Separate family and adult only days at Disney?

[Scarlypopsmummy]

This comes from our recent trip to Disneyland Paris with our 2 kids (8 and 6).
It was the first time for all of us. DH and I were really surprised to notice the amount of childless adult visitors and the rides they chose to go on-Dumbo, Slinky Dog, Pinocchio etc. These people ranged from young couples to 40/50 year olds. The problem is that the seats are quite small and clearly meant for kids but these people were queuing (and in some cases pushing past kids) therefore kids were waiting 45 mins to get on.
I cannot understand it as I wouldn't go without the kids, particularly on rides such as Dumbo. However, I get that everyone has their own interests.
AIBU to suggest Disney should have separate days for adult only and then families? I know they won't but it was really annoying while we there!

I’m surprised that adults pushed past you in a queue.

Remember not all disabilities are obvious, Disney is very popular with adults with learning disabilities for instance, many are quite capable of queuing so not eligible for a skip the queue pass. Yabu anyway because many adults live Disneyland

It happened twice to us. Once when we were queuing for the army parachute ride (before they opened the gate), and a man tried to push past my daughter to get in front of us for the small world ride (??). But to be fair, they'll be other children as well as adults pushing past. We noticed it when the parade was on too.

I have not said adults shouldn't go. Please read the OP.

I genuinely didn't expect adults to be there without children as I'd always considered it a children's park. That's why I commented on that in my OP.My children (and all the others I saw), queued fine for the rides. I am just opening the discussion for family and adult only days.

Are you being serious??? These adults were kids once and grew up on Disney! I cant wait to go to Disneyland Paris one day. My kids will be teenagers by the time we do and I'll be into it more than they will!

I grew up watching Disney movies and there's definitely nostalgia attached to them. However, I've never wanted to go as an adult and always saw it as a kids theme park-I get that this is a personal opiniom. The adverts certainly seem to aim towards this though.

"The problem is that the seats are quite small and clearly meant for kids"

This is rubbish. The seats are designed so that adults can sit on them, otherwise they wouldn't be able to accompany kids on the rides. Presumably you are a very dainty adult if you squeezed into one of these "kids seats".

Apologies for not being clear in my OP. As an example, on the Orbitron you have room for one adult and one child in a rocket. Two adults ('dainty' or not) cannot squeeze in yet a few were attempting to.
The images for how to sit on the slinky dog were 2 adults and 2 children in a particular order, not 4 adults.
So perhaps I should have worded it differently.

I'm not sure why people are getting shirty with OP. She hasn't said adults shouldn't go without children, and plenty of people prefer childfree events/days out/attractions!

I'm not sure it would work to reduce queues though.

Why shouldn’t adults meet Mickey before a child if they were first in the queue?

Disney (all Disney parks) have always been a huge draw for adults.

If a kid can’t cope with waiting then perhaps they aren’t mature enough yet to be at a theme park.

I always feel very sorry for adults who can’t grasp the idea that other adults retain curiosity and imagination. You’re missing out.

When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.
C. S. Lewis

In slinky dog was the picture suggesting adults on the outside and kids on the inside? Because that's a safety thing- not a space thing.

Disney parks are meant for all ages, it’s what they are all about and what makes them better than” just a theme park”. Disney World (or Disneyland in other locations) is not marketed as kids-only place.

A lone adult male pushed past to ĝet on the 'small world' ride? Isn't there staff at the gate? What did they do?

I've been to Disney Paris twice - once with my kids and once without. Got.to do more rides without the children as we used the single rider queue.

I assume in order to get onto the ride, they paid the entrance fees.

The idea of segregating people according to whether they have children or not is ridiculous. Disney is a business that knows what it’s doing already thankfully.

Don’t they have have fast passes anymore for people wanting shorter queues? Buy one of those. They also have extra hours for people who are staying at the Disney hotels which also lets propel have short queues without excluding people on certain days.

If a child really can’t queue because of a disability then they don’t have have to because Disney has already considered this. There is no need for what you suggest.

If you went on a family day you’d be queuing just as long (probably longer for the kiddie rides). It’s just that some of the people in front of you would be smaller. There wouldn’t be shorter queues, the queues would have a different demographic.