To take the family to Windsor Castle when it’s actually only me that is truly interested in it?

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As the title says… I have wanted to visit Windsor Castle for years. We’re finally in London for a few days and we have an opportunity to go. My husband doesn’t actually mind either way BUT my two kids (13 and 9) don’t seem particularly thrilled. Would you still take them? I’m aware it’s an expensive day out… but think it’s something they might potentially look back on with nice memories. How could I get them interested?

I remember one particularly trying summer holiday with DD around 14 yrs old. It was a long haul, with spectacular scenery, mountains, lakes, beaches etc. DD sulked almost every day unless she was doing what she wanted to do. One particular day we went on the most spectacular beach / rainforest / bear viewing trip and she sulked all the time refusing to take off her hoody hood.

She now, over 10 years later, talks about that holiday and that specific day as if it was the best day of her life 😂. She is saving to go back to the exact same places with her DH to show him how amazing it is!

Does time and budget allow for you all to be able to pick one thing you’d like to do? If you all get a chance to have a day then the rule could be not to moan about others’ choices.

My parents used to drag me around castles and stately homes. It's me that does the dragging the dc these days 😂

Without knowing about them I expect many people end up never going to them. It's good to be exposed to these things imo, it's also good to help dc realise the whole world doesn't revolve around them.

Take them! How many hours have you spent at soft play and trampoline parks? It will not do them any harm to do something that you like for a change.

I make my kids go to stuff all the time and they usually enjoy it. If they got their way we'd pretty much only go to the park and softplay.

There are lots of good things to do very close to the castle - feed his majesty’s swans on the river at eton bridge (plenty of ppl selling swan pellets there), pleasureboat hire including thing motorboats that you take out yourself, also kayaks and paddle boards (there’s a great one hour kayak loop up the river towards eton then back down a side tributary past a swan hospital and down the side of Windsor racecourse) and also a year round funfair with bungee trampolines etc at Alexandra gardens (the kayak hire is at the end of the garden). Windsor great park is lovely, and there’s an Ivy Cafe or Wagamama for lunch / dinner bang opposite the castle. Do it.