Control Freak Forces Sisters To Wake Up At 8 A.M. Daily For Their Disney Vacation

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Jun 12, 2023 2:30 PM EDT

Vacations are not a piece of cake. Everybody has a different idea of how to be on vacation, and if you force your standards onto others, it can easily breed resentment. There's a clear middle ground between waking up at 6 AM daily to do everything you could possibly do and sleeping until 3 PM every day, wasting your vacation away in an expensive hotel room. 

Disney vacations are uniquely stressful. There are some rides that you need to get in line for at 7 AM if you want a chance in hell of not waiting in a 3-hour line. However, not everybody is about that Disney vacation grind. Some people want to show up at 11 AM, ride some rides, and not try to squeeze in every morsel of the vacation that they can. When someone is paying an exorbitant amount for Disney tickets, it's normal for them to want to get as much as they can out of their experience, but sometimes, they take it too far. This is the story of somebody who took it too far. 

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    Font - r/AmltheAsshole u/Better-Role-4844 - 20h 1 AITA for making a set list of rules for a Disney trip?
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    Font - Hello, throwaway account since my sisters use reddit. Every single year, me and 2 my sisters take a girls trip to a random location. This year was finally my turn to plan a trip, so I decided to book a trip to Disney world for 10 days.
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    Font - My sisters were very excited about this trip, and so was I. But the booking process took a while. Plus it was pretty costly. Well, we are leaving in a week and I have created a set of rules for the trip. For example, no sleeping in past 8 a.m. (rope dropping), wear sneakers only (due to a lot of walking), etc.
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    Font - I sent my sisters this list today so they could know what to expect. They didn't take it too well and said that I was being very overdramatic and that this wasn't needed. I told them that this definitely was needed to get the best experience out of Disney world. We got into an argument over it and now they are saying they no longer want to go on the trip.
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    Font - I thought that making this list of rules would make things easier for everyone and make it a more enjoyable time, but maybe I was being a bit dramatic, AITA?
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    Rectangle - IzBlueGirl • 20h Partassipant [4] YTA for saying that people can't sleep in on thier vacation...a two week vacation. Reply 20.3k
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    Rectangle - rustblooms. 20h Partassipant [3] Plus 8am! That is insanely early. 4.4k
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    Font - tradinginadoptme1092 20h Partassipant [1] For Disney?? That's late 45.4k
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    Font - rustblooms. 20h Partassipant [3] Really? Wow. I went to Disney once for one day and we got there at like 11am. Stayed til 7 and went on at least 5 rides. It was during my spring break too. I guess things have changed. Edit: people are wondering about the 5 rides thing. It was probably more like 7 but I went at 17 and we were just there to hang out, not to do a hardcore day. 1.5k
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    Font - goldberry-fey • 20h You bet things have changed. We just went to Animal Kingdom for the first time in 10 years which used to be the "half day park" and everything was packed. Thought maybe the crowds would let up by afternoon (it was a Sunday, a lot of people head home or kids get tired) but nope. Stood 3 hrs in line for Flight of Passage, didn't even get to do the Safari. You do have to have an itinerary of sorts unless you pay for fast pass or whatever system they use now. 2.7k
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    Font - ItsmeNikki_ 19h I was going to comment a soft YTA to OP for this reason. I love me some Disney, but the parks have become a capitalist dystopian nightmare. If every minute of the trip to the park isn't planned out, you don't really get to "max out" the experience without paying out the nose. However, even the four parks of Disney can be fully experienced in max five days? That leaves plenty of wiggle room for the siblings to sleep in and join later or hang out by the pool and have a chara
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    Font - mdthomas. 20h Prime Ministurd [445] I told them that this definitely was needed to get the best experience out of Disney world. "Best experience" is subjective. For you the best experience sounds like trying to see/do as many attractions as possible. The others may not have this same goal. YTA Reply7k ↓
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    Font - - 20h Certified Proctologist [23] Illustrious-Shirt569 Exactly. Starting with asking what everyone's goals were would have been a better method. Then OP would know what everyone wanted to work toward, rather than making it all about her wants. can. My SIL wants to do all the character experiences and shopping she can and she plans her day around those. I'm focused on rides and fireworks. We do a lot of things separately when we go, but meet up when we Updating vague references to "you" 1.
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    Font - Just-lurking-1122 - 20h Partassipant [2] This. I love Disney, and I also understand OP's goal, as you definitely need to know what to expect and how much planning you want for your trip. Want very specific dining experiences and to get on every ride by dinner? You better be planning that 3 months out. Want to go with the flow? Expect to eat QS and stand in lines. But what OP should've done is asked what their sisters wanted too. You have to plan together if you're rope dropping, genie+'in
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    Rectangle - 2006bruin. 20h Colo-rectal Surgeon [43] 1 Award no sleeping in past 8 a.m. YTA ... Reply 4.4k
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    Font - SG131 16h Partassipant [3] And dictating footwear. Hate to break it to OP but I've personally put in 100s of miles in at Disney in sandals. I was a lot more comfortable than when I've gone in sneakers. 4 1.1k
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    Font - DangerLime113 • 20h Asshole Enthusiast [9] YTA, I feel you 100% with wanting a plan, but 10 days is a TON of time at DW. You will not need to rope drop every day. You'll also want to enjoy evenings at each park. It's a marathon not a sprint- you have tons of time. Also for perspective- to rope drop you probably need to be at security by 7:30 which means leave your hotel by 7 which means 6am alarm. That is not doable daily. ... Reply 3.2k
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    Font - jhustla. 18h My wife who has dragged me out of bed at 6 every trip to Disney would strongly disagree on the "not doable daily" part ←951
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    Font - Detailed Ambivalence • 20h Partassipant [3] YTA, don't be a Disney-zilla. You don't have to do everything together. If they don't want to rope drop, go do it yourself and enjoy doing it your way. You can always meet up. ... Reply 731
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    Font - Outrageously_Penguin 20h Asshole Aficionado [12] YTA. Your sisters are presumably not children. They can make their own decisions about what shoes to wear and if they want to sleep in while on vacation, they are perfectly entitled to do so. You're the trip planner, not their drill sargeant. I would not go on the trip either once my sister made it clear she was going to make it a nightmare. Reply 283
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    Font - GoodbyeTobyseeya1. 20h YTA. How old are you all? If you're old enough to go to Disney alone, you're old enough to take care of yourselves. 10 days of waking up at 8 AM and doing Disney all day sounds horrendous. Maybe you should all sit down together and make a game plan you can all agree with so you all enjoy it. Reply 71 +
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    Font - Better-Role-4844 OP. 18h 1 Award I have read majority of the comments. I apologized to my sisters and we all had a Group FaceTime about what we wanted to do on this trip and I gave them suggestions instead of rules now. I told them that I could rope drop and they could meet me whenever they got up and they agreed, so now everybody is on good terms again. Thanks for the tips guys, I hope this trip will be worth it. Reply 3.4k
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    Font - unicorndreampop. 16h I just want to applaud you on taking the feedback and readjusting a bit. You're no longer an AH. Good job, admirable 1.4k
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    Rectangle - Better-Role-4844 OP. 7h Thanks lol I try 461
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