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?

Why on earth is it nasty to respond with incomprehension Dino - technically not understanding something could be construed as ignorance, I'll grant you, but anyone who thinks they understand everything and everyone is a fool.

I work with adults with special needs, some of whom enjoy nursery rhymes and clapping games and choose preschool television etc. Of course that's not incomprehensible at all.

To me adult women who go to Disneyland and wear Disney dresses and ears without DC are incomprehensible. It isn't incomprehensible that some adults with special needs relevant to their emotional and intellectual development enjoy it though.

I am amazed that adults are doing this every day for a 2 week holiday, I had assumed that a two week holiday would be a couple of days at Disney and ten or twelve days seeing things outside theme parks.

I've only read your OP not the rest of the thread. It would only be 'lighthearted' if you were talking about yourself. The minute you start talking about other women it ceases to be 'lighthearted'. Using the term won't work as a talisman to ward off posters asking why you feel the need to judge other women on something so benign and harmless to others.

So OP, why do you feel the need to judge other women for something that doesn't matter in the slightest?

Perhaps it will lead to posters making assumptions about you? I always wonder at the mentality of judgemental clots who start threads about other people (and women in particular). I personally think they're lacking.

Now reading the responses from the other judgemental-without-a-cause posters. What a shower of shit.

I wouldn't think about it at all.
People are free to enjoy themselves how they want as long as they don't hurt anyone else.

To be fair I judge folks that want to dress up as something childish like a princess repeatedly and, even more so, if they act all cutesy and ditzy with it.

If that means I've something lacking, then so be it 🤣

I'm jealous I would love to do that! But then I'm self conscious and wouldn't out of fear of being judged by others like you op

And me, but then I've much lacking so shall add it to thr list 🤣

Pleasantly surprised to see that most of the posters I recognise don't subscribe to dictating and judging other people for their harmless enjoyment. Good on them.

Disney is fabulous! I’d be jealous! I’m well overdue a trip!

@blueskiesandforests Why on earth you would even mention special needs is beyond me.

There are plenty of things that wouldn’t be my scene, including dressing up as Disney characters, but it doesn’t mean I don’t understand why other people get joy out of it without wondering if they have learning difficulties.

Oh come off it, Bluntness you don't give a crap what anybody says to you. I usually agree with your posts anyway.

I just notice that this board, so dominated by women, seems to be cluttered with posters (assumed women) who like nothing better than to judge other women. Do they judge those in the public eye or government for their policies? Do they hell! They prefer instead to cast their swivelled gaze to what those women are wearing, what their hair is like and any other vacuous nothing.

Then when those are exhausted, it's on to women in general, always women. Judging them for stuff that doesn't matter, that most people wouldn't notice or care about as it doesn't affect them... but it gives the OP and that ilk a bit of a feeling of superiority/self-importance. It's pathetic and it's ALWAYS about women. I hate that.

I think anybody who does that is lacking - and it's not lacking just a bit, it takes some kind of missing chunk of humanity (forget sisterhood, pah!) to keep rubbing their thighs when they have a pop at women.

I’m neither for it or against it but the people saying it’s pathetic or anti-feminist certainly don’t come across well. What does being so judgemental towards other women and how they dress or spend their holidays do for you? I find the attitude harder to understand than those who dress up at Disney...do you genuinely enjoy making a mockery of other women or labelling them as pathetic?

Also...OP...we are all different. There is not much too understand except that. Some people enjoy bungee jumping or dying their hair green or covering themselves in tattoos. It’s not for everyone and that’s fine. We don’t all have to be alike, it’s fine (and interesting!) to have different quirks. I hate not having much option when buying pyjamas or nightwear on the high street or in supermarkets; it seems all that is available is stuff with cartoon characters, princess tiaras and slogans on. I’d just like a classy, neutral, modern print without having to pay a fortune. I don’t sit there and think “why do all those other women wear tinker bell or unicorn pyjamas?”, I just accept I have a different taste and it doesn’t make me better or worse than any other woman.

For the love of God, Life is hard enough without having to deal with the judgemental, nasty attitudes of other women. Let’s just support each other to be individuals and put people in the position of having to justify or suppress who they are. When we are lying on our death beds it will hardly matter what others all wore or how they spent their holidays. Why waste brain space on it now?

I can understand the thrill seekers as some of the rides there are amazing.

