Has your enthusiasm for WDW fizzled?

[molly2004]

Don't get me wrong, I'm as nutty about WDW as all of you! :earboy2: I just wonder if I'm overdoing it, if there's such a thing. I love Disney World, not necessarily anything Disney, just WDW. It's the one place I truly can let go of all responsibility and be a child. I wonder sometimes if it'll eventually get old...I hope not. With any luck my little boys will be just a nutty as I am and my DH will be outnumbered!

[BunsenH]

I only visit every 2-3 years, so my enthusiasm has plenty of time to recharge. Sometimes I think that I like 'just being there' as much as any attraction.

[reedycreek]

i wonder the same thing now that i try to get 2 times a year. everytime i go back i feel recharged again, so it hasnt happened yet, i really dont think that a true disney fan can ever get sick of it.

[klofan]

I couldn't go like 5 times a year. Maybe every year or every other. I don't think you'll ever get bored with it. Just don't go often.

[ncbyrne]

DH and I are grandparents. The older we get, the more we love it! I go every year...one year with the kids, the next just DH and me!

[Laurajean1014]

Mine has grown over the past years...... this place helps a lot. :love:

[sheepygirl23]

i think i could love there. ....seriously

[jkovick]

We will make our 10th trip there since 2000 in October. We now are DVC members. We love it more everytime we go.

[Shagley]

I had been to DL about 6 times as a kid. I was probably 12 years old the last time I went to DL (I am now 36), and then we moved from California, so I haven't been back since. I had never been to DW before, but it didn't really appeal to me (I have no idea why :confused3 ) UNTIL, this year we planned a trip to Florida in May (My sister, friend, and I). I figured since we would be going right through Orlando, we should at least stop to see what DW is all about. It brought back the magic I felt as a kid at Disneyland. We only spent 2 days at DW, so we barely skimmed the surface. Now I am addicted and I am dying to get back for a week or more to see/do so many of the things that I am missing out on. Unfortunately my sister and my friend didn't seem to get bit by the "tink bug" like I did. Now they are saying "but we were just there".

[molly2004]

Just when I thought I was just getting a little quacky, you guys set me straight! WDW is such a great place to get recharged. There seems to be a something a little different I get out of it every time. Now, I get to look at Disney through my kids' eyes too. Nothing better than raising Disney kids and teaching them to spread a little pixie dust around. I also managed to get my groucho, bubble-buster husband into being excited about our next trip! So next time will be a whole new ball game! Yay! Maybe I'll get in a trip with just DH before 2007! Heehee!

:)

[Princess Di]

My first trip to WDW was in 75 offsite. We honeymooned in 76 at CR for $42.50 anight --can you believe that price??--Since then, we have stayed all around the world--PR, Campgrounds, CB,POR,CS, YBC,--and have grown into the DVC. Our trips seem to have happened about every 2 years or so. Our kids have their favorites at each park, and there has always been something new to see or do by then in each place. Over the years Disney has just been getting better and better in our eyes! Can't wait until the next trip! :earsgirl: :earsboy: :earboy2: princess: Princess Di & her Court!

[spiceycat]

I go too often - if I only went once a year - then yes I could agree.

However I go anywhere from 4 to 7 times a year.

If WDW only had the parks then I would definitely be sick of it.

but it doesn't - it has shopping, water parks, water sports, sports complex, car racing, horsebacking riding, boating/biking rentals at your resort, it is a resort not just a hotel.

besides I can really relax at OKW and I love it!!!

[goofy4tink]

I have to admit it....I did hit the wall last month. I have been for 10 days in August '04, then 7 days for THanksgiving and just got back from 9 days in mid-June. On the Friday before our Sunday departure, I really had had it. Too many people, too hot....I just wanted to go home and get on with summer vacation stuff. Dd and I decided that we had been a bit too much this past 12 months. I go again in late Nov, solo, and that's it until Oct '06. I'm sure that by June '06 I'll be going nuts. But I did get my dh to admit that he would be happy to go once a year. THat's a huge deal for a man who just couldn't understand why anyone even went for a day!!!

