Actually, both statements are correct, and they kind of go together. Yes, it's true that a toddler along would slow me down way more than I would like and I don't deny that. But it's also true that I want to spend time with my wife alone. Time where we can just enjoy things together without having to worry about changing diapers or leaving a show or park early to tend to a fussy toddler. I want to be able to stay late and watch Wishes, Fantasmic or Illuminations without having to get the child to bed. I want to be able to play mini-golf with my wife without wondering how a child will affect the evening. We have a nice dinner planned with another poster from this forum at Cali Grill at 8 PM and I don't think a 2 year old would do well with that. I want to enjoy one more trip with my wife with just the two of us before we start doing family vacations. I very much look forward to taking our child(ren) to WDW and enjoying family time there but we're both looking forward to one more trip with just the two of us without worrying about how a two year old will do on the 18 hour car ride, or how he will do at sit down restaraunts while we eat, how he will do during mini-golf, etc.
Yes, I know very well that children change everything, hence the consideration given to whether or not to take him with us. We both agree that he's too young and that the trip wouldn't go well for any of us with a toddler along. At least we made that decision BEFORE we went, instead of taking him along without even considering the fact that children change everything. :lol: The changes required to accomodate an infant or toddler are changes that neither of us are willing to deal with, hence our agreement that we won't take our kids there until they are older. We plan for this to be our last trip without children, so we are both looking forward to one last trip where we can do whatever we want without having children to consider.
Like I said, I don't deny your statement that I don't want to bring a two year old along because he would slow me down...that is true. But it's also true that I want time alone with my wife. I felt bad after last year's trip that I was still too much in theme park commando mode and didn't give her as much time to rest and enjoy the resort hotel as she would have liked. So I view last year as a practice run and plan to make it up to her this time around with more time for her to take a nap in the hotel or just enjoy a romantic evening on the grounds without rushing from one ride to the next. She wanted a beach day so we're going to the beach one day on our trip where she can just lay on the beach and relax and she's too much of a worrywart to do that if there is a child along. And a child along would make alot of this impossible. And on a side note, another thing I plan to do differently this time around is to hide the darn pringles.
Sorry, I guess this is the wrong thread to discuss this, since this is supposed to be your trip report thread.
But I guess neither of us are going to change our minds. I respect your choice to bring your toddler and you obviously had a blast and enjoyed yourselves and that's great. But my wife and I are just much more apprehensive about the prospect of bringing a child that age down there and choose not to do it.
