Anonymous wrote:Like many PPs, I feel like Disney is all marketing and commercial when there is so much in the world that I want to see and want my child to experience. I kept Disney out of our house for years but it crept in thanks to classmates and a decision in a moment of weakness to let her watch Frozen. That being said, DD is 5 and thinks Anna and Elsa hung the moon so we are going to Disney next October. I'm gagging on the amount of money we are spending for a 4-day weekend but if this will mean more to her than 4 days in London (or wherever) then it is the right way to spend the money.

I disagree. Set your boundaries now.

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Anonymous wrote:Does one really need to spend that much on hotel and food and souvenirs?

Yes. If one can afford it, why not?

Because that Disney crap all ends up in the same damn place: the landfill.

Actually lodging and food does not end up in a landfill. Taking your daughter to the B Boutique or having dinner with some princesses may cost you hundreds though.

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Anonymous wrote:Does one really need to spend that much on hotel and food and souvenirs?

Yes. If one can afford it, why not?

Because that Disney crap all ends up in the same damn place: the landfill.

Anonymous wrote:Because it's all advertising. "Happiest place on earth" is marketing. You are celebrating movie characters. It's basically like taking a vacation at McDonalds World.

This is the reason I dislike Disney. And it's more many than I want to spend to experience a non-stop commercial.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, you used to do the same thing OP. Why did you look down on people who went to Disney?

OP here. I thought there were so many better places to visit in the world - France, Spain, Greece, Italy, China, Thailand, Japan, etc. Life is drastically different with young children. I hope to pick up better travel once the kids are older.

So there's your answer I guess? You seem really insecure OP. Just vacation where you want and stop worrying about what others do. Why is China a "better" place to visit than St. Barth's?

If the OP wasn't so busy judging people for going to Disney, she wouldn't be so concerned about it now.

I have always hated animation and cartoons. When I became a teenager, for a school project in my marketing class, I had to research a corporation. I chose Disney. I am disgusted by their marketing machine. I am disgusted by their common theme of mothers dying or being dead. I am disgusted that (in the past - I recognize it's changing now) the goal of every female lead was to get a man.

Having said all that, I recognize that it's huge among kids, and last November when my kid was 10, I took her to Disneyland. I was able to afford it and although I'd have rathered take her almost anywhere else, I wanted to get her there before she was too old to get swept away by it. It ... wasn't as awful as I expected. Still grossed out by every grown man calling her "princess" and thought all the themes of all rides were too cutesy.

Anonymous wrote:Like many PPs, I feel like Disney is all marketing and commercial when there is so much in the world that I want to see and want my child to experience. I kept Disney out of our house for years but it crept in thanks to classmates and a decision in a moment of weakness to let her watch Frozen. That being said, DD is 5 and thinks Anna and Elsa hung the moon so we are going to Disney next October. I'm gagging on the amount of money we are spending for a 4-day weekend but if this will mean more to her than 4 days in London (or wherever) then it is the right way to spend the money.

You're a good mom. These years are about your DD. You'll get to London again.

Anonymous wrote:Does one really need to spend that much on hotel and food and souvenirs?

Yes. If one can afford it, why not?

Comparing a trip to Europe to a trip to Disney is comparing apples to oranges. They're both fun vacations just for different reasons. No reason you can't enjoy both.

Save your money and vacation in Ocean City, Maryland. Same diff.

Like many PPs, I feel like Disney is all marketing and commercial when there is so much in the world that I want to see and want my child to experience. I kept Disney out of our house for years but it crept in thanks to classmates and a decision in a moment of weakness to let her watch Frozen. That being said, DD is 5 and thinks Anna and Elsa hung the moon so we are going to Disney next October. I'm gagging on the amount of money we are spending for a 4-day weekend but if this will mean more to her than 4 days in London (or wherever) then it is the right way to spend the money.

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Anonymous wrote:Because it's all advertising. "Happiest place on earth" is marketing. You are celebrating movie characters. It's basically like taking a vacation at McDonalds World.

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If you went anywhere else domestically, I wouldn't care, but going Disney is just admitting fealty to our corporate overlords. But maybe I know too many families who identify with Disney to a terrifying degree. I'm sorrynotsorry, no one whose last name is not Disney should have a Disney tattoo.

And no adult should wear Disney ties to work as an attorney.

Nor should an attorney( or any grown adult) don an adult- sized Tigger costume and go trick-or-treating in the neighborhood.

Anonymous wrote:Does one really need to spend that much on hotel and food and souvenirs?

OP here. I was just doing the math for the pp.

We have stayed at Disney Dolphin for free using Starwood points as well as $800 per night for the Grand Floridian. Have also stayed at Wilderness Lodge, Animal Kingdom and Polynesian.

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Anonymous wrote:Because it's all advertising. "Happiest place on earth" is marketing. You are celebrating movie characters. It's basically like taking a vacation at McDonalds World.

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If you went anywhere else domestically, I wouldn't care, but going Disney is just admitting fealty to our corporate overlords. But maybe I know too many families who identify with Disney to a terrifying degree. I'm sorrynotsorry, no one whose last name is not Disney should have a Disney tattoo.

Stop it! No one has a Disney tattoo. I refuse to believe it

I do not wish to out myself by stating my relationship to the person I'm thinking of, but she works in northern Virginia and has several Disney tattoos. I'd say it was youthful indiscretion, but I happen to know that a large eared mouse just joined the skin menagerie in the last year.

Does one really need to spend that much on hotel and food and souvenirs?