I saw this tweet on Twitter today:
Quote@doodaf Want to scream at childless couples in Disneyland Paris WHY AREN'T YOU IN VENICE?!
I don't understand people like this. Why isn't it okay to go to Disneyland Paris if you don't have kids? Why should you prefer Venice to Disneyland Paris?
You can't dictate people's interests, their likes and dislikes. And you certainly don't need to have children to go to Disneyland Paris. That's not the idea, is it? Disneyland is supposed to be for, and appeal to, everyone. Doesn't matter if you're 3 years old or 97 years old. Everyone's a guest and everyone's welcome.
I agree. If you don't have kids yourself then perhaps it can be frustrating... but how does that apply the other way around?? Stupidity.
Do 'child-less couples' scream, hoist friends onto their shoulders so you can't see, drop an food and then leave it or run around in circles, making it impossible to walk in a straight line yourself? Now they're things that can annoy me, but you're on holiday. You just don't let it. All part of the experience...
People who say that obviously don't understand what Disneyland is all about. It's sad really. Maybe it's because I try to go during the week and not during the school holidays, but I'm used to seeing lots couples without any kids, or groups of friends (again no kids), having the time of their lives.
Sad sad doodaf...
It's just that common stereotype that Disney is only for kids. I feel sorry for these people. They will never be able to be shot into space through a canon, see the ghosts inside a haunted mansion, or take a wild ride aboard a runaway mine train......
Given Disney's recent holiday brochures and TV adverts for Disneyland Paris, I can't blame this lady for thinking it's just for kids. Maybe that's the long-term result of all of this mis-marketing?
If I didn't know what Disneyland Paris is really like, there's no way it would interest me, based on what I see in the yearly brochures and TV adverts. Anyone else agree?
^True. Disney parks do seem to be becoming a lot more child-oriented lately. Especially with absolutely everything having to revolve around the characters now. :roll: The beautiful park is almost being forgotten about.
Could you imagine telling people with kids not to go to places like Ibiza and the like!
:D :D :D
Yep, Disney needs to become more adult, hopefully by buying a B&M invert. :P (not going to happen)
I think a small marketing campaign aimed at adults would be fairly successful for the resort.
Tokyo DisneySea seems to get it right. Just watch their Sea Of Dreams anniversary music video and any adult would want to go!
[youtube:17gwx5z4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8OhQia9s8M[/youtube:17gwx5z4]
They should really have a series of brochures and tv ads, not just one, targeting the different groups of people:
- Toddlers
- Teenagers
- Couples (both young and old)
- Families
- Single/Solo Travellers
Disneyland Resort Paris has something to offer all of these groups of people, but currently all of their efforts are being focused like a laser beam on toddlers and little kids. Hence, the uninformed believe that Disneyland Paris is just for toddlers and little kids.
This is a great advert from 2006, showing more whats on offer, i like it :)
[youtube:3i3ivw7e]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV733fnEewc[/youtube:3i3ivw7e]
Quote from: "dlrpkris"I agree. If you don't have kids yourself then perhaps it can be frustrating... but how does that apply the other way around?? Stupidity.
Do 'child-less couples' scream, hoist friends onto their shoulders so you can't see, drop an food and then leave it or run around in circles, making it impossible to walk in a straight line yourself? Now they're things that can annoy me, but you're on holiday. You just don't let it. All part of the experience...
Exactly! :roll:
Sorry, but parents (mothers) with pushchairs/buggies are alot worse (or better for getting through the crowd) than couples etc... 2 people going on a ride at the same time are not going to increase the queue massively... Just because you have children doesn't mean you have priority in dlp? </rant>
Quote from: "Alan"I saw this tweet on Twitter today:
Quote@doodaf Want to scream at childless couples in Disneyland Paris WHY AREN'T YOU IN VENICE?!
I don't understand people like this. Why isn't it okay to go to Disneyland Paris, if you don't have kids? Why should you prefer Venice to Disneyland Paris?
You can't dictate people's interests, their likes and dislikes. And you certainly don't need to have children to go to Disneyland Paris. That's not the idea, is it. Disneyland is supposed to be for, and appeal to everyone. Doesn't matter if you're 3 years old or 97 years old. Everyone's a guest and everyone's welcome.
