is anyone else concerned about addiction to WDW?

[girlsmom]

we got back sat night and i am so sad...i miss WDW so much.
its our third yr in a row of going in sept, and each yr it gets harder and harder to leave.
this time, when we walked into MK i felt like "ahh, i am home"

am i as crazy as DH thinks i am....? please tell me some of you feel this way too???

[BayouMickey]

Could be worse, you could be addicted to crack.:lmao:

[girlsmom]

true true!!! but then i could go to some rehab.....is there a WDW rehab?

[BayouMickey]

I don't know.. Would you consider The Dis rehab or the pusher?

[look1angel]

I know exactly how you feel. I too felt a loss the first few times I'd leave. As soon as I got home I'd start planning the next years WDW vacation. It helped keep me in the loop...kind of what I do here now :thumbsup2

It's all that magic & feeling of pure fun. I loved to watch my children when they were small take it all in & see the smiles on their faces when the characters would come up to them to get their pics taken.

For some like myself, it is an addiction...one I refuse to get help for:rotfl2:

[girlsmom]

oh heavens the Dis is TOTALLY the pusher!!!!!HHHAAAA

[nd9979]

I to get sad when leaving. I joked with my wife that when we return from our trip in Nov., I will need to take up drinking so that I can forget about my post-disney depression.

It really is a magical place. One of the few times us adults can act like kids and forget all of our worries. Having small children there makes it so special.

[simonmunro]

I get that way too. The only way I feel better is to begin planning again.

[girlsmom]

yes its the magic and awe i see on my children's faces...oh how i love it. (and you know, I guess I am REALLY REALLY dreading the day that it isnt "magic" to them anymore. I recall when I was 13 and my parents decided to take my youngest 2 siblings who were preschool aged at the time and I stayed home w/ friends b/c I didn't want to go. oh it will kill me when my chidlren dont want to go anymore!!)

[disneyfav4ever]

Maybe we should have a support group. It seems one trip a year isn't enough for me anymore, and now I have to go twice a year. :rotfl:

[sarabell]

I am the same way. I get very sad when I leave the Magic Kingdom for the last time. I left on Sept 16th and still almost cry when I hear disney music or look at my souvenirs. I have been using this board to help with disney withdrawl :) It is hard to leave and resume boring "normal life," there is no place like WDW.

[BayouMickey]

Rehab is for quitters....

[skier_pete]

Could be worse, you could be addicted to crack.:lmao:

I always use the analogy that it is more like heroin:

-That first "trip" you get that huge high from going.
-Then you just want to relive that high again.
-You find yourself spending more and more time thinking about it.
-You finally get to the next "trip" and its great.
- There's a huge letdown when the "trip" is over.
-When you come back, you can't wait to go on another "trip". You keep counting the days to your next "high".
-You find yourself spending more time and money trying to relive the same high of your last "trip".
-Others can't understand why you are behaving so strangely.
- You become socially outcast, only able to hang out with others with the same addiction.

OK, I've never taken heroin, but I've been to Walt Disney World, and I need to get back, dammit!:crazy:

SkierPete

[girlsmom]

Yea I am getting teary-eyed now thinking about our last day and walking away from the castle:(

YES I think definitley multiple trips a year are in order...if only I could win the lottery to fund them -HA! :)

thank you all so much for your support and its good to know I am not the only one with this addiction!!

[Mrs Grumpy]

I will join in. We just got back a week ago and the depression really sat in this weekend. We don't go ever year but there is a trip planned for Sept. 2011..... 101 weeks or 706 more days....yes I am addicted.

[PrincessBetsy]

Me, addicted to WDW? Never... ;)

I mean we used to go just once a year for a week, then in 2007 we went 4 times (4-5 days each), then in 2008 we went for 10 days, and this year we went in June for 6 days. When we got back we decided to go again in August because we found I great rate for the Poly for 8 nights- I mean we just couldn't pass it up! And now we are going again in December from the 19th - 27th. I don't think that is an addiction, do you? :rolleyes1

[girlsmom]

AHHH SkierPete you crack me up!!!!!! :)

[Joolish1313]

Joining in as well. I got back on the 21st - and yes I'm headed down again 10/12 - but the depression and the need to know I am coming back next year is getting stronger. (I can make excuses as to why I traveled twice in one month, but really, there is no excuse besides saying, I can go.)
So, yes: Hi, my name is Joolish1313 and I am addicted to Disney. :cutie:

[Justin the Hook]

Concerned? I am not concerned at all! It is completely healthy for a 31 year old father of 4 to put more money aside for his WDW addiction than for his own retirement. I don't think there is a problem at all!

