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Ah, but knowledge in the kitchen is a wonderful thing :slurp:
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How old do you think kids should be before
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Ah, but knowledge in the kitchen is a wonderful thing :slurp:
elizs77
Active Member
I agree with Maggie's mom.
I don't have a lot to add to the conversation that hasn't already been said. But I do want to say that no matter what your opinion is on the subject, it's not up to any one of us to be the police on the matter. I swore up and down I'd never take a baby to Disney, and there I was in May, with my husband, 5 year old (second trip) and a 10 month old. But, if that's how I choose to drop $4K, then that's my business.
There are just too many factors here as to how old a child should be and have the trip work. Did we do it to make the baby happy? No. The other three of us wanted to go. Did we make plans around the baby? Yes. Did she have a better time at Disney than she would have had at Wal-Mart? She certainly seemed like she did.
This topic just keeps coming up, the same arguments get brought out, and people get fierce on both sides. It used to rile me up, but not any more. This is not a societial issue that needs policing. If someone wants to bring a newborn to the park, I think they're crazy, but it's their issue, not mine.
elizs77
Active Member
Maybe this is why my husband keeps telling me to go back in the kitchen and make him a pie. And stay pregnant.
Kelsybelle
Active Member
Well said!
I'll add my 2 cents as well! My daughter was 20 months old this past April on her first trip to WDW and I feel it was a learning tool for her in a lot of ways. She enjoyed every minute of it and I think it was almost mind expanding in some ways!
Oh, and don't forget barefoot! :ROFLOL:
EpcotServo
Well-Known Member
Well I raise you a degree on Metaphysical Devlopment & Paracognitive Physcology in the field of Zarkhaninan Archetypes and 14 years as head of the Secret Projects Divison at the NPH Research Charter in Sedona, Arizona as well as 5 years as acting consultant to the devolpment of gifted minds at The Wammy House. I was also choosen to serve as Vice Chair for the PRDD under President Nixon, when I retired from that divison and sent to the SPD for the above mentioned research charter.
I've been going to the parks all my life and look how great I turned out.
:wave:
Monty
Brilliant...and Canadian
- In the Parks
- No
I didn't graduate from High School but have the sense to know when to withdraw.
Since when did they provide "certification in early childhood" [sic]? I am quite sure none of my peers were certified when I was in my early childhood, though some might well have been certifiable.
Since when did they provide "certification in early childhood" [sic]? I am quite sure none of my peers were certified when I was in my early childhood, though some might well have been certifiable.
EPCOT Explorer
New Member
I was almost 3 and I remember a lot and hd a great time.It was the trip that sparked it all so to speak.
MouseMadness
Well-Known Member
Works for me :shrug:
I'll see everybody in April with my 13, 11, 9, and 7 yo's AND a 6 month old :wave:
They've all been going since baby-hood (well, except the oldest
She had to wait til the ripe old age of 2 and a half 
) and they've turned ok. So far. I can't say what the future will hold, BUT, if they all go nuts on me in the future (I mean, besides the normal stuff of puberty) I'll let everybody know!
sbkline
Well-Known Member
Well said. It bugs me how rabid some people can get if you don't do things the way they think you should. Some people here get so venemous towards people like me that I'm almost afraid of getting the Department of Children and Family Services called on me if I don't take our infant to WDW. :lol:
And others can be outright rude to those who prefer to take their infants, inferring that they are selfish, bad parents for taking their infants out of their normal routine to take them to WDW for the week.
Myself, I would much rather not deal with a baby or toddler down there. I would rather wait until they are "old enough" to take them for the first time. But if someone else wants to spend a week having to rush out of line to change a diaper, or leave the restaraunt because their kid is throwing a fit, or having to leave the park early because the child is having a meltdown, etc, then that's entirely their business and not mine. I only need to concern myself with how my wife and I prefer to vacation. The way someone else does it is their own affair.
TwoTigersMom
Well-Known Member
I understand you opinion on not taking your child right now. However, you make it sound, in almost all of your posts about this subject, that at least one of these things you mention will happen. I, for one, have never had any of those experiences at WDW. I'm positive I'm not alone in this. My children are far from the best behaved kids, but somehow, we've never had any of these things happen to us. I feel like I can say with at least 99% accuracy that Laura has never had these situations either. I believe it's because we have exposed our children to different tsituations and environments from the time they were born.
