Do people leave Disney World disappointed?

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are age 7 girl and the other boy will turn 11 the end of this year. They are not Disney fans, but they know some charters. The girls likes demon hunter, sanrio characters and princess. The boy only like Pokémon. We will think that we should take them to disney world once in their lifetime. We do not mind to spend a bit more to stay inside the park. I still cannot figure out those passes and bookings, and my older child has anxiety and no patience for long lines. He is worried about staying in line and need to use bathroom. We still have not planned yet, but we think about planning every year. It seems like many go there at spring break, the best timing? How about summer, Thanksgiving or Christmas? What days of the year has the shortest line?

You need a travel agent. You have way too many questions. Also kids don't have to be into characters to go to Disney. Meeting characters is for very little kids (younger than yours) or people who are just into characters for whatever reason.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We went to Disney 20 years ago before kids. We had Park Hopper passes and reservations at one character meal and Victorian & Albert's. We pretty much just wandered around and had fun. Meanwhile my friend with kids had a travel agent with a packed written agenda, which sounded like torture to me.

Now it seems like the only way to go is even more complicated than the travel agent's agenda with various tricks and constraints. Can you go without a carefully curated plan? Have you been disappointed, whether with or without a detailed plan?

Yes, Disney World is awful. Long lines. Heat. Expensive. Kids don't remember anything. Melt downs after meltdowns. And I can't even imagine going there without kids. Why would I ever?

Lol, this is exactly how I feel! My kiddos are 6 and 4 and my 6-year old just started hearing about it in Kindergarten. My DH and I really really do not want to go! I have zero desire to plan and pay for a trip that revolves around rides and character experiences. So far, my kids and I are happy with our beach vacas.

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Anonymous wrote:We went to Disney 20 years ago before kids. We had Park Hopper passes and reservations at one character meal and Victorian & Albert's. We pretty much just wandered around and had fun. Meanwhile my friend with kids had a travel agent with a packed written agenda, which sounded like torture to me.

Now it seems like the only way to go is even more complicated than the travel agent's agenda with various tricks and constraints. Can you go without a carefully curated plan? Have you been disappointed, whether with or without a detailed plan?

Yes, Disney World is awful. Long lines. Heat. Expensive. Kids don't remember anything. Melt downs after meltdowns. And I can't even imagine going there without kids. Why would I ever?

Lol, this is exactly how I feel! My kiddos are 6 and 4 and my 6-year old just started hearing about it in Kindergarten. My DH and I really really do not want to go! I have zero desire to plan and pay for a trip that revolves around rides and character experiences. So far, my kids and I are happy with our beach vacas.

Ew, beaches are so sandy and hot and expensive

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Anonymous wrote:We went to Disney 20 years ago before kids. We had Park Hopper passes and reservations at one character meal and Victorian & Albert's. We pretty much just wandered around and had fun. Meanwhile my friend with kids had a travel agent with a packed written agenda, which sounded like torture to me.

Now it seems like the only way to go is even more complicated than the travel agent's agenda with various tricks and constraints. Can you go without a carefully curated plan? Have you been disappointed, whether with or without a detailed plan?

Yes, Disney World is awful. Long lines. Heat. Expensive. Kids don't remember anything. Melt downs after meltdowns. And I can't even imagine going there without kids. Why would I ever?

Lol, this is exactly how I feel! My kiddos are 6 and 4 and my 6-year old just started hearing about it in Kindergarten. My DH and I really really do not want to go! I have zero desire to plan and pay for a trip that revolves around rides and character experiences. So far, my kids and I are happy with our beach vacas.

Ew, beaches are so sandy and hot and expensive

+1. It's so relaxing monitoring closely every time the kids go near water and making sure they have enough sunscreen on all day. Not to mention lugging all the beach stuff to and from the beach each day. Then the kids get bored after a day or two.

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Anonymous wrote:We went to Disney 20 years ago before kids. We had Park Hopper passes and reservations at one character meal and Victorian & Albert's. We pretty much just wandered around and had fun. Meanwhile my friend with kids had a travel agent with a packed written agenda, which sounded like torture to me.

