To not understand this Disney obsession?

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Adults who love regularly holidaying at Disneyland/Disneyworld and love buying all the Disney merch... what is it you love about it?

Because it's fucking magical you miserable sods!

I went to Disneyland California 40 years ago. Meh. Never been back.

There’s a scene on Come Fly With Me where Matt Lucas is dressed as a 40-something year old woman who LOVES Disney. When asked why, ‘she’ says, ‘I don’t know. I think it’s because I’m quite thick’ 😂

If you are keen on fairytales and / or theme parks I highly highly recommend Efteling in the Netherlands. Walt Disney supposedly visited it
for inspiration in the 1950s during the planning of Disneyland.

@Aprilx If you’re planning on Tokyo Disney, I recommend Disney Sea. I really enjoyed it.
I went to the Hello Kitty theme park when I was in Japan. It was fun and yes I bought stuff. I also did cultural things on that holiday but sometimes it’s fun to be a big kid! I don’t see what’s so hard to understand. There is no one way to “adult”. I feel more sorry for people who think of being an adult in such rigid terms, with only specific things you’re allowed to enjoy. How sad.

I love the escapism of it. It's good clean fun 😄.

I'm a boring adult with a full time job and responsibilities 99% of the time. But for that 1% I'm just enjoying what I'm enjoying. I didn't used to be into the merch, but it reminds me of how I feel when I'm on holiday at Disney so it makes me happy. I love a lot of the films too.

I also love Harry Potter and Star Wars but not in the same way so I don't have any merchandise but I do really enjoy the parks and films.

Oh and I always loved theme parks, so there's also that.

Each to their own. I feel like you need better hobbies if you have time to judge other people's though.

@user58486267489 - I suggest you download the Disney Paris app and have a look at how the park is laid out, the rides available, the wait times. Then research, research, research! There are some great videos on YouTube where people bring you around the parks, the dos and donts, the hotels etc. Paris is nowhere near as mammoth as Orlando so much easier to manage!

Even as a child, I didn't like Disney characters. But I think it's harmless and endearing when adults get so excited by it.

I enjoy Disney films and Disneyland but totally get you re the obsessed people. I’ve witnessed people firsthand pushing past actual children for autographs from the characters 🙄 love the magic of it for kids but it seems like an effort as an adult to get that excited by it.

You need to expect to queue a lot

Then other posters claim it’s completely stress free.

Queuing with children is stressful though???

Unless everyone buys the fast track passes which are $$$.

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That poster made it clear they were referring to during school holidays

Most who go regularly don't go in the holidays for this very reason

I've said it before and I'll say it again (might even go on my gravestone) May is the time to go

People who find stuff that makes than happy in these grim and miserable times are to be envied, not sneered at.

Our experiences as a family at the Florida parks were entirely positive. The staff couldn't have been nicer, there were thoughtful little extras and kind gestures everywhere.

I wouldn't personally choose it every years, I want to see more of the world, but I can understand those who are sufficiently charmed to want to.

I love it, the magic the mystery the fun.
I have disney all over my house, disney clothes i even have Disney tattoos.

I've said it before and I'll say it again (might even go on my gravestone) May is the time to go

Interesting, we have a two week in October half term so went to the Florida one then. Great weather and quiet although perhaps depends on the timing of Halloween.

October will depend on when the Halloween crowds descend

With them starting the Halloween parties and decorations in August has spread out the crazy which also helps too

But the weather in October is a bit cooler for our liking

Plus flower and garden festival is our personal fave at Epcot

I'm one of these adults you speak of.
Disney films and the odd trip to the Disney store as a child were literally the only enjoyable things I experienced in childhood.

My mum showed us no love, I was sexually and physically abused from the age of 3, I was also quite severely neglected emotionally.
Disney films, were the one thing I ever really enjoyed. They were the escape from the screaming, shouting and pretty miserable existence. I didn't even have the safety of school, being the smelly child who didn't have the things normal children had, and couldn't read when everyone else could.

The little mermaid, cinderella, snow White and Aladdin were all films that made me believe that the princesses grow up to be loved. That's what I yearned for.
When Eurodisney opened, I remembered the adverts and they said you could send off for a promotional video. I begged and pleaded for that video! It was the only thing I remember my mum doing for my happiness throughout childhood. I watched and watched and watched that video.
It made me think about holidays. I'd never had a holiday! How much fun would it be to see the princesses?
Christmases always meant we would go to town, the local town centre had a beautiful Disney store and I got to visit. I'd not get anything but I'd look around. All the pretty stuff just made me happy to look at.

So growing up unloved, unimportant with nothing at the time, and nothing to look forward to, Disney provided that.

So as an adult, I loved Disney stuff for my daughter, it felt like safety and love, and providing items that carried that sentimental value to me, felt like it was giving the most love that I could.

Going to Disney feels like I'm wrapping myself in the things that got me through childhood I get to enjoy that, and pass it on to my own children.

To me it feels like love that I'm passing on to them.

We've never had a holiday that isn't to disneyworld/ disneyland.
It's loved because we sing, we dance, it's time were really together.
My mental health isn't quite as bad when I'm there as I'm immersed in everything I knew as happiness as a child.

I understand that not everyone gets that, but Its not harming anyone.

Well it's a theme park at the end of the day.... most theme parks are geared towards adults/teenagers

I went to Disney land twice as a kid. The first because my mum wanted to go. I was 14. My sister was 8 and she couldn't go on much due to her height and age. So jot sure why you thinks it's strange for adults...

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It doesn't appeal to me but I get why people would enjoy it.
I get comfort watching Peppa Pig(even though peppa is a precocious dick) with ds from time to time,the pastel colours sooth me and its quite amusing.
Different strokes for different folks.

Because it's fun? Because it's a completely harmless way to connect with the things that made you feel like magic was real when you were a child? Because we haven't yet opted into the "adults are supposed to be miserable and boring" mentality that a lot of sad sacks on this website seem to have adopted?

Let people enjoy things you bunch of old misers. Just because your inner child died decades ago doesn't mean other people want to join you in your grey existence.

Why not? I don’t see how Disney is any better or worse than any other interest or obsession. Personally I think it’s bizarre some people are so invested in whether a group of men kick a ball into a net more than another group of men, to the extent it affects their mood and behaviour.

I think the fact that Disney is a predominantly female thing is a reason it’s ridiculed more than other interests.

Disney is definitely not aimed at teens and adults

They've diversified over the years but it's definitely child and even baby friendly

The vast majority of rides are fine for those under 6

I went to Disney in Florida twice as a child, and obviously loved it.

I'd love a trip back as an adult - purely for the nostalgia!

I have seen some of the Disney vloggers on YouTube... Single men in their mid-30s... I personally find that a bit odd. But... you do you bo.

You're the type of person the world needs fewer of...

You sum up everything that is wrong with the internet.

Disney never really appealed to me. Until I went! Can’t afford to go these days sadly and I miss it. However when I’ve been it’s only ever been part of my holiday and I miss the other part too! Not sure I’d just want to fully do Disney!