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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2019 21:22:45 GMT -5
Nope. A single $2500 trip won't make or break them. It's the cumulative $2500 things. Last Carl posted on his debt it was massive. Just trying to steer him towards other options. Yeah, that's part of what's driving my thinking. Here's a math problem for you, Carl. The numerator is the total cost. Don't forget the Disney Princess Store if you think you won't be able to keep Mrs.C and the little Princess out of it- maybe $200 on a couple of gowns, a tiara, a magic wand, plastic high heels, etc. The denominator is the number of unique-to-Disney minutes you actually experience. That would include time on the rides (NOT in line for the rides), 97 seconds max each with Mickey and Minnie. Do not count time in the hotel, time on the plane... those are not unique to Disney. You could do them anywhere. You may want to multiply that denominator by 3 (or 4 if MIL is with you). Please show your result. I'm all for making memories. My extended family (maternal grandparents, my mother's 4 brothers and their spouses/kids as they acquired them) went to Cook Forest, PA every summer for a week and rented a giant log cabin. No TV, no Wi-Fi, no dishwasher, washer-dryer in the laundromat in the next town for years, one tiny bathroom. (Yes, it was VERY hard in the women but hey, the men WORKED and it was their vacation. ) We went hiking and swimming during the day and had popcorn and played board games at night. My pictures on FB from those years are still favorites with the cousins. Memories do not have to cost a ton of money.
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Post by giramomma on Sept 13, 2019 22:01:46 GMT -5
I'm all for making memories. My extended family (maternal grandparents, my mother's 4 brothers and their spouses/kids as they acquired them) went to Cook Forest, PA every summer for a week and rented a giant log cabin. No TV, no Wi-Fi, no dishwasher, washer-dryer in the laundromat in the next town for years, one tiny bathroom. (Yes, it was VERY hard in the women but hey, the men WORKED and it was their vacation. ) We went hiking and swimming during the day and had popcorn and played board games at night. My pictures on FB from those years are still favorites with the cousins. Memories do not have to cost a ton of money. But, why does it have to be either or? When we took our kids on our last big vacation 4 summers ago, they saw a national park, stayed 5 nights in a cabin with no electricity (the sun was the only source of light) AND an outhouse, but we also stayed at a hotel with a water park when we were in Niagara Falls. Just because my kids stayed in a cabin for 5 days without electricity doesn't mean that the vacation was inherently better. Just because we stayed in touristy hotel in Niagara Falls doesn't mean the kids were doomed. I'm all for making memories...too..and I could argue that renting a giant log cabin was a waste of money. Why not just host extended family at home and play board games around the kitchen table? This summer was different, because we have a toddler..so harder to play board games. But for past few summers prior, one of our family activities is having a board game tournament. Total expense for an entire summer's worth of memories for DD1, DD2, sometimes DS, DH and myself was $30. $10 GC for the tournament winner and $20 or less for an ornament for DD1, to commemorate the fact that we played these games. We have several lakes in town with free beaches.
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Post by justme on Sept 13, 2019 23:01:21 GMT -5
I'm with you gira. Some people might not be for Disney but that doesn't make it inherently bad. Hell there's plenty of natural touristy places that are getting ruined by tourists visiting them. Just look up what happened to national parks during the last shut down - they should have closed the doors.
It also doesn't have to be go go go and mean no one will have fun without spending a lot of money. I may still jokingly curse my parents for not paying $50 almost 30 years ago for a Belle dress, but I remember the rest too. I'm also well aware I'm spoiled having never lived more than 45 minutes away and having a grandmother that could afford to take us all there for a week.
My family does outdoors stuff - we did a 6 week camping trip out west. We'd spend every summer up north on a lake in the middle of nowhere. But we also spent a week at Disney that was unfortunately 6 months before she died. She got to see her family enjoy the fun of Disney before she died. And I still have the souvenirs I bought with the small allowance she gave us (one item is this ugly ass shirt that 12 year old me wanted that I haven't worn in years so it doesn't fade more). I also bawled my eyes out when they shut down her favorite ride.
My ass also goes to epcot one weekend and hangs out in a local spring the next. Disney is a perfectly acceptable choice for Carl to bring his kid to, and bringing his kid there doesn't exclude them from taking her on other trips.