Now it seems like the only way to go is even more complicated than the travel agent's agenda with various tricks and constraints. Can you go without a carefully curated plan? Have you been disappointed, whether with or without a detailed plan?

Yes, Disney World is awful. Long lines. Heat. Expensive. Kids don't remember anything. Melt downs after meltdowns. And I can't even imagine going there without kids. Why would I ever?

Lol, this is exactly how I feel! My kiddos are 6 and 4 and my 6-year old just started hearing about it in Kindergarten. My DH and I really really do not want to go! I have zero desire to plan and pay for a trip that revolves around rides and character experiences. So far, my kids and I are happy with our beach vacas.

Ew, beaches are so sandy and hot and expensive

+1. It's so relaxing monitoring closely every time the kids go near water and making sure they have enough sunscreen on all day. Not to mention lugging all the beach stuff to and from the beach each day. Then the kids get bored after a day or two.

The amount we just paid to stay at a beach resort in Florida makes disney look cheap. And renting a jet ski for an hour, etc etc. every vacation has its pros and cons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are age 7 girl and the other boy will turn 11 the end of this year. They are not Disney fans, but they know some charters. The girls likes demon hunter, sanrio characters and princess. The boy only like Pokémon. We will think that we should take them to disney world once in their lifetime. We do not mind to spend a bit more to stay inside the park. I still cannot figure out those passes and bookings, and my older child has anxiety and no patience for long lines. He is worried about staying in line and need to use bathroom. We still have not planned yet, but we think about planning every year. It seems like many go there at spring break, the best timing? How about summer, Thanksgiving or Christmas? What days of the year has the shortest line?

Do not go spring break. Find a random 3 day weekend and turn it into a four day weekend. Fly down after school, you’ll have 3.5 days in park and fly home on the evening of the fourth day. You can check various crowd calculators on line because special events sometimes increase the crowds. It’s worth paying some upgrades to avoid some lines and spending a couple hours researching the food options and things that have shorter lines like shows or older rides to increase the likelihood you’ll enjoy it. I do that go any vacation.

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Anonymous wrote:We went to Disney 20 years ago before kids. We had Park Hopper passes and reservations at one character meal and Victorian & Albert's. We pretty much just wandered around and had fun. Meanwhile my friend with kids had a travel agent with a packed written agenda, which sounded like torture to me.

Now it seems like the only way to go is even more complicated than the travel agent's agenda with various tricks and constraints. Can you go without a carefully curated plan? Have you been disappointed, whether with or without a detailed plan?

Yes, Disney World is awful. Long lines. Heat. Expensive. Kids don't remember anything. Melt downs after meltdowns. And I can't even imagine going there without kids. Why would I ever?

Lol, this is exactly how I feel! My kiddos are 6 and 4 and my 6-year old just started hearing about it in Kindergarten. My DH and I really really do not want to go! I have zero desire to plan and pay for a trip that revolves around rides and character experiences. So far, my kids and I are happy with our beach vacas.

Ew, beaches are so sandy and hot and expensive

+1. It's so relaxing monitoring closely every time the kids go near water and making sure they have enough sunscreen on all day. Not to mention lugging all the beach stuff to and from the beach each day. Then the kids get bored after a day or two.

The amount we just paid to stay at a beach resort in Florida makes disney look cheap. And renting a jet ski for an hour, etc etc. every vacation has its pros and cons.

Did you have to wake up at 6am to snag a pool chair for the day?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are age 7 girl and the other boy will turn 11 the end of this year. They are not Disney fans, but they know some charters. The girls likes demon hunter, sanrio characters and princess. The boy only like Pokémon. We will think that we should take them to disney world once in their lifetime. We do not mind to spend a bit more to stay inside the park. I still cannot figure out those passes and bookings, and my older child has anxiety and no patience for long lines. He is worried about staying in line and need to use bathroom. We still have not planned yet, but we think about planning every year. It seems like many go there at spring break, the best timing? How about summer, Thanksgiving or Christmas? What days of the year has the shortest line?

