Best Friend HATES WDW..Help..

[disneydad78]

I dont know who to turn to but u guys,,my BF hates WDW,,I ask him to take his family with us,,let me help him plan it,,he gets so mad,,we have been 3 times about to go for the 4th time,,My kids love it ,I love it,,We hunt and fish together,,I told him I would give it all up, miss opening weekend for WDW,,He DONT GET it,,my kids talk about WDW with his kids,,they ,his girls want to go so bad,,there almost in tears,,it makes me tear up,,I want to take them,,,but he wont let me,,they are 16 and 11..yrs old..I try and I try,,they dont believe in vacations but will spend money to do something to their house"its for everyone to enjoy" I tell him and his wife,,kids dont care about a new up dated kitchen,,,I dont know why it bothers me so much , hearing people talk bad about WDW,,,they dont get it,,I loose sleep over it,,I would leave and pack up my family to be /live there in a heart beat if I could,,,am I the only one going threw something like this,,am I to much in love with WDW,,i CARE so much about the place..ANY chance I get I talk about WDW with people I do.When I get to talking about WDW and the secrets,,iM a 31 yr old male,,they look at me like im crazy,,its the stero type that a grown man,,married,,have 3 kids,,,should not be in love with the place and talking like this. I should be manly man,,,hunting fishing which I do,,Im so happy when I get there and cry when I leave,,,,My best friend makes me so mad,,because he wont do it for the girls,,he talks bad about the place,,but he has no idea what he is talking about,,all he does is complain about it,,I say what u hear are people who have come back and not takin the time to plan (ADR,,WHICH park,,use fastpass,because they though it cost money,,and so on) ,,please help me so I can stop worring about this,,I just want everyone to experience WDW!! There is nothing like it in the world.... ,,and by the way,,we have been family friends since before I was born,,So they are part of the family,so getting another BF ,,I cant do that,I still love them,,I just need some help...

 

[alebisi]

I've deal with people that aren't interest in WDW, and it's not that easy to make them go. ANyways try to find some sort of activity at WDW that he loves (like fishing) and try to convince him that this could be a great trip for his girls.
Ps. If reasoning doesn't work, you can always do this : here's an idea... not very intellegent but always an idea... make with him a "bet", something you know you could win, and the bet could be "If I win this, we make a family trip to WDW" .

 

[GenieCat]

So sorry to hear your friend just doesn't "get it". Even after going, some never do.

Are his daughters good students? High school graduation is not that far off for the older child. You could encourage both of them to attend college, and try for the Disney College Program. Your friend will have to go see his daughters while they are working there.

http://www.wdwcollegeprogram.com/sap/its/mimes/zh_wdwcp/index.html

 

[Cruz Family]

It time to get a new best friend!!
Just kidding.....sorry I couldn't help myself!

 

[WaltD4Me]

Ok, take a deep breath. Everyone is different. You can't make someone go to Disney and even if you could, you can't make them enjoy it or even guarantee that they will enjoy it. I love WDW like you do and I know plenty of people that think I'm crazy, but I don't let it bother me. One of my friends I know won't ever go to WDW, she is totally into the nature thing, every vacation her famiy goes on is camping in the Grand Canyon or staying in some remote cabin in the mountains, no phones, no television, that kind of thing and she LOVES it. She hates crowds, noise and hub-bub. I am pretty sure she's never even been to an amusement park, let alone WDW and I can guarantee, as much as she loves it, she would never convince me to go and I'd never try to make her go to WDW. My brother's ideal vacation is a beach house and laying on beach all day, every day on his vacation. SO boring to me. To each his own. I don't lose sleep over it.

I totally understand your wanting his girls to be able to experience Disney, but it's not worth losing a life long friendship over. Leave it up to his girls to try and convince him to go. Maybe he will change his mind, maybe he won't, but you can't get as stressed out over it as you sound, in the end it's his decision and I think you might have to accept that.

 

[Mickey_Man]

It time to get a new best friend!!
Just kidding.....sorry I couldn't help myself!

I was thinking the same thing!

Seriously though - fishing, "manly things", boating......all activities you can do at WDW!!! I think your friend needs help getting past the perception of just the theme parks and really learn about the whole experience and all the other things he can do there. And if that fails - I say tie him up, throw him in the back of a van, and drop him off in front of the train station at MK right before rope drop!!

 

[disneydad78]

I was thinking the same thing!

Seriously though - fishing, "manly things", boating......all activities you can do at WDW!!! I think your friend needs help getting past the perception of just the theme parks and really learn about the whole experience and all the other things he can do there. And if that fails - I say tie him up, throw him in the back of a van, and drop him off in front of the train station at MK right before rope drop!!

I thought of that!!!But he used to be a trainer,,and still lifts,,big dude!!

 

[DWFan4Life]

Sad to hear that, just convinced him to try once then see if it works for him. Definitely he will going crazy and wants to booked again after you arrived.