And with all the other stuff to do...well, we just don't feel the need to be in the parks all day anymore. Mini-golf, swimming, shopping. lazing around the pool. It's so much more than an 'amusement park'!!!

[floridagirrl2]

DH and I have gone about 10 times in the last year and a half, but we're not sick of it yet! We do wonder if we'll eventually get burned out on Disney (we wonder the same thing about St Augustine, but after probably 30 or so weekend trips and probably 100 day trips to the beach, we're still not sick of it!).

[KittyKitty]

Since I live far enough away, I try to stay 10 days of so each trip. When I get home, I feel," ok now I can go on with my life, be normal". This last about 3 months, then the urges start again.

I was going twice a year, but I have to skip this year to save money.....ok, I do have a trip to DL in Nov. :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:


I try not to read the planning portion on the boards as it makes me homesick. Homesick for WDW.

Like Spicycat said, it's all the other stuff besides the parks that keeps be coming back..... Ok, I like the parks too. But it's all of it that I love.

I give up. I'm going back . :earsgirl: :earsgirl:

[Aurora borealis]

DH and I go every 2-3 years and that's just enough time to really get you missing Disney and ready to go! Actually, 3 years is pushing it... I feel like crawling out of my skin right now!! :earseek: :teeth: But I think, for us, going every year would be a bit too much... We do stay longer, like 8-9 days, so maybe if we only went 5 days we'd be ready to go more often.

[BuddyGenie]

There have been a time when I may have been "Disney'd out", mostly because of travel expenses, but between that time and now, I have learned to just relax and have fun, and not worry about doing this like that and that like this, and so on.

My sister has a condo in Florida, and she's a teacher so she makes the "Big I-95 Commute" two months out of the year. I don't think she's tired of it, and I probably won't be either.

[Mykelogan]

Fizzled? No way!
Sizzling? Definitely!
hehehe!!!

I will be job searching in the spring and keep joking about moving to FL... but it might not be a joke in the end!!! :goodvibes

Mike :flower:

[Taja]

It's more that Disney tends to be over-hyped these days. I went through a period from the late 80s to the mid-90s of being Disneyed-out--and I grew up at Disneyland! What used to be exclusive to Disneyland or WDW became available everywhere, and I was tired of Disney!

Fast forward to 2003 and the FTP. Boy, was I hooked fast! :) If my November 2005 trip doesn't disintegrate, it will be my 4th trip in 3 years--and likely my last for a couple of years! Airfare just doubled over last year and it's difficult to take sufficient time off work to make it worth while financially. And I don't like the new AP reservation system--WDW already has the worst cancellation policy around--not to mention the worst refund procedures. Took 6 weeks to get a refund last year when I had to cancel a trip scheduled for Labor Day weekend (cancelled well before hurricanes became an issue).

But, thanks to The Dis and other Disney boards, I can enjoy the planning and experience of others. And feel just a bit envious! :)

[nukeantz]

We go 2-3 times a year. For the past 5 years with our 22 yr & 18 yr old sons and their friends at New Years, they get a pouty face if we say we arent going and we cave and go

We keep saying we are not going any more, basically we gripe about all the things disney cutback and changes. We just got back from our first just the 2 of us trips , which I am sure how it will be from now on.

We get there and realize how nice it is to park the car and not move it , not be in a rush to see everything & do every ride, have good restaurants right there, the huge movie theater (we never have time to see a movie at home), not to mention just the cool things to see and do

Well after saying we are burned out we just cant wait to go back each time, we are buying a DVC so it is official we are admitting we are
Disney Lifers::MinnieMo ::MickeyMo

[TiggerEyes]

