thatgirl
Earning My Ears
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- Aug 16, 2000
My sweet absent minded professor husband was invited to present at a conference next month in Orlando. Since it's been almost a decade since I've been, I decided this was the perfect opportunity to tag along and get my Disney World fix.
He historically doesn't like Disney because he thinks they are out to separate you from your $. My reaction was "Darling, who isn't? ." Don't ask me how a Disney obsessed person ended up with someone who hates Disney. He's cute, smart, kind and funny, the no Disney thing is one of very few flaws.
So after a very serious conversation (at least on my part) about stealing my sunshine, he's agreed to get all the griping out of his system between now and then and try behave while we are there (this is a fun month right now, let me tell you .) He's even agreed to add a few extra day's onto the trip so he can come to the parks with me some. He hasn't been since he was a very young child, and the only park built at the time was the Magic Kingdom, so he has NO IDEA how amazing it is and how many things there are to see and do. Our plans are to do Animal Kingdom the first day (he's a licensed falconer who loves animals and used to volunteer at the zoo in the city we used to live in so I thought that would be a good re-introduction to Disney), Let him sleep late/Disney Springs and Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party the second day (my theory is, the less time he has to wait in lines, the better. Worse comes to worst I'll just feed him trick or treat candy until he's happy ), I'm on my own for the next two day's while he's at the conference and then one more day with him and because he's a foodie, the Epcot Food and Wine Festival the last day, which is a Monday and hopefully won't be too busy.
I have everything planned out and fast passes/dining reservations/rest time all orchestrated to cause him the least amount of hassle and stress. I even ordered quick dry shorts/socks and skivvies so he doesn't get uncomfortable walking around wet after water rides. I'm going to make this look easy if it kills me, lol. I really want him to have a wonderful time and finally see what I see in Disney. The only problem is, he has social anxiety. Not always, he's really gotten a handle on it, but it does pop up at the least expected and usually worst times. Sometimes when he's in large crowds or in unfamiliar situations....sort of like our entire trip will be. I'm braced for it and want to make sure I can give him what he needs when/if it happens before it turns into a full blown panic attack. I haven't been to Disney World in ages, so I'm not sure where the quiet places in the parks are anymore.
Does anyone have any suggestions of quiet, out of the way places in each of the parks that I can take him to if it get's to be too much. Usually removing himself from the situation and chilling out for 20-30 minutes does it and he's ok again. Having that time to get away from the stress is crucial though. Once it get's past a certain point, he's done for the day. I really don't want that to happen on our trip so I want to go in prepared with a rescue plan securely in place. Thanks in advance for any help/pointers/suggestions you can give me!
He historically doesn't like Disney because he thinks they are out to separate you from your $. My reaction was "Darling, who isn't? ." Don't ask me how a Disney obsessed person ended up with someone who hates Disney. He's cute, smart, kind and funny, the no Disney thing is one of very few flaws.
So after a very serious conversation (at least on my part) about stealing my sunshine, he's agreed to get all the griping out of his system between now and then and try behave while we are there (this is a fun month right now, let me tell you .) He's even agreed to add a few extra day's onto the trip so he can come to the parks with me some. He hasn't been since he was a very young child, and the only park built at the time was the Magic Kingdom, so he has NO IDEA how amazing it is and how many things there are to see and do. Our plans are to do Animal Kingdom the first day (he's a licensed falconer who loves animals and used to volunteer at the zoo in the city we used to live in so I thought that would be a good re-introduction to Disney), Let him sleep late/Disney Springs and Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party the second day (my theory is, the less time he has to wait in lines, the better. Worse comes to worst I'll just feed him trick or treat candy until he's happy ), I'm on my own for the next two day's while he's at the conference and then one more day with him and because he's a foodie, the Epcot Food and Wine Festival the last day, which is a Monday and hopefully won't be too busy.
I have everything planned out and fast passes/dining reservations/rest time all orchestrated to cause him the least amount of hassle and stress. I even ordered quick dry shorts/socks and skivvies so he doesn't get uncomfortable walking around wet after water rides. I'm going to make this look easy if it kills me, lol. I really want him to have a wonderful time and finally see what I see in Disney. The only problem is, he has social anxiety. Not always, he's really gotten a handle on it, but it does pop up at the least expected and usually worst times. Sometimes when he's in large crowds or in unfamiliar situations....sort of like our entire trip will be. I'm braced for it and want to make sure I can give him what he needs when/if it happens before it turns into a full blown panic attack. I haven't been to Disney World in ages, so I'm not sure where the quiet places in the parks are anymore.
Does anyone have any suggestions of quiet, out of the way places in each of the parks that I can take him to if it get's to be too much. Usually removing himself from the situation and chilling out for 20-30 minutes does it and he's ok again. Having that time to get away from the stress is crucial though. Once it get's past a certain point, he's done for the day. I really don't want that to happen on our trip so I want to go in prepared with a rescue plan securely in place. Thanks in advance for any help/pointers/suggestions you can give me!
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