Agree! But what I found in the Internet: childless people/couples give Disney Hotels bad votes (perhaps on holidaycheck.de) because of the children! This is something I cannot understand, 'cause if you don't like children and their "noises", then you are definitely wrong in Disney Hotels and the Parks, aren't you?
These people make me really angry, because Disneyland is for everybody and not just for families.
I think that you are absolutely right, that this situation is caused by bad advertising. You just have to look into the actual brochures, children everywhere.
We never had a bad experience with children. If people have problems with children, then they should not go to DLRP during holidays. That's the easiest way to avoid them.
If children don't behave, I think it's up to the parents that their kids obey, but sometimes I really have the feeling that it doesn't matter to them what their kids are doing. Then I have to think what would they do, if their children would do this at home.
Quote from: "Nicholas-c"Sorry, but parents (mothers) with pushchairs/buggies are alot worse (or better for getting through the crowd) than couples etc... 2 people going on a ride at the same time are not going to increase the queue massively... Just because you have children doesn't mean you have priority in dlp? </rant>
Don't sterotype all us mothers with pushchairs.
Quote from: "littlemermaid83"Don't sterotype all us mothers with pushchairs.
I wasn't :p was simply stating that i have never seen a farther pushing a pushchair through a crowd of people >.<
Meet and Greets are the worse. Finally get to have a photo with my favourite character woody from my favourite movie and some woman pushed her child in the photo with me.
I felt like pushing him back out, and i was 15 ! Still a child technically(im only 16 now btw).
So i can see it being even harder for couples/adults without children if they did that too me.
I wont be taking it in january tho :lol:
three points to contribute:
1) Been 10 times in 8 years never once taken a kid (unless you count me)
2) Spoke to some friends who recently came back and they said the best thing they could have done was left the kids at home.
3) With kids under whatever age staying free who do you covers that cost? Either the parents who take the kids or the childless couples are paying that much more.
I'm sorry i'm a single parent and my child goes free and i probably pay more than the usual price for a room than non child bearing people. So to say that the couples with no children pay the price for the free kids is just rude and unfair.
I pay double on my room being a single parent staying with 1 child.
Don't taint us parents all with the same brush please.
i just cant understand why everyone cant just go and enjoy themselves. its a big park people.
i am a mother with a buggy and i find it insulting to be categorised with rude pushy people. that i am not. i dont think it matters if you have kids or not, if you are 20 or 50, if your are irish or italian, if you are a rude person you are gonna be rude regardless.
i have had adults cut in line in front of my two year old to meet minnie and then call another eight people into the queue as well, i have had people blow smoke into my childs face, i have had people try to climb over my buggy to get a better view of the parade and i have to say never once have i said oh all those adults without kids shouldnt be here. i have said omg that person was so rude, but it was just that one person not all the others who are enjoying themselves and minding their own business.
also take away all the families with children who visit and i dont think you childless couples would have a park left to visit. us parents dont write to disney telling them they have to charge you for our kids to go. its a marketing decision, and free child placese are very common amongst many travel destinations. its not a big conspiracy against childless couples.
Quote from: "mommy2ash"i just cant understand why everyone cant just go and enjoy themselves. its a big park people.
i am a mother with a buggy and i find it insulting to be categorised with rude pushy people. that i am not. i dont think it matters if you have kids or not, if you are 20 or 50, if your are irish or italian, if you are a rude person you are gonna be rude regardless.
i have had adults cut in line in front of my two year old to meet minnie and then call another eight people into the queue as well, i have had people blow smoke into my childs face, i have had people try to climb over my buggy to get a better view of the parade and i have to say never once have i said oh all those adults without kids shouldnt be here. i have said omg that person was so rude, but it was just that one person not all the others who are enjoying themselves and minding their own business.
also take away all the families with children who visit and i dont think you childless couples would have a park left to visit. us parents dont write to disney telling them they have to charge you for our kids to go. its a marketing decision, and free child placese are very common amongst many travel destinations. its not a big conspiracy against childless couples.
=D> AMEN
Quote from: "Nicholas-c"Quote from: "littlemermaid83"Don't sterotype all us mothers with pushchairs.