Carl - I still fully think that if this might be your only Disney trip with her you should wait. But if swinging the cost of Disney is likely to happen more than once Disney is awesome when they're little.
Btw for those who mentioned the cruise, even the weekend cruises are likely to cost about the same as going to Disney. It's probably a min of 200 per person per day for the cruise. I don't think they'd save much money, though like someone mentioned it's a bit easier to take breaks and go at your own pace than the parks. The cruises are crawling with characters and have the upside of free daycare if you guys are ok with it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2019 23:12:27 GMT -5
Pretty sure Athena wasn't saying you couldn't make memories or have a great time at Disney.
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Post by justme on Sept 13, 2019 23:34:36 GMT -5
I dunno, she's been pretty anti Disney on any Disney thread that pops up here. Not saying she's not entitled to have that opinion, or that there's not other options, but she quite clearly sees no value added to a child's life by going to Disney.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2019 6:20:03 GMT -5
Ok. I'll rephrase. I don't think Athena was saying you couldn't make memories or have a good time on an expensive trip.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2019 6:59:00 GMT -5
Ok. I'll rephrase. I don't think Athena was saying you couldn't make memories or have a good time on an expensive trip. Of course not- and yes, I am anti-Disney. And I won't tell you my travel budget but I think it exceeds the annual income of the average SS check. I pay a lot for one-of-a-kind, out-of-the-way experiences (going to the Galapagos in March) so I'm not a total skinflint when it comes to travel. My point with Disney is that in dollars per minute of uniquely-Disney memories, it's VERY expensive. And frankly, I hate the Disney marketing machine that starts with the first diapers put on their little bottoms at the hospital and it never ends.
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Post by raeoflyte on Sept 14, 2019 8:29:18 GMT -5
I'm with you gira. Some people might not be for Disney but that doesn't make it inherently bad. Hell there's plenty of natural touristy places that are getting ruined by tourists visiting them. Just look up what happened to national parks during the last shut down - they should have closed the doors. It also doesn't have to be go go go and mean no one will have fun without spending a lot of money. I may still jokingly curse my parents for not paying $50 almost 30 years ago for a Belle dress, but I remember the rest too. I'm also well aware I'm spoiled having never lived more than 45 minutes away and having a grandmother that could afford to take us all there for a week. My family does outdoors stuff - we did a 6 week camping trip out west. We'd spend every summer up north on a lake in the middle of nowhere. But we also spent a week at Disney that was unfortunately 6 months before she died. She got to see her family enjoy the fun of Disney before she died. And I still have the souvenirs I bought with the small allowance she gave us (one item is this ugly ass shirt that 12 year old me wanted that I haven't worn in years so it doesn't fade more). I also bawled my eyes out when they shut down her favorite ride. My ass also goes to epcot one weekend and hangs out in a local spring the next. Disney is a perfectly acceptable choice for Carl to bring his kid to, and bringing his kid there doesn't exclude them from taking her on other trips. Carl - I still fully think that if this might be your only Disney trip with her you should wait. But if swinging the cost of Disney is likely to happen more than once Disney is awesome when they're little. Btw for those who mentioned the cruise, even the weekend cruises are likely to cost about the same as going to Disney. It's probably a min of 200 per person per day for the cruise. I don't think they'd save much money, though like someone mentioned it's a bit easier to take breaks and go at your own pace than the parks. The cruises are crawling with characters and have the upside of free daycare if you guys are ok with it. But they'll cut up your kids food on the cruise so you can eat your own meal when its still hot. Not that we are willing to spend that kind of money but that piece alone sounds worth it. Lol.
