Originally Posted By CMM1 Is it possible that with the aging of the "Baby Boomer" generation that WDW as a resort may find itself encountering a bit of a slowdown as the "Boomers" enter their 50's, find their kids out of the house and ease into either early retirement or are busy solidifying their retirement plans and thus have no desire or motivation for family trips to Orlando?
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys Not to mention that I want to experience it with my son's wives and above all- future grandchildren.
Originally Posted By Labuda Just a guess here, but me, myself, and I think that as the kids get out of the house and move on with their life, boomers will take couples trips to enjoy the things at WDW that they didn't get to fully experience when they had kids in tow.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 As a full fledged boomer... we go more oftennow than we did 20 yers ago -- and even though the kids get older- don't think they want to miss the trips. As I become a grandparent, I envision larger parties going ( one of the reasons I added more points to my DVC ) -- I think if anything we have helped pass along to another generation the wonder of Disney, while not stopping going ourselves as ,aybe more of the generation ahead of us did although hard to generalize any group, I do think Boomers on a whole will never stop going to Disney , rock concerts, sports events etc -- we are in constant denial we are aging and enjoy ourselves far too much -- just my opinion
Originally Posted By FenwayGirl We are boomers and we go to WDW every other year! We always take one (or more) of our children and their children of course! I think I enjoy the resort now more than I did 25 years ago..
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost As a full fledged rapidly aging boomer, I can say that I go to WDW every year and I go by myself most of the time. Disneyland and WDW last year. In February of 2008 I am taking my whole family, two daughters, two son-in-laws and three grandchildren for a week. My sister and nephew are also going with us. The lure of Disney has not left me since my first visit in 1983 and as long as I have the ability to go, I don't see that letting up.
Originally Posted By kpwdwfan I haven't quite reached boomer status yet but I don't think I will ever change my Disney vacation habits. My family and I travel to Disney two to three times a year and that probably will never change. Like Demderdoseguy, visiting WDW has become a way of life for us, even though we have become disheartened by the negative changes to the resort over the past several years.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Is it possible that with the aging of the "Baby Boomer" generation that WDW as a resort may find itself encountering a bit of a slowdown as the "Boomers" enter their 50's, find their kids out of the house and ease into either early retirement or are busy solidifying their retirement plans and thus have no desire or motivation for family trips to Orlando?<< The only thing baby booners have brought to WDW is unruly brats, bad parenting, rude guests and huge strollers, not to mention the same baby boomers who now work there who have forgotten the legacy that Walt set forth for his park and show. Baby boomers have been bad for Disney in many ways, except that they seem apt and ready to dish up the ridiculous prices WDW charge for their playtime.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <The only thing baby booners have brought to WDW is unruly brats, bad parenting, rude guests and huge strollers, not to mention the same baby boomers who now work there who have forgotten the legacy that Walt set forth for his park and show. Baby boomers have been bad for Disney in many ways, except that they seem apt and ready to dish up the ridiculous prices WDW charge for their playtime.< need to get out that timeline Boomers were born 1946 - 64 -- those at the older end haven't have the unruly brats and strollers there anytime recently -- the youngest boomer is 42 -- the median is 51 -- I believe you want generation x'ers == born 65 - 80 and the majority of those wheeling the youngsters thru WDW
Originally Posted By disneydad109 Please TDLFAN tells us how you really feel.I am having troulbe understanding where you stand on this topic.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost What vbdad55 said! My "brats" are in their 30's now and I might add were never unruly or misbehaved in public. Nor did they ride in strollers so the little pumpkins wouldn't get tired. They walked with us and never once complained. Timelines are important in this scenario.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^ agreed - the only time we ever used a stroller ( and our own umbrella stroller at that) was when my youngest was 3 months old on one trip -- as far as behaviour, my kids have travelled the world with me, and learned to behave from the get go...never had to separate from attending adult restaurants - probably behaved better than 1/2 the 'adults' there. Of course my wife and I after we had kids never took 'me time' - or let them run wild. Also at 3 months we for insatne we didnt bringher into the dark shows - and sit in the middle row and let her wail etc. -- always were cognizant of others there....
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I think the "Baby Boomers" make up the bulk of the WDW visitors. I think Generation Xers prefer vacationing elsewhere. I know my nephews and neices seem more inclined to stay at home playing a Sony Play Station or X box.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 All those 30 somethings pushing the double wides are Gen x'ers -- no one my age looks that young - LOL!
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Amen, believe me when I tell you my baby making days have been past tense for a long, long time. My kids are at the point where they are starting to discuss what "home" to put me in. Baby carriages are not part of my scene anymore.
Originally Posted By CMDad Another boomer here ... my days of pushing the stroller are waaaay behind me. My bad parenting imbued my kids with the history and legacy of Walt. My kids both became CM's (and my daughter remains one) BECAUSE of their belief in that legacy. The young parents that you are talking about are not anywhere near being boomers.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Please TDLFAN tells us how you really feel.I am having troulbe understanding where you stand on this topic.<< Frankly, I do not care to tell you how I really feel about this issue, reason why I choose to go the ambiguous way and make a joke of it.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 I guess if you don"t care to say how your really feel it would have been best if you had not posted anything. My post was also in jest. I am sorry if it hurt your feelings.Let us know next time if it is a joke.it is hard to find the fun when you are attacking people your do not know.
