Disney-Obsessed Grandma Plans Disney World Trip With Grandkids Without Asking Their Parents, Despite Needing Help With Her Bill For The Last 6 Months

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Jun 30, 2026 7:45 AM EDT

How can she pay for Disney World for multiple people if she can't even pay her own bills?

Disney Adults are one of the most oppressed groups in the world today. Well, not necessarily, but they do get a lot of slack for the mere crime of liking a theme park. Sure, maybe wearing mouse ears and crying when you meet Donald Duck is "uncool" by the standards of conventional society, but within the gates of Disneyland, it's a magical moment! The best part about Disney theme parks is that they're fun no matter who you are. They aren't cheap parks made only for kids; they aren't concrete jungles with 10 roller coasters and nothing else. Disney provides magical experiences for children of all ages. 

The only time Disney isn't a magical experience is when you're going without the means to afford it. I would think that in 2026, everyone knows that Disney is a wildly expensive vacation destination. If you regularly vacation to Disneyland or Disney World, you probably know exactly how to have a great trip, avoid long lines without breaking the bank, and do everything you want to do on a budget. There are entire books and YouTube channels devoted to teaching you exactly how to book your Disney vacation, laying out in no uncertain terms which attractions and experiences are worth the massive price tag and which are PT Barnum-esque rip-offs. 

Even if you do all of the tricks to avoid spending money at Disney World, the experience will still set you back some Benjamins. The grandma in this story is a textbook Disney Adult who wants to treat her grandkids to a park experience, but there's only one problem. She can't even afford to pay for her living expenss, and she would need her grandkid's parents to subsidize the trip, which they are totally unwilling to do, considering that they're the ones who have been paying her bills for the past six months.

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    Fireworks at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. 

  • Am I the bad guy for not letting my mom take my kids to Disney world?

    My mom is a Disney addict (seriously it's a problem) and just told me she booked a trip to take my kids in November. She didn't even ask and then told me I'd have to pay
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  • for their airfare. My husband and I have been consistently helping my mom with her bills for like 6 months. I told her no absolutely not because not only can she not afford it but I don't want
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  • to pay for the airfare when we have a large family trip to Disney booked for November of 2027 (she's going on that trip as well). She's making me feel like a bad mom
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  • for not letting my kids but I can't justify it. go She also keeps mentioning it to my kids. and now they want to go even after I asked her to
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  • stop bringing it up because I said no.
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    Models of a grandmother talking to her granddaughter. 

  • shammy_dammy NTA. My goodness, she's entitled and bold.
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  • Brostoyefsky And writing checks that her a I can't cash. I'd suggest telling Mom to calm down in several ways or that 'helping with the bills' will get much more difficult.
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  • IceSeeker Also OP should talk to her kids and explain the whole situation to them. That what grandma did is wrong for not even asking and she has no money for it. Otherwise she'll keep poisoning your kids against you.
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  • Basic-Organization30 100% this .She has provided a good opportunity to start the conversation about financial responsibility.
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  • Aria 1031 NTA. Mom is trying to 'one up' you and take the kids before you do without the expense of actually paying for it. I don't care if you're going to the local amusesment park, I am not paying for tickets, parking, food or anything else when you never even checked with me before making plans that I am then expected to foot the bill for.
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  • FatterThanlThinklAm NTA. And I would tell her if she can afford to go to Disney all the time, she can afford to pay her own bills. You're enabling her by covering essentials so she can use her money for stupid sh.
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  • Sensitive-Eagle3641 Grandma probably can't pay for herself to go to Disney either. After she no nags OP into agreeing for the kids to go, it'll be Whoops! She needs money to go also and you'll be on the hook for that as well, because you "promised" the kids can go.
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  • Lisa_Knows Best NTA. Stop helping her pay her bills, she clearly doesn't need the money. Her offering to chaperone your kids is not her "taking" them to Disney. She's just trying to get you to pay more for a trip for her, you do realize that by helping her pay "bills" you're paying for this trip right?
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  • CurzedRocks33 ΝΤΑ. This is some next level entitlement. You can't just decide to take someone's kids on holiday and expect them to have the money to contribute without even a conversation. Unhinged behaviour.
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  • Striking Physics 1894 Maybe it's time to go low contact and cut back on helping with bills.
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