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I'm Related to a Weirdo
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eeyoremum
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Disney is a huge, overwhelming place for adults let alone kids. I think you have to prepare them properly. When we did our first trip we ordered the VHS bought books about Disney and generally got our kids so excited about going that our 4 year old threw up all over the room and the 9 year old melted down on Main St. USA but hey it happens.
They are 19 and 14 now and are complaining we have not been since 2009 I am complaining too just for the record. So I think I have done something right when your 19 year old boy wants to go to Disney
We do have a trip planned for next year with family that live in another province. It will be the first time those kiddos go to Disney so being the good and proper Aunt I am I ordered them the DVD, sent them books, links to fun Disney World things.
Why? You need to introduce the magic slowly and let them know ahead of time it is not just a park with rides. Oh and I don't have to live with them as the date gets closer and they get really excited about going.
They are 19 and 14 now and are complaining we have not been since 2009 I am complaining too just for the record. So I think I have done something right when your 19 year old boy wants to go to Disney
We do have a trip planned for next year with family that live in another province. It will be the first time those kiddos go to Disney so being the good and proper Aunt I am I ordered them the DVD, sent them books, links to fun Disney World things.
Why? You need to introduce the magic slowly and let them know ahead of time it is not just a park with rides. Oh and I don't have to live with them as the date gets closer and they get really excited about going.
Vader2112
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Might not be her thing or could have been going through the I do not want my picture taken phase. I HATED WDW the first time I went and swore I would never go again! Well I think some of you are familar with my posts and know how that I spend a lot of time there and find it never gets old or boring. Let's face it many kids today have constant visual stimulation from TV, Video games, the net...etc and they do not imagine things the way some of us older kids did. Also I think the absense of Disney on Prime Time major network may have lost a generation or two. Having eventhing instantly at the tip of your fingers take away from that special feeling some of us had when The Wonderful World of Disney would come on or the films would truly go into a vaut for sometime and you would have to wait to see your favorites again.
Damn... I just officially became one of those guys...When I was a kid...
Damn... I just officially became one of those guys...When I was a kid...
ddrongowski
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Give them a smart phone and American Idol, so they can tweet and vote till their heads explode! I am starting to believe the smart phone and to much instant gratification is destroying the human race.Kids! YEESH!!!! Whatcha gonna do?
Seriously, kids can get into some funny moods. In this case, I bet the 9-year-old was in a "Mary Mary Quite Contrary" mood, and so refused to get into the spirit of the thing. Why? She probably has no idea. She probably didn't know what she liked, but one thing for sure, it wasn't what anyone ELSE liked. That's kids for you. Glad I don't have any. (Don't get me wrong, I like kids a lot. But I'll stick with dogs and cats, at least for now.)
Nemo14
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I think some of y'all took the "weirdo" comment a little too literally. It's obviously meant with affection.
OP- she's probably right in the first stages of "I'm too cool for this" and "I hate everything YOU love or want ME to love"
In light of all the threads that have popped up recently implying or outright stating that there is something wrong with you (or your spouse) if you are not totally enthralled with Disney World, I don't think it's an over reaction at all.
JIMINYCR
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Do you know exactly what they did at Disney? Depending on how they worked the trip could have an effect on how exciting or boring the experience turned out to be for her. I know several families who returned home and when I asked them about various things they answered.. What ? I didnt know that was there or I didnt know I could do that. It is difficult for us who really know and love Disney to imagine anyone being bored there. But I'd give her some slack and figure she's young enough , theres time for you to have a Disney loving affect on her and turn her attitude around. There's always hope for those who we can reach out to and influence. .
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Chrononymous
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I agree about the overwhelming feel when you are there!
Some kids have very specific interests, and it' s possible she didn't get to see or do the things she wanted to in WDW, because her parents dragged here where they wanted to go.
Also waiting in long lines can be boring.
If you don't handle the day right, that seems like all you ever do.