I wasn't :p was simply stating that i have never seen a father pushing a pushchair through a crowd of people >.<
You've obviously never seen me in action, its like a game of Ten-pin bowling.....bodies and shopping bags flying everywhere. S-s-s-s-s-s-s-ssssStrike !!!!!! :mrgreen:
I've been without the kids. Parents with Kids never complained I was there. In fact when we met other couples without kids, there was always a brief smile and a nod to each other - 'Yeah, we're big kids too'.
But think about it. If you were only allowed into DLP with kids, there would be no MagicForum
Quote from: "littlemermaid83"Quote from: "mommy2ash"i just cant understand why everyone cant just go and enjoy themselves. its a big park people.
i am a mother with a buggy and i find it insulting to be categorised with rude pushy people. that i am not. i dont think it matters if you have kids or not, if you are 20 or 50, if your are irish or italian, if you are a rude person you are gonna be rude regardless.
i have had adults cut in line in front of my two year old to meet minnie and then call another eight people into the queue as well, i have had people blow smoke into my childs face, i have had people try to climb over my buggy to get a better view of the parade and i have to say never once have i said oh all those adults without kids shouldnt be here. i have said omg that person was so rude, but it was just that one person not all the others who are enjoying themselves and minding their own business.
also take away all the families with children who visit and i dont think you childless couples would have a park left to visit. us parents dont write to disney telling them they have to charge you for our kids to go. its a marketing decision, and free child placese are very common amongst many travel destinations. its not a big conspiracy against childless couples.
=D> AMEN
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We (obviously) are a childless couple, but we love seeing the kids having a great time at Disney! I remember being 8 in Disneyland and how amazing it was to me then, and I love thinking that those kids are feeling that now!
I love being on Pirates of the Caribbean and seeing a little lad sat with his dad on the seat in front, pointing at all the characters and gasping and laughing, and cheering down the drops.
I love watching a little girl with her mum and dad in Phantom Manor, clinging to her mum's side because she's a little bit scared, but seeing her smiling as she comes out into Boot Hill.
And I love seeing the face of a tiny toddler in a Princess dress as she first sees Minnie Mouse or Snow White etc in person, then wobbly runs over to them.
Yet we're a childless couple, and we love seeing other childless couples having a great time too!
Quote from: "mommy2ash"i just cant understand why everyone cant just go and enjoy themselves. its a big park people.
i am a mother with a buggy and i find it insulting to be categorised with rude pushy people. that i am not. i dont think it matters if you have kids or not, if you are 20 or 50, if your are irish or italian, if you are a rude person you are gonna be rude regardless.
i have had adults cut in line in front of my two year old to meet minnie and then call another eight people into the queue as well, i have had people blow smoke into my childs face, i have had people try to climb over my buggy to get a better view of the parade and i have to say never once have i said oh all those adults without kids shouldnt be here. i have said omg that person was so rude, but it was just that one person not all the others who are enjoying themselves and minding their own business.
also take away all the families with children who visit and i dont think you childless couples would have a park left to visit. us parents dont write to disney telling them they have to charge you for our kids to go. its a marketing decision, and free child placese are very common amongst many travel destinations. its not a big conspiracy against childless couples.
Im all for everyone enjoying themselves and I know its a marketing decision, I work in marketing and know what we get up to, all I said was its the parents who take the kids AND the childless couples who are paying for those free places, and the same vein as your post take away the childless couples and see what happens to your prices.
Quote from: "RockNRoller"Quote from: "mommy2ash"i just cant understand why everyone cant just go and enjoy themselves. its a big park people.
i am a mother with a buggy and i find it insulting to be categorised with rude pushy people. that i am not. i dont think it matters if you have kids or not, if you are 20 or 50, if your are irish or italian, if you are a rude person you are gonna be rude regardless.
i have had adults cut in line in front of my two year old to meet minnie and then call another eight people into the queue as well, i have had people blow smoke into my childs face, i have had people try to climb over my buggy to get a better view of the parade and i have to say never once have i said oh all those adults without kids shouldnt be here. i have said omg that person was so rude, but it was just that one person not all the others who are enjoying themselves and minding their own business.
also take away all the families with children who visit and i dont think you childless couples would have a park left to visit. us parents dont write to disney telling them they have to charge you for our kids to go. its a marketing decision, and free child placese are very common amongst many travel destinations. its not a big conspiracy against childless couples.
