Oped: After Watching Rise Of The Resistance’s Disneyland Debut, I Get The Issue With Childless Millennials - Inside the Magic

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  1. Greentruckguy

    Don’t feel bad for us. We Disney-goers with kids are the only ones that get Fast Pass tickets for rides that don’t have Fast Passes. It’s called Child Swap. We use it to ride Smuggler’s Run without the hour plus wait. Not sure how it will work for the new ride, but meh, we get perks of our own, so don’t worry about us, we’re doing fine.

  2. Stephen

    Star Wars debuted in 1977. I’m trying to understand a world where it would make any sense at all that kids born in 2010 or so should somehow get priority on opening day for a ride aimed at super fans of a 40+ year old backstory.

    And I say this as the parent of two kids. People shouldn’t make silly, unrealistic promises to their children. It’s like promising your kids seats behind home plate at the World Series before your team made it.

  3. L

    You’ve got to be kidding me!

    So this guy thinks spots should only be reserved for kids because they will get disappointed if they don’t get in?

    Boo freaking hoo! We can’t always get what we want in life. So we have to learn to accept that.

    Plus the majority of small kids don’t even care about star wars (kids under 7). So what’s wrong with people who are actually Star Wars fans getting in?

    This screams everything that’s fun and cool is only for kids. And I am NOT here for that mentality.

    Millennials and older star wars fans have been fans of the franchise for YEARS! Decades even! They should be allowed to enjoy it too.

  4. Nicole

    If parents didn’t want to risk telling their kid that, then they did not have to plan to go opening weekend. If anything, it’s a poor decision on the parents to take their small children to a place where essentially a mob of fans occurs. It’s a poor decision for parents to put their kids in the position where they might be disappointed. If anything childless millennials should be going opening weekend, and families should stay away for a couple of weeks.

  5. JEFFT

    I am almost 40 and the internet won’t give me a concrete answer on whether I am a Millennial or gen xer. Either way I am childless and would love to visit this park to experience the star wars attraction. Your article made me feel like I wouldn’t be and shouldn’t be welcomed if I did go. Fortunately 95% of the people commenting on your article disagree with you. I am going to wait another yr before I do visit but when I do visit I will make sure to make eye contact with all the sad faces of the people whose lives I am ruining by going on a ride without a child.

  6. Renaye

    I told my kids we probably won’t get on it but you’ll get a great day at Disneyland and be thankful for that alone. We did get a BP but I didn’t let them whoop it up in respect of those that did not.

  7. Phil

    I think the author should have said that Disneyland has a LOCAL millennial problem… That is the real issue. I’ve been to DL a few times and have noticed most guests are 18-20-somethings from local areas. Raising prices on APs didn’t help. They need to raise them again!

  8. Yikes.

    Can people without kids stop giving advice about kids? thanks

  9. Lea

    I get what the writer was trying to say. As a mother and a grandmother, it’s heartbreaking when you save and plan for something only for your child to have a broken heart. It’s easier for an adult to UNDERSTAND than for a child. HOWEVER, it is a teachable moment that benefits them for the rest of their lives. Patience, understanding, let downs, being happy for someone else’s good fortune. SO MANY things a child can learn. So parents, teach your kids. Parentless adults, be a little more empathetic.

    Our first trip to Disney with our kids was MUCH. MUCH different than our last trip with our kids. If truth be told, Disney has become a nightmare!

  10. Michelle D

    As many stated, if you have kids, opening day of a new ride is NOT a good day to come. This goes for ANY ride – Star Wars or otherwise. WDW is going to be getting a new Mickey and Minnie ride the first Wednesday of March. Notice – school is in session that day. Even Disney plans openings to coincide with school schedules to allow families to come on less stressful and crowded days. The vloggers, college students and others wanting to stay up or wake up very early can do that, but the kids can wait until summer when lines will, most likely, be more easily managed. No, I don’t understand Karen’s…unless it is simply being compassionate to another human being who was, simply put, rather stressed. That compassion should be everywhere, not just in Disney.

  11. sonnet

    If the worst thing in your day was that you or your kids (or anyone in your party) didn’t make it to a SUPER POPULAR ride based on a SUPER POPULAR franchise at a SUPER POPULAR park on OPENING DAY, then thank whatever deity is around that you don’t have real problems. And that your kids are alive and healthy enough to be at a theme park, let alone on opening day, let alone to attempt riding Rise of the Resistance.

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