Am I crazy for trying to rope someone into coming?!?

[Shannon84]

Sooo I just have let you all know how crazy I have felt lately about my trip coming up in late October.

I am going at the same time as my parents....who I will split up with to do different rides and so they can have alone time...not a big deal (im in my mid-20's if that helps with the story ). We have seperate rooms at POP and I have already paid for my room...so I have been asking all my friends if they would like to come with. I offered to take care of the entire room and such because i have to either way...they just have to get tickets...i mean for a weeks vaca thats nothing...and they all think im CRAZY!!

I mean am I crazy for not understanding why someone wouldn't jump at a trip to WDW? If it were me, I wouldn't have to think twice Either way it'll be a great trip with or without someone else coming...but I wouldn't pass up a cheap WDW vaca myself!!!

 

[nless_dream]

I don't think your crazy. You are asking someone to join you on your vacation so to entice them to join you, you give them incentives.
But hey, if tickets are the only thing to pay, I'd be all over it also

Maybe non of your friends are that crazy about Disney?

 

[TStrickland01]

Shannon84: your offer is not crazy... who wouldn't want to share in a Disney vacation?
4 of 4 of the last years have not lessened the deisre to return.

 

[Brocktoon]

I'll play devil's advocate for a bit, and say it depends on how bad you want someone to go with you, and how much you need to twist their arm. It can be a case of 'be careful what you wish for'.

If you really have to talk up WDW and convince someone who isn't interested, it could backfire. You can end up spending the entire trip focusing on entertaining a tavelling pal who doesn't get WDW. Instead of enjoying your trip, you may battle to meet huge expections that were built up to get someone to come along ... and those expectations may never get met.

If all I had to do was buy tickets, I'd be there! But, I wouldn't try too hard to talk someone into going who doesn't seem that interested.

 

[Shannon84]

I'll play devil's advocate for a bit, and say it depends on how bad you want someone to go with you, and how much you need to twist their arm. It can be a case of 'be careful what you wish for'.

If you really have to talk up WDW and convince someone who isn't interested, it could backfire. You can end up spending the entire trip focusing on entertaining a tavelling pal who doesn't get WDW. Instead of enjoying your trip, you may battle to meet huge expections that were built up to get someone to come along ... and those expectations may never get met.

If all I had to do was buy tickets, I'd be there! But, I wouldn't try too hard to talk someone into going who doesn't seem that interested.

Ahhh good point...I guess thats why I have ended my efforts for now...too bad I cant offer it up to someone who LOVES it as much as I do!!

 

[Graeme]

If you really have to talk up WDW and convince someone who isn't interested, it could backfire. You can end up spending the entire trip focusing on entertaining a tavelling pal who doesn't get WDW. Instead of enjoying your trip, you may battle to meet huge expections that were built up to get someone to come along ... and those expectations may never get met.

Ha! I've been there! dragged a friend along in May, even took him to a meet at Jellyrolls, and he hated it. We went on one ride the whole trip because it was just too much effort to try to entertain him.

 

[Jill in Chicago]

I would not try to convince someone to join me on any vacation. First, you two are sharing a room. There are so many folks you truly have a great time going out with, but put you in a room together and no way. Then there is all the time you will be together, again, are you sure you want to be with this person all week?

 

[DisTeach]

I agree that it's weird no one is jumping to join you for such an awesome trip, but then again, I'm a Disney fan and some people just don't get what all there is to do there outside of Dumbo. I also agree with a previous post that you probably don't want to really twist someone's arm into going because you don't want to have a begrudged traveler with you the whole time. Even if it is just you and the 'rents, I'm sure you'll have a good time. I'm in my mid-20s also and frequently go with my mom, step dad, sister, grandmother, etc. and we manage to have fun doing all those adult things like having drinks together that we never did when I was a kid!

 

[Missytara]

I have mixed feelings about it sometimes. I mostly go alone.

A few years ago, I brought three of my friends from work and it was a disaster. One of the woman basically got up in my face and told me that I wasn't going to take over the trip and make them run around and do all these things. We ended up planning our day around her smoking....literally for seven days, it was a nightmare.

This year I offered to take one of the bartenders at a place where I eat out all the time and offered she bring a friend. They are much younger than me, and I thought they would enjoy it together going to the clubs late at night.

I always pay for the 175% of the room, and I offered to pay for parking and drive since I am already going anyway. They just split the other 25% of the room, tickets, airfare and food. They are treating me to dinner one night, for taking them. I am over the moon about it, because it is a chance to do something for two people who mean a great deal to me and they are very appreciative of it. I see them at least twice a week, and I always have some little packet or tidbit for them and they just cannot wait to see me each week and talk about it.

 

[lovemickeyshouse]

Its ashame what happens to some people in life when men like myself is out here trying to find true love and Disney is part of my dream to one day be married there to the princess of my dreams .So you ask for the point which is there are good people out here who will give you the world so just give them a chance at it .Trust me I made offers for people to come with me for my bday trip too.

 

[DVC Erik]

I think yaa crazy Khloe!!!!! I been there done that. It never works. Not for nothin ya never know, maybe you should take someone that doesn't want to make a waist of his annual pass. Agent "P" is waiting

Ahhh good point...I guess thats why I have ended my efforts for now...too bad I cant offer it up to someone who LOVES it as much as I do!!

 

[Andrew015]

Shannon: Can I come???