I have 3 kids. DS is 10, DD is 7 and DD is 14 months. I have been lucky enough to ever have to take them out as infants, which I don't think in my case I would have done. DD(7) would love to go, but to be honest she is not the type of child to take. She is high strung, and very impatient. 10 minutes into waiting in line she would be done. She is also one that you have to watch every second because she gets absorbed into whatever she is doing and walk off her own way. Now, DS is a completely different story. Last year was the year that he figured out there was no Santa. To kind of make up for finding out, my mother and I allowed him to go to BF with us. He is super mellow, very go with the flow. He is an excellent kid. He loves all the hustle and bustle, he gets into the hunt. He is like this with yard sales and consignment sales to. He loves a clearance sale, what can I say, he is his mothers son lol. I think it really just depends on the child.