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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always imagine my kids meeting their freshman roommate and they review their childhoods together. [b] My kid doesn’t have to be wonder boy/girl but I would like them to have felt cared for and loved and had some middle class experiences[/b].  Also not to feel ‘left out’ when the conversation turns to summers…I loath Disney and all it stands for as a company - I worked for ABC News when they took them over - but still took my kids.  It is a quintessential American experience whether you want to admit it or not.  I would spend the money and go - even if you feel ripped.[/quote]

My kids have been all over the US and have gone to several foreign countries, plus several more low-key amusement parks. They’ve never asked to go to Disney and I don’t think they’ll miss it. [/quote]

My kid is 5 and has been to:

- Disney several times
- England
- Italy
- Sweden
- Finland
- Estonia
- NYC a lot, as my parents live there
- Arizona a lot, as the in-laws live there

This December, we’re taking her to Paris. Next December, we’re going on a Disney Cruise.

Turns out, going to other places and going to Disney isn’t mutually exclusive, despite what DCUM thinks. [/quote]

Okay? I never went to Disney and I had a perfectly fine American upbringing, thanks.[/quote]

Congrats! Just stop acting as though those of us who go to Disney a lot are somehow not able to go elsewhere. You all try to flex on all the places you’ve gone, as though those of us who go to Disney a lot never go elsewhere. [/quote]
Not the point of this thread. We know some people like it. Some don’t. The question is would she regret not going. Hard to argue that there is true regret to be had if you don’t make it to one very expensive and stressful theme park. [/quote]

If it’s not the point of the thread, then why are people listing all the places they’ve gone instead of Disney? [/quote]

Because as a parent, you are building your kid’s memory bank. You are choosing between one way to spend $2,000 or another, so it is very relevant. Real life rafting or pretend rafting. That is what it comes down to. Some of us don’t regret missing Disney because of what we did instead of Disney. Why is that hard for you to grasp?[/quote]

Why is it hard for you to grasp that some of us do Disney and other things? No one is going to Disney thinking “all of this is real.” We go to Disney because it’s a fun, well-run theme park. We go to Europe and other places to see the world. [/quote]

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