BuzzLightYear3
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2000
O.K......I don't know if anyone else out there is as slow a learner as me, but I think I finally learned something the hard way......if your kids don't like characters, skip the character meals! We tried a character meal a couple years ago and my middle child, a DD then 3, was so terrified of Pooh and Tigger my husband had to leave the restaurant with her. We did another character meal a year later.....she was still scared and the meal wasn't too enjoyable. This year, I figured she's 5 and she'd be fine.....had Crystal Palace PS', and she freaked out again.....refused to eat, and I had to agree to leave the table with her whenever a character was within 3 tables of us. She also managed to successfully pass her fear along to her 2 year old brother. At that point, I suggested that I might as well cancel the PS' for the Garden Grill the next night since that was also a Character Meal.....my DD assured me that it was only Pooh, Tigger, and Eyeore that she didn't like but that she would like Mickey, Chip, and Dale (and I believed that!) Once we were seated in the Garden Grill though, she decided she didn't like those characters either.....she did do a little better and with some coaxing she even agreed to get into a picture with Mickey and Chip (she declared she likes Chip but not Dale ) After all this though, the 2 year old is scared. I told my husband that if for some reason I suggest a character meal 10 months from now he needs to beat me over the head! They are certainly great experiences for many kids, but I wanted to share this info and perhaps save some other families some money in case others are in denial as much as me!