Anyone have a spouse who's definitely NOT a fan of Disney?

[Minniesgal]

I do but he happily goes to WDW with me. Likes the resorts and the restaurants might play golf. As long as we do some other stuff he is happy

 

[SeanW]

So I have seen this a lot. What is a DH, DGD, DHIIR and all of that sort of stuff?

 

[CarolynFH]

So I have seen this a lot. What is a DH, DGD, DHIIR and all of that sort of stuff?

The first D stands for Dear, in my brain. DH is Dear Husband, DD is Dear Daughter, DGD is Dear Granddaughter, etc. (To some, the D stands for Disney, but it’s used all over social media, not just on Disney forums, so I think of it as Dear.)

I’m not sure about the DHIIR - DVC does have a DHHIR, Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort.

 

[Simba's Mom]

I’m not sure about the DHIIR - DVC does have a DHHIR, Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort.

That's it! Actually, I think I first saw it referred to as DHHIR on Facebook.

 

[jsmla]

I’ve been going to Disney solo since 2007. My spouse hates theme parks and will only go if the grandkids are along. I

 

[zavandor]

The first D stands for Dear, in my brain. DH is Dear Husband, DD is Dear Daughter, DGD is Dear Granddaughter, etc. (To some, the D stands for Disney, but it’s used all over social media, not just on Disney forums, so I think of it as Dear.)

I’m not sure about the DHIIR - DVC does have a DHHIR, Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort.

I always thought the first D stands for Disney.

 

[CarolynFH]

I always thought the first D stands for Disney.

On this forum, for many people, it does. But it appears on social media generally, not just on Disney sites, so for me it means Dear - when it appears before a person's relationship, as in DH for Dear Husband or DD for Dear Daughter. For acronyms like DHHIR, DVC, etc., it does stand for Disney, of course.

 

[georgina]

Yeah, to go along with the theme of this thread, my spouse and kids are definitely NOT Disney spouse or kids!

 

[Tinkaboo]

My DH went many times to WDW and DL when our son was young. He says he's "done his time at Disney", although we did take a WDW trip last year (first time in over 10 years). HE ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT STEP FOOT IN DL! Hates it.
However, thats my happy place and I go 3-4 times a year as I have a MK.
I just tell him that the Avengers have called me to help on a mission

He is retiring in a couple of weeks and is already planning trips to go see rockets being launched...as he just bought a new Mustang Mach-E and cant wait to drive all around the country. I cant travel by car so I may fly to meet him somewhere, if it is a place I want to go. When you have been married 38 years, you dont mind time apart

I do most of my DL trips solo...eat when I want, rest when I want, you get the idea.
I thought initially that I wouldnt renew my key this year but now that PTN is coming back, I'm in!

 

[Maisiemop]

I am a new member and my husband does not really like Disney. He doesn’t dislike it but doesn’t want to go as much as me and therefore I am usually a solo traveller.

 

[Dive Bar Casanova]

I want to do the DCL transatlantic cruise soooo bad and the wife is not interested one bit.
Good value, and we don't see that much with Disney.
Thinking maybe hook up on a Facebook with fans in a similar situation.

 

[leebee]

MDA... My Disney Addiction... I have been on 35+ trips (guessing but close) and DH has NOT. He finds it repetitive; he clearly doesn't feel the magic. DD31 and I try to go together once a year, and I do a solo in November (this year will be #4). I find 3-4 days is good for me, solo, so I fly in on Day 1 and home on Day 5 or 6. I have been to Disney frequently enough that three days there, with a 2 or 3 day park hopper, is enough, and helps keep the budget trimmed (along with staying at Value resorts, juggling credit cards for air miles and Disney points, buying discounted Disney gift cards, etc). DH had a friend in Cocoa who eventually ended up with COPD so before he died, we went down annually to visit him. This has morphed into a January vacation where we spend several nights in NOLA visiting with my sister/BIL and then over to Disney where we spend our money on deluxe hotels, justified by no park tickets, just a relaxing vacation in the area. We do Disney restaurants, Disney lounges/bars, visit the area and friends, but no theme parks. I am interested in seeing how our May trip goes. We are taking DD/SIL and the 7yo step-grandson. I am hoping DH recaptures some of the magic, traveling with a little kid again.