Im all for everyone enjoying themselves and I know its a marketing decision, I work in marketing and know what we get up to, all I said was its the parents who take the kids AND the childless couples who are paying for those free places, and the same vein as your post take away the childless couples and see what happens to your prices.
Sorry meant to finish with lets just all enjoy the magic, I love watching kids faces when they meet Mickey even though I dont take any of my own.
Quote from: "RockNRoller"Quote from: "mommy2ash"i just cant understand why everyone cant just go and enjoy themselves. its a big park people.
i am a mother with a buggy and i find it insulting to be categorised with rude pushy people. that i am not. i dont think it matters if you have kids or not, if you are 20 or 50, if your are irish or italian, if you are a rude person you are gonna be rude regardless.
i have had adults cut in line in front of my two year old to meet minnie and then call another eight people into the queue as well, i have had people blow smoke into my childs face, i have had people try to climb over my buggy to get a better view of the parade and i have to say never once have i said oh all those adults without kids shouldnt be here. i have said omg that person was so rude, but it was just that one person not all the others who are enjoying themselves and minding their own business.
also take away all the families with children who visit and i dont think you childless couples would have a park left to visit. us parents dont write to disney telling them they have to charge you for our kids to go. its a marketing decision, and free child placese are very common amongst many travel destinations. its not a big conspiracy against childless couples.
Im all for everyone enjoying themselves and I know its a marketing decision, I work in marketing and know what we get up to, all I said was its the parents who take the kids AND the childless couples who are paying for those free places, and the same vein as your post take away the childless couples and see what happens to your prices.
The vast majority of visitors take kids. It would be foolish to aim promotions anywhere else as they are the bread and butter of Disney. People would stop going if the free child places were taken away then prices would rise for everyone. Take the families away and the parks die.
Stop the parent bashing it's getting boring.
By the way TR Wolf, I like your attitude. Most of my visits were child free and I also got enjoyment from seeing the happy faces of people I didn't know. It's what DLRP is about.
I've visited Disney with my brother and his kids, but also 2 times without kids, I find it ridiculous that people without kids shouldn't go there. But I'd never turn it around and say that people with kids annoy me. Ofcourse there's always an exeption. People who are rude, and I also have been practically run over with a pushchair, but not all parents are like that. Fortunately the majority isn't.
To me Disneyland is about all enjoying your trip together, no matter what age you are.
At the end of the day..
If Disneyland became a "child free" zone, even just for ONE day! then there would be someone posting a similar rant thread in regards to RUDE French people, rude Spanish people, couples making out in queues!! adults over drinking in bars and singing football anthems loudly!
Am I being predjudice to a singular group of people?..yer probarly, but I think if there is any real innocence and magic about DLP then its not found so much in all the costumes and paint and rides..its within the children!! and any adult who feels it enough to have the strenght to ignore "rude" people!! :wink:
Quote from: "Alan"I saw this tweet on Twitter today:
Quote@doodaf Want to scream at childless couples in Disneyland Paris WHY AREN'T YOU IN VENICE?!
My wife and I have been to Venice and we hatted it, bad food and too many crowds.
Give us Disneyland any time. Nothing is more romantic than walking up Main Street USA hand in hand towards the castle.
Want to scream at childless couples in Venice WHY AREN'T YOU IN DISNEYLAND PARIS?!
Quote from: "Alan"Want to scream at childless couples in Venice WHY AREN'T YOU IN DISNEYLAND PARIS?!
=D> :D/ :lol:
I wonder whether the original tweet wasn't referring to couples who were being, well, coupley! Obviously this will bother some people more than others but I know I've been stuck in queues behind couples who were all over each other and it can be a bit tiresome.
