Anyone planning on NOT going to Disney?

SaraSmile

I feel like everyone we know has taken their kids to Disney - at least once.  I have never been (even as a child).  My husband went twice as a child and said he only remembers going the 2nd time when he was older - about 8 or 9.  So we said we would probably wait until the kids are about 7 and 9 to go. 

From everything I have heard about Disney (planning things, booking breakfasts, buying books on how to vacation at Disney, etc.) it seems completely exhausting.  Not to mention the cost.  It seems so incredibly expensive.  A few weeks ago one evening I turned to my husband and said ... Do we "have to" go to Disney?  I feel like we could take all that money and go on a much more enjoyable vacation.  He agreed.

Just wondering if anyone else feels this way.  I feel like we are the only couple in America who hasn't gone and isn't planning on going there. 

Angela814

I never went to Disney as a kid and always really wanted to go. My parents just couldn't afford to take us all there. I went for the first time as an adult in college with some friends. I definitely want to take the girls at some point, but I'd like them to be old enough to remember it too. I had fun when I finally went, but we didn't do a whole big plan either. I think you could go without reading all the books and planning every little activity.

shouldbworkin

I never went to Disney until I was a teen and hated it.  We never really set out to do Disney vacations, but my BIL lives in St. Cloud.  We stop by for a day when we are in the area when we visit.  I love doing it that way.  We go to FL anyway and it's not really far from most places people visit down there, but we would never make an entire trip out of it.  Some friends went last year for a day or two and then drove to the beach for the rest of their trip.  I think that's a nice way to do it too.

elm1032004

We would like to take the kids to Disney at some point, but really I am not in a rush.  It's fun there, tons to do for sure....but we aren't going to go all the time and I'm not going to read tons of books on "how to vacation in Disney".  We also don't plan on going until the kids are older (7 and 9 or 8 and 10).

SaraSmile

My boss thinks I am insane for not taking the kids.  It's like I told him that I am beating my kids every night or something. 

Rebekah1021

I say never say never. I really had no desire to go and neither did DH. DD is a princess nut and it's all she talks about is going to Disney.

xbrooklyngrl

I've never been either and I can't wait to go!

I think its only so exchausting if you make it that way! I plan on treating it like any other vacation and not try to plan out every detail and just have fun.

I am hoping to be able to take DD next year for her bday.

blueshirt2003

I never went to Disney as a child and we'll never take our kids to it either most likely. Unless we move to the state that it's in I'm almost positive we won't ever plan a trip there. 

brightning

I grew up in CA and we went to Disneyland a lot. It was special, but it wasn't a "plan and save for 6 months" thing. It was a long, tiring, and very fun day at a theme park.

As soon as DD is a little taller and can actually go on some rides, we'll probably take her at least once a year. She's never seen a Disney movie or anything, but loves rides and I'm sure she'll love it.

There are a lot of places we go that she'll never remember, but that doesn't matter to me.

juniper19

I doubt I would have gone if my ILs didn't pay for it.  I know a lot of people who don't go. 

penguingrrl

I've never been and never had any real interest.  Amusement parks just don't appeal to me.  DH went twice, at 5 and 16, and has no burning desire to take our kids.  Maybe we'll go someday, but as of right now it's not something we're planning.

MrsStubbs

If we had to fly I don't think we would have done it. It's about a 6hr drive for us so not a big deal.

AnnapolisLari

I went as a kid, but it was about 1974, when it was just the basic Magic Kingdom. I have no memory of it.

I have Z-E-R-O interest in going to Disney. It's my idea of merchandising hell, and if I can avoid it, I will. The only thing that might be interesting is the new Harry Potter thing.

4Speedy

Does it count if I don't WANT to go to Disney but will probably end up going against my will?  Just found out yesterday (from SIL) that my MIL bought some travel package from a solicitation call and she's planning on our family to go with her.

Although I might be safe because there is still a chance it's all a scam and rather than buying a Disney trip, MIL may have just given her credit card number to a prince in Morrocco who needs it until a check clears.

LuvinMyKids

It is not in our plans any time soon if ever.  Definitely not high on the list.

Jen2124

We go to Florida for about a month in the winter and this past winter we did the volunteer thing for free Disney tickets. The boys were 3.5 at the time.

I have to say, the "they won't even remember it" aspect means NOTHING to me now. Seeing the excitement and wonder on their faces was worth it a million times over (even if we had to pay for it). They still talk about it and ask to go back nearly every day and it has been almost 6 months.

I doubt we would have planned a big trip there especially for that, but having been, I can say it was so worth it. It is one of my favorite memories with them and it was just being able to see it through their eyes that made it that way.

ETA: I totally understand not having any interest in Disney as a parent. I'm not a huge Disney person either. I just view it differently now because while crowds, commercialism etc can be super annoying as an adult, I found that seeing how excited the boy's were trumped all the other stuff and really wound up being the reason I loved it. It's like I found a whole new reason to love it and it has everything to do with the kid's and nothing to do with the fact that I kind of think amusement parks suck in general. We have been other places, but young kid's really do seem to see the "magic" in Disney that is unlike other places we have been.

GettinNervous

I am putting it off as long as possible, maybe never going at all. Won't miss it. I never even watched a Disney movie growing up. Maybe that's all part of it--I didn't have it there to grow on me. I do NOT get adults' obsessions about Disney. It seems so juvenile to me for an adult to wear anything Disney. I'd rather have a hot poker in the eye than sit through an entire Disney movie. I just find it . . . boring.