 

[Disneydad14]

We first took little kiddos to WDW in 2003 (stayed off site and did it the cheaper route, eating off site too). I didn't want to go. I had only been once prior, when I was 7. I didn't remember much about it and just thought it was a kiddie place. DH planned that 1st trip and we thought it was a one and done and I dreaded going. But it was magical. We went back in 2005 but stayed on site and got the DDP...it was even more magical. We were both hooked and bought DVC in 2006.

We have done many trips over the years...with us 5, with extended family, without kids, with teens, with 20somethings, with friends. It has evolved over the years. But while kids were young, living at home, the DH wasn't as into it as I was. We also did cruises and he also was not so into those as I was. I would have been doing 2 cruises and a Disney trip plus a DVC at Hilton head trip every year. I tried and sometimes we did but it was always like pulling teeth to get him to do any of them. He claimed he wanted to try new things and was bummed we weren't. Maybe he also wasn't into paying for 5 for so many trips. It added up.

Then, the kids grow up and finish college and are off adulting and DH decides we need to move to FL, near WDW. So we began that process 3.5ish years ago, amidst covid. We started with a vacay condo that we'd just use a lot and rent out when not using. Then sold that and fully moved to a permanent home thete. He just couldn't get enough of WDW (and also cruising too).

But I am now disenchanted. All the crazy costs and what the mouse is doing. Plus I knew living nearby and going all the time would kill the magic for me. And it did. I wanted us to get a vacay condo in Hilton Head and keep the house up north. We also had a ton of DVC points and could get to WDW enough for the DH. But he won out and we ended up in FL (admittedly, I was on board too because we could buy way way more for our money in Kissimmee than in Hilton Head).

So we have kinda flopped back and forth and never really been in sync. But I don't dislike WDW. I just have to find new things to do here and there. And sometimes we plan to go to a park for the day and I just say nah and skip it. We have good friends who also have a place and we meet up a lot in and about WDW (that husband is a non Disney fan and won't go unless we are meeting up, his wife and girls do mostly without him). We have several couples, actually, that bought in FL recently like us that we like to hang with and sometimes it's tied to WDW. So that makes it nice.

I had the exact same experience this year . Felt obligated to bring my daughter . Booked a 3 day offsite just to get it over with . Went there and we were walking in Epcot and she turned to me and said “daddy daddy there’s Donald Duck “. Up until that point I actively disliked Disney and thought of it as a rip off but that was only two months ago and have already bought two resale contracts and have a 6 day trip planned for november.

 

[yourfriend2]

I had the exact same experience this year . Felt obligated to bring my daughter . Booked a 3 day offsite just to get it over with . Went there and we were walking in Epcot and she turned to me and said “daddy daddy there’s Donald Duck “. Up until that point I actively disliked Disney and thought of it as a rip off but that was only two months ago and have already bought two resale contracts and have a 6 day trip planned for november.

Wow, you're all in now.

 

[goofyernmost]

I want to do the DCL transatlantic cruise soooo bad and the wife is not interested one bit.
Good value, and we don't see that much with Disney.
Thinking maybe hook up on a Facebook with fans in a similar situation.

Back 10 years ago (my god, it doesn't seem like much more that half that) I was on a 14 day, repositioning cruise from Rome to Fort Lauderdale. It was one of the best experiences of my life. First we cruised areas of the Mediterranean to four different locations in Spain, France and Italy then a quick stop in the Canary Islands and across the vast expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. It was very inexpensive because it was only one way. The last part after the start up five ports of call, was relaxing and, because we got lucky and had beautiful weather everyday, a fun and stress free ride on a Celebrity Cruise Line ship, the Silhouette.

I am not sure how we managed to line that up. We spent the first two weeks independently touring places like Paris, Venice, Pompeii and Rome and managed to time it all to take that cruise that added locations like Pisa, Florence, Toulan, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca and Tenerife. As far as importance to my memories is concerned it is tied with my first trip to WDW with my family and the whole month long event culminating with the cruise. I wouldn't trade either of those memories for anything.

