I have such a different perspective.
I so disagree. The concept of putting some ice cream over a ride boggles my mind. We go to the store and buy GOOD ice cream to eat back at the villa, and we don’t waste money or time on mockeybvars. The unique parts of Disney ( Astro orbiter) are far more important than sugar.
This is from the perspective of one who found out in the early years of my son and
Disneyland that he cannot have anything based on corn syrup, and Mickey bars have that. One of those would have messed him up, and and kind have destroyed the next two hours of our day.
But even to put a safe Haagen Dasz bar over a ride is just madness to me. The kiddo can get ice cream *anywhere*. Ride the ride.
And I f a kid decides to tantrum over a mickey bar, it’s a sign they needed real food about an hour ago.
You actually cannot. You think you can from your preconceptions, but by watching 10 minutes of someone’s life you can tell very little.
Nope. Disagree 100%.
No one is immune to any of those things. And being like that while I’m line for POTC doesn’t mean they’ll be like that 25 minutes later while walking to HM. You’re seeing a blip in time, with tons of time leading up to that moment that you aren’t privy to.
People watching is fun but it’s a wildly inaccurate science. Have fun making up the stories about those people but never think you know what’s going on with them.
Plans make it easier to take in s&s. Stopping after every ride or ill conceived Mickey bar to get out the map and consult with the children or adults who don’t know the parks will tank you right out of enjoyment mode. And cause less enjoyment.
Yes.
Absolutely.
Were you hungry? Sounds like YOU needed to eat. Food is important even when others in your party forget. An early meltdown of my family’s involved an argument between husband and 3 year old. Child was telling us what he wanted and husband was disagreeing. I suddenly realized it was approaching. 9pm and we hadn’t eaten since lunch. I told them both to zip it and ran to an open QS to get food into everyone. DS was quite angry bc the thing he wanted to do was so important (yeah, he was 3...nope, you don’t know what’s best here), but he did eat and before he could say “yum” after his food he fell asleep, very important plan entirely forgotten.
Food is important. Planning for food is important. Getting a pearl out of some poor oyster is an experience, but food is actually important, and I would assume you were bringing his grandfather with you all.
Plans are good. Good attitude about plans are GOOD. I think a lot of time it’s the women doing the planning, and if something goes wrong it’s easy to blame ourselves. And if we had a plan, that means the plan is bad. Meh.
Our trips with solid plans have gone soooo much better overall than our trips without plans. Even the trips where I had to pretend there were no plans, because my brother was making fun of me, were better. (Done by it being me to come up with the “idea” every time that darned map got pulled out) Only once you’ve been there *several* times can you truly start winging it with a strong possibility of success. But by the time you’ve been there several times, you aren’t winging it anymore.
) was their recovery from sensory overload with the crowds, noise, and rides. I chafed at the pause that first trip, because I had plans, but giving their minds and bodies those breaks helped with their overall moods. I've used that tip when traveling, ever since. Sometimes kids just need some free time to enjoy the rest of the day.
