Brickcity Pauly
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I'd enjoy attending an all nighter at MK. I'm sure I wouldn't stay past 3 or 4 am, or I'd leave whenever my daughter was ready to go.
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Thoughts on the All-Nighter?
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l4dybu6
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I got there around 11 and main street was stopped. No one could move! It was terrible...... Bad planning on Disney's part! Other than that though, it was fun 
Towards the end of the night, there were a lot less people, but sill more than I had expected. There were people sleeping all over the place even in the bushes (seriously)
It was defiantly worth it though.....
Towards the end of the night, there were a lot less people, but sill more than I had expected. There were people sleeping all over the place
even in the bushes (seriously) It was defiantly worth it though.....
Kristamouse
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We attended as well. This was our only chance to visit MK and WDW in general this year and to be honest I was pretty bummed when the 24 hour day was announced. Our plans could not be changed and so we went with an open mind. We got there early, 6:30 and had the place to ourselves till about 11:00 or 12:00 when the crowds started to thicken. We left around 1:00 to nap and were back by 4:30 to play some more. At about 12:00 PM we had done all we wanted and left. Thank goodness we did, our jaws dropped at the site of the lines to get in at midnight!
I have a 8,7,4,3 and would do 24 hours with my older two as we love adventures. We would plan a rest day after and giggle at our sleep deprived silliness later. My younger two would be cranky and not enjoy thus none one would enjoy, so we left. Next time they need more notice for those that would like to attend could plan to do so and those who want to avoid could.
Will post a trip report soon, took notes and have some thoughts and tips for pregnant moms and traveling with kids...
I have a 8,7,4,3 and would do 24 hours with my older two as we love adventures. We would plan a rest day after and giggle at our sleep deprived silliness later. My younger two would be cranky and not enjoy thus none one would enjoy, so we left. Next time they need more notice for those that would like to attend could plan to do so and those who want to avoid could.
Will post a trip report soon, took notes and have some thoughts and tips for pregnant moms and traveling with kids...
alissafalco
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They should do it during F&W at Epcot.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
I did state that "I was just my opinion" but I guess what bothers me more is that anyone would want to do the all night thing. It's not like a coronation! You stay up all night...so what? A real accomplishment for a 14 year old, but, an adult? Just don't see what the appeal is. Once a year, Once a lifetime...it's not like a eclipse or some natural rare happening. It's nighttime in a theme park. If I missed everyone, which I will, I still don't think I missed anything. I checked every bucket list I ever had and it doesn't appear on it anywhere.
What I was referring to was the little one's. It just surprised me because in the dark ages, when my kids were little, it just never crossed my mind that I should drag them out all hours of the night. I also knew that if I did my next day was going to be a nightmare. There is nothing more difficult to deal with then tired, cranky kids. I suppose there is some truth to the idea that they are asleep in the stroller so what's the difference. Probably none, but, it's hard for me to believe that they are getting their proper rest with all the noise and activity that close to them. The very best scenario is that they are all rested and you look like death warmed over due to lack of sleep and small kids that need things from you the next day. Again, it's just my opinion, but, I wanted to express it, because that is what I felt and the title of this thread was "Thoughts on the all-nighter". I guess for me it isn't just that the kids are out all night, it's more of why would anyone want to be out all night? I don't think you get a medal for it.
I guess, but I would think that child/parent bonding would come from respect, protection and concern for well being. Silliness is something a kid does automatically...no training required.
My kids had their first trips to WDW when they were 14 months and 2 months old. It didn't matter if it was 1pm when they crashed in their stroller or 1am, they didn't care if it was a stroller, car seat or a crib. All sorts of people judged me as a parent for taking my second child at 2 months old to WDW too, the horrid judgmental predictions of the awful things that could happen to child #2 at 2months old. None of that happened. My DH had my DS as a little squirt in the MK to after 3 am, he was a night owl by nature, with one of those $15 wristbands, he still talks about the night they went on Splash 7 times in a row. My children have always been respectful, we always had concern for them and yes they were silly, but here and there over the years it is fun for the kids to have their parents to be silly with them.
Neither of my kids got in trouble in high school, DS graduated college, my 2 month old DD who slept many hours in a stroller over the years in WDW graduated high school with honors, will graduate next year early from college with honors with a double major. So you might want to rethink what makes a well rounded child succeed in life. Diverse experiences does not make a child tank in life nor does seeing their parents have some silly fun with them, more a time and a place for everything and if going to an all nighter at the MK is one on their resume, well yay for them. It is not like these parents put them to bed and left them in their resort room unattended all night, a sleeping child in a stroller is hardly child abuse.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
My guess is that won't happen, only because of the amount of booze available, that could get real ugly, but hey it is Disney, so who knows.
bsiev1977
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Is it really that hard to plan, when park hours are published six months ahead of time?
draybook
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If people here are noticing that the little ones are "passed out" in their strollers, then what's the ruckus about? If those parents are keeping them out all night, but they are asleep in the strollers, then that's self-defeating when making the complaint about those parents being selfish.
Not to mention, you don't know if those kids are homeschooled or not, so their schedule might be different than yours.
Not to mention, you don't know if those kids are homeschooled or not, so their schedule might be different than yours.
