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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor
Ok, I can't help but have an opinion on this....that totally sucks and I feel sorry for any kid that has something like that imposed on them at Disneyland. It's a vacation! What sort of evil will it do to keep a child up "super late"? Sure, they may end up cranky, but so would the adults. It's no more evil than letting a child eat more sugar than usual, or get a bunch of souveniers, including a balloon that will die at the end of the day or mouse ears that they'll never wear again.
Sorry Pru, that's one of my buttons there.  |
See, if you're a kid, chances are you won't even know that there IS a fireworks show unless someone tells you. I'm not talking 10 or 11. I'm talking the pre-k crowd -- lightweight enough to sit on shoulders during the fireworks. There's no feeling of loss if there's no knowledge of anything missing. As a kid, I followed my parents' schedule. That meant early to bed, early to rise. And it's not like we went to bed at 7. [Actually, if my dad had his way we *would* have been in bed at 7 -- and up at 4! Better milk those non-existant cows...) But there were rules and we followed them. Now, the one teevee show a week rule was extreme. But not bedtime at that age. Not after a full day at the park with more fun than we could have ever imagined with mickey mouse pancakes and frozen bananas and dole whips and goodies galore.
Although when I was a pre-teen, it *was* cruel and unusual punishment to make me go on the matterhorn with my brother. Ewww! How was I supposed to meet cute guys with my brother along?