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 took my children to Disneyland several times when they were three and five including at Christmas because we lived about an hours drive away and DH's work gave each of their employees two tickets every year. We had a great time but the only thing they remember is going on the Alice in Wonderland ride, it broke down and we had to walk through the behind the scenes to get out. You will enjoy it and so will they, but they probably aren't going to remember it.

Well, no, but that’s the thing with clickbait, you have to click on it to find out the rest of the title. For all I knew it could have been

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

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Then that would have been quite a different thread. But she knew damn well nobody would say YABU to take your kids to Disneyland so made a clickbait thread title.

There’s actually loads they can go on!

My eldest will easily be 102cm by then so can go on a lot of the mini rollercoasters and youngest will likely be around 90cm so plenty for him too, most of the rides have no minimum height.

we’ve done paris with them twice, first DCR which was harder than then sequoia lodge a lot easier as it’s walking distance, for mine they were perfect, queued fine loved the parades, people even stopped us to say how much my 1 year old was loving it, he was dancing all up and down mainstream usa

Actually no , there was one poor woman on here before whos dick of a hubby wouldn’t get her meds when she got sick at Disney, kids very similar age to me and the comments were littered with why have you taken your kids there you silly woman

SO weird, anyone saying they won’t remember it. So what!!! The joy of seeing them enjoying it at the time for you is just as precious in terms of memories. I took my young daughter to Disney in Hollywood and in Florida and had the best time ever. She doesn’t remember those trips but I do!

I remember bits from my first time, plus we’ll take them again when they are a bit older too it’s just might as well get the youngest for free whilst we can

Does it matter if the children remember it?

I do loads of stuff with my children under 8, holidays, trips, clubs, family days out. Send them to school and nursery too.
Surely the point is the children have a lovely time and the parents enjoy themselves?

It's your business but do you ever comment at work about money, specifically not having enough for something? If so perhaps they are actually annoyed that you spend so much but moan you don't have money for xxx. Otherwise it's your call - took mine at 5&3 they can't remember it.

That’s how I think too, because otherwise you might as well just sit home

I don’t understand why it has got to you so much. Usually when things like this don’t just roll off us, there is more to it.

Holidays are standard for most people and it’s normal to go to various places. It’s obvious that Disney is a very popular destination based on the huge numbers that go to the different venues around the world all year round, so I’m not sure why it’s comment worthy.

Still no reason not to put the whole thread title in the thread title. It’s just clickbait.

I go to Florida every year . It's amazing and you will have a brilliant time ! The kids will love it there ! Also there is so much more to do than theme parks . The beaches are stunning . Also you must visit golden coral for food !

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How is it weird? If it’s a once in a lifetime trip you would wait a few more years so your child can solidify those memories. Not too difficult to understand. If you’re going multiple times then yeah crack on!

Personally I think it’s pointless and a lot of hassle to take young children to any theme park, especially one that’s ridiculously expensive, I’d rather wait until they were old enough to go on all of the rides and make the most of it but it seems really odd to get such aggressive reactions!

Your colleagues sound very unpleasant. I would not dream of commenting on someone else's choice of holiday destination, unless they then went on to complain that they can't pay the electricity bill. So what if your children don't remember the trip? The point is that you will.

I don’t understand your comment

I’ve been on loads of holidays. Lost count. My kids are older now and I don’t regret a single one of them. For some families though Disney is a once in a lifetime trip so they do wait a couple of years which is understandable. Personally if you’re getting more than a couple of negative comments about this I would hazard a guess there’s something else going on.

ordinarily they’re fine which is why I was so take aback.

This. Why are they only allowed to have lovely experiences as long as they can remember it? And I don’t get the op’s comment that ‘it’s more about the parents if you take them at that age’. I took my ds when he was 18 months when my brother and sil took their kids. He might not remember anything but I do! And he had an absolute ball being on holiday with his cousins, going on all the little rides and running round with whichever adults turn it was to look after him and his toddler cousin while the others went on the big rides. The photos we’ve got from that holiday are priceless in themselves, and his cousins still laugh about things like how he wouldn’t be parted from his Minnie Mouse ears headband the entire week we were there :)

Maybe be careful with what you discuss at work? Some people could be really struggling and you would be rubbing their faces in it.

I guess it is once in a lifetime for us, we won’t ever get to take them this small again, see the looks on their little faces

Yes. I don't get this at all! DD won't remember a lot of the stuff we've done but she definitely enjoyed doing it! It's fine to just do stuff to enjoy in the moment, not everything is about 'making memories'.

Enjoy your holiday, OP!

For the record, even though I might think it stupid to spend a lot of money for fun on things they won't remember, I wouldn't say anything. People can waste their money however they want. Lots of my colleagues spend money on things I think are a waste or stupid but it isn't my money so I just say nothing!

We had this sort of reaction from a (very) small handful of people, not for a Disney holiday, but still a “big holiday” which my husband and I wanted to do and felt there was no reason not to do it with our daughter. She was just under 4 at the time, and the view seemed to be “why bother when she won’t even remember it?”

My thoughts were, and still are, that so long as you have a fabulous time in the moment, who cares whether it is remembered in years to come? My daughter remembers little snippets, but at the time she had the best holiday ever and we all enjoyed it so much. That’s the important thing to me.

I had Disney holidays as a child (7 at the youngest) and I still hardly remember it. I can barely remember holidays from when I was a teenager! Doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth going!

no one in that conversation would’ve been on less than 45k and it was a conversation about holidays, some going on cruises, others New Zealand, others Europe