[BayouMickey]

PMS
Post Mickey Syndrome?

[Resseda]

OK, I finally found the words on my most recent trip. I almsot teared up on when the plane landed; Disney is my "happy place", where there is no work, no stress, no bills, no fighting, but crying...just happiness.

Some people go to a cabin in the woods to get away from it all. Some people go to a cottage on a lake, and some people go to a house on the coast to recharge and get away from the rest of the word. I go to Disney World

Ress

[jinia]

Another addict here..I love going and planning our trips to DW so much...This will be our third year in a row and DH says we must go somewhere else next year. He says he wants to pan for gold - wow exciting - then it dawned on me. Californa has gold to pan and DL. Hmmmmm gotta think on that....

[lawsonsontour]

hi
my names paul and im a disholic...its been 12months since my last fix

for me i new i was a disholic when i started thinking which of my nephews and nieces i could take when my kids didnt want to go and i needed to get my fix. on the up side my kids only fell out with wdw for a small time and now we can go together again. you know there is so much worse we could be hooked on.

1 year today till we go again...can't wait

[IloveWINNIEthePOOH]

You sound like my whole family..
but luckily we got to fix that by movin an hour away from the world :worship:
But we did about 3 trips a year..and each one got harder and harder to leave, to the point we actually cried on the plane on the way home...
But yes, it is an addiction..and I think it's totally normal....maybe that's why people think i'm totally crazy:confused3 lol

[Kathy Z]

Oh yes, welcome to the club of Disney addicts! The Disboards feed the addiction big time.

[loperella]

I can't be addicted...(yet)---I haven't even been...(yet)--- But, I did see the 4/3 deal and peeked at my kids school calendar and kinda said sumptin' to my DH about it and sorta looked at about how much it'd be on the WDW site and what resort we'd like to maybe try and...

Do you think this a precursor to some kind of 'addiction'? Even my DH who has never been and NEVER wanted to EVER go to Disney is alread sad about coming back and we haven't even left!!!:rotfl: I've been so mushy and sentimentel over all of this and start getting teary eyed with the mere mention of the "D" word. I just love seeing life thru the eyes of my children and the joy they get out of everything in life---SOOOOO Magical!!!

And yeah, I haven't even been.... YET!!!:yay:

[Hallowishes]

uhhh im here on property right now! at the contemporary to be exact and ive only got 4 days left and im already getting sad!! :sad2: :sad2: i know its rediculous! :confused3 But my mom called to tell me she booked us for MLK weekend in january (4 my birthday!! :goodvibes) at POFQ! sooo when i get back home ill already get to be planning for my next trip! YAY! :wizard:

[Spikekc1]

Oh yes, welcome to the club of Disney addicts! The Disboards feed the addiction big time.

So true! I am planning our second trip to WDW this coming November. We are not able to travel to WDW often, so I know that this will be our last trip for a number of years. The first time, I didn't know about this board - our trip was not as well planned. This time, I have discovered THE BOARD. . .and I CANNOT STAY OFF OF IT. Definitely addicted. I will say that I have learned so much here. . . and I will be better prepared for our trip. But I am not getting anything else done. I am a freelance writer so I am always on the computer anyway. . .but I find myself checking "THE BOARDS" fifty times a day. I am so excited about our trip and I love DISNEY. . .but I wonder what I will do when I get home. Will I still be checking THE BOARDS when I have no trip to plan? Yikes. . .well, I have an article to finish so I need to sign out, but I may check one, maybe two, more threads before I go.

[KellyNY]

:scared1:we got back sat night and i am so sad...i miss WDW so much.
its our third yr in a row of going in sept, and each yr it gets harder and harder to leave.
this time, when we walked into MK i felt like "ahh, i am home"

am i as crazy as DH thinks i am....? please tell me some of you feel this way too???

Well, since you are here on Dis, guess it is too late to ask, YOU ARE ADDICTED TO DISNEY:scared1::scared1::scared1: just like the rest of us.:grouphug:

[mom2taylorandemily]

Ok, my whole family has this addiction, but lets all face it; Do I really want to go to rehab or a 12 step program to break this habit? The answer to that is without a doubt a strong solid NO!!!! I am quite content to continue to feed this addiction, I just wish I could go on a move to Florida and feed the addiction more!!!

[Micca]

As one who is also addicted to WDW I can only say one thing..."I've got a Mouse on my back":earsboy:

[PIRATEGIRL007]

I don't know.. Would you consider The Dis rehab or the pusher?

