Has OP come back to state why they’re trying to rush a Disney trip if none of them are into Disney and the kids aren’t asking for Disney specifically?

Anonymous wrote:it's the last place i'd take my family

same

it's the last place i'd take my family

I would wait until said unborn baby is at least six.

My teens have never been to Disney and they have never asked or feel deprived. It’s not something you HAVE to do. That said, if I were to choose for you, I would go pregnant. One of my babies was hospitalized at under 2 months for a fever and had a spinal tap to rule out bad infections. I know it’s not common, but traveling adds to that risk.

I’d never go. Take them somewhere to enjoy nature, not concrete.

I would definitely go pre-baby. Then take the baby and younger kid(s) again in 5 years or so.

If you are not Disney fanatics, why go?

I think baby at five months old. Predictable schedule, vaccinated for a plane ride, still quite portable.

Disney World with a baby sounds not fun.

Definitely with baby.

Plus, then you can do the baby swap. Whole family rides with dad while mom watches baby. Then they swap and whole family rides with mom while dad watches baby. If you're pregnant at Disney world, there's a lot they won't let you ride.

If it’s like a family baby moon and the pregnant mom is willing to take breaks at the hotel while the rest of the family carries on, it could be fun.

Because it’s Disney—which is very germy—I would primarily worry about that aspect as a pregnant lady. Ymmv.

I think I’m hyper aware of the germ piece since I’m fairly certain my kid caught covid at Disney when it hadn’t made national news in the US yet. The Disney hotel transported us to the Disney-funded emergency medical center where the doctors kept grilling us on whether we had recently traveled to China…and a staffer eventually commented that while we hadn’t visited China, tons of folks at the parks obviously were tourists from China. In short: it was an awful experience navigating an illness at the tail end of the Disney trip and flying home with a sick kid.

Anonymous wrote:Your kids aren’t into it and you still want to go while pregnant and in the summer? Are you brain dead?

This.

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Anonymous wrote:here's another option ... don't go at all.

Agreed. It would be miserable for OP under both circumstances. Also the 15- and 11-year-olds are too old for Disney. Do a beach trip instead.

NP. No, they are not too old. We took our kids for the first (& so far only) time at 10 & 15, and they LOVED it. 15 yo is a big Star Wars fan, but they both enjoyed pretty much all of it.

OP, it’s easier to go now, unless you want to be able to ride the rollercoasters. If you do, go next year and use the baby hand off feature (whatever it’s called) so you and spouse can both ride without waiting in line twice.

^2 pair ride pair possibilities.

E.g. 15 & 11 yo, adult & 7 yo, 15 and youngest (3 in a few years vs. non-rider next summer).