12 year old alone at EuroDisney

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My ex husband is taking my DS to Eurodisney next week for a few days. They have regular contact and I get on ok with ex. My concern is that ex husband thinks our, just turned, 12 year old son is old enough to go round the park on his own. I am not happy with this mainly because it's his first time there, he could get lost, hurt himself, etc. I also think it would be pretty lonely. Ex says it is just so he can have a lie in and he would meet up with him later at park. I think they should both go later in the day although DS seems to quite like idea of going on own. Should I say no or AIBU? They will be staying at hotel outside park.

Agree it would be quite dull on his own. He's going 'for a few days' and he can't be arsed to get up?

Not at twelve, it's just a bit too young . It should be an experience your DS shares with his father. Some things aren't as much fun on your own.

I think 2 12 year olds could go off together, but one alone, in a foreign country? As others have said - where's the fun in that? Some rides need 2 people per car. And how's the DS supposed to feel if his dad can't be bothered to get out of bed and go round the park with him? The whole point is to race round together and do as much as you can in a day then chat about it afterwards over a sauna or swim and dinner. YADNBU. It's not all about safety. It's also about having a good time with your DC.

At 12 I enjoyed swimming on my own so I'd go down to hotel pool on my own.
I think the park is easy enough and seemed pretty safe-I let my 10 yrold out of my sight to go to loo or on a ride with same age cousin.
However, I wouldn't enjoy eating or theme rides alone so why don't they just both go in later? We never made it into the park before 11 and I don't think it mattered.
I think your son and ex will probably work something out.
Worse case scenario-he gets lost/feels sick-solution-ask one of the many lovely staff to help or ring his dad.

As and aside-I know lots of responsible 12 year olds, but some of the groups of young teens that go around theme parks on their own are low level disruptive-I'd be mortified if I thought my kids were pushing in/swearing loudly/littering/chucking stuff at each other and so on-I used to hate them when I worked in a small theme park.
Not suggesting in anyway that op's son will be like this.

I'd call and check with Disney first before they decide to go ahead - would rather throw a spanner in the works if he was stopped at the park gates and not allowed in on his own.

YANBU would be pretty rubbish to go with your dad and dad cant be arsed to go round with you, is his dad just going to plonk himself at a cafe or something seems like that is what he is planning to do .

I think it is irrelavent if your DS is old enough to go on his own. The point is what kind of parent thinks it would be enjoyable for one of their kids to go on their own? FWIW we went a couple of weeks ago and it's open until 11pm so your Ex can lie in till lunch and they could still have 11 hours to enjoy it together.