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Post by justme on Sept 14, 2019 9:12:55 GMT -5
I'm with you gira. Some people might not be for Disney but that doesn't make it inherently bad. Hell there's plenty of natural touristy places that are getting ruined by tourists visiting them. Just look up what happened to national parks during the last shut down - they should have closed the doors. It also doesn't have to be go go go and mean no one will have fun without spending a lot of money. I may still jokingly curse my parents for not paying $50 almost 30 years ago for a Belle dress, but I remember the rest too. I'm also well aware I'm spoiled having never lived more than 45 minutes away and having a grandmother that could afford to take us all there for a week. My family does outdoors stuff - we did a 6 week camping trip out west. We'd spend every summer up north on a lake in the middle of nowhere. But we also spent a week at Disney that was unfortunately 6 months before she died. She got to see her family enjoy the fun of Disney before she died. And I still have the souvenirs I bought with the small allowance she gave us (one item is this ugly ass shirt that 12 year old me wanted that I haven't worn in years so it doesn't fade more). I also bawled my eyes out when they shut down her favorite ride. My ass also goes to epcot one weekend and hangs out in a local spring the next. Disney is a perfectly acceptable choice for Carl to bring his kid to, and bringing his kid there doesn't exclude them from taking her on other trips. Carl - I still fully think that if this might be your only Disney trip with her you should wait. But if swinging the cost of Disney is likely to happen more than once Disney is awesome when they're little. Btw for those who mentioned the cruise, even the weekend cruises are likely to cost about the same as going to Disney. It's probably a min of 200 per person per day for the cruise. I don't think they'd save much money, though like someone mentioned it's a bit easier to take breaks and go at your own pace than the parks. The cruises are crawling with characters and have the upside of free daycare if you guys are ok with it. But they'll cut up your kids food on the cruise so you can eat your own meal when its still hot. Not that we are willing to spend that kind of money but that piece alone sounds worth it. Lol. Ha! I didn't know that. When we did the family trip on royal Caribbean they brought the littles food out quick. They usually didn't order apps (there was always fruit waiting for them at the table) so their meals were usually brought out around the time our apps were which made it easier to cut up. Though a couple times the maitre d stopped by and cut up food for the girls.
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Post by CCL on Sept 14, 2019 10:42:54 GMT -5
Ok. I'll rephrase. I don't think Athena was saying you couldn't make memories or have a good time on an expensive trip. Of course not- and yes, I am anti-Disney. And I won't tell you my travel budget but I think it exceeds the annual income of the average SS check. I pay a lot for one-of-a-kind, out-of-the-way experiences (going to the Galapagos in March) so I'm not a total skinflint when it comes to travel. My point with Disney is that in dollars per minute of uniquely-Disney memories, it's VERY expensive. And frankly, I hate the Disney marketing machine that starts with the first diapers put on their little bottoms at the hospital and it never ends. Everything at Disney isn't "uniquely Disney." It doesn't always cost a lot, either. When we took our kids we didn't necessarily head to the parks every day. We spent many days lounging at the resort pool or simply walking the grounds. My boys absolutely loved walking around the lake at Carribbean Beach. The island used to have beautiful colorful birds that would "talk" with them. Even watching the unusual varieties of fish swim by was fun. We took boat rides to lots of different destinations, watch the fireworks every night. Sure we paid for the hotel, but it wasn't really more than I paid to stay anywhere else. Many, sometimes most, of the activities we did were free.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Sept 14, 2019 19:09:17 GMT -5
The weekend of 1/11-12 is Marathon Weekend. You will experience road closures and additional bus time getting to the parks on Saturday and sunday. Plus harder time getting around Epcot and Hollywood Studios on sunday morning as those are the last two parks runners go through. Thay said, I will be there running the marathon if you decide to go that weekend! Yay! Good luck! I have races the weekend before and after Disney, so that is a rest weekend for me, but I will root for ya!
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Post by atlantapenny on Sept 14, 2019 22:22:56 GMT -5
Jumping in to say if she really loves Mickey and Minnie it may be worth waiting for the new Hollywood Studios ride to open (no date yet, but after January):https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/hollywood-studios/mickey-minnies-runaway-railway/. Granted, once it does open it will have an insane line so you'll want to fastpass it if possible (which would be free, just requires online stalking at the 60 or 30 day mark depending on where you stay).
I would also recommend Epcot for the Frozen ride and princess meet and greet and the breakfast at the contemporary resort as others have for breakfast with the characters.
I also wanted to say that one of my best childhood memories is Disney around age 3 with my grandparents and parents. I realize that isn't every child but I have a scary insane good longterm memory and that is one of many memories between ages 1-4 that I have.