Some kids have very specific interests, and it' s possible she didn't get to see or do the things she wanted to in WDW, because her parents dragged here where they wanted to go.
Also waiting in long lines can be boring.
If you don't handle the day right, that seems like all you ever do.
StarWarsGirl
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Do you know exactly what they did at Disney? Depending on how they worked the trip could have an effect on how exciting or boring the experience turned out to be for her. I know several families who returned home and when I asked them about various things they answered.. What ? I didnt know that was there or I didnt know I could do that. It is difficult for us who really know and love Disney to imagine anyone being bored there. But I'd give her some slack and figure she's young enough , theres time for you to have a Disney loving affect on her and turn her attitude around. There's always hope for those who we can reach out to and influence.
That's what I was thinking. I would love to take people who say they hate Disney for another trip with me to see if they like it better at my speed. I also wonder if some people would like DL better than WDW. I really think this is the case for my cousins. The only thing I really have a problem with is because one of my cousins remembers not liking it at five, she won't go now at 17. Not even with my other cousin and me when we go either 2015 or 2016. Come on, now.
NeedMoreMickey
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My sister in-law took my nephew when he was 8 along with a friend and her 6 yr old daughter. From what I hear the little girl was a spoiled brat and ruined the trip. Asked my nephew, now 13 if he is ready to go back and he said whatever. I also think if the vacation is just one child with parent or parents who don't want to do any of the fun things the kid will be bored. Guess it all depends on how the vacation goes.
JillC LI
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I think some of y'all took the "weirdo" comment a little too literally. It's obviously meant with affection.
OP- she's probably right in the first stages of "I'm too cool for this" and "I hate everything YOU love or want ME to love"
This is just what I was about to post. I believe that the OP probably said "weirdo" with love. And I'm sure he is surprised that a board of Disney fans are attacking him for joking about his niece in such a way.
I_heart_Tigger
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My niece at 9 said she didn't need to go to Disney anymore because she's been there twice and that was enough. I was just there and would Facetime with her for a few minutes each day and now (at age 11) she's been asking her Mom why they haven't been back.
She had even said that they should fly down there to surprise me...oh, if were only that easy.
She had even said that they should fly down there to surprise me...oh, if were only that easy.
PUSH
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fbp
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If that's trash talk where you come from you wouldn't survive an hour on the mean streets of Ottawa.
Darth Tater
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Maybe I did read too much into the OP. But many of these "If you don't like Disney...you're wrong!" type of threads often have me wondering if some of us take our fandom to a level of sickness. And this is coming from someone who has been in love with WDW since before he can remember. I just don't get these threads where we blame a person for not appreciating what we do. It always has to be something THEY are doing wrong, or something not right in THEIR heads to make them not salivate over the Mouse.
In my opinion, I thought it was a tad overboard venting about a 9-yr-old kid on the interwebs.
StarWarsGirl
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I think some of y'all took the "weirdo" comment a little too literally. It's obviously meant with affection.
OP- she's probably right in the first stages of "I'm too cool for this" and "I hate everything YOU love or want ME to love"
Agree with both statements. I refer to myself as a weirdo, and sometimes my brother. It's always with affection. Now if I really didn't like you, I'd have some other terms in my vocabulary that I could use.
Second statement: completely true. When I was that age, many kids would tell me it's for babies or whatever. Some of those same kids later went on a trip with the Marching Band in high school.
The girl may have decided beforehand that Disney was not cool or whatever, her parents insisted that Disney was where they were going, and she just decided that she WASN'T going to have a good time
JillC LI
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I'm sure the OP will appreciate your explanation. I understand where you're coming from, but I don't think the OP's intentions were to "vent" or be self-righteously critical but instead just to joke with online friends who would "get it." Then again, I could be wrong!
He has no idea what he's missing out on. I'm sure that once he goes, he'll be hooked! If not, I'll blame it on my sister!