Disney has existed for a century now and has released numerous amounts of movies, characters and content that many adults now, grew up with. During that time, amusement parks have been opened most famously in Florida and California known as Disney World and Disneyland. Though Disney’s target audience aims towards children, adults seem to enjoy Disney aswell, maybe a little too much for comfort…

A lot of controversy surrounds Disney adults. Disney adults are people who love Disney so much, they own thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, spend thousands in hotels and may even shed tears when seeing the castle for the first time which seems weird, but to them, the norm. However, this is definitely weird to literally everybody else.

Multiple videos are circulating on social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Twitter where adults post themselves meeting characters, seeing the castle for the first time, buying merchandise every trip and so much more that many just don’t find normal, including me. This has created a wave of Disney adult ‘haters’.

I believe that Disney’s target audience should be children, not fully grown millennial adults. Though I can respect adults enjoying Disney rides and their awesome snacks and environment. What I can’t understand is how they treat meeting fictional characters like meeting an A-list celebrity. Usually, meet and greet lines for characters are hours long, and adults who wait to meet characters like Peter Pan and jump around, in anticipation or excitement, are childlike and embarrassing, especially at their grown age. It also just calls for tons of weird, even concerned, stares.

Disney is not a cheap trip, whether it’s Disneyland or Disney World, these adults pay thousands of dollars for things like hotels, transportation, tickets, food and merchandise, repeatedly. It would make sense if you’re taking a yearly trip and just want to have a good, memorable time but if you’re going every week, why treat it as if it’s your first time? The average cost for an annual pass alone to Disney World or Disneyland is $399 without tax and doesn’t include the down payment you have to make. Honestly, it seems like money going down the drain to this huge corporation. If you want to enjoy Disney, going every week or even every day, wouldn’t fulfill that. It would become repetitive and annoying. No one should be a “regular” at Disney.

Speaking of, adults go to Disney so much that the cast members and characters remember them. Honestly, this is concerning. Why are you going to Disney so much to the point where the cast members recognize you? Do these Disney Adults have no life or friends?

These adults can do whatever their hearts desire, but these choices they make will eventually catch up with them, financially and mentally. As of right now they are oblivious to the fact that what their doing is not financially smart and overall, weird and concerning.