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Post by tcu2003 on Sept 15, 2019 20:20:53 GMT -5
My daughter is a big fan of Minnie and Mickey, she just loves them. So for her third birthday in a January we are thinking about taking her to Disney World. Would like ideas on how to keep expenses in check. It seems with passes and other things you can easily double your costs and are they necessary? At first we were thinking 1 week but decided maybe 3 days / 2 nights will be enough for her. She only cares about Minnie and Mickey, just getting into the Frozen characters... so as long as she gets to see them she will be happy. So her birthday is on 01/15 so thinking the weekend before or the weekend after (MLK day) or during the week and actually celebrates her birthday there. Trying to book everything this month and be done with it. All ideas are welcomed. Posting before I read all of the responses, but go during the week and go before she turns 3. Kids under 3 are free, so that will save a ton of money. We took C (he turned 7 a week later) and M (she turned 3 two months later) this summer and they both loved it. I’ll post some things that worked well for us after I read all of the responses.
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Post by tcu2003 on Sept 15, 2019 20:22:26 GMT -5
She'd probably be happier with a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse marathon from the DVR than the masses of people at Disney. . Especially when you factor in all the travel involved. There aren't too many 3 year olds that enjoy airports and crowds.
I vote for the hiring someone with costumes to come to her party and going to a local bounce house or amusement park.
My 3yo loves airports. Crowds less so, but crowds in airports have never bothered her (or her brother).
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Post by tcu2003 on Sept 15, 2019 20:25:17 GMT -5
I'm sorry to tell you that a 3-year-old will never remember the experience as an adult. I'd wait until she gets older. JMHO. I DO like the idea of a Disney-themed birthday party. I felt this way before I had kids, and probably will again once they are older. Right now, as an adult in the thick of toddlerhood, I don't care if they remember it. I love seeing them enjoying new experiences. I am eager to see them enjoying new experiences even if I know there is a better than average chance it will end in disaster. That hope to see the awe and wonder is all I have Love this! Similar viewpoint from me! My kids won’t remember everything they’ve done or all the places we’ve taken them, but I do, and they love to travel and explore new places.
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Post by tcu2003 on Sept 15, 2019 21:20:49 GMT -5
I was in Orlando for a conference, so we tacked on a Disney World trip as well. The way my conference meetings worked out, we went to Hollywood Studios on Monday, Magic Kingdom on Tuesday, Epcot on Thursday, and Animal Kingdom on Friday, and then flew home on Saturday. We spent the first few days of our trip (we flew in on Friday) at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes and used Uber Family to get to/from HS. Then we changed hotels on Tuesday to Disney’s Pop Century. The new Skyliner transportation option connects Pop to both Epcot and HS, so you don’t have to take the buses to get there (but that wasn’t open when we went - it opens later this month). We did end up using Uber Family to go to MK because the line for the bus for that park was ridiculous and we would have missed rope drop, but otherwise used the buses and they worked well.
We did 4 day park tickets (the single park ones, not park hopper) and went to each park. As M was under 3, she was still free so didn’t need a ticket. We did one character breakfast - at Tusker House in AK. It had Mickey, Daisy, Donald and Goofy, and that was what helped M warm up to the characters. I wish we’d done one earlier as most of the character meet & greets one of us held her, or she’d let her brother stand next to the character and she’d stand next to him. That said, I had low expectations on meeting characters, so I was pleasantly surprised by how it all turned out. If you schedule the last possible breakfast time on a character breakfast at Tusker House, you’ll get all of the lunch foods as well, but for the breakfast price. We scheduled ours at 1045, so we at granola bars and fruit that we brought with us early in the day, and then the “breakfast” served as our lunch for the day. And again, because wasn’t 3 yet, she was free at the breakfast. The rest of our meals were mostly quick service meals, but we looked at the options at each park so we weren’t eating pizza and burgers all of the time. And we didn’t eat breakfast there - we placed an Amazon Prime Now order and got cheerios, yogurt, cheese sticks, apples, etc delivered to our hotel and ate that food for breakfast and some snacks.
M still naps, and the only day we went back to the hotel for her nap was our Epcot day. It was a fluke, but that worked out well as there was a pretty good storm while she (and I) napped, and we only knew about it because of the puddles when we walked from our room to the buses to head back to the park. The other days, she napped in the stroller at the parks.
Epcot was my least favorite park for M, but she still enjoyed things there. She liked the Frozen ride (full disclosure, she doesn’t like tv/movies, so Mickey was really the only character she “knew” from several books we have), so it’s fun even if your daughter isn’t that in to Frozen yet. She also liked the Nemo ride and the aquarium stuff.
