mouse

 

[mom23boys]

I read the page 1 and page 7, I have three boys took the oldest when he was four and then have gone back five times he is 11. When our youngest was 8 months we took him, why? Because its where we wanted to go. He slept most of the time but was mezmorized the rest of the time. Was it tough with kids that young, sometimes but we feel it is the best vacation we can go on.

When my middle son was 2 we went, he has talked about Buzz Lightyear ever since. He remembers all of it, especially when I forgot my keys in the hotel and had to rent a car to get my other set from home. Opps

I am assuming you were flamed (I did not read the whole thread), no flames here. But just as you have your opinion, please respect that others feel different and are just as passionate as you are.

 

[Baloo]

As some one said this is a WDW trip planning board and this post has veered waaaaaaaaaaaaay off TRIP PLANNING!

Buh bye...it's closed.