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to fucking hate that guilt inducing advert with the excited children going to disney?

197 replies

PyrotechnicsAtYourCervix · 30/10/2011 09:47

I could never afford to take mine so could never give them that amazing, exciting, happy feeling which appears to be the best thing you could ever give your children. I am a failure as a parent.

Thanks Disney you Bastards.

OP posts:
stressheaderic · 30/10/2011 13:37

Re: school trips to Disney - it was a reward day as part of a 5 day tour of Paris and surrounding areas with lots of Frenc culture and speaking practice well that's how we justified it to parents

elliejjtiny · 30/10/2011 13:37

My children do that excited squealing thing when I suggest a trip to tesco Grin

aquashiv · 30/10/2011 13:42

Ha ha never did any of that as a child never expected my parents to do that for us. They have the rest of their life to do that sort of commercialised shite thing.

Trills · 30/10/2011 13:42

If they are child actors then they are probably used to pretending to be excited about things that they are
a) not excited about
b) not actually going to do

VivaLeBeaver · 30/10/2011 13:43

Yeah I've always wondered if they were actors or they actually fimed kids who were getting told for real. Sadly I suspect they were actors.

cantspel · 30/10/2011 13:45

I must have the only 2 children in the Uk who have never expressed any wish to go to Disneyland. They dont like funfares, they dont want to go to chessington, alton towers or thorpe park but the oldest has been to AT and TP with his school. He had a good time but he proabably prefered the trip to Goodwood.

stepawayfromtheecclescakes · 30/10/2011 13:49

have never had any urge to take the kids, neither expressed any great interest but both went (different years) on a school trip to france which included a day in disney, yippee we did not have to suffer our idea of hell and they got to see what the fuss is about, neither were impressed and neither want to go again. DS2 said it was very boring and plastic. far more exciting places to take them.

nancerama · 30/10/2011 13:50

I for one can't wait unto DS is old enough to go. My grandparents used to go every single year when I was a kid - never occurred to them to take their only grandchild. They used to think they were doing me such a favour putting me on their lap to look at all the holiday snaps when they came back. Sad

Minus273 · 30/10/2011 13:54

My dd asked why I didn't love her because if I did I would take her:(

RebelFromTheWaistDown · 30/10/2011 13:55

It's only a bloody theme park!
The advertisers have done a good job of making you feel shit- and that's how they make their profits.
I suggest you BAN advertisements from your home.

Lookattheears · 30/10/2011 13:57

God, I have weird kids too, then. They would hate it. They didn't even like Legoland. We don't like crowds, either.

diddl · 30/10/2011 14:04

I hate that ad as I´, sure that the youngest says "Oh my God", which I think is horrible.

Have never wanted to go, nor have the children.

LunarRose · 30/10/2011 14:09

Actually my kids do squeal with excitement if you tell them they're going to Disneyland and yes actually some of my favourite memories come from our stays there.

I do get cross when people think that being the type of parent who takes their child to DLP, means your not also the one who takes their children to the park or forest or farm. My kids appreciate both types of things.

Lookattheears · 30/10/2011 14:14

If you and your kids like that, then obviously you would all squeal with excitement.
No one in this house would, is all. To us, hell is other people in theme parks.

Lookattheears · 30/10/2011 14:16

And, as we're being honest, I do find it a little bit sad when people save for years to give their kids a dream holiday and it involves a week in a plastic Disney eating junk.

There is a whole, amazing, wonderful world out there.

Mrsrobertduvall · 30/10/2011 14:18

Disney is hell for me.
Never wanted to go, never will.
Kids never will either, and have never expressed a desire to do so.
I think it's sad if you feel guilty about an advert.........

Lookattheears · 30/10/2011 14:19

Even sadder if you think that taking your kids there is the ultimate....

LunarRose · 30/10/2011 14:29

I think I'd find it more sad if I raised the type of kids who didn't appreciate something I'd saved for regardless of what it was....

Or assumed the be all and end all of any holiday was how "good" the food was

I really don't think it's something you should feel guilty about, if you can do it - enjoy it. If you can't, enjoy what you have.

I don't think the advert is meant to make you feel guilty either, for me it brings back that warm fuzzy feeling making me more likely to put aside whatever I could to get there.

thefirstMrsDeVeerie · 30/10/2011 14:44

I dont think any of it is 'sad'

Some people want to go to Disney
Some people want to go on Safari

Both are fine, none are 'sad', neither is better than the other, neither means you love your kids more or less, neither make you a better parent.

They are just holidays.

Lookattheears · 30/10/2011 14:47

Actually, I have read of people who have saved for years and gone without a good deal to go to Disney. I stand by my point that that is , indeed, sad if that is the best thing you can think to spend that sort of money on.
And, of course, some things are intrinsically better than others.

LunarRose · 30/10/2011 14:51

Agree with Mrs DeVeerie

BeattieBow · 30/10/2011 14:52

Disney is my idea of hell too - I'd never spend my holiday budget taking them there (not too sure I could afford it tbh). We went to Vietnam for 3 weeks earlier this year - a fantastic experience for everyone. Kids enjoy Eurocamp just as much, and dd2 wants to go back to her favourite holiday (self catering in Cornwall when it rained all the time). I don't think the children are missing out by not going to Disney World. My holidays when I was a child were spent in rainy caravan parks in North Wales, and I have very fond memories of those holidays.

LunarRose · 30/10/2011 14:52

Agree with Mrs DeVeerie. In fact I always thought the real benefit of holidays was quality time with family doing something you enjoy....

shineynewthings · 30/10/2011 14:54

Now i feel guilty because I've never taken my children to Disneyland or played conkers with them. I'm a shite mother.

Lookattheears · 30/10/2011 14:56

Best holiday ever here was a week camping in Cornwall. By far, apparently.