This has nothing to do with how to decide on payment...when the money is due, etc....
This has strictly to do with choosing the friend wisely....
I had spent a year and half planning our recent trip...and don't even want to get into what we "spent" financially...
To make a very long story short....Be ABSOLUTELY certain...that your child's chosen friend is the right one....
We planned a "glorious" pre Christmas trip....staying at the WL/AKL...all kinds of extra Christmas events planned and paid for in advance....this newly turned 15 yo girl wreaked havoc on the ENTIRE vacation....weather wasn't right...hair gets frizzy if I'm wet...the night is too dark and the day is too light....you name it...and to boot....my kids have grown up with this girl....we have known her and her family forever.....
We have been back for about three weeks now....and I am too humiliated to even post a trip report....
Please know...that I am NOT a whiner or a complainer....I find good in all that is sent my way...but I am TOTALLY sick over this....
My daughters (12 and 14 spent their entire trip...."trying to keep the peace")......
My family...came home with an empty feeling that I cannot even begin to describe........
I find myself trying to put together another WDW trip....for just us...(and perhaps a better chosen "friend")...and knowing that we can't afford it without huge sacrifice.....
Just wanted to pass this along...in the hopes that someone else may benefit............
This has strictly to do with choosing the friend wisely....
I had spent a year and half planning our recent trip...and don't even want to get into what we "spent" financially...
To make a very long story short....Be ABSOLUTELY certain...that your child's chosen friend is the right one....
We planned a "glorious" pre Christmas trip....staying at the WL/AKL...all kinds of extra Christmas events planned and paid for in advance....this newly turned 15 yo girl wreaked havoc on the ENTIRE vacation....weather wasn't right...hair gets frizzy if I'm wet...the night is too dark and the day is too light....you name it...and to boot....my kids have grown up with this girl....we have known her and her family forever.....
We have been back for about three weeks now....and I am too humiliated to even post a trip report....
Please know...that I am NOT a whiner or a complainer....I find good in all that is sent my way...but I am TOTALLY sick over this....
My daughters (12 and 14 spent their entire trip...."trying to keep the peace")......
My family...came home with an empty feeling that I cannot even begin to describe........
I find myself trying to put together another WDW trip....for just us...(and perhaps a better chosen "friend")...and knowing that we can't afford it without huge sacrifice.....
Just wanted to pass this along...in the hopes that someone else may benefit............