HS she liked the Cars show, and the 2 Toy Story rides she was tall enough for (she didn’t meet the Slinky Dog Dash height requirements). The Muppet show was also a hit. There were a few others, but I can’t remember them right now.
MK had so much stuff she could do. Peter Pan’s Flight was fun, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh has an awesome area for kids to play in while you wait in line, Teacups, Carousel, Small World, Under the Sea, Dumbo (she LOVED this one and we had to ride it multiple times), and Buzz Lightyear ride.
AK was also a hit with both of my kids, but my oldest loved animals, so that probably helped. That said, it had the least amount of air conditioning, which sucked in June. The Kilamanjaro Safaris was a hit with all of us - we ended up getting a second fast pass for that after we rode it the first time, and saw some different animals the second time, which was fun. In the Dino area, M loved TriceraTop spin - it is definitely a little lame, but is perfect for her age group. There was a ride next to it she wasn’t tall enough for that her brother wanted to ride, so she seriously rode the TriceraTop spin ride probably 8 times and loved it each time. There are also some great places to view animals at. And a cool bird show that is outdoors near the Tree of Life.
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Post by tractor on Sept 16, 2019 6:25:53 GMT -5
Stop it everyone!!! All this Disney talk is making me really want to go there again. I turn 50 soon and wanted to spend it in the house of Mouse, but had talked myself out of it, but now it’s all I want...
Actually carry on with your discussion, I just needed to vent 🙂
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Post by Miss Tequila on Sept 16, 2019 7:05:44 GMT -5
I took my kids 2 years in a row, when my oldest was 9 and then 10. I probably waited a little too long for it to be magical for her (5-7 probably would have been better). The first time we stayed at Caribbean Beach and the second time we stayed at Animal Kingdom. For me, it was well worth the cost, especially staying at Animal Kingdom. At that age, my oldest LOVED Zebras, so while she was not so enamored by the princesses or characters, she was in tears seeing the zebras on property!!!
It's not cheap but I don't think it was crazy, either. We did park hoppers for every day that we were there and I think it was only $4500 or so (this would have been about 10 years ago) for the 4 of us for a week. I do remember it cost me more to take them to Mexico the following year.
Having said all that, I am a big believer in not going into debt or harming your financial future for a Disney trip. If it wasn't in my budget, we would not have gone. We had very good friends that didn't have our kind of travel budget so we would also go to the shore with them for 5 days and guess what, kids still had a blast and we have very good memories from those trips, too (well, except my ex is in the memories!lol).
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Post by Regis on Sept 16, 2019 7:10:54 GMT -5
As the father of three 20 somethings, to me conversations with them are much more fun when it starts "Hey, you all remember when..." instead of "You don't remember this but..."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 8:31:45 GMT -5
Having said all that, I am a big believer in not going into debt or harming your financial future for a Disney trip. If it wasn't in my budget, we would not have gone. We had very good friends that didn't have our kind of travel budget so we would also go to the shore with them for 5 days and guess what, kids still had a blast and we have very good memories from those trips, too (well, except my ex is in the memories!lol). That's my perspective. I would have KILLED to go to Europe as a kid. I'm just wired that way. I had 4 siblings, my parents were saving for our education and their retirement, and Europe was NOT in the budget. We did rent an oceanfront house in the Outer Banks for a week every summer when I was in HS- Mom and Dad would take turns driving/sleeping as we drove between Ohio and Nags Head. The car had no A/C. I got to Europe on my own- at this point I can happily say that I don't know how many times I've crossed the Atlantic. I'm sure that we would have made wonderful family memories on a trip to Europe but... having my college education paid for and seeing my widowed Dad still solvent at age 88 and living a comfortable old age? Priceless. I look at the stats on Disney and how it's getting more crowded every year, and I see the mega-ships they're building to accommodate the demands for cruises (to attack a provider other than Disney) and wonder how many of these people are saving for their kids' education and their retirement. Not my business UNLESS their kids default on government-guaranteed student loans or they're planning on Medicaid for LTC. Then, yes, it IS my business as a taxpayer.
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Post by oped on Sept 16, 2019 9:02:38 GMT -5
That could be applied exponentially to a thousand things and purchases outside of Disney.
From a different perspective, Any idea what happens to the Dow when Disney is down?