My interest is mostly for WDW as well. I don't try to keep up with all of Disney's movies and products and TV shows. I usually go twice a year for one-day trips: once during the Flower & Garden Fest, and once during the Food & Wine Fest. The only other time I've been to Disney during the past five years or so has been for other people's vacations, so we usually dictate where we go and when. My goal is to save up enough money to have my own Disney vacation where I get to do things off the beaten path and eat at restaurants that nobody else I know has an interest in. Until I've done everything that I want to do, I don't think I'll be giving up on WDW. :bounce:


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[auntie pooh]

I can honestly say I NEVER get tired of WDW I'm one of those people who LOVES WDW and no 2 days are the same!!! : ) . I have been going since I was a senior in High School 1979!..Ever since then I have been hooked and I get to go there 2 times a year!..It gives me a boost and takes all my stress away and in my job in the Operating Room I need the time to unwind and give my over loaded brain a rest.

[stemikger]

Not me. I finally talked my wife into going once and year. I need it. Before this we waited 5 years between trips and that is way too long.

I find the more I go, the more I love it. I'm a 41 year old hard working guy and this place does more for me then any vacation I have ever been on. When I come back from a trip to WDW, I feel like I am recharged for another year.

[bicker]

We went to WDW 1-2 times a year for eight years, and did burn out a bit. Taking folks with us who have never been, or haven't been for a while, helped, but still, we found it necessary to take a year off last year, and took a Royal Caribbean cruise instead.

[disneydreamer98]

I've been going since I was 2 when they first opened and my love for WDW is even greater now that I get to experience it with my own children! Everytime we go there is something new because my oldest DS meets the next height requirement for a new round of rides! And now we have the same to look forward to with our 8 month old DS! Watching his face during our trip a month ago was priceless!

[disgram]

Burned out??? NO I don't see how it can ever get old! there are new things each time that I go. Driving under the Welcome sign sets my heart to pumping and I get as giddy as my DGDs'! WDW brings a special sunshine to my soul and it stays with me till about 6 months before the next trip. Traditionally, we have been going every 2 years but that is not enough! now that the girls are old enough to really enjoy the experience, (both are 8 yr old twins) I think we will start going once a year. Maybe with them one year and then the next alone...sounds wonderful!!!

[mommary]

Will I ever tire of WDW.......Never!
My hubbie is not as enthusiastic, thankfully I have two DD's who are as crazy about the place as I am.

[LiLIrishChick63]

my boyfriend's parents are a good example. his mother is in her mid-50's and she still loves going every year or every other year she has a blast when she goes! his father on the other hand, well he hasn't gone since 1999 even tho they do a family trip every year so his wife ends up going solo with the rest of the family. but he's also a very stubborn miserable person, so i believe that if you love it now, you'll love it forever like his mother.

[Disneyfan63]

Hi everyone,

This is only my 100th post. I have a lot of catching up to do.

I've only been to WDW four times (see my signature) and intend to go once a year, preferably in December. I feel that I don't go often enough to get bored with it.

Jim

[brack]

We have been going to WDW for over 20 years at least twice a year. Although we have never lived near Florida we have been season passholders for over 10 years. For our 25th anniversary we stayed 23 days at WDW. We have visited Disneyland, Disneyland Paris and have taken 5 Disney cruises on the Magic. Too much? .... No Way! I can't wait to retire so I can go work at WDW and be there everyday. :earsboy: :earsgirl:

[*Fantasia*]

Believe it or not.. I got Disney-ed Out at one point! The children had a week off from school and I didn't know whether to do Disney again or not. We have done Disney plenty of times. So I was debating to do Bahamas or Cancun or just Disney. Since I don't know much about Bahamas or Cancun, we ended up at Disney again. We had fun... but was Disney-ed out. I told myself that I will give up Disney for a year or two without going back right away. Well... guess what... We did it again.. We went back again to Disney... and fell in love all over again!! :lovestruc

[gjw007]

The answer may be in response to your love of Disney. I don't have the passion that others on this board have, I like Central Florida more than just WDW. Having said that, my euthusiasm for WDW has grown since I first started going 10 years ago. No, its not perfect. No, I don't go from dawn to dust. It is, however, a known quantity where I can relax. I don't have the push to ride every ride or see every show every time that I go there. Mostly I end up people watching, especially little kids who see the world open to the fantasy and joy of life. How can this ever dampen your euthusiasm? If anything, the more I have gone to WDW, the more broader the perspective of WDW I have. There are so many things there that are beneath the surface beyond the parks that most people aren't even aware of. Then of course, there is Universal's theme parks, SeaWorld, Wet'n'Wild, the museums, dinner shows, Tampa Bay, Busch Gardens, Kennedy Space Center, the beaches, etc.