Goofyernmost
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OK, everybody...cool your collective jets. I repeatedly have said that it was my opinion. I am from a different era and a different background and upbringing then the rest of you I guess. I was not so much "judging" anyone as I was surprised to see it. At one point I did sound a little harsh and for that I apologize, but, it doesn't change the fact that it is not something that I would have done and I think I expressed why I felt that way. One is no more right then the other. I was just surprised. Go on with your lives, keep your kids out all night, I really don't care, they're your children and the likelihood of any lasting problems from this are slim to nothing.
My opinion comes from the fact that with or without kids, I don't see the "JOY" in staying up in a theme park all night. It just seems like a huge non-accomplishment to me. So to see anyone there, much less with kids in tow, sleeping or awake, is something that I am not able to understand, but, to each his own. If you enjoy it and you don't see any problem...go for it. I won't be there anyway, so it is of no concern of mine.
wdwfan22
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Thoughts on the all-nighter". I guess for me it isn't just that the kids are out all night, it's more of why would anyone want to be out all night? I don't think you get a medal for it.
Because it was fun and something that doesn't happen every day. Also judging by the amount of park guests at magic kingdom not many share your views on parenting.
Goofyernmost
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I don't believe they have to, but, I don't have to agree with theirs either.
MOXOMUMD
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When I first started reading this thread and it drifted to parenting styles it got my hackles up. Did I get defensive? Heck yes! I think the issue was painting all parents who took their kids as immature and self serving, which I am not. (Not all parents these days are young twenty somethings.) I am a 45 year old single mom who busts my to give my daughter a fulfilling and happy life. Last year when she was six we did the 24 hours from open to close with in-park breaks throughout the day. If at any point I thought she needed to leave we would beeline for the bus but she never wilted. Did she turn into the village idiot from lack of sleep? Nope. She reminisces about riding Pirates at 3 a.m. and thanks me for that experience. The following day we slept in a little later and swam for hours which is something we would have done on a normal weekend day off. Not every child turns into a crankmeister. Why did we go to an event like this? We saw it as a fun challenge to see how long we could make it and that's one thing I have taught my daughter is to grasp the opportunity to experience what life has to offer. So does that make me immature or selfserving, well, that is your opinion. I don't have to respect it. A generational thing, okay I get that. But my father (who is the generation before you, yes late life parents) had a saying, Think before you speak or be prepared for the answer you get.
the worst crowds of the whole day were at 10 pm to 2 am people didnt think about when they came so everyone that was there for a normal day was leaving after wishes and a bunch of people were coming in so it became a stand still for an hour and a half, but it wasnt that bad after that just dont ride tta from 11-3 or space mountain for the night but everything else wasnt more than 30 mins all night.
Goofnut1980
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Actually yes... the September hours were not published till 3 weeks after the 180 days and when there are special events that go on, it can be difficult to plan accordingly. Disney does not always publish them 6 months in advance.
ddbowdoin
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Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
I think the point you continue to miss is you are judging my parenting, I can't remember judging yours. Big difference.
Disney offers a variety of unique opportunities. I know a lot of guests that don't get F&W or a drink at BoG, the horrors, liquor at the MK. I had my kids out late at the NYE millenium at Epcot too. It is a cool remembrance of ringing in the new millenium, a day that can't be repeated. No, the millenium wasn't an accomplishment but it certainly was fun at Epcot. Family fun and bonding doesn't have to be an accomplishment, that isn't what it was about and if they fell asleep and my DH & I had time to talk and relax together, the harm is what? Heck, my kids fell asleep in airports, buses, limos, grocery stores you name it. They were safe and loved, far more important with their parents both awake and asleep.
Quoting me and telling me to cool my jets, is well ignorant and disrespectful, not a trait I would want to instill in my children, we have very different values of what accomplishments are more important. While my kids may have brought up the sun at the MK they were brought up to be far more respectful of others and would never, ever have the ordasity to tell me to cool my jets. To me, I've done my job well, raising respectful young people.
Marco226
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I would have loved to have gone to this year's all-nighter. However, I go to school full-time, and I actually had an all-nighter that night doing one of my projects!! lol... It would have been a blast for me and my friends since we're so used to staying up until 6am nowadays. It just sucks because we live in south Florida, and it killed us not being able to go. So close... yet so far...
From what I've been reading, I think the crowd problem in Main Street could have been handled a little bit better. I would not want to stand around for an hour and a half in a crowd doing nothing. Talk about a buzz kill...
Ropes/blockades could have been set up along the trolley tracks and middle of the street, and cast members could have directed the crowd to move in a counter-clockwise path. That way, the people entering would walk along the right side of the street toward the castle, and the people leaving could travel along the left side back toward the train station. People in the shops would have to leave through certain doors so that cast members could control the flow of traffic. That's just my idea of how I would have handled the situation... Feel free to nitpick at it. lol...
From what I've been reading, I think the crowd problem in Main Street could have been handled a little bit better. I would not want to stand around for an hour and a half in a crowd doing nothing. Talk about a buzz kill...
Ropes/blockades could have been set up along the trolley tracks and middle of the street, and cast members could have directed the crowd to move in a counter-clockwise path. That way, the people entering would walk along the right side of the street toward the castle, and the people leaving could travel along the left side back toward the train station. People in the shops would have to leave through certain doors so that cast members could control the flow of traffic. That's just my idea of how I would have handled the situation... Feel free to nitpick at it. lol...
MOXOMUMD
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Amen.