:lmao:
BOTH!

[Joolish1313]

Ok, my whole family has this addiction, but lets all face it; Do I really want to go to rehab or a 12 step program to break this habit? The answer to that is without a doubt a strong solid NO!!!! I am quite content to continue to feed this addiction, I just wish I could go on a move to Florida and feed the addiction more!!!

I second that!

[Micca]

It has been determined that Pixie Dust is a gateway drug:tinker:

[JustKryssi]

I totally know how you feel. I used to cry taking the monorail from Epcot while looking back on Spaceship Earth.

Now that we live down here and go often, my anxiety is gone as I know I can come back anytime I want.

[susie19]

We just returned home saturday night and already miss it so.....:sad1: We had a great time. Wish I could go back 2010!:tinker: I need more Pixie Dust!!!

[larryz]

The DIS IS our support group! It's the only way to tolerate extended absences from the parks!

[golden6911]

No, as much as I love WDW, I am generally content that I only go every 3-4 years. When I leave I feel content and happy not depressed. I'd hate to feel depressed after a vacation.

[Fantasmiss]

Yes you are WDW crazy :hippie: , so am I, and hubby too. In my experience it just keeps getting worse.. Good news is you're not alone here!! :goodvibes

we got back sat night and i am so sad...i miss WDW so much.
its our third yr in a row of going in sept, and each yr it gets harder and harder to leave.
this time, when we walked into MK i felt like "ahh, i am home"

am i as crazy as DH thinks i am....? please tell me some of you feel this way too???

[mollygirl13]

I have the Disney World addiction! We got back a week and a half ago and I'm so sad. I miss it SOOOO much!! I need to have another trip planned and I don't right now. :sad1:

[sammielynn]

My goal in life is to retire and work at Disney! Total addiction:) We go every May and the rest of the year I talk about the next trip.

[backyardkevster]

I have WDWWS (Walt Disney World Withdrawal Syndrome).:yay::yay:

[Jellyman]

Feel that way everytime we leave. That is why we start planning the next trip on the way home.:woohoo:

[TimandTanya]

PWDWSS-Post Walt Disney World Stress Syndrome.

It happens when you are exposed to:

*Too Many Smiles in such a short period
*Dole Whip Overdoses
*Hearing fun, Disney Music all day long
*Having your guts twisted by Rockin Roller Coaster, Tea Cups, Space Mountain, Test Track, Mission Space, Tower of Terror, Splash Mountain, etc.
*Being able to go to so many coutries with no passport
*Turkey Legs
*The sight of a giant Mouse wearing red shorts
*Parades Everyday
*Barrage of phenomenal fireworks
*Being sneezed on by a Giant Dog
*Near death encounter with a Yeti
*Seeing a Flying Elephant
*Being attacked by a 2 headed troll

the list goes on and on. The human body can only handle so much overload.

I can't wait to torture myself some more!!!!!!

[TLinden16]

This discussion would be a better fit on the theme parks community board so I'm going to move it over there now.

[smallfri1112]

Could be worse, you could be addicted to crack.:lmao:

hahahahahahaha

But seriously, I'm addicted, too. I can't believe it's been almost a year since I've been there, and another year until I go again. I'm definitely going through withdrawals and the only way I can make it through is reading and seeing that other people have to wait a year, too. hehe :rotfl:

[tinkerfan1]

Have you read, "The Mousejunkies?" I think that is what it is called. I thought, "Oh my gosh, these people are me." My family can't get enough. If we don't have enough money to go to DW, we go anyway. It has been almost once a year but now that we are members of the DVC, I imagine we'll go more or at least make the once a year a definite! I am already figuring out how I can borrow points for next year and make the following years vacation still work. We are going in November and it is ALL I think about! It's just that you walk onto Main Street and any worries you have melt away. It truly is magical! And, our addiction is not just to the parks, you walk into our house and you see Disney things here and there, we play Disney music, watch all the movies (yes we are adults with teenage children not toddlers!)...we just can't get enough! It's a wonderful world when you enter into it!

[dragon300zx]

Hello, My Name is Gary, and I have a problem.

It started over 10 years ago. Even though it was only the first time, I new when it was over that my life had changed. I couldn't stop thinking about it, the way it made me feel. It was the best thing in the world, when the economy was good I was there at least once a year even if just to get a quick fix downtown. It has been almost a year since my last trip and I don't know when I will get another one. Today driving home I saw baloons tied to a mailbox, three of them, I coulda sworn I saw a hidden mickey.

I have a problem. I'm a WDW Addict and I'm stuck in Michigan and it is gonna snow soon.