On that I could agree. I sometimes feel the urge of shouting 'Get a room!' to some couples who are standing in line in front of me :P
me and OH are going on our own, just for a day-trip, in december for the first time! usually we take the kids.
i didn't think anything of it until the coach company booking-lady asked us if we were taking the kids and we said no and she laughed! :oops: :lol:
^ There's definitely nothing wrong with wanting to go yourselves! However I must admit, I would find it hard to forgive my parents if they planned a trip without me and my sisters! (:
i know :oops: we did think long and hard about it though... we're going 6 days before xmas, and only for the one day on a coach trip.
we've taken the kids for the past 3x january's, plus we're going again at the end of this month, plus we're going again in february for dd's surprise birthday trip :D
they're not *too* hard done by :wink: :lol:
I don't know the context of the original tweet, but it occurs to me that maybe this person was talking more about themselves than other people
Maybe they are that odd group of person i can never understand (of which, most unfortunately, my boyfriend is one) who just doesnt like/doesnt get disneyland. Maybe they go there just for their kids, and dont understand why anyone without kids would choose to go there instead of Venice?
Now, Venice is one of my favourite places. But so is Disneyland Paris. Either way, the twitterer was being narrow-minded. I just think this might be an alternative explanation to the assumed adult fan bashing?
To add to the prior discussion, of course Disneyland is for everyone! The kids embody the magic (I don't have kids or even know any kids, but like others here I delight in watching them at Disney). As for us grown ups, we become kids again.
Last month was our first visit with Jack, but we saw loads of childless couples. Have to say, it was great to see them all enjoying themselves! You can do a lot more when it's just the two of you, and yes, that walk down Main Street in the morning is the most romantic thing. :oops: :) With a little one you always have to think about their needs, be it seeing characters, feeding, changing nappies, getting rest, etc. and so the pace is slower and things don't always go to plan. But you do get to see your child's face when they meet Mickey. And the Playhouse show is great, too, although I guess it would be a bit weird to see that without a child!
Disney is great for everyone, kids or none!
I'm not too good with the numbers, but I would've thought, there's a fairly limited range of years you can actually take a "child" to Disneyland Paris.
I mean, how old is a kid typically before they're tall enough for rides like the Tower of Terror and Space Mountain? I imagine something like 7-8 years old.
Say they're 8, then you've only really got 5-7 years before they're a proper teenager and don't want to be seen going to Disneyland with Mum & Dad.
Of course, that's a generalisation. But to be couple WITH a child, enjoying everything at Disneyland Paris, seems very limiting. It's such a short amount of time.
My son Thomas was tall enough for ToT at the age of 5. And from memory the only rides he's not tall enough to go on are Indianna Jones & Space mountain. We are going next week and it will be touch and go whether he can go on R&RC. He's 6 now and by no means the tallest in his class at school.
My daughter is 3 years old and is tall enough for ToT and BTM, and i think by my measurements she will be tall enough to ride Crush...she is 4 next month.
She rode the first two rides back in January and loved then and she is looking forward to trying Crush if shes tall enough...so that comment is a bit ridiculous.
Wow, I really wouldn't have thought the Tower of Terror is a ride for a 3-year-old kid, but if you say so :-) Kids have such adult tastes these days. Next thing you know, babies will be riding Space Mountain: Mission 2.
Are you trying to be sarcastic?
If your child is tall enough to ride a ride why should they not be given the chance? If my daughter was tall enough for SM2 and wanted to ride it i'm not gonna stop her.
The rides do not have age restrictions....well they didnt last time i looked.
Also to add to your first comment, when my DD wasnt tall enough for many rides we still had a blast at DLRP, alot of people don't go for rides...well we certainly don't, we go for the magic and atmosphere. We probably did everything at DLRP except the main coasters as she was only just 2 years old.
Also I'm sure a lot of parents use the baby swap system.
Like I said, I wouldn't have thought the Tower of Terror is a ride for a 3-year-old kid. I'd like to hear the thoughts of other members of this forum, on that subject.
when i went on TOT there were twins that were liek 3 or 4 and they were SO scarrrred my little brother is 11 and chickened out so i think it all depends how well the child can handle the ride tbh
Quote from: "Alan"Like I said, I wouldn't have thought the Tower of Terror is a ride for a 3-year-old kid. I'd like to hear the thoughts of other members of this forum, on that subject.
