Are you a Disney lifer or a late bloomer?

[mickeygirl76]

I'm desperately trying to pass away the time until we leave, as you can tell. I thought I would have a little fun and see what kind of responses this question generates.

Are you a Disney lifer or a late bloomer?
Meaning: have you loved all things Disney since you were a little kid, or did it take a while for you to develop into the crazed fan you who steals LGMH from HD?

For example, I've always loved Disney cartoons and Mickey, but it wasn't until I was 15 that it really started. I received a B&B video for my Bday, and was hooked ever since. I now have all the animated movies Disney ever made, and my house is adorned with Mickey's. To sane people this seems extreme and a little "freaky". I'm hoping that there is at least 1 other Diser who can relate.
So, which are you?

 

[msgrimm23]

I am a lifer. I have been going to disney since i was 2 and every year since then i always ask when are we going again. I have all things disney in my house from plates to snow globes to stuffed animals. 32 years old and i have a big pluto on my bed. Love my videos and have all most all of the films maded by disney. I was to the point i worked for the disney store so i could be part of the magic all the time by putting on my outfit and being called a cast member.

 

[Adam1217]

Ive been a lifer, ive been watching Disney movies since I was a little kid, now Im 21 and taking my first trip to WDW in 19 days!!!!! Ive been to Disneyland though.

 

[Violet Crayon]

Lifer, for the 21years I have been on this planet. My parents are not fans (why I was 19 the first time I glimpsed Cinderella's castle), they watched the movies when I was little but in my teens I was on my own. They always asked if I could put more practical things on my Christmas list than plushies. Pfft.

 

[madcat]

I am a lifer but odd enough as Ive gotten older Ive grown to love Disney like a little kid

 

[WI_DisneyFan]

I'm a lifer. My first trip to WDW was when I was about -5 months old (I was still in my mom's tummy), and I've been hooked ever since. My Disney love was sort of dormant between 1993 (which was at the time my last trip to WDW) until I met my DW in 2002. She owns every animated Disney movie on VHS, and every one that has been released on DVD. She's taken me to Disney on Ice four times now (and we are still sans-child), and that reignited my love of Disney. Now I'm always looking towards our next trip to WDW, and looking to find any little Disney knickknack to decorate our house.

 

[CoolTrainerTerry]

Yeah, I am definately a lifer.

 

[btmfdr]

Would appear I'm the first Late Bloomer....

Making our first trip as a family this year, but all the excitement that planning said trip has brought can I become a lifer? I'm relatively young at 34, and if it as good as it would appear on these boards I should be able to convert my three little ones to lifers in no time at all as well...

 

[akunamatata]

I'm a lifer when it comes to Disney. Am 53, never missed Wonderful World of Disney. Saw all the Disney movies, old and recent. Strangely enough, I visited WDW once in 1977 and my first time back will be 10/28, but my husband and I both are as excited as if we were little kids.

 

[goofydad621]

I am a lifer, went the first time to DL as a 4 yr old and have been going ever since.

 

[john2u]

Do not feel bad, I am a late bloomer to. It all started about 6 years ago and the rest they say is history

But, my DD6 is considered a lifer.

Have a disney day
john

 

[GoofyBaby]

I am a lifer but odd enough as Ive gotten older Ive grown to love Disney like a little kid

Same here, Madcat! It seems as more time passes by, I grow to love Disney even more. I'm a lifer, by the way. . . .I have a big Goofy plush on my bed, two big Disney princess snowglobes on my nightstand, about 100 Disney pins, shirts, DVDs, etc. and I'm not ashamed to admit it! I feel sorry for my future husband - if and when I meet him!

 

[Katwillow1]

My first trip to WDW was Aug 2006. Up to that point I had NO desire what-so-ever in ever going. Matter of fact I didn't even raise my kids on the thought of going to disney. We didn't have disney characters in the home, we did go see Disney movies but that was about the extent of it. NOW...thanks to my girlfriend in Portland OR ... I am totally HOOKED on Walt Disney World. I have been many times since last year and am looking forward to going many more times (I live 1 1/2 hrs southeast of WDW).

 

[Disneybotz]

I have always loved Disney, but it wasnt until last year I became Disney crazy. I guess I would be considered a disney lifer, but a late blooming nut.

 

[NC State]

I have always loved the classic Disney movies, when I had my daughter I then loved it even more. Our first trip to Disney was when my daughter was 7 years old and I was 29 years old. Now 42, I love it even more!

 

[DizneyNutz]

I had been a few times as a child in the 70's when there was only the Magic Kingdom. Now the wife and I have been every year in the last four and the fifth is already booked!!!

 

[mickeygirl76]

I have to say that even though DS6 is excited about our coming trip, I have surpassed him in the totally excited, can hardly stay in my seat, counting down every day, thrill of it all. I still have nightmares that he will wake up one day and say, "Mom, that stuff is so lame." Oh, the horror!!!!!!!!!!!

Remember: It doesn't matter when you got here; we're just glad you are!

 

[caegan]

I'm a lifer too....

My parents took me to Disneyland a lot when I was a kid. We lived in southern CA, and my grandparents lived pretty close to DL. Whenever we would go see them we would go see Mickey too!

Then when I was in elementary school my family moved to SD and we didn't get to go for a while. My family took 2 trips to WDW in the years following, but they were way too far apart IMO! I wanted to go every year! Unfortunately, when you're in high school you can't really plan your own vacations. Now that I'm married and on my own I can go to WDW any time I want!! (As long as I can afford it!)

 

[Maxie86]

I'm a lifer too, ever since I got my first pair of Mickey Ears back in the 1950's.
I still remember getting up one day and there they were sitting on a chair. Of, course ds is also a lifer, and now we are working on turning his dgf into a Disney addict too.

 

[T-i-double-g-err]

I have always loved Disney, but it wasnt until last year I became Disney crazy. I guess I would be considered a disney lifer, but a late blooming nut.

Pretty close to the same here.

I'm a lifer, but only recently joined the lime green cult.

We did about 6-7 trips in the seventies and early eighties including the first year of Epcot's operation. Probably only one trip in the 90's. Now that I've got kids, we've taken three trips with them since 2003. We've got a trip planned for December, just DW and me for our anniversary, and another for July, 2007 with the whole family.