Backfired

I thought I had the perfect plan after so many had failed; I figured it would take my mere mentioning it and it would be implemented immediately and our worries would be over. You're probably thinking what line of business am I referring too and what model am I using as my basis and was I using Six Sigma as my foundation? Well not quite, no and no. You see I'm talking about potty training my daughter who through an ER visit and trip to the urologist we have found out she has an iron clad bladder and can hold it for just about ever. Now I will greatly appreciate this (and so will her future husband) on future vacations and road trips but right now I'd like to eliminate diaper costs.
Being a Disney family I figured I had the perfect plan. Elli had been to Disney World when she was 1 1/2 and we all had a blast. Her brothers even put up with the Princesses with minimal complaints. She loves seeing the Disney commercials on TV and we'll watch planning videos together and she's always in awe. So I figured I could combine her excitement for Cinderella and Mickey and channel that into a desire to use the toilet. So being the nonthinking but great dad that I am I explained to her that when she started using the bathroom and was bigger that we could go back to see Cinderella and the castle and see all the parades and fireworks. She seemed really excited and ready to give it a shot and we talked about how much fun she'd have. One little problem I forgot about...2 year olds really have no concept of time which I was not made fully aware of until mom got home. I was all ready for Elli to tell mom about her wanting to potty train but all that came out of our hours of talking about it was "Mommy I want to go see Rella NOW" followed by tears.
After feeling pretty confident..ok cocky; I had to explain/defend myself and my perfect plan which I thought would be the final piece of the puzzle that would get her to choose to potty train. But um yeah that didn't exactly work out the way I planned. So next time I'll remember not to use visions of grandeur to influence a 2 year old and I'll stick with candy.