My DD is more scared of phantom manor then she is of ToT.....end of the day its down to the child if they want to ride a certain ride or not.
I for one and have stated before that i will not hold my child back from trying a ride if she is tall enough, end of the day these rides have no age restrictions which means if my child is the right height shes safe enough to ride.
I have seen 3-4 year olds on Crush's Coaster, but you don't see me complaining....... :roll:
"Want to scream at children in Tower of Terror queue WHY AREN'T YOU AT DUMBO?!"
Quote from: "littlemermaid83"I have seen 3-4 year olds on Crush's Coaster, but you don't see me complaining....... :roll:
Calm down. I didn't see Alan complaining anywhere. Just seemed to be making a friendly comment that Tower of Terror is hardly the first ride you'd pick out for a 3 year old to ride.
Quote from: "Anthony""Want to scream at children in Tower of Terror queue WHY AREN'T YOU AT DUMBO?!"
Quote from: "littlemermaid83"I have seen 3-4 year olds on Crush's Coaster, but you don't see me complaining....... :roll:
Calm down. I didn't see Alan complaining anywhere. Just seemed to be making a friendly comment that Tower of Terror is hardly the first ride you'd pick out for a 3 year old to ride.
Why not?
Dumbo isn't exactly a thrill a minute ride :lol:
Me and my DD who is still 3 will be enjoying riding ToT many times during our trip next week :mrgreen:
I think it's unusual that a 3 year old would like ToT, no-one's having a go, it's just out of the ordinary that's all.
Quote from: "littlemermaid83"My daughter is 3 years old and is tall enough for ToT and BTM, and i think by my measurements she will be tall enough to ride Crush...she is 4 next month.
She rode the first two rides back in January and loved then and she is looking forward to trying Crush if shes tall enough...so that comment is a bit ridiculous.
Wow, your daughter is really tall. Infact, she is up to my chest. lol (I'm 5' 3"). How tall is your dd?
My ds went on BTM just before he turned 5 but I would never consider letting him try TOT because he doesn't like noise and since going in "honey I shrunk the aud" he is nervous of dark places with noises.
Each child is different and I as much as you don't want to hold your child back from an experience I am sure you would take some decision out her hands if you thought something unsuitable.
Your DD is going to such a thrill seeker when she grows up. lol Actually, she already is I guess.
My daughter is 106.5cm when i measured her last month, she gets mistaken for a 5 year old a lot of the time because she is so tall, she deffo takes after her dad's side of the family as we are all shorties on my side :lol:
If i knew my daughter would of been terrified on ToT i never would of taken her on it, she wasn't fazed by any of it and loved the ride.
Quote from: "littlemermaid83"My daughter is 106.5cm when i measured her last month, she gets mistaken for a 5 year old a lot of the time because she is so tall, she deffo takes after her dad's side of the family as we are all shorties on my side :lol:
If i knew my daughter would of been terrified on ToT i never would of taken her on it, she wasn't fazed by any of it and loved the ride.
Wow, she is tall, she's going to be like my niece. My niece always says to me "don't make me come down there to you. lol She's the tallest girl in her school (she's 15) and I think she likes it. But my sis and her DH are tall so I guess it is natural.
My kids don't like the big rides at all and DH has to go on them by himself. :(
Quote from: "kiki_304"Quote from: "littlemermaid83"My daughter is 106.5cm when i measured her last month, she gets mistaken for a 5 year old a lot of the time because she is so tall, she deffo takes after her dad's side of the family as we are all shorties on my side :lol:
If i knew my daughter would of been terrified on ToT i never would of taken her on it, she wasn't fazed by any of it and loved the ride.
Wow, she is tall, she's going to be like my niece. My niece always says to me "don't make me come down there to you. lol She's the tallest girl in her school (she's 15) and I think she likes it. But my sis and her DH are tall so I guess it is natural.
My kids don't like the big rides at all and DH has to go on them by himself. :(
:lol: I can see my DD saying that to me in years to come.
