Just got back from a trip to Disney with my 3 y/o - AMA

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Anonymous wrote:Are the last two poster assholes? Oh, wait, don't need to have been to Disney to answer that one.

pp here. yes, i'm an asshole. what of it?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the last two poster assholes? Oh, wait, don't need to have been to Disney to answer that one.

pp here. yes, i'm an asshole. what of it?

Wait 20 or 30 years, and you will have your answer.

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Anonymous wrote:Are the last two poster assholes? Oh, wait, don't need to have been to Disney to answer that one.

My post was at 6:45 and my questions are earnest.

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Anonymous wrote:My husband's been wanting to go for years, but I am adamantly against it. Would love to have some points to back me up. My questions:

How much for airfare and lodging for a family of three?
How far in advance did you book?
How much did you spend per day?
How many days did you stay?
Would you do it again?

Flight was $1200 (we sprung for the upgraded economy seats since DH and I are tall, needed the extra legroom).
Booked the fight, condo and tickets last January.
We spent around $250 per day (some days much more, some days less, but that was the average).
We stayed in Orlando for 7 days, 4 were spent at the parks.
Absolutely.

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Anonymous wrote:Which resort did you go to?

Stayed offsite but purchased a campground site to get all the benefits (we had a larger group so it more than paid for itself in parking alone).

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Anonymous wrote:So... I'll bite. Was it worth it?

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:Does DH wear boxers or briefs? And at Disney, did he change due to chafing?

Boxer-briefs, and he grabbed a few longer athletic pair for the trip. Zero chafing (which is sometimes an issue, but it wasn't scorching hot last week).

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Anonymous wrote:My question for you is, "So what?"

agreed.
95% of this forum is of people who have been to disney. Join the club.

Right, but we literally just went and probably have the most up-to-date info.

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What were the best and worst meals you ate?

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OP, the thing is most of us know people in real life who have very recently been to Disney because you can't swing a cat in most parenting circles without hitting someone who's recently gone. And I would definitely ask someone who I actually know for tips, if I ask at all. Because the other option is to go on the internet and find one of the many websites completely devoted to this not-very-interesting topic. This is not a topic where you have unique information that is difficult to obtain.

I sincerely hope you and your family had fun.

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Anonymous wrote:What were the best and worst meals you ate?

Best - Cinderella's Royal Table (MK)
Worst - Coral Reef (Epcot)

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Anonymous wrote:OP, the thing is most of us know people in real life who have very recently been to Disney because you can't swing a cat in most parenting circles without hitting someone who's recently gone. And I would definitely ask someone who I actually know for tips, if I ask at all. Because the other option is to go on the internet and find one of the many websites completely devoted to this not-very-interesting topic. This is not a topic where you have unique information that is difficult to obtain.

I sincerely hope you and your family had fun.

Then skip the thread and go to your friends. Not everyone has friends or family who can afford to go to Disney, and thus don't have somewhere to turn.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, the thing is most of us know people in real life who have very recently been to Disney because you can't swing a cat in most parenting circles without hitting someone who's recently gone. And I would definitely ask someone who I actually know for tips, if I ask at all. Because the other option is to go on the internet and find one of the many websites completely devoted to this not-very-interesting topic. This is not a topic where you have unique information that is difficult to obtain.

I sincerely hope you and your family had fun.

Then skip the thread and go to your friends. Not everyone has friends or family who can afford to go to Disney, and thus don't have somewhere to turn.

Disney actually has a pretty good range of price points to make it affordable and if you go, you'll see that plenty of people at all income levels make the trip.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, the thing is most of us know people in real life who have very recently been to Disney because you can't swing a cat in most parenting circles without hitting someone who's recently gone. And I would definitely ask someone who I actually know for tips, if I ask at all. Because the other option is to go on the internet and find one of the many websites completely devoted to this not-very-interesting topic. This is not a topic where you have unique information that is difficult to obtain.

I sincerely hope you and your family had fun.

Why do so many people come on to do this? Why do you come to a thread that you could skip just to get on a soapbox against the topic. You don't really need to ask OP anything, so just skip it. However, even if PP 6:45 is the only person who asked a real question and got a useful answer, it was worth it. She'll either get the fuel she needs to convince her husband to stop nagging, or she'll be convinced to compromise and go, but it may help her family one way or another.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, the thing is most of us know people in real life who have very recently been to Disney because you can't swing a cat in most parenting circles without hitting someone who's recently gone. And I would definitely ask someone who I actually know for tips, if I ask at all. Because the other option is to go on the internet and find one of the many websites completely devoted to this not-very-interesting topic. This is not a topic where you have unique information that is difficult to obtain.

I sincerely hope you and your family had fun.

Why do so many people come on to do this? Why do you come to a thread that you could skip just to get on a soapbox against the topic. You don't really need to ask OP anything, so just skip it. However, even if PP 6:45 is the only person who asked a real question and got a useful answer, it was worth it. She'll either get the fuel she needs to convince her husband to stop nagging, or she'll be convinced to compromise and go, but it may help her family one way or another.

I didn't just post something making fun of her. I was genuinely trying to explain to the OP why so many posters are being rude and why almost no one is asking her real questions.

And you're right, I probably shouldn't bother.