Addicted to WDW

[randyl]

I am not sure of this is the correct forum.

I have come under the realization that I may be addicted to WDW. I am truly serious. I realized this today. We have been going 3 or 4 times a year for a while now from up here in New England and I am actually trying to cut down on the trips to maybe once or twice a year and I am having withdrawals. We were there for 10 days over Christmas at the WL, and in prior October for 5 days for the F & W Fest (again at the WL), and in that previous May for 5 days at the WL, and in January before that at the GF, etc., etc. I could go on and on. When I think about it, I say to myself "this is crazy". And now we don't have any plans to go there next month (we have been going every May for years) and I am having withdrawals. Everytime I think of walking into that Disney hotel lobby when we first arrive, or seeing where our hotel room is, or getting that first Margarita in Mexico, or sitting down at the Matsunoma Lounge, or watching the movie in China, or laying out by the pool before dinner, etc., I get all excited and euphoric. And then when I think of not going next month and not enjoying all of that, I get down and depressed. It's crazy. And it's not any one thing in particular - it is just the whole "WDW thing"!. That familiar CM at the WL, the familiar smell of the Artist Point, Chryssa on the TV, etc. It's all of it. I am beginning to think I am crazy. Is anyoine else like this? Am I really crazy?

 

[twinklebug]

Hmmmmm. Sounds like SansdeMickeyphobia... a major issue, translates to "Fear of Missing Mickey". Have you ever considered counsiling, or better, working for Disney?

Welcome to the club - If I could, I would Hey! What am I saying? I think I WILL

 

[GarrettJD]

Hmmmmm. Sounds like SansdeMickeyphobia... a major issue, translates to "Fear of Missing Mickey".

Doctor, your diagnostic skills are astounding

I fear that I am afflicted as well.

 

[travelin' tigger]

And now we don't have any plans to go there next month (we have been going every May for years) and I am having withdrawals. Everytime I think of walking into that Disney hotel lobby when we first arrive, or seeing where our hotel room is, or getting that first Margarita in Mexico, or sitting down at the Matsunoma Lounge, or watching the movie in China, or laying out by the pool before dinner, etc., I get all excited and euphoric. And then when I think of not going next month and not enjoying all of that, I get down and depressed. It's crazy. And it's not any one thing in particular - it is just the whole "WDW thing"!. That familiar CM at the WL, the familiar smell of the Artist Point, Chryssa on the TV, etc. It's all of it. I am beginning to think I am crazy. Is anyoine else like this? Am I really crazy?

I do the same thing - 3 to 4 times a year around the same times (as you can see in my sig). And this year (May-June) I can't go down. Co-worker is getting married, then 2 weeks in Tahiti - nice for him, lousy for me. So now the month of May is gone. Desperately trying to maybe get down for a weekend over Father's Day to get my "fix". Otherwise it's the end of Sept. for me - I think I'm going to explode!!!!

So you're not the only one (at least from Mass.)!!!!!

 

[Lives4Disney]

I feel the same way. I just love that place and cannot get enough. I am going in May for 5 nights with my husband (no kids this time - for a first) and he is already saying that he knows I am going to say I miss the kids and it isn't the same without them and miss the disney resorts (we are staying at the Swan this time) as an excuse to go back AGAIN. We were there in August, November, February.....well just yesterday I made July reservations at the GF. (haven't really broken that news to him yet) I feel nuts and out of control. It is taking over my life. Instead of doing my housework, I am sitting here reading the DIS and typing this.....

The Disney habit is draining us of any extra $$$$$. We have always stayed deluxe and love it. I would rather do short trips (November and Feb were) and stay deluxe than stay at a value or mod for a longer trip. But the $$$ is big. I know what you mean about the memories of past trips. They really make me miss being there. We just got back from a spring break trip to Hawaii. While planning that trip, I was more into the short May trip I will be taking to WDW. The whole time in Hawaii, I had in the back of my mind that this money could be spent for 2 deluxe trips to WDW. Don't get me wrong, the Hawaii trip was good - very nice - but my husband hit the nail on the head when he said there was just nothing great, no magic - nothing that really makes us feel the need to return soon. I find such magic and fun at WDW that I always want to return. No doubt in my mind!!

Anyway, you are not alone. I guess there are worse things out there to be hooked on.

Lives4Disney

 

[Michelle2]

Join me to the club too...And yes, I think I am crazy sometimes. We may not take more than a trip a year, but like lives4disney, we like to stay deluxe deluxe. Except we just choose to go less often and make our trips a little longer...I would never get sick of Disney, but my DH would be if we went more than that.
I totally agree about other places...we have gone other places on vacation, and it is just not the same...I think Disney is an anti depressant for me. With having so much to plan and read about, I have no time to wallow in anything! I always tell DH, "Thank goodness I have this trip coming up!" I appreciate him and my kids for humoring my WDW addiction.

 

[jmcross]

Put me in the club, too!!

I just went on a Disney cruise in February and I just planned a WDW trip leaving in 10 days!

My best friend told me that I may need a Disney anonymous support group to break myself of the "habit".