sbkline
Well-Known Member
You're right...I can't know if those things will happen or not until I try it. But I guess I just envision a "worst case scenario" thing and no matter how many good experiences you, and Laura and Dana and anyone else have had, I can't keep the images of these worst case scenarios out of my mind, and it's enough to discourage me from attempting it. And it doesn't help any when I constantly see kids that age doing those things that I imagine, such as being pulled out of an attraction or a restaraunt screaming, etc. And it makes me very thankful that it ain't our kid and that we left ours at home so that won't be him acting like that! :ROFLOL:
TwoTigersMom
Well-Known Member
:lol: Either I'm just totally oblivious to it or our timing is different because I can't recall ever seeing a screaming child pulled out of a restaurant at Disney. I'm definitely not saying it doesn't happen because i'm sure it does. I just don't remember ever seeing it. I've been sitting here trying to recall a sitiation like that and I can't even remember seeing a child taken from an attraction crying. Now I've seen children leaving attractions crying after riding. :lol: My oldest son rode TOT when he was 5 and cried, heck he rode it again this past April at 6 years old and wet himself and my husband on it :ROFLOL:
The only time I can distinctly remember seeing a child screaming was last December at MVMCP. A man was carrying a little girl towards the exit and she was screaming "Mommy! I want my Mommy!!". I think the only reason this little girl stood out to me was because I have tought my boys that if someone ever takes them they are to scream "You are NOT my Mommy!" or "You are NOT my Daddy!" as loud as they can over and over. It made my ears perk up and I alerted a cast member and told them my reason for being concerned. They stopped the man before he left the park and spoke with him and the girl for a few minutes. Turned out, thank God, that I was worried for nothing. The mom had stopped in a store and dad was walking on out with the child.
The Dad did stop me as I walked by and thanked me for being concerned about his little girl.
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
Im a better cook than the current Mrs Sak and have a BFA fitted, so guess thats me out. :shrug:
IndyDisney
Member
WDWmom64055
Well, honey, if you want to pull out degrees, I have early childhood certification and a specializion in reading, which focuses largely on cognitive development. Oh, and I'll see your 10 years of teaching and raise you 15....
Well I raise you a degree in Metaphysical Devlopment & Paracognitive Physcology in the field of Zarkhaninan Archetypes and 14 years as head of the Secret Projects Division at the NPH Research Charter in Sedona, Arizona as well as 5 years as acting consultant to the devolopment of gifted minds at The Wammy House. I was also chosen to serve as Vice Chair for the PRDD under President Nixon, when I retired from that division and sent to the SPD for the above mentioned research charter.
I've been going to the parks all my life and look how great I turned out.
:wave:
I'm all in with a BS in Biology, 4+ years in the hardwood flooring industry, 14 months as a father, and 10+ visits to WDW. Man, it sucks being pot-committed!
Honestly, my first visit to the parks was when I was 10, and I feel that I missed some of the "little kid magic". My sister was 4+ when she went and I got to see a lot of it through her eyes. I can't wait to take my daughter, which I'm planning for next year when she is two. Yes, it's because I want to see her enjoy Disney, and I want to enjoy it as a family.
-Dave
TakeMeThere81
Well-Known Member
I know i'm just being selfish, but at 2 years old I didn't take my children for their memories. I took them for MY memories. Their first trip and every subsequent trip after will forever be engrained in my memory and scrapbooks
WELL SAID!! I know that my kids at young ages won't entirely remember Disney, besides our home videos (which they love). I but I love having the memories of my little guys in their teeny tiny Mickey Mouse hats!
MouseWorshipper
New Member
The main factor is if you have more than one child. I suggest that your oldest/only child be at least 4. They're walking, potty-trained, and able to communicate on some level by then. That translates to less work for you and them being able to tell you what they need. As for the youngest kid, my group once took an 11-week-old.
Whatever you do, if you have children who are still taking midday naps, do not skip it!!!!
Whatever you do, if you have children who are still taking midday naps, do not skip it!!!!
WDWmom64055
New Member
"The problem with playing dumb is that people will believe you." CS Lewis
I'm going to approach numerous responses here by assuming you were attempting to be funny by playing dumb. Either that or there are a lot of WDWmagic members who, as children, could have used the help of a remedial reading teacher more than a trip to Disney World.
Your twisting and misinterpretation of my points, whether intentional or not, are a sad comment on the general ability of the average American to put two and two together and come up with four.
If you have to sink to personal attacks and name calling or making false accusations to make your point you might reconsider whether it is worth making or not.
My experience with this thread goes to prove that first impressions can be wrong. I had joined this board thinking it was populated by those who were dismayed by the general incivilities and muckraking that goes on at other Disney discussion sites.
Thankfully, my trip is past and I have no further reason to visit these boards.
I'm going to approach numerous responses here by assuming you were attempting to be funny by playing dumb. Either that or there are a lot of WDWmagic members who, as children, could have used the help of a remedial reading teacher more than a trip to Disney World.
Your twisting and misinterpretation of my points, whether intentional or not, are a sad comment on the general ability of the average American to put two and two together and come up with four.
If you have to sink to personal attacks and name calling or making false accusations to make your point you might reconsider whether it is worth making or not.
My experience with this thread goes to prove that first impressions can be wrong. I had joined this board thinking it was populated by those who were dismayed by the general incivilities and muckraking that goes on at other Disney discussion sites.
Thankfully, my trip is past and I have no further reason to visit these boards.
sbkline
Well-Known Member
I'm taking my toys and going home.
Hey, whoa, come back here with that red tricycle; that's mine!