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My friend, her DH and her two boys are "this close" to taking a WDW trip the first week in August.
Her younger boy will be 3 on May 28.
She asked me today if she really needs to get a park ticket for him. I told her yes, because he's 3 (and I'm all about rules) and she wants to know if they will "really" check on her.
So...any advice? Has anyone been in similar shoes?
Re: Planning with a \"Just Turned Three Year Old\"
I'm with Jennifer. I'm all about honesty when it comes to things like this. I actually had the opposite situation when I went in November. My daughter was 2-1/2 but looked like she could have been 3-1/2 to 4. She's very tall. I brought her birth certificate along for proof...just in case but fortunately they didn't question us. We're going this Oct. and I'm definately buying a park ticket for my 3 year old. That's just part of the cost of going on vacation with the kids!
Re: Planning with a \"Just Turned Three Year Old\"
I would just state your case and if she breaks the rules, then that's her decision. Some people just don't see the importance of following the rules when it comes to honesty. I myself am a rule follower!
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I'm with you Jennifer... How embarsssed will she be if a CM (just being friendly) asks her son how old he is & he mentions 'three'...
We are the total opposite of her.. My Brendan could not WAIT to be 10 so that he could finally do the finger scan with his AP... He looks young for his age so I know he could have probably got away with a childs AP this year but I couldn't live with myself if I lied..
Funny story.. Our previous AP's expired 10/23/04.. Brendan turned 10 on 9/4/04.. he wanted me to upgrade his pass for our October 04 trip so that he could finger scan No, I did NOT do that..
Re: Planning with a \"Just Turned Three Year Old\"
WE have always gottena ticket for our daughters when they turned three and they look small for their age. Like Ann said, your friend would be embarrassed if she said her son was 2 and her son kept saying "no I'm not, I'm three!"
Re: Planning with a \"Just Turned Three Year Old\"
I would be too worried about my child saying their age. This happens on our airline, too. Children under 2 can travel for free and I've had many a child tell me they are '2'. I even had one parent tell me 'Well her bday's in a few weeks. We're just practicing'
Re: Planning with a \"Just Turned Three Year Old\"
Add me to the list of rule followers! Our DD turned 3 last July and we bought her an AP for our September trip. She's a little bit and the CM who was issueing our AP's even looked at us a bit strange when we said it was for our DD . . . so we probably could have "gotten away with it" but why? To me, a rule is a rule. I don't think you want to start teaching your children to lie at such an early age anyway!
Re: Planning with a \"Just Turned Three Year Old\"
I don't believe they check ages on toddlers too closely.
I wouldn't cheat the system, but my friend's daughter just turned 3 a week or two before their trip last year, and they didn't pay for a ticket for her.
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Our DD turned 3 last July and we bought her an AP for our September trip. She's a little bit and the CM who was issueing our AP's even looked at us a bit strange when we said it was for our DD . . . so we probably could have "gotten away with it" but why? To me, a rule is a rule. I don't think you want to start teaching your children to lie at such an early age anyway!
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