Why do people take VERY young kids to places like Disney World?

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

I mean so young they aren't even aware of where they are and cannot POSSIBLY remember it?

I have a family member who took his daughter to Disney (the one in Florida) when she was EIGHT MONTHS OLD.

WTF?

I really don't want to step on any toes of those who have done that, but barring winning a free trip to Disney and needing to take it right then, why in the world would anyone take an eight month old to Disney? She had no older siblings. The parents weren't that much into Disney, they just thought it was important that they take her as SOON AS POSSIBLE.

The pictures were inadvertently hilarious, to me. Here's the baby touching Mickey. Here's the baby being HELD in a ride, but not allowed to ride it. Here's the baby crying when Donald Duck walked up. Here's the baby sacked out in the stroller. Oh and another of the baby sacked out in the stroller.

All said, a couple thou (airfare and hotel, too) to take a baby to Disney. And when I asked the dad if HE and his wife liked it, he just shrugged and said "it was okay" then he smiled and said "but Mikayla LOVED IT!"

Wha? No she didn't. She's a baby. She loves being fed and having a clean dry bottom and a soft place to sleep. She likes faces that smile at her and squeaky things to play with. That's. About. It.

On the same note, I have a cousin who spent....ready for this? $10,000 on her first child's nursery. They saved up the money over the course of about five years. When my grandmother told me this, I laughed and said, "Does she realize a baby doesn't care if it sleeps in a padded dresser drawer?"

[skypilot]

1. It's never too early...

...to begin the indoctrination process.:)

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

2. Eh

that's about the only reason I can think of! LOL!

[DS1]

3. So Goofy steps on the kid and they can sue, then live out the rest of

their days sans-screaming :hi:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. Are they Republican? (nt)

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

5. Actually, yes, why?

Is this some strange Republican thing I haven't picked up on yet?

[skypilot]

9. Oh, I get it now.

DISNEYLAND!!! That's where it starts. It's like the lodge in "The Stepford Wives". There must be a funhouse or something where they get to you and turn you into a Republican-for-life.
You must have missed it.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. Wasteful spending to ward off the temptation to help the poor

Plus, part of the Holy Pilgrimage to the Holiness of American Megacorps.

Silver lining: that's money they won't be able to donate to Republican campaigns.

[rlev1223]

6. Or violent movies.

I've walked out of movies before they start because morons have brought their 5 year olds----or younger----to watch real bad horror and mayhem. Makes me so uncomfortable seeing them there aI can't enjoy the horror and mayhem myself.

I've been tempted to ask them WTF they are doing, but have always wimped out.

[Pithlet]

8. Someone took their toddler

to Saving Private Ryan. The poor thing just screamed his head off, terrified. I don't understand that.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

10. I've seen that too

they figure because they are young, they won't get it.

But they get it enough to be scared shitless and I always get pissed off when I see that.

The people next to us in F 9/11 brought a three year old who cried and screamed (mostly seemed tired) through the WHOLE THING and I just wanted someone to take him OUTTA THERE. Sheesh.

[Lavender Brown]

11. there's a news story today

about a 3 year old who choked to death on popcorn at "Alien Vs. Predator." :(

[Pithlet]

7. Some adults like Disney World also

And the baby might not remember it, but they may enjoy it anyway. My 9 month old loves the zoo.

We are actually waiting until the kids are a little older for a trip to DW, simply because it's difficult at younger ages to do all day events like that that require lots of walking. I wouldn't enjoy it as much, myself, worrying about diapers, snacks and drinks, and tired little legs.

[Bunny]

12. Your last sentence says it all.

I wouldn't even dream of taking a child to Disney World before he/she was toilet trained and no longer needed a mid-day nap. Who wants to drag around a stroller, diaper bag, bottles, spit cloths, etc., wait in line for hours with a cranky baby, have to leave in the middle of the day so the baby can get a nap, etc.?

It would ruin the hell out of my trip, that's for sure!

[candy]

14. People with masochisic tendencies take babies to Disneyworld

It would have been agony for me,no fun at all!