[missincredible]

DH and I go every month. We live a little over an hour away. So we are Annual passholders and DVc members. Sometime we are really bad and go twice in one month. It is our escape from reality! We look forward to each and every trip. We have no children, so we act like kids, experience anything new or different that we can. We love just walking around and talking to people who visit the park and the cast members. If you take the time to talk to the different cast members, you learn all the inside tips, best places to eat and what time to do things.

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Been there so many times, we lost count!
Can't wait for Aug 19-21st. - Riverside
October 14-22st - Wilderness Lodge & BoardwalK! :hourglass

[Hull-onian]

My enthusism is the same. I just love Disney and everything it stand for. We have a blast every time we go. It just isn't often enough. We learn something new every time we go. I just love the improved restaurants. Dining is much better. The swimming pools at the resorts are good too. We even like the food courts. No complaints here, just looking forward to going again. :cool1:

[ANTSS2001]

DH and I go every month. We live a little over an hour away. So we are Annual passholders and DVc members. Sometime we are really bad and go twice in one month. It is our escape from reality! We look forward to each and every trip. We have no children, so we act like kids, experience anything new or different that we can. We love just walking around and talking to people who visit the park and the cast members. If you take the time to talk to the different cast members, you learn all the inside tips, best places to eat and what time to do things.

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Been there so many times, we lost count!
Can't wait for Aug 19-21st. - Riverside
October 14-22st - Wilderness Lodge & BoardwalK! :hourglass
I envy you.... you might be mu distant cousins... are you ??? :p

[brack]

It is, however, a known quantity where I can relax. I don't have the push to ride every ride or see every show every time that I go there. Mostly I end up people watching, especially little kids who see the world open to the fantasy and joy of life. How can this ever dampen your euthusiasm? If anything, the more I have gone to WDW, the more broader the perspective of WDW I have. There are so many things there that are beneath the surface beyond the parks that most people aren't even aware of.

The last couple of years my wife and I have developed this style of visiting WDW. We seek the unusual, rarely seen parts of WDW. For hours we'll sit and watch kids play in the water fountains. This last trip my wife took her new digital camera and took hundreds of pictures of kids playing in the fountain outside the Christmas shop in the Disney Downtown Marketplace. The Disney experience is our vacation!

[bobbiwoz]

I spend so much time on these boards, it's hard to believe that we've only been in WDW 2 nights so far this year (3 in Vero Beach DVC)! We can only get away for short trips, and we have 4 more trips planned this year.

We both are happy with the resorts as well as the theme parks. It is a place where DH truly relaxes.

I found an old post card that my DMom sent to us in '87. It says, "I can see why you keep coming back. We're heading for the Magic Kingdom to see Mickey!" Mom was in her 60's at that time, and seeing what she wrote really makes me smile. I've said this before but WDW is where she wanted to spend her 85th birthday and so we had a party there for her.

