Wait 5-7 hours or pay £68??

[curiousgeorgie]

Going to Disney world in a few months and have a Frozen obsessed 3 year old.

Meeting Anna & Elsa has a 5-7 hour wait!! Unless we pay £68 to book a room in a Disney resort (we got a villa) for one night so we can get a fastpass!

I'm just about to do it... But our friend says its crazy and just don't see them.

WWYD??

I'm not, thanks though

Broken hearted - no offence, but that sounds unbelievably dull for a 3 year old.

'Lol'

You think meeting Disney characters is dull for the average 3 year old??

That's your opinion, but you're totally wrong.

Crikey! Is this going to turn into one of those threads where someone proudly says their child jumps in puddles and pats themself on the back for being a great parent? ;-)

Some complete arses on this thread.
Go for it OP. It's well worth it for how excited she'll be and saving your sanity! The wait sounds like hell.

So... Watching an actor in a costume from a made up story familiar to you was amazing...??

Hmm... It's almost as if that's what happens at Disney World

I wouldn't. But that's because i remember nothing before the age of 4 so if i was going to do Disney (if i had to) i would leave it till my Ds was older.

However, i would if i was you! You are going anyway so i think it will be worth it.

BUT! What I'm really curious about - is it pure queuing for 5-7hrs?? Like Alton Towers queues but longer? How do any kids manage that?

I have no idea... I know my DD couldn't do it. Especially in the heat!

People actually wait in a queue with small children for up to 7 hours!? Really?! That's pretty much a whole day out for a toddler isn't it? They'll all happy to just wait for all that time? Parents are happy pay for a family ticket to disney land to spend most if the day in a queue ?!
I honestly have nothing against Disney. I would like to take DS there but This. Is. Madness.

"Perhaps dull for a three year old raised on Frozen"

My daughter has always liked opera and ballet, classical music...and also she happens to like the dreadful Frozen and Princess Sophia. They aren't mutually exclusive you know.

I too have been wondering about the wait. I don't see how it could be managed

I'm sure a lot of them go off with one parent/guardian and leave another manning the queue WowserBowser.

It's frozen madness... None of the other queues are even close to that...

You should go! It's amazing

My 3-almost-4yo DD went to Disneyland Paris and remembers it vividly - even sings "It's a Small World" we went on that ride many times despite not having heard the song since.

Fortunately she wasn't bothered about meeting princesses (this was pre-Frozen/Sophia) as the queues were huge, so we left it.

You've done the right thing, OP. Have a wonderful time.

^ Thank goodness I never went to Disney World.

I lived in Berlin and spent alot of time at 3/4 years next to a stage or orchestra pit watching my gather conduct. He worked with opera companies.

Elsa / Anna .....lol

That's a Mumsnet gem, right there

I object to the picking shells vs Disneyland comment you make OP. My 3 yr old who isn't brought up watching Disney every day spent two weeks in these Caribbean swimming in the sea, picking shells, feeding tropical fish, eating coconuts... A hell of a lot more exciting to the average kid than queuing up in a theme park. How does a three year old become obsessed if not to down to the parent building up things such as Frozen, and the idea of meeting the actors. I coUld afford that fast pass many times over, but fuck me will I ever spend it in Disney?! No.

Why is any of that better than Disney though, coraltoes?

Both involve time spent with their family doing things they enjoy. I'm sure there is lots of benefits to both type of holiday.

Why the snobbery?

Coral - my DD has also been on beach holidays in lovely locations, but she would choose Disney every time. That's why I said it.

That makes more sense - thanks he11y

My 3 yr old who isn't brought up watching Disney every day

Well done coraltoes , when will you receive your parenting medal?

I REALLY fucking hate the sneery tone of some posters on here.

If you can afford it, fine. Go ahead, pay seventy quid for your daughter to meet some women in fancy dress.
But it absolutely astounds me that people are willing to pay such massive sums of money for such crap. Your daughter wouldn't have known any different if the idea of meeting the characters hadn't been presented to her, and she probably won't care about it in a few weeks time, when the next fad arrives, anyway.
I know i'm significantly poorer than most on herebut £68 is what I would spend on two weeks' food. It makes me feel a bit sick to think that people pay that to see a woman dresses up as a cartoon character.

Brokenhearted - my 4 year old DD loves opera. Her favourite currently is La Cenerentola, particularly the Frederica Von Stade version. She also loves Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev, mainly the ballets at the moment. She requests it frequently when we're listening to music. She also likes Katy sodding Perry.

But when she met Aurora at disneyland last year, and she (DD) was also wearing and Aurora costume and Aurora said that they must be twincesses, she was absolutely ecstatic and still tells people nearly a year later that that was what aurora said. I winced inside slightly (twincesses made my teeth itch) but I've happily gone along with it. Because I'm keen for her to experience everything and enjoy everything and I hate the idea that she'd grow up to be desperately snobbish about anything, whether it's music or holidays in the Caribbean. There is room in her life for all types of culture, why limit her because of parental prejudice?

OP we're going back to disney this year and we're going for it for Anna and Elsa. Look at it this way, it's less than 10 pounds an hour to free up your time if you're going to be stuck in a seven hour queue - thats a bargain :)

I think I would be inclined to pay out too.

But am amazed by the crap service that Disney are offering here. I mean it's not exactly cheap to go is it? You either queue for an unfeasible length of time or pay even more ££ to bypass that.