Do people really take kids to Disney three X per year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in PA and I am shocked and saddened when I hear of people visiting Disney every year, but have never been to DC or a Smithsonian Museum. Leaves me speechless.

Why do you care so much what other people do? You have no idea what other museums or cities they have visited.

[Anonymous]

If you live in Florida, it’s so easy to make a 1-2 hour drive and get discounted tickets. Many working class can easily afford this before plane tickets to NYC. What 2 year old wants to visit a stuffy art museum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in PA and I am shocked and saddened when I hear of people visiting Disney every year, but have never been to DC or a Smithsonian Museum. Leaves me speechless.

I'm the Disney Vacation Club owner. We've been to DC and the Smithsonian. And Paris, London, Munich, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, etc. etc. etc.

You are too cultured to be a Disney fan, PP!

[Anonymous]

Disney is fun but oh-so-expensive!! And in recent years, they have begun to find ways to extract extra money from their "guests" at every turn. The "off season" is now crowded with Food and Wine festivals and special school events to bring in guests and lengthen lines. Want to have a seat at the Fantasmic show without waiting in a long time, then buy the "dining package." Want to have a seat to view the fireworks, book the Fireworks dessert party. It used to be you had to be a onsite resort guest to get in early to the theme parks, now you can buy your way in regardless. We went twice when our kids were younger, then took them to see other parts of the US and the world. We look forward to going with grandchildren someday if we can still afford it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People love Disney. You either love it, or you don’t. But Disney people don’t expect others to understand, and we are fine you think we are crazy.

That said, it’s possible these folks own Disney Vacation Club membership and so they visit often. Or they just like Disney.

This. We know a family that goes 2-3 times a year. They own some sort of membership or time share. They loooooove Disney. It is actually kinda cool to listen to them talk about it.

Our kids went with my parents and had a blast. I've been to Disney once (when I was a kid) and I never need to go back again … until we get to take grandkids there. THAT I'll be excited about!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the criminally insane do.

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Try as I might, I will never understand the mindset of parents who take their kids multiple times to Disney - even in the same year. Especially when there are so many, you know - REAL - places to go instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in PA and I am shocked and saddened when I hear of people visiting Disney every year, but have never been to DC or a Smithsonian Museum. Leaves me speechless.

Why do you care so much what other people do? You have no idea what other museums or cities they have visited.

Not the PP, and I don't "care" what other people do, but this is how one friend put it: "We love going to Disney because it's like traveling to Europe without having to actually go to dirty cities where people smoke constantly!" That's right. She thinks a trip to Epcot = a trip to Europe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Disney is fun but oh-so-expensive!! And in recent years, they have begun to find ways to extract extra money from their "guests" at every turn. The "off season" is now crowded with Food and Wine festivals and special school events to bring in guests and lengthen lines. Want to have a seat at the Fantasmic show without waiting in a long time, then buy the "dining package." Want to have a seat to view the fireworks, book the Fireworks dessert party. It used to be you had to be a onsite resort guest to get in early to the theme parks, now you can buy your way in regardless. We went twice when our kids were younger, then took them to see other parts of the US and the world. We look forward to going with grandchildren someday if we can still afford it.

How dare a business try and make money! ::clutches pearls::

[Anonymous]

I love Disneyworld. Having said that we having taken DD(9) twice and every time DH and I say “Awesome trip!now we need a break for a few years.” We travel other places too but always enjoy our Disney trips.
DH’s cousins live in FL and have annual passes. They go all the time for a weekend etc. They have met up with us and their younger kids love going with us because they actually get to do rides and meet characters not just go to restaurants or the Food and Wine festival.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in PA and I am shocked and saddened when I hear of people visiting Disney every year, but have never been to DC or a Smithsonian Museum. Leaves me speechless.

Why do you care so much what other people do? You have no idea what other museums or cities they have visited.

Not the PP, and I don't "care" what other people do, but this is how one friend put it: "We love going to Disney because it's like traveling to Europe without having to actually go to dirty cities where people smoke constantly!" That's right. She thinks a trip to Epcot = a trip to Europe.

NP here. We go to Disney once a year and I am a Disney lover. I also love to travel. I have taken kids to Europe and going to Epcot was way better. We now have a toddler and plan to go to Disney but hesitant about Europe.

I have gone to both Iceland and Paris alone in the past year but not with kids. Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE travel and Europe but it isn’t very enjoyable to travel far with 3 young children.

We probably go on 10 trips per year and 1 is Disney. I personally wouldn’t want to use all our vacation time at Disney.

[Anonymous]

Do these Disnwh fanatics ever travel outside of the country? I hate DL and can think of a million other exotic parts of the world to explore and see. Mickey Mouse, bad food and long lines in the continental USA. No thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People love Disney. You either love it, or you don’t. But Disney people don’t expect others to understand, and we are fine you think we are crazy.

That said, it’s possible these folks own Disney Vacation Club membership and so they visit often. Or they just like Disney.

You are forgetting all the people who are in between. I like to go so not on the "hate" club but, am not obsessed with it.

We do exist!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in PA and I am shocked and saddened when I hear of people visiting Disney every year, but have never been to DC or a Smithsonian Museum. Leaves me speechless.

Why do you care so much what other people do? You have no idea what other museums or cities they have visited.

Not the PP, and I don't "care" what other people do, but this is how one friend put it: "We love going to Disney because it's like traveling to Europe without having to actually go to dirty cities where people smoke constantly!" That's right. She thinks a trip to Epcot = a trip to Europe.

I do agree with her about the smoking! It is shocking how much they smoke, even the young kids. While in Italy we saw all groups of people smoking from high school to older people. It was terrible eating out and inhaling all the smoke. I felt like I smoked a pack a day.

[Anonymous]

I just don’t know what people do there. I’m serious.

We live in Florida 2 hours away and we’ve been several times with our now 14 and 12 year old. We’ve ridden the rides and seen the shows and eaten the expensive food...what do you do now?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am not being judgemental but I am curious. I know Disney is a theme park but what do you do there that draws you back so often?

I went to Disney once, in 1988. I remember having a good time (I was a kid).

My husband and I had annual passes before having kids. We love going because we love being immersed in the Disney “bubble”

When we go, we don’t try to ride everything, or go to every show- we won’t wait more than 20 minutes for anything. We just like the feeling of being taken care of, the escapism. When we go to WDW we know what to expect. We did a good deal of travel in our 20s. Now, we’re just over it. We want a Sure Thing when we go on vacation.

Everything is clean, no one is begging for money at stoplights, and we never get stuck in traffic. The grounds are beautifully kept. For us it’s less about the parks, and more about the whole property and how seamless everything is.

Guessing you’re the same people who would consider a resort as a trip to a foreign country and would never try a National Park because of bugs?