To ask what you think about grown women who go to Disneyland without dc with Disney ears and wearing Disney dresses?

[Witchofzog]

Before anyone flames me this is meant to be light hearted. Obviously a holiday is about doing what you want to do and I strongly believe each to their own. I also don't get holidays where you fling yourself out of trees or go to back to basic retreats where you pay a fortune to effectively starve yourself.

But I have 2 friends on Facebook - one an ex colleague and the other a distant family member who have been to Disneyland Florida with their partners (who look a bit bored in the photos) over the last 2 months. Both have dressed in cutesie Disney dresses, Disney shoes, bags and ears despite being in their 30's and their photos are mainly all with various characters. I just don't get it. I imagine with children or for a few days it would be totally magical but I think 2 weeks of meeting characters and eating Disney shaped food would get a bit boring after a while. But I am prepared to be educated. These women look like they are literally having the time of their lives so there must be something I am missing.

Would you go on your own without dc's for 2 weeks?

I can’t get the link to work Aeroflotgirl could you try again?

Up to them, I wouldn't do it personally as I would feel way too self conscious, however I hate attention in general. I would say grown adults going out like this are looking for attention, which is fine. Each to their own. Not for me though.

Here YeTalk

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I follow quite a few instagrammers who are Disney obsessed and I love Disney bounding.... it's great! Why is it any different to someone being a sci-fi type geek and going to comic con dressed up?

I know a couple that (pre-kids) went to Disney Land on their honeymoon.

As Disney is my idea of hell, I can't fathom choosing to go there without doing it to please young children.

Sally - it’s brilliant those with learning disabilities can enjoy Disney. I don’t think dim- witted is a good way to describe their joy.

I also don’t get Disney mania, despite having a Dalmatian, but my daughter loves it, as does her boyfriend. They’re not particularly ‘dim witted’ sad or unadventurous.

They are both doctors. She spent six months working in palliative medicine in Malawi, (So not terribly shallow). He did his elective working in the Mumbai slums. She’s climbed Mount Blanc and kayaked down the Dordogne. She’s also travelled around Russia.

I suspect there is a touch of escapism from everyday stresses - 14 hour shifts without a break. Working Saturday nights in A&E being vomited on and sworn at. Does that really make them either stupid or wierd? Probably not. You sound very limited in your ability to consider other people like different things to you.

Aeroflotgirl thanks. I’m glad it’s not used any more!

When we were at the California one there was a 30 something man on his own in front of us in the queue to hug some characters. My two were 7 and 9. The man hugged the characters for ages and got quite emotional. It felt quite sad somehow my 7 year old turned to me and said "I feel sorry for him". Doesn't do any harm but it does seem abit odd to me.

Your welcome YeTalk. KERALA could be a number of reasons for why this man wanted to hug the characters.

I thought the same, it could be for many reasons.

It could even be that he just likes Disney

Don’t get it at all. Even as a kid it wasn’t my thing though.

Disney is full of people like that, and what harm are they doing? Leave them alone. It’s one of the few places you can do something like thtnamd no one evens blinks.

No it was sad. You had to be there. Even my 7 year old saw it. I think he was lonely and lacked human contact.

I'm a massive Disney fan. So yes. But I won't ever go alone because DD loves it as much as I do.

It's my holiday to forget about the bills at home, forget about all my stresses and thoroughly enjoy myself.

I don't care what people think of me, and similarly don't judge those who do the same or what anyone else does.

When in Disney, I am a fun mum. I'm no longer mum trying to do 50 things at once, or worrying about something. I and my husband are completely in the moment, many will think it's sad that we go to multiple trips each year. We have 4 planned for the next 12 months, that amount of money could be spent on going to Barbados/Mexico/Australia/Thailand, BUT my daughter's childhood is fast running out. I want to faff about with her at Disney as many times as I can, before she is at a point where I'm the most embarrassing person in the world to her.

You'd hate me, we even listen to Disney music on the way to school...and sing along loudly!

babysharksmummy
Yup. It's perfectly possible for an adult to enjoy Disney without needing to resort to acting like a child claiming they've met their idol (another adult in a costume).
Why is it any different to someone being a sci-fi type geek and going to comic con dressed up?
Equally not my cup of tea but each to their own. Live and let live. Others may not like my interests.

However, I would feel equally confuddled by grown adults at comic con if they were always squeeling and fussing about how they've met superman/the hulk etc. No you haven't. It's someone in a costume. Grow up.
Enjoy comic con etc all you like, but the squealing adults opting yo act like make believe is real is a bit weird to me.
Same for Disney. If you enjoy it, great. Zero judgement. Horses for courses. But if you act like a squealing child pretending that you life has been changed by seeing some 20 something in a costume then it's a bit odd.

I'm 42. I love Disney, and I love theme parks in general. I just adore thrill rides and roller coasters - not that many of those at Disney but there's something really special about it anyway. I love the escapism, the theming, the sheer joy and excitement of it all. They do theming SO well at Disney, especially in Florida...I think someone upthread said that all the worries of day-to-day life just melt away and that's so true.

I have been to Orlando twice and neither of those times was as a child, though I was desperate to go when I was younger. I went in my 20s and a couple of years ago, for my 40th birthday. I preferred the Universal theme parks when I was younger, and I do still love them, but Disney has grown on me. Massively. So much so, I even unexpectedly felt a bit emotional when watching the parade on our last day at Magic Kingdom.

We also went to Disneyland Paris last year and I loved that, too. I have a Mickey Mouse sweatshirt (wearing it now, actually), and some PJs, but I'm not into Disneybounding. I could perhaps be persuaded to wear some ears but they'd be Mickey ones, not Minnie ones.

Regardless, I don't really get the Disney-bashing on this thread...just let people enjoy what they want to enjoy. I don't lack emotion or maturity or intelligence. I have a job, and a daughter, and I also enjoy literature, camping, running, music festivals and countless other things besides.

I can't wait to go back to Disneyland Paris and Orlando and really hope I get the chance to do both again.

I find it odd. DH's ex has been with the kids 15 times. No issues, although one of them said he was getting bored of it and 'rather see Africa'.
The weird bit is she's going without the kids end of this year with her sister. I just think of all the wonderful, incredible places to go on this beautiful earth you could go kid free, why go somewhere the same for the 16th TIME??!!

Because they like it?

" It felt quite sad somehow my 7 year old turned to me and said "I feel sorry for him"."

this didn't happen

It bloody did! California Disney August 2016. Even my kids felt sorry for this chap. Confirming my view there is something a little sad about it. But harmless so crack on

Confirming my view there is something a little sad about it.

It doesn't confirm anything at all. It's just an opinion you both had. Supposedly.

Disney is amazing. I usually find those who ‘feel sorry’ for those that regularly go are usually just jealous as they can’t afford to do the same.

Opinions are allowed last time I checked.

Found it interesting that the Californian friends we have out there saw Disney as a pleasant enough fun experience for kids along with the other fun parks. Only in England is it seen as a sort of quasi religious experience. One adult friend had tears in her eyes recounting her time there. It's fun of course but find the strength of feeling engendered in adults abit baffling. Much preferred universal studios. Still dull world if we all liked the same stuff.

I have several pairs of Minnie Mouse ears that I happily wore round Disneyland Paris

We took our 4 year old and he just thinks it's the most magical place ever and I have to say I agree with him