Bobbi :flower:

[annie1995]

I don't know who is looking forward to going more in our house, the kids or adults? We are all humming or singing disney songs to get in the mood, which does not take much. Just getting out our disney travel book or looking at last years picture are enough. I have planned and replanned this trip for the last 8 months! 33 days and here we come!! :thewave: :jumping1:

[Goobergal99]

I kind of got Disney outed last summer. I think it was a combination of the heat, moms back really hurting and being stuck between two ajoining
PoP century resort rooms with a foam cooler full of soda, tie dyed cheesecake and smuckers peanut butter sandwhiches for almost three days as a result of the uninvited guest FRANCES! :mad:

We arrived at Disney the tuesday before the storm hit, the parks bascially closed down friday night and we were stuck eating non perishable food quart food until the food quart finally reopened (by then we were tired of nasty pizza and chicken fingers anyway though) I also slipped down the stairs of the POP and bruised up my whole arm because they were soaked with water. :mad:

On Labor Day, we decided to hit MK because we had barely got to do anything there. It was pouring rain when we got in so we headed to the crystal palace for breakfast and then the clouds started to disappear and we were able to do some things. It wasnt that crowded, I guess alot of ppl got out because of the storm. DH and I had gotten engaged the night we arrived so we ended up getting a family crest made in Liberty Square with our names and the wedding date we chose. I must admit, I couldn't wait to get home so I could start planning our wedding. :bride: :groom:

It was actually pretty depressing to not want to stay at Disney, but low and behold by December we were all pumped, refuled and ready to go back again. Please keep your fingers crossed that we won't have another uninvited guest when we go back in 8 days :flower:

[WaltD4Me]

I can't imagine ever getting "Disney'ed out" .... I don't go nearly as much as some have posted, but I did go in December and back again in May and am already longing for my May 2006 trip.

I have traveled quite a bit, but lately other places don't seem nearly as appealing at WDW. When I went in May for my big 40th birthday, the original plan was to go to Las Vegas. I've been there several times and always loved it, but when it came time to book, I was chucked the Vegas plan and headed to Disney. I have fun in Vegas, but nothing compares to WDW.

There is a poster on the DIS (can't think of her name) who lives in Orlando and goes to WDW, it seems like once a week. Everytime I read one of her posts, I think "I wish I could go as often as she does."

I would seriously think of moving to Florida, but it is just too dang hot and muggy there in the summer for me to acutally do it, but if I ever can manage a "winter home" I'm there!

[Tinkerbelles]

it has, only with the thought of going solo again....do not want to!

[taswira]

My enthusiasm for WDW never fizzles. It doesn't matter whether I am solo or with friends, although it is especially nice to have company for dining. :teeth:

I live just over an hour from the parks. When gas prices were a bit less, I usually managed to visit about three times per week! Now that gas prices are so high and continue to rise, it is more like once a week unless I have a special reason to head down there - such as meeting friends from message boards. :earsgirl:

I may sometimes not be as enthusiastic about some of the attractions (although I have my favorites of which I never tire), but I am ALWAYS happy to just be on WDW property (parks or resort) and soak up the atmosphere. As soon as I get off I-4 and onto WDW roads, it feels like "home." :cool1:

[slapwhitey]

I'm actually waiting for a fizzle. There's so much more I'd like to do but whenever vacation time comes around it's back to the world. I want to go to Europe ( I can do that at Epcot). My family want me to come to Vancouver Island to visit ( I can visit the Butchart Gardens at the Canadian pavillion in Epcot). I don't know, I guess everything I want to do can be done in WDW. Problem solved. :rotfl:

[Kay7979]

If WDW was my only vacation, I know I would enjoy it, but not as much. We always take three weeks vacation, and go a variety of places. There are so many great places to see and experience, that we rarely repeat a destination. One of the rare exceptions is WDW. We do not go every year. We typically go every two years. DH enjoys the World, but after a week there it is "enough for a couple years" as far as he is concerned. As for me, I could definitely go at least once per year. We usually do only one or two parks. There is so much else to do. We love exploring the grounds of the various resorts, enjoying the atmosphere, and having lunch or dinner at the resort restaurants. We like taking out the water mice, riding the monorail, people watching, brousing the shops at Downtown Disney, etc. There are plenty of fun things to do "off property" in the area, and we enjoy shopping and dinner shows, flea markets, going through model homes at Celebration, and just enjoying the weather since we typically go either in late October-November or January-February when it is cold in New York.