The only ride she will not do is phantom manor, not that it bothers me...I'm not a fan of that ride either lol.
you know what...its all done 2 what a child likes
my daughter is 8 loves nemo,loves thunder mountain and star tours and phantom manor but hates tram tours,amageddon and i could never convince her of tot or space mountain SO I GUESS WEATHER YOUR TALL ENOUGH OR NOT its the childs choice and how they feel......2 b honest i aint done TOt or ROCK ROLLER COASTER yet cause i'm not brave enough......so each 2 their own i say everybody is different
.......just enjoy!
I have to say that I see both sides, of the original comment about kids vs couples and about the age of your child on rides.
I was always tall for my age (completly the reverse now, I think I stopped growing at 12!) yet my parents wouldn't let me on the roller coasters at Thorpe Park and Chessington, which, in my situation, was a very good thing and I completely agree with their choice looking back now because I know me, and if I'd have tried them then I would have been too scared to ride them in future instead of being the thrill freak I am now!
I'm certainly not saying you're wrong littlemermaid83, you know your own child better than anyone, and if you think that's the responcible thing to do then do it.
I can also see the point of the person (sorry can't remember who it was) who commented on people with pushchairs. Obviously I can't talk for this person so I'm not going to say that he/she meant all people with buggies or not. However, I can relate to this as a very small percentage of people (and I mean small) with push chairs think it is there god given right to push it anywhere they want and expect people to leap out of the way!
I've had my legs cut and bruised by a mother using her childs buggy (with the child in it) as a battering ram to get onto the shuttle bus at the Cheyenne, :evil: but I'm sure no parent on this forum would ever dream of using their child as a weapon.
I don't have kids and my fiance and I love going to Disneyland by ourselves, so do many others. In fact I read an article a few years ago about a couple in their 80's who have gone to a Disney resort every year for forty years. They first went by themselves, then they had children, then they took their grandchildren and now they go by themselves or all in a big group. I think that's a lovely story!
My grandparents went regularly, and I think I get my passion for Disney from my nan, even though I never had the pleasure of meeting her or my grandfather. My dad recalls being dragged to the cinema to see the Jungle Book when it first came out (he was about 19 and a mod, so it was seriously uncool in his words) just because my nan refused to see it by herself but desperately wanted to go! Now, for me, that is what Disney is all about, magic, whatever your age!!
Sorry this post has turned epic now!
Quote from: "jeakat24"I don't have kids and my fiance and I love going to Disneyland by ourselves, so do many others. In fact I read an article a few years ago about a couple in their 80's who have gone to a Disney resort every year for forty years. They first went by themselves, then they had children, then they took their grandchildren and now they go by themselves or all in a big group. I think that's a lovely story!
My grandparents went regularly, and I think I get my passion for Disney from my nan, even though I never had the pleasure of meeting her or my grandfather. My dad recalls being dragged to the cinema to see the Jungle Book when it first came out (he was about 19 and a mod, so it was seriously uncool in his words) just because my nan refused to see it by herself but desperately wanted to go! Now, for me, that is what Disney is all about, magic, whatever your age!!
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I love this story about your nan! Brings a wee smile to my face sitting down to do some crap uni work on a miserable day, so thank you. I absolutely agree that Disney is for anyone, of any age.
When we went to Florida in 2000 it was my parents, my sister and I, my aunt and uncle and my 2 cousins. All of us were super excited except my uncle, a serious businessman who made it clear he thought it was all a load of commercial rubbish and he was only doing it for the sake of his daughters.
I still remember his face as we entered the Magic Kingdom! He kept saying he couldnt believe it, the scale, the feeling. And when he spotted Donald Duck he ran up for a photo - apparently he was crazy about Donald as a wee boy and being there brought it all back. He, along with the rest of us, had a huge smile on his face throughout the rest of the visit and couldnt wait to return 3 years later!
Because of this I really do feel that it's impossible for anyone to be immune to the Disney magic. That's why I find it hard to understand the person who wrote the original twitter quoted here - of course, they are entitled to their opinion....I just don't get it. lol.
Great story loladelorean!
My friend said the first time she went to WDW she was 10 and loved it, the second time she was 13, and even she says she would have a much better time going now at 21 because at that age she was firmly in the phase of "oh this is so uncool" and wouldn't pose with the characters or join in with anything but the fast rides.