Family restrooms at WDW parks

marcyleecorgan · Feb 17, 2019

plenty of fathers are using the men's washroom for their younger daughters. mine did, most of the time, because when you have a little person doing the Potty Dance:

ladies room = line wrapping around building
companion room = three people with strollers are about to start something if anyone DARES to cut the line!!!!
men's room = the flow of guys in/out is less than one minute per man

yeah guess where 99% of bathroom breaks for DD happened...

no need to cover eyes, there is no shame in using a toilet or a urinal. such a weird idea... you are in a bathroom, that is what it is for. there is no sense in being embarrassed or implying anyone should be embarrassed, we all have this physical need.

MudQueen22 · Feb 17, 2019

Many of us do not wish for our children to see an adult exposed in a restroom. The adult isn't really to blame; they are just using the restroom. This is what prompts parents to want to cover their child's eyes as they carry them into a restroom.

Tink_83 · Feb 17, 2019

I would prefer unisex bathrooms with stalls that you can’t see into (they exist - you see them in Europe and provide more privacy)... also I don’t know many women that won’t let a kid doing the potty dance in front of them (unless their kid is doing the same potty dance!) anyway, more family options would be nice also, while it may seem odd a guy going into a women’s restroom is less intrusive then a woman going into a guys. We have stalls so unless the guy is trying to look in they are not seeing anything. Finally, I think a lot of women would be willing to help a dad in an emergency potty situation. I know I’d help if asked!

old lady · Feb 18, 2019

They should have some for transexual guests.

Nancyg56 · Feb 18, 2019

old lady said:
They should have some for transexual guests.

DO you never stop?

cruisin5 · Feb 18, 2019

What about taking her into the ladies' room?

I wouldn't think twice about seeing a dad and his 4-year-old in the ladies' room.

mjkacmom · Feb 18, 2019

MudQueen22 said:
Many of us do not wish for our children to see an adult exposed in a restroom. The adult isn't really to blame; they are just using the restroom. This is what prompts parents to want to cover their child's eyes as they carry them into a restroom.

Do men cover up their sons’ eyes?

mjkacmom · Feb 18, 2019

cruisin5 said:
What about taking her into the ladies' room?

I wouldn't think twice about seeing a dad and his 4-year-old in the ladies' room.

I would, I don’t think you cold pay DH to walk into the ladies room.

Dismama2boys · Feb 18, 2019

cruisin5 said:
What about taking her into the ladies' room?

I wouldn't think twice about seeing a dad and his 4-year-old in the ladies' room.

I think you’re in the minority here.

cruisin5 · Feb 18, 2019

mjkacmom said:
I would, I don’t think you cold pay DH to walk into the ladies room.

Dismama2boys said:
I think you’re in the minority here.

Sure, I understand.

Not to stray too much off topic but the days of gender-specific bathrooms are limited.

Dismama2boys · Feb 18, 2019

cruisin5 said:
Sure, I understand.

Not to stray too much off topic but the days of gender-specific bathrooms are limited.

I do think you are right about that.

MudQueen22 · Feb 18, 2019

I have no idea. Likely not since men and boys have the same genitalia.
If I had to take my son into a restroom where ladies were exposed, I would cover his eyes.

maxiesmom · Feb 18, 2019

Dismama2boys said:
I do think you are right about that.

I don't. It is something most Americans would consider odd if not downright offensive. We as a people are too set in our ways.

Dismama2boys · Feb 18, 2019

maxiesmom said:
I don't. It is something most Americans would consider odd if not downright offensive. We as a people are too set in our ways.

Talked to a millennial lately?

maxiesmom · Feb 18, 2019

Dismama2boys said:
Talked to a millennial lately?

All the time. However I live in a very conservative area. No one is clamoring for unisex bathrooms. People are still freaked out there may be a Trans person in the stall next to them. Someone of the opposite sex would cause a fit of the vapors

cruisin5 · Feb 18, 2019

maxiesmom said:
All the time. However I live in a very conservative area. No one is clamoring for unisex bathrooms. People are still freaked out there may be a Trans person in the stall next to them. Someone of the opposite sex would cause a fit of the vapors

I'm from a small town in upstate NY, pretty conservative.

Restaurants that used to have two separate single (one toilet/one sink) bathrooms used to be labeled individually, now they simply say "Restroom".

Visited the Museum of Natural History in NYC recently. Looked all over for a ladies' room but all I could find were signs for "Gender Inclusive Restroom", I honestly had to think about what it meant. It was lovely, for a bathroom, but nice doors on the stalls with no gaps, no way for anyone to peek in.

Restrooms at colleges are pretty much co-ed.

Lilsia · Feb 18, 2019

MudQueen22 said:
I think that's what kind of bothers me, Maxiesmom. For us, it's not a huge deal since my dd is older and could go to a women's RR with dh standing outside waiting. But if she were little, I wouldn't want her going to the men's RR, and what's available basically forces most dads to do this.
The disability accessible restrooms usually have a long wait (understandably so), and smaller ones can't always hold it that long. And men can't really walk into the women's RR.
I do wish most places (Disney and everywhere) would have more family restrooms. Or, have the urinals in stalls.

You can not see anything untoward. Unless the man actually turns around to expose himself, which I highly doubt would happen in WDW. All you see is men's backs. Your daughter would have no idea that they were actually urinating. And she would be with her father, not alone.

Lilsia · Feb 18, 2019

MudQueen22 said:
Many of us do not wish for our children to see an adult exposed in a restroom. The adult isn't really to blame; they are just using the restroom. This is what prompts parents to want to cover their child's eyes as they carry them into a restroom.

Men are not "exposed". I don't know what you imagine it is like in there. No one sees anything unless you go up to the man and look over his shoulder.

Lilsia · Feb 18, 2019

This is obviously an issue that I think WDW needs to address. Either put in family restrooms, or remodel the companion restrooms and add a toddler toilet to make it a true family/companion restroom. So those with any kinds of needs can use them.

mjkacmom · Feb 18, 2019

MudQueen22 said:
I have no idea. Likely not since men and boys have the same genitalia.
If I had to take my son into a restroom where ladies were exposed, I would cover his eyes.

I doubt any of my boys or DH have glimpsed a p###s in a men’s room, never mind my daughters. However, having sons and daughters very close in age, by the age of 4, all were very much exposed to the difference in their anatomy. Heck, preschool swim lessons had a shared open locker room. There were many times my girls went into the men’s room with DH to skip the line for the ladies room (and I wanted to join them).

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