crying :( need some major hugs

[hollisterluva92]

So I was on the phone with my grandparents yesterday, and I asked them when I should start booking our ADR's for our August trip--and they said that they had something to tell me....alrighty then, I assumed that they were going to say something like "well honey, we actually already booked them." or something like that. But my grandma gets on the phone and says, we've decided that we're not going to Disney this year :eek: what???? I start crying into the phone and they try to explain to me that they don't have the money to go this year:sad::sad::sad::sad::sad: so I say to them that I looked and we could go the even cheaper option, stay at pop and get free dining and no extra things....and they still said no...at this point i'm bawling into the phone and I just say goodbye and hung up...I cried myself to sleep last night....I really want to go, I went last June and I just miss it so much, and now my parent's are saying that they are going to take us to colorado for summer vacation and stay in a cabin :confused: what is that about?? so anyways, i'm just praying that I get to go for my senior trip next year.....I need some major hugs :(

[cpayne1997]

Sorry to hear about your trip:hug::hug::hug:That really stinks, maybe things will change and you will still be able to go.:grouphug::grouphug:

[Shir Kahn]

:sad1: :grouphug::grouphug: pixiedust:pixiedust:pixiedust:

[disnywd]

That is so very disappointing; I'm sorry.:sad1:

[ancestry]

Sorry you are so upset. That really stinks but it does sound as though you grandparents had to make the decision that was best for them financially. It is tough being an adult sometimes.

I hope you get to go next year to celebrate your senior year!

[tgrundy]

:grouphug::hug::hug:

[chell]

Times are difficult all around and I'm certain it was a very difficult decision for your grandparents to make. But please call them and let them know you are not upset with them or disappointed in them. Let them know you understand and that you still love them. I bet they are just as disappointed as you are and could use some extra love and hugs too. I don't say this to take away from your pain and disappointment but to say that you can comfort one another.

See what you can do to help them through it and make your bond a little stronger. :hug:

[snowwhitesmom]

Hun, I am so sorry - I am sure you are dissapointed - but what wonderful grandparents you must have! It must have been a hard decision for them to make. It sounds like they love you very much.

[hollisterluva92]

Thanks everyone, yea...I really do hope so :)

[MouseFiend]

I'm sorry your trip didn't work out. Just remember that Disney will always be there and I'm sure you'll be lucky enough to get to go back someday. I took my first trip to Disney World last September and I don't know if I will get to go back because it's so far away and DBF is not much of a Disney fan. The only way he would agree to go back to Florida is if I promised him there would be no Disney :sad2: But visiting the Dis boards and reading about others experiences helps me to remember all the fun I had and hope that I get to go back again sometime in the future :flower3:

[kadesha]

I'm sorry to hear about your trip! I hope you get to go next year.

[Grandma4ever]

Times are difficult all around and I'm certain it was a very difficult decision for your grandparents to make. But please call them and let them know you are not upset with them or disappointed in them. Let them know you understand and that you still love them. I bet they are just as disappointed as you are and could use some extra love and hugs too. I don't say this to take away from your pain and disappointment but to say that you can comfort one another.

See what you can do to help them through it and make your bond a little stronger. :hug:

Yea what they said. It is always very hard when things do not go as expected. This can be an opportunity for you to grow just a little. It sounds like you maybe old enough to get a job of some kind and begin to save some money of your own. Then you can go with the family and help with the cost or even gift a trip to your loving grandparents. It sounds like they love you very much and being a grandmother myself I can tell you that what they did was not easy or taken lightly. Make sure they know you will be ok in the end even though you are very sad that this years trip needed to be cancled. You have many years ahead to plan and play at WDW if you choose.

As far as going other places for vacation you may just be surprised. Look for the best in what ever you do and that is what you will find. Expect things to be bad and you will not have any fun. It took me 30 years to learn this I hope you can learn it sooner makes life that much easier to cope with.

Hugs and best wishes to you. It will all work out in the end.

[kimberleeJohnston]

Awwwwww, Im so sorry they had to cancel the trip. You must be so dissapointed!
HUGS!:hug::hug::grouphug:

[Starlilly]

oh nooooo!!! :eek: I would be so crushed too :sad1: I can definetly empathize.

I was lucky enough to go to disney twice while I was in high school (sophomore and junior year) and those were the first trips I had been since I was like, 6 years old! I loved it so much! My mom promised to take me back senior year, but plans fell through halfway through the year (and she then gave me a hundreds of dollars when I graduated... :confused:...I would so rather have taken the trip!!!) :snooty:

Im going on January 2010! You can just hop on a plane and come with me!!!! :hug: :grouphug: :yay: :hug:

this is my first trip as an adult that I paid for and made happen all by myself!!!! I gotta say, there is so much satisfaction in making it there all on your own!

[ParrotHUmbrella64]

I'm so sorry to hear that you can't go! :( I would be devastated if I couldn't go, and my excuse is that it's my senior trip! I'll be sure and post about some of my experiences if you like. <3

[Missytara]

I know you must be devastated; despite the bad economy, I had already pre-paid for my trip this year, so I am still going. But I had to cancel another trip that I wanted to take later in the year; because I didn't want to risk losing vacation time in case we were getting furloughed. This year, my best friend and I were supposed to go back to Europe - so I am devastated we cannot go. I feel your pain!

