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DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2015
I always see threads about how someone is going to do everything and lots of people saying doing it all is never going to happen and even with a lifetime of being there every day, you still can't get it all done. We all know the big let down on most trips, especially the casual every once and awhile visitor or first time once in a lifetime visitor (so they think until they get home ) is how their plan falls apart and they start to get frustrated in both cost and that it wasn't going perfect how they planned it..
I started to think about this differently after I moved to the area. In the past there was a plan, we were doing whatever list of parks, and then we were going to to whatever attractions and entertainment in the parks. We had backup plans, rain plans, plans on how to replan if needed.... We may not be back so we better see it all.
What hit me somewhere between 2014 when I decided to seriously look at living here and actually moving early 2016 is that we picked the wrong goal. The park was the goal. We had to do it all, it was that parks day... Anything short of everything in that park was a fail..
Now that I live here, it's a little easier to see what I was doing wrong and the park should never be the goal. Some locals say things like, it's ok if I don't do that, I can come back tomorrow. Even this is the same thing if you can't come back tomorrow. When you start to make the park the place where your goals are located and not the goal itself disney starts to change...
Everytime I decide to go to the parks I have a different goal in mind and it varies.. certain rides can be the goal but that's a rather boring goal for everything there is at disney. Rides for me is what I feel like doing when achieving my goals for that trip to the parks. Sure I'll get some fastpasses, go on other rides but the goal is what i'm there for so it's ok if the line is too long or getting in it has a problem..
My goals have ranged from try snacks or food we never tried before, see the marching band (yes WDW has a marching band also). Catch the afternoon parade and see the fireworks.. Ride only rides you never rode or haven't done in a long time (or just 1 or 2). Window shop in all the stores (foudn some stores I never even noticed was in the parks). Get your hair cut on main street (yes there is a barber on main street). Only ride things you can get a fastpass for (and wow you can get almost anything same day)
Being a local sometimes it's very hyper focuses to the short amount of time you have to be there.. Walk around f&w for dinner and don't spend more than $50. Go to the opening night of AK at night and get a nice dinner, see the tree and show, ride what you can with the crowds if possible.
What I find in the end, that I have really started to notice little details that I've walked past hundreds of times and just discovering it now. (And also everything they need to fix unfortunately).
Does anyone else view the parks in this way as the location where your goals are accomplished and not the goal itself? What are some of your park goals?
PS - someone really needs to explain to me how being at disney isn't special enough? what is with these add ons and parties and extras that cost more than a villa per day some people are putting on? No wonder everyone is frustrated at prices.
I started to think about this differently after I moved to the area. In the past there was a plan, we were doing whatever list of parks, and then we were going to to whatever attractions and entertainment in the parks. We had backup plans, rain plans, plans on how to replan if needed.... We may not be back so we better see it all.
What hit me somewhere between 2014 when I decided to seriously look at living here and actually moving early 2016 is that we picked the wrong goal. The park was the goal. We had to do it all, it was that parks day... Anything short of everything in that park was a fail..
Now that I live here, it's a little easier to see what I was doing wrong and the park should never be the goal. Some locals say things like, it's ok if I don't do that, I can come back tomorrow. Even this is the same thing if you can't come back tomorrow. When you start to make the park the place where your goals are located and not the goal itself disney starts to change...
Everytime I decide to go to the parks I have a different goal in mind and it varies.. certain rides can be the goal but that's a rather boring goal for everything there is at disney. Rides for me is what I feel like doing when achieving my goals for that trip to the parks. Sure I'll get some fastpasses, go on other rides but the goal is what i'm there for so it's ok if the line is too long or getting in it has a problem..
My goals have ranged from try snacks or food we never tried before, see the marching band (yes WDW has a marching band also). Catch the afternoon parade and see the fireworks.. Ride only rides you never rode or haven't done in a long time (or just 1 or 2). Window shop in all the stores (foudn some stores I never even noticed was in the parks). Get your hair cut on main street (yes there is a barber on main street). Only ride things you can get a fastpass for (and wow you can get almost anything same day)
Being a local sometimes it's very hyper focuses to the short amount of time you have to be there.. Walk around f&w for dinner and don't spend more than $50. Go to the opening night of AK at night and get a nice dinner, see the tree and show, ride what you can with the crowds if possible.
What I find in the end, that I have really started to notice little details that I've walked past hundreds of times and just discovering it now. (And also everything they need to fix unfortunately).
Does anyone else view the parks in this way as the location where your goals are accomplished and not the goal itself? What are some of your park goals?
PS - someone really needs to explain to me how being at disney isn't special enough? what is with these add ons and parties and extras that cost more than a villa per day some people are putting on? No wonder everyone is frustrated at prices.