We had to try, and I had re-enforcements in my Mom and my Aunt.
We had her iPad and back up battery packs. Snacks. Drinks. We rented a large stroller to provide her with a safe space to tuck up into.
She's 5 feet tall and 98 pounds.
We made it about 3 hours.
It was entirely too loud. In general, she does well in public places: grocery stores, shopping malls, parks. As long as she has a cart and her iPad, we can get through just about any place. But the crowds were too much and the live entertainment was too chaotic. She howled and held her head and made her bird sounds. Houwah Houwah. She tried to run off, looking for a quiet place. She's about as tall and as strong as any of us, which makes wrangling her when she's upset pretty difficult. So we went back to the resort to do her favorite thing in the world: swimming.
I don't regret taking her or the money spent on the incredibly expensive ticket. See, she's been excluded from vacations and trips because her grandparents ( her dad's parents) didn't (couldn't?) handle her. My other children have been on trips that she's been left out of.
I was determined not to go on this vacation without her.
If I'm being honest, my typical boy didn't really care for Universal Studios either.
Here's some pictures of them being perfectly happy in the resort pool.
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