I say there are worse addictions in life than Disney!

Joanne

 

[kruggel2004]

I'm so glad that I'm not the only one..My husband thinks I have a serious problem..We've only been to WDW once and are planning our second trip..Which he didn't want to take..He wanted to go somewhere we've never been..Come on how can you not go to the happiest place on earth if you have the time. I am so jealous of all you that get to go several times a year..This will probably be our last trip to WDW for several years as we want to start a family and that will increase the cost..But, for all those Disney addicts out there..Keep it up..afterall it is the happiest addiciton to have..Hakuna Matata

 

[johnsonet]

Welcome to my world!!

I'm definitely addicted. My problem is that I'm addicted to the PLANNING. And the resorts. I'm not so obsessed with the parks. I'd LOVE to take a trip and just enjoy the resort(s) and pool and restaurants (like Flying Fish and California Grill) and the GF spa and not even visit the parks...too bad I have an Annual Pass and the tickets are the one thing that's paid for!

 

[Aisling]

Joking aside, I know I'm addicted to WDW. I may even be obsessed. DH doesn't understand, but he goes along with it. Thank goodness my two sons are like me; they're 12 and 19, and they can't get enough of WDW. My 19 year old even has college friends who are addicted, going down for quick weekends, and doing grown-up things now like the food and wine festival at Epcot. In fact, at this very moment, I can hear the Tapestry CD from my son's room. As they get older, they're seeing WDW at another level. That's part of the magic of WDW...going from running to get on Dumbo as children to relaxing at an outside table at HOB in DTD as teens. As they grow, they they see the levels of magic that is infinite. Walt was a genius.

P.S. We still run to Dumbo, though!

 

[cdntourguide]

I used to go once every two years, then once a year now it is three times a year. Plus I usually get one trip to Disneyland every year. Now I am thinking about Hong Kong Disneyland.
Hope this April trip will keep me going until October when I can go again.
Just love that AP and airmile "free" flights.

 

[franw]

Surely you know lots of people who own second vacation homes at the shore or the mountains. Maybe at a golf resort somewhere. They spend entire summers there and can't wait to get away for weekends whenever they can.

Yet no one worries about whether they are addicted to that lifestyle. My husband and his buddies could take a golf trip twice a month and be excited about lining up the next trip or next game. I know others who spend every weekend mountain biking or snowboarding and no one thinks they are odd.

Instead we have found a place that makes us feel good about life. There is everything there that we could possibly want as far as food and entertainment. It brings us home to every possible life celebration we enjoyed as kids.

Lots of happy people having fun. Staff everywhere who have been trained to make our stay as happy as possible. Beautiful gardens to walk and resorts to explore. Parades and fireworks everyday.

WDW appeals to my very soul. It calls to me when I have been away too long. I get flashes of sights, smells and the excitement that is constantly brimming throughout the parks and resorts.

I can put myself in a seat outside of Ghiradelli's waiting for my sundae to come and hear the heavy chairs being pulled on the concrete and feel the air off the the lagoon. I can do that at any time of day and sometimes it just pops into my mind when I least expect it.

I am not aware of too many other places where people reminisce for hours of what it feels like to pull onto the property, to check in, to see people checking out and feeling sorry for them.

Those who love WDW have such an empathy for the spirit of the experience of being there that it is hard when we are not there. Like a long distance love affair, I don't know if it would feel as necessary if I lived close by.

Some of our friends travel the world and spend a fortune. Others go nowhere and stash their vacation money in the bank for their kids to travel on someday.

So I will continue to indulge myself with my few trips to WDW each year. I love it there, I haven't found anywhere else that I feel so happy at and life is too short. My little three year old granddaughter often says, "Grandma, don't you wish we were at Dizzy World right now?" My answer is always "yes."

 

[randyl]

What a great post! It sums it all up! Thank you for that!

 

[imatoad]

Maybe I'm oversimplifying things, but DW is the one trip I can take, knowing full well I will not be disappointed, guaranteed a great time, great service, and always leave feeling as though my money was well spent. I've been there 7 times, and while that's low compared to others on this site, I've never had a bad experience, maybe I've been lucky.

 

[Nolcrest]

FranW - well said. Exactly how I feel.

Gee, I just last night asked my husband if he wanted to forego our July trip and get a pool instead. What was I thinking? Now I read this and get the feeling that I really can't give up my Disney trip. We also have a cabin in the woods to get away too but I still want my Disney.

Yes, I'm addicted, spoiled and poor - Disney - whether I'm there or feel like I'm there by reading these boards is my escape from reality and for me stress free.

Have a great day fellow Disney addicts!

 

[WDW LOVR]

Add us to the list. 3 weeks from today will be our 4 trip in 11 months.

As it stands now we probably won't be going back until spring break or maybe even June next year and my wife is planting seeds for a F+W trip in Oct.

We had discussed that earlier, but with our son starting college in the fall of 2006 we decided to skip the normal trip in this fall to save money and pay off a couple bills before the fun of tuition begins.

We haven't even made our upcoming trip and we're seriously bumming that it will be 10-12 months until the next trip