We went when our kid was 10-11 and had a great time.

We love Disney. We often go every year or two for a few days. It’s never one of our main vacations we take, just a fun long weekend that we all enjoy.

I absolutely cannot with Disney. But I'm a Universal addict, we go 4-6 times per year.

(No, it's not our only vacation. Other common vacations are Europe every other year, California wine country every year, etc.)

I've never been to a US Disney park. I grew up in Paris and regularly went to that one, and now I have kids we've visited a few time. It's the same it's always been, basically. The one in Tokyo is perpetually overcrowded but super clean.

The key to all parks is going at the absolutely deadest time of the year and doing all the popular rides first thing in the morning. Otherwise it's not worth it.

I made it to 44 without ever going lol. Then my in-laws took us all with our then 3 year old in 2016.
They wanted to do it for us and I appreciate that, I never need to go again though. Too crowded, too expensive and just to hyped up in general.
My kid liked the Mickey character breakfast but aside from that would have been just as happy at Dutch Wonderland

Anonymous wrote:Do a Disney Western Caribbean cruise instead.
Night and day a better experience.

Experience of what? My kids like the rides. Not many of those on a cruise.

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Anonymous wrote:I took my 6yo DS for spring break and was surprised at how disappointed I was. I felt like I spent the entire day on that dang app trying to plan our day in two hour blocks. Maybe during one the less crowded weeks it would be more fun.

Yes, that was me! I’d walk up to restaurant to check-in for reservations and they’d say check-in on the app even though I am standing right here. Then - because I didn’t check-in on time (20 minutes before using the app) we’d have to wait!!!

At stores - you check out using the app. That is fine - but I remember they used to make such a fuss and make everything so fun - jokes with the kids, giving them attention.

Now it was just - go to the app.

The app sucks! I was there yesterday. Won't be back! Way too much money for a shitty experience.

Is this new? We were there in Dec 2022 and don’t remember needing to use the app at restaurants or stores.

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Anonymous wrote:We enjoyed the Universal property and park. Reasonably priced and fun. Then we did a Disney cruise that was perfect for us. I’m not sure the parks are for us, though we’ve not tried them.

Universal is so nasty. Disney is much better.

I disagree. If I never go to Disney again, it will be too soon. I love Universal. Both are a total rip-off but Universal is a bit easier to manage. And the rides are not 50 years old and terrible.

So far neither of my kids have asked to go, and I hope it stays that way! I mean, I'll just say no if they do. But glad that so far they don't seem to be missing it.

Anonymous wrote:It’s for folks that are ok spending 10k on an amusement park. Clearly there is a demand or they would cut prices. Personally I would go to Europe instead for the money.

We did Disneyland Paris. Two birds one stone!

Did it last week. Hope to never return. It's not worth it to me. I've already told my wife that we're doing something different next year. I really hope that hurricanes stay away and we can go to a resort in the Caribbean.
There are way too many people that are willing to pay the Disney prices and so the experience is horrific. Some of the rides are great but that's not enough of a draw for me.
Glad my children enjoyed it.

Disney is like cruises, some people love and it some people would rather go to the dentist.

Anonymous wrote:We enjoyed the Universal property and park. Reasonably priced and fun. Then we did a Disney cruise that was perfect for us. I’m not sure the parks are for us, though we’ve not tried them.

Universal is so nasty. Disney is much better.

Anonymous wrote:I think it is great.

I have never been, but, like cruises, it is good to have a place that corrals huge numbers of people with too much money and no culture in one place, thus keeping them confined and away from decent folk.

Haa yes. The flights to Orlando always look like my worst nightmare.

My legoland loving 8 year old hated Disney. He got tired and sensory overload. Also the crowds were unbelievable in the month of September no less. Also some of the tourists can be rude. He was mistakenly pushed off the curb by a family trying to get a picture of Alice from Alice n wonderland character. The monorail was packed like sardines and the food wasn’t that great. I did all I could in terms of upgrading to fast pass - well many had gotten the memo( could equally afford it) and it looked like a clogged tsa pre check line .. felt like I spent extra money for nothing.

We stayed in timeshare - not on-site after seeing a picture of a roach in one of the Moana/Hawaii themed rooms.

I won’t go back and I’m glad my son isn’t into it. It caused more frustration than joy.