Disney without the kids?

[dixielandings]

We went a LOT before our DD was born - just the 2 of us. It's a blast! And we just got back from a week-long trip without her for our 10th anniversary...

Don't feel bad for taking time for yourselves - enjoy the kid-free pace and the opportunity to be free of your grown-up responsibility! You can even use the single-rider lines!!

And make sure you enjoy some kind of nice dinner - like Cali Grill or Jiko...a date-night...

[Mitzie]

We have gone 4 times without the kidos and are set to go this Oct. again without them. It really is a different experience without them. You aren't distracted or worried about the kids. You can take that brain energy and focus on the little things that Disney does so well. We don't feel bad because like others we take them at different times of the year and normally in Oct. it isn't but a 3 or 4 night trip. We eat at places that we know they would never like and we just go at a different pace. Ours are 16, 13 and 13(twins) and our adults only trips have given us wonderful memories. I wish now I could convince more people that WDW isn't just for people with children.

[pixiesmimi]

We have gone alone for our anniversary several times and last year for my birthday. We really enjoy it because we stay in a nice resort and do and see EVERYTHING. Sometimes with kids you don't get to do some of the things you want to do because they don't have the patience for it. The first time we went alone I felt guilty that we weren't taking the grandkids with us but I quickly got over it. We take them enough times that we don't feel guilty anymore going without them. I didn't really think DH would enjoy going alone as much as I would but he loved it and has agreed enthusiastically every time since then.

[ANG]

As a mom, I'm just worried about being in WDW and seeing all the happy kids and the wonderful memories they are making, causing me to miss our own kids. DH says he will try to point out the crying/tantrum throwing ones instead haha

[tinkman]

Yes. We took our two boys in 1998 (1st trip), 2000, and 2002. By this time, they were 14 & 16. After the 2002 trip we decided we can not pull them out of school anymore.....as they got older this became much more of an issue. 2003 was our 25th anniversary and we got a great trip deal. So, we went ourselves and had a great time. We took them again in 2006, they were both out of school, so that wasn't an issue. But since then, we bought into the DVC, and now go every year.

[RBrooksC]

Due to having to replace our non-expiration tickets, we decided to do a quick weekend trip to WDW a few weeks ago. We went without our children and did not tell them we went until we came back.

It was so nice to go without them as we could do things we wouldn't normally do. We spent a lot of time walking around the different resorts and walking around DTD. When we were looking at stores there was no "stop touching that, Get back Here, no we aren't buying that." We went to see a movie, we went to the outlets, and did things on our non-park day we normally wouldn't have been able to do. The day we went to the parks, we could move as fast or as slow as we wanted. We could pick and choose our attractions without any worry about what the kids may or may not like and could leave when we were tired. It was whole different experience and I enjoyed it. While I did miss my children there it was so nice to be able to see it again like I did when I was younger.