Hi, serious question for getbiggers with young kids.
I’m heading over to Europe next year and for the first time will be travelling with my three year old twins. Wondering if worth it to do a stopover for a couple of days and take them to Disneyland. I’ve never been so just asking particularly those of you who may have been recently and those of you that have little ones now or in the not too distant past. Apart from anything else I’m just not sure if maybe they'll be too young to really enjoy it and also it will be quite a stopover so would have to be worth it.
Much appreciate some help in typical getbig fashion.
Should add Im flying from New Zealand so its going to be a very long haul.
Given what it costs, I think three years old is too young for it to be meaningful. I would skip it. At that age you can entertain them for a lot less with more simple pleasures: a cartoon, stuffed animals, a visit to the zoo, a bird sanctuary, a normal playground, the beach, etc. As mentioned above their attention spans may be too short to appreciate the breadth of a Disney theme park. Few things are more annoying than spending (a lot of) money on something only to have the kid(s) not appreciate it: falling asleep, not eating the food you let them order at a restaurant, taking one sip of the beverage you bought them, etc.
If you really want to do something for them at this age… make them watch their favorite cartoons in a foreign language including subtitles (Disney+). They already love to watch those ‘toons over and over; they already know the story/script; they can learn another language with virtually zero effort from 1-4 years old. The window for doing this with no effort is very small; your kids are in that window… if you commit to this by the time they are six or seven they could be fluent in 2-4 languages.
