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[quote=Anonymous]OP, another way to frame this.  Suppose you had biological children ages 10 and 12, then had a 3 year old.  5 years ago when your children were 5 and 7, you took the older ones to Disney and they had a wonderful time.  Now you have a 3 year old who wasn't born during the last trip.  You only have enough money to take three of you to Disney.  Would you send your older two children to your mother's house and let them spend the week at Grandma's while you took your new baby to Disney because he's never been?

You are creating the dynamic that his first children are not as important or as loved as their younger brother.  Do you want to be that mother?

I'm glad you reconsidered and are going to save up to take the trip when you can all go.  Also, as many people pointed out, there are many ways to make the trip less expensive.  For example, you can get a 2 BR suite at the Residence Inn Orlando which is about 10 miles and 20 minutes drive from the parks for about 1/3 the cost you can get one of the on-site resorts for.  Plus, you get the free breakfast buffet.  So, you can get up, hit the buffet, pack some fruit and cereal and snacks in a backpack and then you only have to pay for lunch and dinner.  That will save a lot.  You can get an SUV rental for a lot less per day than the difference in room rate plus adding breakfast, since you'd have to pay for breakfast if you stayed on site.  Additionally, once you are staying in a Residence Inn with kitchen and you have a rental, you can go to the supermarket in Kissimee and pick up additional supplies including water bottles and other snacks to have in the parks.  Also, if you kids want mementos, the Walmart in Kissimee has a lot of Disney keepsakes for less than half the cost of getting them in the park.  You can get tee shirts and sweats shirts for $15-20 instead of $30-45 in the parks.  They have like 2 aisles of Disney gifts at discount rates instead of park premium rates.  Plus, there are other attractions in the area that you can do, including some that are significantly cheaper and take one less day in the parks.  Your kids are a great age for Wonder Works which is like a science expo or science center.  Tickets are $30 (adult) and $24 (children) instead of $50-100.

I think the decision to go just the 3 of you would have created lifelong family relationship issues not only between you and the stepchildren but also possibly between the three children.  Reconsidering will help make the family bonds stronger instead of weaker.[/quote]

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