Does anyone need to hire a network engineer in orlando?

[girlsmom]

AH YES!!! i totally see hidden mickeys in "real life" (as my 3yr old says)...i actually saw one today at walmart...there were blankets rolled up on the shelf...two were rolled up tighter than one on the bottom -boom, hidden mickey!

[PoohsFan1]

PWDWSS-Post Walt Disney World Stress Syndrome.

It happens when you are exposed to:

*Too Many Smiles in such a short period
*Dole Whip Overdoses
*Hearing fun, Disney Music all day long
*Having your guts twisted by Rockin Roller Coaster, Tea Cups, Space Mountain, Test Track, Mission Space, Tower of Terror, Splash Mountain, etc.
*Being able to go to so many coutries with no passport
*Turkey Legs
*The sight of a giant Mouse wearing red shorts
*Parades Everyday
*Barrage of phenomenal fireworks
*Being sneezed on by a Giant Dog
*Near death encounter with a Yeti
*Seeing a Flying Elephant
*Being attacked by a 2 headed troll

the list goes on and on. The human body can only handle so much overload.

I can't wait to torture myself some more!!!!!!

Man, then that means that I got PWDWSS too and I am proud addict...in fact, I think it is contagious because my kids have it and so does my DH....that's a good thing, right? Hmmmm, I wonder if becoming a DVC member would help the symptoms just a bit :rolleyes:

[PixieDust32]

No, I love this addiction and I refuse to go to rehab. I said no no no! :D

[tinkerfan1]

Hello, My Name is Gary, and I have a problem.

It started over 10 years ago. Even though it was only the first time, I new when it was over that my life had changed. I couldn't stop thinking about it, the way it made me feel. It was the best thing in the world, when the economy was good I was there at least once a year even if just to get a quick fix downtown. It has been almost a year since my last trip and I don't know when I will get another one. Today driving home I saw baloons tied to a mailbox, three of them, I coulda sworn I saw a hidden mickey.

I have a problem. I'm a WDW Addict and I'm stuck in Michigan and it is gonna snow soon.

Does anyone need to hire a network engineer in orlando?

It's amazing how when you read Disboards, you find so many people who sound JUST LIKE you! It's about all I ever think about, too! Some people do facebook or twitter. I do Disney! If not disboards, then reading about it somewhere else! It is an obsession! I, too, am not ready to give it up, though!!

[MacFam4]

I am sooo an addict, but at least I'm not the only one :grouphug:

Our 3 trips have always been the week of Thanksgiving, including last year. So this time last year I was big time ready for our trip. I feel kinda sad because we're not going for Thanksgiving this year :sad2: We are however going in May, but that still seems like so far away.

There's a reason why I don't make Magic Kingdom our last night in the parks, because I would probably cry my eyes out when it's time to leave. Magic Kingdom just gives me the warm fuzzies

I don't know why I'm so obsessed...and finding the disboards has only made it worse. Well, maybe better, depending on how you look at it :goodvibes

[kiteri]

How do we tell obsession from addiction??????????

I went for my first trip in 1999 that I had waited my entire life for. I had NO idea about planning anything. I just showed up and flew by the seat of my pants. I was 22 years old when I got my first taste of Disney and it was in my blood!

I didn't get to go back until 2007 with my children, then 6 and 4. I planned it A LOT more. We had ADR's every day of the week, did the BBB in downtown Disney and got a Wishes Cruise and did a fridge swap etc. etc. etc. I cried like a baby when I left the Magic Kingdom on our last day.

I planned so well and made it so magical that I passed the bug on to my kids.

All three of us have been desperate to get back. My daughter feels like crying when she see the beginning of a Disney movie because it has fireworks over the castle because she wants to see them live again. My son makes comments any time the Disney Channel shows footage of the parks about how he wants to go back.

I only recently put a deposit on our 10 Day May 2010 trip with the QSDP, and I am OBSESSED with planning. I have the dining plan list of participating restaurants with what kid meal items each has that the kids like so we aren't sick of burgers or nuggets. I also LIVE here on the Dis absorbing as much information as possible.

Am I in denial that I say I am only obsessed and not addicted?

[arilvdc]

I am ADDICTED. I've only been once, and it was a rousing success. We're going back in Dec 2010, and I'm already planning! I can't wait.

