Making Magical Memories

Yes!  You read that right.  I used the words Joy/Tween/Teen in the same sentence!  I think a lot of people believe traveling to Disney is done once kids hit a certain age.  I think you just have to change your perspective and Disney is a whole new world (no pun intended) for your entire family when you travel with this age group! To start with, at the age of 10, your child is now technically what I lovingly refer to as a "Disney Adult".  This is the age in which Disney charges adult prices for things like tickets and dining.  With that said, lumping kids into the ages of 10-17 is quite daring of me, don't you think?  So why did I do it?  A tween is defined as someone who is too old to be a child and too young to be a teenager.  I'm putting them on this post because it's my opinion that if Disney is charging a higher rate at the age of 10, Disney also views them differently from the age of 9 to the age of 10.  However, let me state th...

If you read my last post, you know that for me I considered my children "kids" when they went to Kindergarten.  There's a maturity level that turned them from a "Little" in my mind to a full blown "kid".  This age; around 5, until they became tweens at the age of 10, brought with it a new found maturity in how they traveled. For starters, they were able to help plan our trip!  They could think ahead and not think that the trip was tomorrow (you know how it can be with younger children!).  This meant that we could talk about the different rides that the kids were now big enough for, but maybe not brave enough for. They are funny!  This trip to Disneyland was the one trip where both my kids fell into this same category at the same time.  I have to admit that this trip was perhaps one of our most memorable!  My kids' senses of humor had developed in both of them and they threw themselves into this trip.  They saw the humor around every...