'I won't always be able to protect her… but I will do my best': Uncle lies about taking his 5 year old niece to Disneyland for her birthday; warmhearted parents take her on her dream vacation without him

Every kid dreams of going to Disneyland. Like feral Black Friday shoppers with their eyes on an 84" flat screen, children are drawn to the world of Disney with an irreversible pull. When they walk through those pearly pink gates, their eyes light up, they have a tingle in their step, and they don't know where to begin…. This cherubic response is the only reason any parent would agree to pay $1000 per ticket for a day that their kid may never remember. Disneyland is just as much for the parents's memories as it is the kid's.

They'll never be this young again.

Because of every kid's inherent desire to go to Disneyland, whether it's the propaganda ads, the movies n' shows they watch, or the childlike wonder within all of us, every parent knows that if they ever mention 'Disneyland' at the dinner table, they're basically signing a blood oath with their child to take them as soon as possible. If you've ever thought that your kid was persuasive enough to stay up an extra 20 minutes past bedtime, you'll see the REAL lawyer come out of them when you mention the D-word.

But how horrible would you feel if you promised your kid that you'd take them to Disneyland but never followed through? It sounds like the beginning of a villain's origin story. In this surprisingly happy-ended story, one uncle promised his 5 year old niece that he'd take her to the 'Happiest Place on Earth'– but when he bailed, her protective and loving parents stepped in. Scroll onward for all the sparkling details of this princess story.

Posted by Jesse Kessenheimer