Disney Crazy???

[tltay2005]

Fort Wilderness in April, November & December; Disney Dream cruise in June & annual passes with too many trips to count. Am I Disney crazy? Yes I am, and very happy to be so! Anyone else a member of this club?

 

[tiggerdad]

You win the lottery?

Wish I was in your club, but I'm only once a year visitor. If it was up to my kids I'd be in your club.

 

[MomTo3PrincessesInNJ]

We're dubbing this our Year Of Disney... we have trips booked in April (when we activate our Annual Passes), August, November & December. If there's a 24 hr event for Leap Year we'll come for that, and in the next few weeks we'll be booking our March 2016 trip.

We live in NJ so I think it's crazy that we have Annual Passes! After this year I think we're taking a Disney break. We have a new (to us) motor home and I really want to take it West with the kids. We'll need to save our vacation so we can take 3 weeks in the Summer to do that.

 

[Bishoparc]

Nah, you aren't crazy at all (I actually just asked my wife this same question yesterday.) We had kinda laid off Disney for a little bit and then went back for our 5yr anniversary last year and attended the MNSSHP and it totally renewed our love for Disney. Then we stayed at the Fort in a Cabin in January and that was a totally different experience and we absolutely loved the Fort. We've been to WDW every month so far this year except this month (but yes we're going back down end of next month to camp at the Fort for this first time.)

Have I had encounters with some not so friendly cast members, yes. Have I been overrun by the growing crowds over the years, yes. Having fun and enjoying WDW is all about how you approach it. My wife and I don't have any kids but we just tell ourselves we're the only 2 people there (even though we very well know we aren't but it's always a funny thing we tell each other and we start our day out right.) Being AP's we are blessed to be able to go down more than others I know and I do feel bad for the people who come down for their "one" Disney trip they've saved up for and then end up having a bad experience. With travel anywhere these days, you just have to go with the flow. Don't go in with these super high expectations and that helps too so when something "magical" does happen it means even more.

 

[tltay2005]

Not lottery winners (I wish) just lucky to live in Florida and only 35 minutes from WDW.

 

[Bishoparc]

Not lottery winners (I wish) just lucky to live in Florida and only 35 minutes from WDW.

I'm unfortunately not lucky enough to be 35 minutes away, we're in the panhandle (Pensacola area) so it's 6 1/2 hours but it's still well worth it

 

[uccats97]

Disney crazy? Yep and proud of it!! I have 3 trips in the next 8 weeks and I'm over 900 miles away.

 

[peg110]

We are planning our Third trip in the last (by then) 4 years. This time we talked about the AP. Our trip this time will keep us at FW for 12 days. So to really make it worthwhile, we would have to come down again for another, at least week long stay. The problem is less about the cost of admission then it is about the cost of travel and accommodations as well as getting the time off from Work/School (for the kiddos). We were going to try and get it in but in the end, it was better for us to not splurge for the AP. Kuddos to anyone that can get them and use them to their fullest. Maybe when I retire, I can take more advantage of it. unfortunately, unless I win the lottery, that's likely not going to happen for at least 20+ years.

 

[NotTheBatesMotel]

I got back earlier this month from a 6 night stay in one of the cabins. We scrounged for the cabin cost + 5 day park hopper tickets by saving, using part of a tax return, and asking for Disney gift cards for Christmas and our birthdays.

We decided to upgrade to AP's so we now have an adults-only (5th anniversary) May trip planned. Unfortunately it won't be at the fort this time, but we will make up for that by spending a week at the fort in September. It really is an addiction! We live 11 hours away and usually drive, so we might be slightly crazy for getting an AP.

 

[Chickp]

We're taking our second trip in six months, which is a first for us. But we only stayed 2 nights last time at AKL, and then we all wanted to go back so bad that we decided to do our spring break at the Fort. It's about what we would have spent to camp on the beach which was our other option, and my DS fell in love with the fort last time we were down and explored it a bit.

I have always loved Disney but after this past trip the actual addiction hit for my whole family. I doubt we'll do APs because the resorts are our favorite part, but more trips soon are definitely in store and soon! We live about a seven hour drive away so not too bad at all.

 

[THEDISNEYTHREE]

You peeps are so lucky to live close to the mouse! We are settling in at twice a year. We always go the end of Oct. for MNSSHP and then catch the first MVMCP. That is my favorite time of year to go. My ds loves star wars, so we have started to go for SWW.

 

[staceyrhood]

Yes! Absolutely!!!