It is a rite of passage in every parent's life to plan out every detail of a special surprise for their children, only for that surprise to totally fall flat at the time of the reveal. Sometimes, that surprise could even involve Disney!
Mom and TikToker @crystelmontenegrohome purchased a toy replica of the genie lamp from Aladdin and proceeded to tell her children that she received three wishes, which she wanted to spend on a special trip for her family.
She first listened to ideas of where her children would like to vacation to before she shared her first wish: a week-long trip with her family in Florida, starting immediately.
As if called by magic, her husband walked in, stating that their flight was leaving in two and a half hours, and their bags were already packed.
For her second wish, TikToker @crystelmontenegrohome was pleased to be going on a trip with her husband and children, but she really wanted her children's grandmother to be able to go with them. After making her second wish, her children found their grandma in the hallway outside their hotel room in Florida.
For her third and final wish, the mom waited until the family was piled into the car, driving through Florida to their unknown destination. Once they could see a port nearby, with several cruise ships docked, the TikToker appeared inspired and said that she knew what her third wish would be.
But her children did not have the reaction she was hoping for.
When she announced that she wanted to go on a cruise with her family, her children collectively began crying in the car. This was not a typical situation where one child starts crying, and the others mimic the behavior; these were genuine reactions that filled the car with emotional mayhem.
Shocked but laughing, the mom said:
"I can't believe this is happening."
As it turns out, the family had been on one cruise together before, and they all became incredibly ill as a result of that trip. The children, being quite young, had probably associated cruise ships with terrible illness.
But the TikToker had booked a Disney cruise specifically to put the magic back into the cruise experience.
Fortunately, based on the rest of the video, filled with clips from the cruise, it appeared the children changed their tune and had fun on their week-long vacation.
But one could never unhear those first cries of disappointment, over a cruise of all things!
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Some TikTokers were touched by the kids' excitement to find their grandma in the hall.
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Others laughed at the kids' reaction to the cruise, wondering how bad their previous experience must have been.
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Some applauded the parents for all of the effort they put into this.
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The children's reactions were more understandable once it was revealed that they had previous cruise experience, and bad previous experience at that, but it was still a hilarious example of parenting.
Try as they might to create a magical experience that would lead to a magical surprise trip, they couldn't get on that cruise without a little crying first!
