I currently have up through 2012 fairly planned. I have several spreadsheets that chronicle the ages of our children each step of the way, days left on hoppers, what tickets to buy next, resorts yet to visit, restaurants on the to-do list, pts banked / borrowed, packing lists, priority seating schedules, etc, all that stuff -- it truly boggles the mind. I have all our meals pretty much planned for our next trip -- and it's 11 mos away! I am calling day-by-day this week securing our accommodations, somewhat b/c we're getting a std view at BWV and want to be CERTAIN we get it, but also because I JUST CAN'T WAIT. Gotta have those details NAILED DOWN ASAP! A disgusting waste of effort to some, but I LOVE it. DH used to think I was driving myself nuts with all the planning -- then he realized that the planning is actually a BIG part of the vacation aspect for me! I can "live" in the vacation moment all the way up until departure.
Amazingly, no, I don't get freaked out by changing plans. I have so many options waiting in the wings, it's not a big issue. ANd I do leave intentional gaps in my master plans to allow folks to do their own thing for a while as the Disney Spirit moves them... (or as my DH joking calls it, my "carefully scheduled moments of spontanaiety"
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I do get impatient, sometimes, because of all the choices... I know that sooner or later we'll hit all the places / venues we want, but just not all in one trip. BUt a new resort opens, or someone raves about a restaurant, or trades pts on a great trip somewhere, and it sets your wheels turning again. Personally, if I didn't have my planner showing out to 2012, listing all that we will do in that time, it would be alot harder planning a single trip! I like to think I see the big picture when I plan obsessively!!
The only way I might get miffed is if a trip was DELAYED (or -- horrors - cancelled!
) We plan big trips every 18 mos or so (rather than lots of small ones), so I realllllly look forward to my DVC fix, and putting off a trip would be pure torture to me! That's never happened yet, thank goodness -- and I hope it NEVER does, either!