[Tink3Bell]

Maybe they will take you when you graduate. It will make going that much sweeter when you do get to go. Colorado sounds great also.:grouphug:

[shasess]

I'm so sorry, hun! I'm sure that it will all work out just fine. This gives you more time to plan your next Disney trip! :hug:

[mollyseven]

WOW...:eek:
I cannot believe how childish that post sounded....did you stamp your feet also!?
How totally selfish you are that all you could do was hang up and not offer them any sort of way to feel better about the fact that they Cannot! afford to go this year....Imagine how they felt.
WOW....is all I can say!

[kindra657]

WOW...:eek:
I cannot believe how childish that post sounded....did you stamp your feet also!?
How totally selfish you are that all you could do was hang up and not offer them any sort of way to feel better about the fact that they Cannot! afford to go this year....Imagine how they felt.
WOW....is all I can say!

awe come on. :sad2: She's like 16 or 17 years old and she was looking forward to a trip coming up this august. She was ready to make adrs when she found out she wasn't going. If I couldn't go on a trip I had planned, I would cry too and I'm a grown woman. :sad1: Her first reaction was sadness. When she gets over that, I'm sure she will talk to her grandparents.

[mousemom11]

awe come on. :sad2: She's like 16 or 17 years old and she was looking forward to a trip coming up this august. She was ready to make adrs when she found out she wasn't going. If I couldn't go on a trip I had planned, I would cry too and I'm a grown woman. :sad1: Her first reaction was sadness. When she gets over that, I'm sure she will talk to her grandparents.

You're right. Hers was a very typical teenage reaction where it's All About You. OP, if you have not already done so, please take a moment and think about how badly your grandparents feel that they had to cancel this trip. Circumstances must be pretty dire for them if they felt that they could not afford this trip. I'm sure they love you very much and the last thing that they would want to do would be to disappoint and hurt you.

But, as adults, it's our responsibility to make tough decisions like this. I would bet that they are just as disappointed and sad as you are that they cannot go this August. As a PP has suggested, please call them and commiserate together.

OK, I'll step off my Mom soapbox now and offer you a BIG HUG. :hug::hug::hug::hug: I had to put off our WDW trip last year because my DH was so sick, so I know exactly how you feel. But since then, he's had a kidney transplant and is just about back to normal, so we're going this year instead.

Here's hoping that you can go next year for your senior trip. :thumbsup2

[natcat117]

To the op, I'm so sorry you can't go. :hug: I know what it's like to have a trip cancelled so suddenly. This happened to me two summers ago. We were all set to go, and then my older sister got hurt in field training (for the Air Force). It was hard, but I had to learn that some things were more important. Your grandparents must love you so much! I bet they're taking it hard, too. :grouphug:

I really hope you get to go for your graduation! Maybe now you can start planning for it. Whenever you do get to go, your trip will be twice as magical. :wizard:

[DisneyBamaFan]

WOW...:eek:
I cannot believe how childish that post sounded....did you stamp your feet also!?
How totally selfish you are that all you could do was hang up and not offer them any sort of way to feel better about the fact that they Cannot! afford to go this year....Imagine how they felt.
WOW....is all I can say!
Agree 100%. How very sad for the grandparents...

[GladInGladiator]

WOW...:eek:
I cannot believe how childish that post sounded....did you stamp your feet also!?
How totally selfish you are that all you could do was hang up and not offer them any sort of way to feel better about the fact that they Cannot! afford to go this year....Imagine how they felt.
WOW....is all I can say!

Im sorry to say, I agree with ^.
The Economy is really taking a beating, i had to reduce my vacation from a full week to 3 days, And although i can kind of be upset, because we cannot do water parks or Animal Kingdom This year, But i guess im just happy that were going for the first time in two years.
Im 2 years younger than You Also, and if i acted this way, i would be thrown off of a building.
Spoiled Rotten...

[honugirl]

I'm really sorry you can't go to WDW, I'm sure the time with your grandparents would have been great, but I think you need to look and see what you do have.

Your parents have the resources to take you on vacation to Colorado. Many people right now would be jumping all over that. It may not be your idea of a great vacation, but at least you get to go and experience something new.

Be thankful that you're healthy and you can get out and do things like travel to WDW or Colorado. Some of us are so sick that those things are just a dream.

Be glad you have a family that loves you and wants to take you places. Not everyone has that.

Be glad you still have grandparents that you can spend time with. Not everyone has that either. I'd give anything for one last day with mine.

I'm sure if you tried really hard, you could think up some other things.

I'd call your grandparents and apologize too. They are probably devastated already that y'all can't go and your hanging up on them didn't make it any easier.

[Schmeck]

oh nooooo!!! :eek: I would be so crushed too :sad1: I can definetly empathize.

I was lucky enough to go to disney twice while I was in high school (sophomore and junior year) and those were the first trips I had been since I was like, 6 years old! I loved it so much! My mom promised to take me back senior year, but plans fell through halfway through the year (and she then gave me a hundreds of dollars when I graduated... :confused:...I would so rather have taken the trip!!!) :snooty:

Im going on January 2010! You can just hop on a plane and come with me!!!! :hug: :grouphug: :yay: :hug:

this is my first trip as an adult that I paid for and made happen all by myself!!!! I gotta say, there is so much satisfaction in making it there all on your own!


I'm not sure how much a hundreds of dollars is, but a Disney trip costs much more than that, and she probably gave you the money for college expenses.

While I understand how hard it is to want to go back to Disney, and not being able to afford it, think of all the kids that have never gone and will never be able to go. That puts it all into perspective for me.