I can't understand the adults who queue for hours to get their pictures taken with someone dressed in a Minnie Mouse hot, sweaty costme. Adults should not be in front of 6/7 year olds waiting for a picture imho.

You aren't allowed to 'dress up' in princess costumes over the age of 14 anyway.

I would love to do Disney without children. Dd would never forgive me though, so it will have to wait until she is older.

I went to Disneyland Paris a few years ago in my late 20s and loved it, and am super excited for the Nintendo theme park to open because I'm a sad tragic gamer, which as we all know is about as bad as admitted to being a member of the Klan on MN.

Funnily enough I've yet to be diagnosed with any special needs.

To me adult women who go to Disneyland and wear Disney dresses and ears without DC are incomprehensible

Such a shame you find thought so difficult.

You’re not actually allowed to dress up as the characters sadly but I love Disney and would rather go without kids than with them . Different people like what they like! I don’t see the fun in going to watch a football game, but other people do - I don’t judge them for it

So what is the difference between Disneyworld and Disneyland?

Yeah I know what you're saying lying, and I don't disagree with you in theory, judging people is of course wrong and personally I don't care enough about much to start a thread about it, I also normally dislike folks who start threads to slag off women, so I'm with you there.

On the other hand though, I find spending two weeks dressing as a princess or Disney character, when no kids present, and as said, acting all cute at the same time, as downright odd.

I can't say I give it a lot of thought though to be honest. It's harmless, but yes, I do find it odd. Sorry.

My friend did this with her partner. 2 weeks of her grinning manically next to creepy looking characters whilst her partner (who paid for it all) looked like he was working out the quickest way to kill himself.

ShadyLady, I've just bought my mum some nice pyjamas in Sainsbury - no logos and 100% cotton. They've got some nice stuff.

I have Minnie Mouse knickers. Nobody sees them but me and they make me smile to myself. :)

So adults need to have special needs to enjoy Disneyworld........right ok. I have been 6 times to Disneyland Florida, once as a teen with my family and 4 times with my DH and either his family or my family. We just took our kids in April along with my parents, brothers and their wives and children. It was beyond amazing. And we all wore disney themed clothing and rose gold ears (the girls/women) and enjoyed every minute of it. It was the first time my SIL's and all the kids. I would do it in a heartbeat with just me and dh though, and wear my rose gold ears the whole time. When we go to Disney, we are there to do Disney. We have travelled and camped and visited all sorts of cities and countries which have been lovely, Disney is just as good but different. We go to do the parks, the parades, the shows and the rides. Seeing it through our kids eyes made it even more magic. Those who say to just do a couple of days at the parks and then go siteseeing obviously have never set foot in Disneyworld parks. We could go for 3 weeks and just do Disney (not universal or the waterparks etc) and still not get to see every show or every character or every ride. The shows are spectacular, as are the parades and fireworks, they are nothing like what we have here.

When you go to the theme parks you just have to go with the flow and enjoy it. We are planning to go back again next October. We might fit in Kennedy or Clearwater but you know what, we may decide we want to go on the Starwars ride again, or to Hogsmead and drink butterbeer which the kids do some magic spells and thats ok too. Looking down on people for liking a particular type of holiday for a bit of fun is ridiculously judgemental. We would rather stab our eyes out than to bring our kids on a sun holiday with nothing to do but lie on a sunbed and deal with hot bored kids but I don't judge those who do, they just dont suit us.

I don't think it's weirder than football fans buying team jumpers, scarfs, kits to wear on match day.

It's just people having fun, let it go...

Going to Disney as an adult is great- it's one of the many types of trip I take pleasure from. You're not confined to holiday periods so it's much more chill with fewer queues, you can drink (which makes any ride better, unless you take it too far) and they have so many great dining options if you're not looking for something really kid friendly. The Food and Wine Festival at Disney World is an example of an event that is completely geared towards an adult audience.

I'm going for a few days to Disneyland California next month and will be wearing my mickey mouse t shirt and backpack (courtesy of Primark) with pride. If anyone feels pity for me for looking forward to that, I'm sure their good wishes will keep me going through the Tahiti and Bora Bora part of our trip two days later.

Only on MN do you get the wide eyed pretence that you simply don’t understand someone’s choices to make you feel superior about your own life.

Is insecurity really so rampant?