Help Me Avoid the Mouse! (Disney World)

[NEFLElkHunter]

We took our 7 & 9 year old kids to Grand Canyon and Sedona this past January and they loved it. There is a place in Williams called Bearizona that I wish we took them to, but did not. We also took them to an old volcanic area north of Flagstaff that was pretty awesome too. We stayed in a very nice VRBO in Sedona, which made my wife happy.

 

[schmalzy]

As others have stated, definitely wasn’t my idea of fun, and never went as a kid, but wife had awesome childhood memories of it and my kids loved it to no end. I cringe looking at the price tag but have to remember the trip isn’t about me. My thoughts, go watch your family make memories together and cherish the smiles.


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[NEFLElkHunter]

Growing up in south florida I have fond memories of going there around Christmas and “camping” at Fort Wilderness and going into the park at night sipping hot cocoa and watching fake snowflakes fall from the sky. Now the park is filled with different kind of snowflakes LOL! Just kidding! Go make some memories!

 

[Yoteassasin]

Do you want your future son in law to have to deal with this Disney nonsense ? Quash it now. The examples brought up here about the organization are great:
Real vs. manufactured experiences
Anti hunting
Leftist trash
Brainwashing kids
If we were talking about something else it would be a no brainer . Then we hear the waaa but the look in my kids eye , the my wife had the best memories .

We could be talking about a pride parade and all the same reasons to go and not go . But no one would be getting slack for going.

 

[Tanya Avery]

Do you want your future son in law to have to deal with this Disney nonsense ? Quash it now. The examples brought up here are great:
Real vs. manufactured experiences
Anti hunting
Leftist trash
Brainwashing kids
If we were talking about something else it would be a no brainer . Then we hear the waaa but the look in my kids eye , the my wife had the best memories .

We could be talking about a pride parade and all the same reasons to go and not go . But no one would be getting slack for going .

It doesn’t have to be only that or only this. I went to Disney many times as a child and didn’t grow up to be leftist trash. You can call many things a ‘manufactured experience’ such as plays, theme parks or just even characters at a fast food restaurant and that doesn’t brainwash a kid. You can enjoy the outdoors and real life experiences and also enjoy going to a theme park. If the OP’s family has made sacrifices with time or money to allow him to enjoy time away hunting, I think it’s a reasonable request to do something his wife or kids are wanting to do. Compromise is key.

 

[DapperDan]

Soooo…. If you really want to avoid Disney (I have a 7 month old daughter and we will never step foot there) and persuade your wife to also never want to go there you can go down the rabbit hole of Disney’s politics and how the cater to the woke mind virus. I could help you out and post some videos of men dressed up as princesses around little boys and girls but they are easy to find. If you dig just a little bit you can find employees that were arrested for child and hired by Disney after the fact. Even a few employees that this happened to while employed there and still retained their jobs.

Plenty of pedos at Disney….


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[DapperDan]

As a kid of 10 years old went to Disney once. I barely remember it. When I was 8/9 years old I took a trip with my cousin and my Grandparents from Ohio to Yellowstone in a Ford LTD and a camper. We stopped and saw many things along the way. It was a long trip. About three weeks to a month. But I remember almost all of it. If I only had a week I would fly out to Yellowstone and rent a SUV. Spend the week in Yellowstone. The hell with the mouse and his commercialized world.
The mountains made a huge impression to a flat cornfield kid.
Whatever you do plan on eating out every meal. Going somewhere and having your wife meal planning, grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning up ain't no vacation for her. Don't ask me how I know this….

I think I was 11 when I went. My grandmother and step grandfather took us in their rv. We stayed in a campground on a lake next to the park (Florida). There was a free water taxi that took us across to the main park and we had passes to three different parks. In 5 days I went to the main park, road a few roller coasters, the road the tram/train to each park (solo) to check things out. All of that took 1.5 days. The rest of the trip waded out and fished in the lake that was full of largemouth. Also did this solo.

I had more fun fishing….


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[Radford]

I do all sorts of things I have zero interest in for my kids. Disney isn’t for you, it’s for your kids. Just do it and enjoy watching your kids have an amazing time.