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Sept 16, 2019 9:14:04 GMT -5
I look at the stats on Disney and how it's getting more crowded every year, and I see the mega-ships they're building to accommodate the demands for cruises (to attack a provider other than Disney) and wonder how many of these people are saving for their kids' education and their retirement
Lots of popular European cities are seeing the same problems and starting to enact laws to reduce the number of tourists to prevent damage to historical and natural sites. Wonder how many of those people are saving for their retirement and kids' education?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 9:17:23 GMT -5
Lots of popular European cities are seeing the same problems and starting to enact laws to reduce the number of tourists to prevent damage to historical and natural sites. Wonder how many of those people are saving for their retirement and kids' education? You're right- and that's why I brought in cruise ships, too.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Sept 16, 2019 10:02:18 GMT -5
Lots of popular European cities are seeing the same problems and starting to enact laws to reduce the number of tourists to prevent damage to historical and natural sites. Wonder how many of those people are saving for their retirement and kids' education? You're right- and that's why I brought in cruise ships, too. It is not just cruise ships either. I was reading that they are going to start restricting access to Machu Picchu too.
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Post by yogiii on Sept 16, 2019 18:36:30 GMT -5
The answer is clear - don't leave the house!
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Post by ilovedolphins on Sept 17, 2019 17:04:51 GMT -5
In two weeks I am going to Disneyworld with my daughter, her husband, and their 1 and half year old son. They are mainly going for them I believe but they think the son will enjoy it too. I am going along just to spend time with my family. We are meeting my son there also. I am sure I will be watching my grandson part of the time while the parents go have fun.
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Post by sesfw on Sept 17, 2019 20:54:28 GMT -5
Three years old is WAY TOO YOUNG for Disneyland/Disneyworld.
I like the idea of a Disney theme party and take a lot of pictures. And do this for the next several years. Wait until grade 3-5 for her first trip. She will be able to stay awake longer and you will have fun just watching her.
If you and your bride want to go ........ have g-ma babysit and enjoy yourselves.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Sept 18, 2019 14:06:29 GMT -5
An important thing to consider: the weather. We went to DW in January about 6 years ago and the Orlando area was hit with a polar vortex — wind chills in the single digits. We’re native New Englanders and we froze our asses off. It totally sucked and my kids had were in their late teens. We had a multi-day pass. Used it the one day and left and went to Key West. The kids have had no interest to go back. I imagine Weather like that would suck with a 3 year old. Go when she’s older.
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Post by Pants on Sept 18, 2019 14:35:25 GMT -5
My daughter is a big fan of Minnie and Mickey, she just loves them. So for her third birthday in a January we are thinking about taking her to Disney World. Would like ideas on how to keep expenses in check. It seems with passes and other things you can easily double your costs and are they necessary? At first we were thinking 1 week but decided maybe 3 days / 2 nights will be enough for her. She only cares about Minnie and Mickey, just getting into the Frozen characters... so as long as she gets to see them she will be happy. So her birthday is on 01/15 so thinking the weekend before or the weekend after (MLK day) or during the week and actually celebrates her birthday there. Trying to book everything this month and be done with it. All ideas are welcomed. Adding my $0.02 here: We took our kid to a resort with characters when she was 2.5-ish. All the characters in costume FREAKED HER OUT. She would stare at them from across the room, they would come say hi, she would start screaming "DONT TOUCH ME ELMO!!!!!!!" and crying hysterically. Wait. Wait at least a year. Everyone will have a better time if you wait.
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countrygirl2
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Post by countrygirl2 on Sept 18, 2019 15:18:54 GMT -5
DD and I have been to Disney many times. When hubs worked away one year to Florida the next west in the motorhome, I didn't spend that much. We cooked in most of the time and ate out too. We went To Disney and to Universal, they are both ok, but the last time we went the crowds were horrible. We got to ride on little. DD said she didn't want to go back. So last time we went dinner theaters, the jousting tournament dinner theater, went on an air boat ride in swamps. And down the street was a carnival type place. I took my bike and did a lot of bike riding. And we went shopping at some of the discount malls and went to flea markets, so had fun.
One time down there we almost froze to death, that was before the motorhome and were even cold in the hotel, if you hit one of those years not good. They should have put Disney further south.
I can't imagine spending a ton of money at Disney and your daughter is to young yet. If I'm able will take grandson when he is maybe 6 or so. I also found some packages that were all inclusive that weren't bad, that was back when we flew. There were specials.
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