To think F off it’s my business if I take my kids to…

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Walt Disney world florida.

kids will be both under 5, booked our first family to WDW florida and I’m incredibly excited as can’t wait to go and we got a great deal price wise BUT the reaction is not what I’ve been expecting.

in the travel agent on booking, older woman overheard and felt the need to say it’s absolutely silly taking children that young… I was taken aback

then at work chatting about upcoming holidays met with such reactions as ‘fucking idiots’ and selfish and more money than sense . My boss actually had to sort of intervene because the conversation felt quite heated and aggressive… since when did this become a thing? Why are people so against taking young children to Disney?

totally fine if it’s not your scene but it’s mine and kids under 3 are free so you don’t pay, mine have been to euro Disney twice and loved it . I don’t get this attitude

I think they will remember it at 5 years old. However, I can see the the argument that it might be a bit young as it is very hot and the days can be quite long of you want to fit everything and see the night shows. Older children who can stay up later and walk further would probably get more out of it really, but of course the 5 years olds will have a great time!

Sounds like jealousy. We travelled a bit when dc was young and but gutted she can’t remember it , but went to Disney aged 6 and she has clear memories of that. It’s your holiday time and your choice - don’t understand why people would get het up about it ( unless you’ve been driving them mad going on about it?!)

Op doesn’t say when she’s going it might not be hot that’s the beauty of young children you can go at none school holiday times. We went in early December when dc was almost 2 and almost 4. Weather was pleasant but not too hot. Low crowds, all the Christmas decorations. Was fantastic.

People forget that adults are into Disney. If you'll enjoy it and can afford it just go.

My guess is it probably stems from other peoples jealousy. Sod them. Have a fantastic time. If people think the kids won’t remember it so what?! you will remember their little faces as they have an incredible holiday. Take lots of photos and soak it all in. Don’t feel guilty for doing what you want as a family xx

People who are jealous or who can only afford to ever go once

Sorry but this is a dick comment.

My parents first took me to WDW Florida when I was 3 and I do remember some bits of it,we've been 7 times and bloody love it,I'm taking my kids in 2025 they will be 5 and 8, I'm debating whether we should take them next year instead lol 😆 so can get there sooner!

We took our daughter and grandparents when she was 4, she had the best time ever. Took her at 8, 10 and 12 so it was lovely to see her experience different things there. From princesses and toy story obsessions to her first rollercoaster, which I had to be brave on.

Have a fabulous time and take loads of photos.

I wouldn’t be so aggressive or vocal when talking about it. But yes inside I think it’s silly
ro take children so young. But if you can afford it there’s no harm. I don’t think children can appreciate it fully so young. I took my son at 6, to DLP. And I wouldn’t have wanted to be there any younger, in fact I’m waiting until my daughter is the same age to take her. He also went at 8, although that wasn’t planned by us. I didn’t think I’d be able to afford to take him more than once so I wanted him to be able to appreciate it and interact fully. I wasn’t disappointed. And younger children I saw there didn’t get the same experience he did. But I think it’s weird to say you’re selfish 😂
it isn’t anyone else’s business what you do with your kids, you’re so right about that.

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Have a WONDERFUL time! I hope your little ones have the time of their lives. :-)

then at work chatting about upcoming holidays met with such reactions as ‘fucking idiots’ and selfish and more money than sense . My boss actually had to sort of intervene because the conversation felt quite heated and aggressive…

Weird work environment.

Maybe, but Pontins is shite to be fair.

It's fine if you can afford to go multiple times.

If you can only afford it one, then yes it's best to wait until they're older and can go on more rides.

Your colleagues (and half the replies on this thread) are weird OP. Pre-covid two of my kids travelled the world, both went to Florida at about 4 months, we'd done lots of America and Canada by the time they were 4 and 2. Not a waste of money at all, we enjoyed it, they enjoyed the bits they were meant to enjoy (aquariums, beaches etc).

No they don't remember, but they don't remember the local farm park that was £3 to get into, or their granny's birthday party, or bookbug at the library. Maybe we should have given all of them a miss?

Surely it's about making memories for the parents too, and those are some of the best years to look back on. Go and enjoy it! It's just jealousy, I'd love to be able to go.

^This. They probably won't remember it, or maybe only remember some random aspect of it, but they will enjoy^ it, which is the important thing.

‘then at work chatting about upcoming holidays met with such reactions as ‘fucking idiots’ and selfish and more money than sense . My boss actually had to sort of intervene because the conversation felt quite heated and aggressive…’

i kind of find this bit really hard to believe. I can imagine people might say something amongst themselves, but to be so aggressive and hyped about it? Nope.

Some people just have a bee in their bonnet about people experiencing joy that they don't understand!

I remember my first holiday to disney and universal in florida, I was 4. We took our DD at 4 and she had a fab time. 6 months later she bangs on about it all the time. She also learned to swim while we were there! It's a holiday we'd enjoy without kids anyway (and have done pre kids!) So why not have a holiday you know you will enjoy too and bring the kids along for the ride?

Which it sounds like maybe they can, but also their holiday choice, WDW is great for kids of any age, so much to do!

I took mine to Disney in Paris aged five. The queues were a killer, they got tired very easily and only remember It's a Small World.

Florida is a horribly long flight and queue through immigration and the park is vast. I'm assuming you haven't bought a plane ticket for your under three so you're doing a long flight with them on your lap. Your kids will possibly get bad jetlag too. I think people are just shocked at how long you are going for and just to Disney world. You can actually buy day tickets for the Park which are cheaper then get your flights and hotel separately. We spent more nights in our hotel than we did in the Parks which you can't do in Paris.

On the positive side, take swimsuits because it's lovely taking a break from the Parks to have a swim by your hotel.

You're not unreasonable to take them, but this has gotten to you, because you were expecting everyone to be as excited as you are, and they needn't be.

Different folks and all that.

I'm sure you're family will have a great time. Disney is magical!

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That's like saying don't do anything with your children until they're old enough to remember it 😂 Absolutely ridiculous these are important formative years and holidays are shown to be incredibly postive for children of any age and their mental health. I've been taking mine since my eldest was 18 months and at almost 15 now now he still thinks its magical. Have a wonderful time and take lots of photos! You only get your children for such a short amount of time, we need to make the most of every minute 💕

Well, it happened, i thought it was some standard workplace lunch chat ‘anyone got any holidays booked’. The fucking idiots, it wasn’t aggressively said but as in a laughy ‘banter’ sort of way, couldn’t pay me to do that sort of way. They, like lots of people on this thread a) don’t know my kids b) thought they can’t go on most of the rides, when actually they can go on at least 70% and enjoy all the shows. It got more heated because I corrected them a bit but then they doubled down. All in all very uncomfortable tbh