Do not go spring break. Find a random 3 day weekend and turn it into a four day weekend. Fly down after school, you’ll have 3.5 days in park and fly home on the evening of the fourth day. You can check various crowd calculators on line because special events sometimes increase the crowds. It’s worth paying some upgrades to avoid some lines and spending a couple hours researching the food options and things that have shorter lines like shows or older rides to increase the likelihood you’ll enjoy it. I do that go any vacation.

Me too. I used a travel agent too. It was free

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We went to Disney 20 years ago before kids. We had Park Hopper passes and reservations at one character meal and Victorian & Albert's. We pretty much just wandered around and had fun. Meanwhile my friend with kids had a travel agent with a packed written agenda, which sounded like torture to me.

Now it seems like the only way to go is even more complicated than the travel agent's agenda with various tricks and constraints. Can you go without a carefully curated plan? Have you been disappointed, whether with or without a detailed plan?

Yes, Disney World is awful. Long lines. Heat. Expensive. Kids don't remember anything. Melt downs after meltdowns. And I can't even imagine going there without kids. Why would I ever?

Lol, this is exactly how I feel! My kiddos are 6 and 4 and my 6-year old just started hearing about it in Kindergarten. My DH and I really really do not want to go! I have zero desire to plan and pay for a trip that revolves around rides and character experiences. So far, my kids and I are happy with our beach vacas.

Ew, beaches are so sandy and hot and expensive

+1. It's so relaxing monitoring closely every time the kids go near water and making sure they have enough sunscreen on all day. Not to mention lugging all the beach stuff to and from the beach each day. Then the kids get bored after a day or two.

That is the nice thing about Disney, everything is designed to be child friendly and if they are out of strollers and have decent endurance you barely need to pack anything.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We went to Disney 20 years ago before kids. We had Park Hopper passes and reservations at one character meal and Victorian & Albert's. We pretty much just wandered around and had fun. Meanwhile my friend with kids had a travel agent with a packed written agenda, which sounded like torture to me.

Now it seems like the only way to go is even more complicated than the travel agent's agenda with various tricks and constraints. Can you go without a carefully curated plan? Have you been disappointed, whether with or without a detailed plan?

Yes, Disney World is awful. Long lines. Heat. Expensive. Kids don't remember anything. Melt downs after meltdowns. And I can't even imagine going there without kids. Why would I ever?

Lol, this is exactly how I feel! My kiddos are 6 and 4 and my 6-year old just started hearing about it in Kindergarten. My DH and I really really do not want to go! I have zero desire to plan and pay for a trip that revolves around rides and character experiences. So far, my kids and I are happy with our beach vacas.

That’s fine! Absolutely no one cares if your kids go to Disney. Fewer people in line if you don’t go.

[Anonymous]

The thing is that I love planning trips and spending time researching and picking the best activities and restaurants and all of that. I’m planning a trip to Japan and Korea this summer and spending hours planning it all. But I feel like Disney is supposed to be a show up and enjoy it kind of place where you don’t need to plan or spend extra money to get a better experience. I get that this is no longer the case and perhaps hasn’t been for 20 years or so; but that is how I feel and why I think I would be disappointed if we went now.

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Anonymous wrote:The thing is that I love planning trips and spending time researching and picking the best activities and restaurants and all of that. I’m planning a trip to Japan and Korea this summer and spending hours planning it all. But I feel like Disney is supposed to be a show up and enjoy it kind of place where you don’t need to plan or spend extra money to get a better experience. I get that this is no longer the case and perhaps hasn’t been for 20 years or so; but that is how I feel and why I think I would be disappointed if we went now.

Correct. Even in the 80’s (or earlier) you still needed to know what rides to do first if you wanted shorter waits for them. The earliest version of Fastpass came out in 1999.

