# When to tell the kids we're going to Disney

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-tell-the-kids-were-going-to-disney/577144>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 4, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-tell-the-kids-were-going-to-disney/577144 "2011-04-04T14:11:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-tell-the-kids-were-going-to-disney/577144/38 "2011-04-04T17:15:55Z")

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> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> From the day we tell them to wheels down in Orlando, I expect a non-stop stream of “How much longer?”

I’d expect even the 6 year old to be able to make sense of a calendar.

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> If we tell them today, the youngest will probably gnaw a hole in the wall by July in frustration, and the 8 year old will have her hair fall out from stress.

Ah, special-needs children. You should have mentioned this in the OP.

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