You don't want to drop a few thousand dollars on travel, lodging, admission and bruising exchange rates only to get on a plane home having failed to do the one thing you really wanted to do. Although I do sometimes recommend it (Return trips: Why the second time's a charm), few people take repeat vacations to the same major cities — so if you have a bucket list item that needs crossing off, don't fail to make it happen.
On this trip, I was traveling with my family, and our 4-year-old wanted to see the clock that Peter Pan lands on (Big Ben, obviously), as well as the playground with the ships and teepees — but he also wanted to see the statue of Peter Pan. We scheduled the statue last, as it seemed the least compelling of the lot, and when a typical flash London rainstorm rolled in toward the end of the day, we never made it.
He didn't seem to mind, but when he got back to pre-school a few days later, the first question the kids asked was "Did you see Peter Pan?" Despite having seen the clock and the ship, he couldn't quite answer yes, and it was a (very) small disappointment, I could tell
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