 

[fireman1]

My wife likes it OK, but I'm definitely the fan in the household. She would probably rather go to new Orleans since she talks about it so much. So I booked the FQ for this oct, lol.

 

[fireman1]

I had the exact same experience this year . Felt obligated to bring my daughter . Booked a 3 day offsite just to get it over with . Went there and we were walking in Epcot and she turned to me and said “daddy daddy there’s Donald Duck “. Up until that point I actively disliked Disney and thought of it as a rip off but that was only two months ago and have already bought two resale contracts and have a 6 day trip planned for november.

I took my daughter in 2000. She was 6 at the time. Just she and I went.
I had been 3 times before. 77, 83, and 92.
( 92 was a honeymoon, bad memories of that marriage and I had no intentions of ever going back )
I wasn't really a fan back then, as I got dragged along with family.

Kids change things. years later, I had a daughter of my own. She was very into all things disney. So she of course wanted to go to WDW, so I said what the heck, we'll go.

I had planned as best as a single father could back in 2000, it was a pre smartphone time, but I was still nervous.
I Saved what I could, I even sold a precious collectable of mine to help fund the trip for her.
I booked the ASMovieR. I purchased tickets, dinning reservations, etc. I even had a disney vacation video sent to me. Game on. She watched it with me and clapped in glee.
This is alot of work and planning I thought. And expensive. I hope it's all worth it.

I had talked up the firework show to her for months on end they had at MK, ie, it was so Magical, it's huge, etc.

We arrived. We drove down, Or. Rather I did. 12 hours. I was beat. I think we got there at 11 p.m.

Up early for rope drop. me, Ugh.
Get up daddy, get up. Me. Grumble.
wake up an excited voice shouted.
Mè, Ugh. Coffee first.
Her, hurry hurry.

We spent the first day at mk and left about 3 to head back to the room for a bit of a break. We were both exhausted, but I was ĺiking it more than I thought I would.

We fell asleep. Longer than I had wanted.
I woke up in a panic. It was getting dark out.
We rushed back to MK.
Have we missed the show she asked.
No, we haven't I said, But I secretly wasn't sure.

So there we were standing at the end of main street, and it was time for the show.
( I hoped ) remember, this was a pre-smart phone time. No my disney experience app existed. Paper maps with times only. I was woefully unprepared, but I did my best.

It was dark, but no fireworks yet.
( I was starting to feel bad I had caused us to miss it by oversleeping )
She was getting very worried we had missed it as well, and She started to cry.

I tried to console her but she insisted we had missed it.
She wasn't throwing a fit or anything, just sad tears. I felt terrible. It's ok she said, We were tired.

Just then, A female cast member stopped to talk to us. She was probably 50ish.

Little girl, why are you crying in the happiest place on Earth?
My daughter, Sniffing through tears, replied, We missed the fireworks and my daddy really wanted to see them.

Oh dear, you or your daddy didn't miss them.
She bent down and they chatted for a couple of minutes, how old, where are you from, etc.

Finally, The lady looks at her watch, Stands, and Winks at me.
Are you ready for the show my dear she asked my daughter.
Uh huh my daughter said with a smile and through drying tears.

Then Dry those tears up my dear.
She then looked at her watch again, looked at me, and smiled.
She then clapped her hands high over her head, and very loudly said, Abra Ca-dab-ra...

Almost every light in the place instantly went out.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, boys and girls......a loud booming voice announced over the speakers. Disney Music started playing.

The lady walked off saying to my daughter, enjoy little princess. Bye..
I looked at my daughter.
Her mouth was hanging wide open.
She finally looks up at me and asks How'd she do that daddy? How?
Magic of course, I said.
I love this place she said. Thank you for bringing me.

My heart melted. That look and expression on her face was worth a million dollars.
I sighed a happy sigh.
Dad, you did good I thought to myself, With some help from that cast member, Lots of help.
My daughter sat on my shoulders, mesmerized by the fireworks.
It was a Perfect ending to a almost perfect day.

I was hooked. I've Been 12 or 13 times since. My wife and I are going again this oct, tho my wife hasn't fully converted yet.