[DisneyNDecember]

I always use the analogy that it is more like heroin:

-That first "trip" you get that huge high from going.
-Then you just want to relive that high again.
-You find yourself spending more and more time thinking about it.
-You finally get to the next "trip" and its great.
- There's a huge letdown when the "trip" is over.
-When you come back, you can't wait to go on another "trip". You keep counting the days to your next "high".
-You find yourself spending more time and money trying to relive the same high of your last "trip".
-Others can't understand why you are behaving so strangely.
- You become socially outcast, only able to hang out with others with the same addiction.

OK, I've never taken heroin, but I've been to Walt Disney World, and I need to get back, dammit!:crazy:

SkierPete

Wow, you worded this so perfectly!! I feel like this all the time. I spend my lunch break in "dream world" looking at the DIS boards & getting my "fix". No one understands this except fellow Dis addicts !!! :santa::santa::santa:

[Minniemama350]

We've taken a don't ask, don't tell sort of policy about our trips. We go so often that if folks don't ask us where we are going...we don't tell. If that doesn't wreak of addiction, I don't know what does!

[SydneyFalco]

Luckily, I'm too cheap a b*****d to let my Disney habit get away from me. Also, I'm getting grouchy about how WDW's being run now. But I don't doubt my addiction when, despite my cheapness and my ire, I'm always either planning a trip or wishing I was planning a trip.

I envy the completely enchanted, actually. Being divided on the issue is tiring. But I don't envy anyone out there, if they exist, who are busting their balances for a regular "fix".

[skier_pete]

Wow, you worded this so perfectly!! I feel like this all the time. I spend my lunch break in "dream world" looking at the DIS boards & getting my "fix". No one understands this except fellow Dis addicts !!! :santa::santa::santa:

I thought of another symptom of addiction - you hide it from your friends and family!

We were planning two trips (Dec 09 and Oct 10) and getting APs, when we realized that the late spring break next april would allow us to go on a 3rd trip in 12 months for really really cheap. But now, we are embarrassed to tell people we are going AGAIN!

You all understand me, right?

[DisneyNDecember]

I thought of another symptom of addiction - you hide it from your friends and family!

We were planning two trips (Dec 09 and Oct 10) and getting APs, when we realized that the late spring break next april would allow us to go on a 3rd trip in 12 months for really really cheap. But now, we are embarrassed to tell people we are going AGAIN!

You all understand me, right?

Actually, I don't hide it at all, everyone knows not to bother me on my lunch break, I am in my "Disney Wonder Land" for that short 45 minutes. I can't contain my excitement & love giving advice to anyone that asks or needs help organizing their trips at work.

My family knows I am an addict & my mom has joined us on 2 of our last 8 trips over the years & now she is an addict as well. I am truly an enabler for anyone that will listen, I can really PUSH Disney. :santa::santa::santa:

[ogreenlee]

I always use the analogy that it is more like heroin:

-That first "trip" you get that huge high from going.
-Then you just want to relive that high again.
-You find yourself spending more and more time thinking about it.
-You finally get to the next "trip" and its great.
- There's a huge letdown when the "trip" is over.
-When you come back, you can't wait to go on another "trip". You keep counting the days to your next "high".
-You find yourself spending more time and money trying to relive the same high of your last "trip".
-Others can't understand why you are behaving so strangely.
- You become socially outcast, only able to hang out with others with the same addiction.

OK, I've never taken heroin, but I've been to Walt Disney World, and I need to get back, dammit!:crazy:

SkierPete



You may have not taken heroin, but you've definitely taken something. :hippie:

[coasterfreak93]

im proud to be a WDW junkie, its good wholesome fun :D

and it has something for everyone in my family

[gillep]

More worried about my Dis Addiction:rotfl:

[girlsmom]

working on plans for my Sept 2011 trip now and came across this post and saw some new responses I hadn't seen before --yall are AWESOME! haha!
...I want to hear from some more addicts!!!

[girlsmom]

no more addicts...? REALLY? :(

[Jellyman]

We have the same problem, so we start planning our next trip the week after we get home.
Sad I know.

[avic77]

Count me in...
I have somehow made our Once in a Lifetime trip turn into a yearly vacation ;)

[Disney9.9.10]

My name is Krysten and I am a Disney-aholic. I have been this way for 24 years now, and have no plans of giving it up. :rotfl:

We have a trip planned for this coming August, and while we haven't even gone on this trip yet, we have already started planning the next one!!:rotfl:

[moniqueelaine]

I for one am a addict..ok step one done..but I don't want to stop I like it a lot..Besides rehabs' for quitters and I don't plan on ever stopping this addiction lol (no harm meant, it is a joke only)...

[Rhongepooh]

true true!!! but then i could go to some rehab.....is there a WDW rehab?

WDW rehab? I want to go!