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Anonymous wrote:We went to Disney 20 years ago before kids. We had Park Hopper passes and reservations at one character meal and Victorian & Albert's. We pretty much just wandered around and had fun. Meanwhile my friend with kids had a travel agent with a packed written agenda, which sounded like torture to me.

Now it seems like the only way to go is even more complicated than the travel agent's agenda with various tricks and constraints. Can you go without a carefully curated plan? Have you been disappointed, whether with or without a detailed plan?

Yes, Disney World is awful. Long lines. Heat. Expensive. Kids don't remember anything. Melt downs after meltdowns. And I can't even imagine going there without kids. Why would I ever?

Lol, this is exactly how I feel! My kiddos are 6 and 4 and my 6-year old just started hearing about it in Kindergarten. My DH and I really really do not want to go! I have zero desire to plan and pay for a trip that revolves around rides and character experiences. So far, my kids and I are happy with our beach vacas.

Ew, beaches are so sandy and hot and expensive

+1. It's so relaxing monitoring closely every time the kids go near water and making sure they have enough sunscreen on all day. Not to mention lugging all the beach stuff to and from the beach each day. Then the kids get bored after a day or two.

Since when does someone have to keep a super close eye on tweens at the beach? Is there something wrong with you?

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Anonymous wrote:We went to Disney 20 years ago before kids. We had Park Hopper passes and reservations at one character meal and Victorian & Albert's. We pretty much just wandered around and had fun. Meanwhile my friend with kids had a travel agent with a packed written agenda, which sounded like torture to me.

Now it seems like the only way to go is even more complicated than the travel agent's agenda with various tricks and constraints. Can you go without a carefully curated plan? Have you been disappointed, whether with or without a detailed plan?

Yes, Disney World is awful. Long lines. Heat. Expensive. Kids don't remember anything. Melt downs after meltdowns. And I can't even imagine going there without kids. Why would I ever?

Lol, this is exactly how I feel! My kiddos are 6 and 4 and my 6-year old just started hearing about it in Kindergarten. My DH and I really really do not want to go! I have zero desire to plan and pay for a trip that revolves around rides and character experiences. So far, my kids and I are happy with our beach vacas.

Ew, beaches are so sandy and hot and expensive

+1. It's so relaxing monitoring closely every time the kids go near water and making sure they have enough sunscreen on all day. Not to mention lugging all the beach stuff to and from the beach each day. Then the kids get bored after a day or two.

Since when does someone have to keep a super close eye on tweens at the beach? Is there something wrong with you?

What’s wrong with you? They were all responding to someone with a 4 and 6 year old

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Anonymous wrote:We went to Disney 20 years ago before kids. We had Park Hopper passes and reservations at one character meal and Victorian & Albert's. We pretty much just wandered around and had fun. Meanwhile my friend with kids had a travel agent with a packed written agenda, which sounded like torture to me.

Now it seems like the only way to go is even more complicated than the travel agent's agenda with various tricks and constraints. Can you go without a carefully curated plan? Have you been disappointed, whether with or without a detailed plan?

Yes, Disney World is awful. Long lines. Heat. Expensive. Kids don't remember anything. Melt downs after meltdowns. And I can't even imagine going there without kids. Why would I ever?

Lol, this is exactly how I feel! My kiddos are 6 and 4 and my 6-year old just started hearing about it in Kindergarten. My DH and I really really do not want to go! I have zero desire to plan and pay for a trip that revolves around rides and character experiences. So far, my kids and I are happy with our beach vacas.

Ew, beaches are so sandy and hot and expensive

+1. It's so relaxing monitoring closely every time the kids go near water and making sure they have enough sunscreen on all day. Not to mention lugging all the beach stuff to and from the beach each day. Then the kids get bored after a day or two.

Since when does someone have to keep a super close eye on tweens at the beach? Is there something wrong with you?

What’s wrong with you? They were all responding to someone with a 4 and 6 year old

Guys, stop fighting! It’s fine to vacation wherever you want.