This is for all of you overachieving Mamas, which means all of you. When you invest as much time and money into a Disney vacation, it is very hard not to expect it to be perfect. It is Disney and you worked hard for this, of course you have an idea of exactly how Magical and how PERFECT it has to be. Let me tell you a little secret, it isn’t going to be perfect. Something will go wrong. Take the pressure off of yourself before you ever go. Ditch the idea of perfection fast!
If you haven’t and you catch yourself screaming at your kids “YOU ARE GOING TO DO _________________ AND YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE IT BECAUSE I WORKED SO HARD ON THIS TRIP!” take a break, step away from the children, and take a look around at where you are at. You are at Disney! The happiest place on earth! I assure you our definition of perfect is different than our children’s definition.
My child has refused the ideal family photo opp on more than one occasion. I could force him to be in the picture or I could let him sit in the stroller while we get a picture with us and our other son. I usually opt for the second. I have been known to say, “All I ask is for a photo, get in here and smile.” Then I hear myself and realize, forcing the issue isn’t going to make anyone smile. He would sometimes prefer to sit and people watch or see mommy and daddy acting goofy for our pictures.
On our last trip there were several unperfect moments. Both kids got sick at different times. That definitely altered our plans so the sick child could rest. I am pretty sure that the well child had a ton of fun watching the old school Disney cartoons though and having breakfast in the room in their PJs too though. And they probably learned a little something from Goofy too in this cartoon.
And on our last full day at the parks, we went from Dumbo all the way over to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad for the sole purpose of allowing our oldest to ride the “big” ride again. We get there, get the rider swap, and he announces he’s not riding it today. UGH. That’s fine. We happened upon Woody and there’s no way around missing him so I took the kids to do that and Daddy went to go ride Space Mountain. I was just about to give away our rider swap for Big Thunder Mountain when the oldest announced he had to ride the ride. Seriously?? Space Mountain simultaneously broke on Daddy. I texted him to let him know to head back over when he was finished with his ride. Take a look at your park map. It was quite comical after the fact. None of these scenarios fall into my definition of perfect. But if you asked the kids, they loved every minute!
Ditch the idea it has to be perfect and just let the magic happen and it will be perfect in its own way. I promise!
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