Does anyone else feel sad when they leave?

[ILoveDisney-Angie]

We just got back from a 12 day vacation at WDW. We stayed at the WL. It was really nice. I would stay there again but only if the Epcot resorts were booked. DH and I really missed the location of the Epcot resorts. We had time to check out the BC when DH had to try out the "Kitchen Sink" at Beaches at Cream. We are definitely going to stay there next year if money isn't an issue.

I'm just curious as to how many of you DISers feel really sad when you leave WDW. I'm usually ready to come home (back to reality) on the last day of our trip - mostly due to guests that are rude or "non-magical" but even with more rude people then in recent years I had a hard time with leaving. I actually cried on the airplane and that's not like me at all. I want to go back already and I've only been gone 6 days!!!!!!

Also, how do I add a picture to my signature?????

 

[Nolcrest]

Yes, I am always sad when I leave the resorts. The worst sight is seeing all those "check out bills" hanging from the doorknobs. We drive and leave to go home very early in the morning - when it is still dark out. I always shed tears as we are leaving. The night before we leave I am always trying to "freeze frame" the sights that I am experiencing. The w orst part of my trip to Disney is driving out and away.

 

[ILoveDisney-Angie]

Nolcrest - I'm from NY too!

I started dreading the thought of leaving half way into our vacation. Everyday I told DH (6 days til we have to go home, 5 days, 4 days, etc.) to the point that I didn't have as much fun as I could have had I not been thinking about leaving. Next year I'll have to stay 14 days!

 

[7thdwarf/dopey]

Sad is to mild a description for me......down right depressed is more like it, and it lasts for months. I'd rather be at WDW than at my job period!
If I told you where I work you'd understand.

 

[WDW LifeLong Fan]

I've been going since the first week WDW opened. I stayed at the POLY the first week in 1971.

Without exception.... I've always teared up when leaving. Now my DW and 2 DD's do as well.

 

[wildernesslodgelover]

YES! I get very teary eyed when leaving WDW...it is so weird, because I am not like that on other vacations! I look at the people checking in while we are walking through the lobby and I am so envious of them! I really like it when I see a CM, and they ask how I am doing
I tell them I am sad because we are checking out. Many times, the CM has said, with confidence, "That's ok, you'll be back again soon enough!" That really cheers me up.

Ilovedisney angie-I am the same way...I need to work on that. I start counting down how many days I have left too early into the trip. My DH gets VERY annoyed!

 

[Disney Dee]

I have to not think about leaving the whole time I am there because if i dwell on it, i have almost ruined a great vacation worring about leaving!

 

[tinknsnow]

I have to not think about leaving the whole time I am there because if i dwell on it, i have almost ruined a great vacation worring about leaving!

I'm like that, too. Our trips are long-ish (7-10 days) but still, I wish we could stay for another week. I feel so let down on that last day I am near tears. The only thing that helps is to immediately begin planning the next trip. I usually have it booked about a week after we get back.

 

[copper0426]

We left at about 3pm today to come home. DH has to work mids tonight, so we left earlier than usual. It was really hard leaving in the middle of the day. DS 8 is always sad to leave and as we were walking to the car, he said how much he hates to leave. I feel twice as bad when he is sad. I just had to tell him, if we never leave, then we won't feel the joy of coming back. I also told him that we will be flying out to Cali in August to bring the Magic back home. We have Disney cruised before and although we enjoy it very very much, it is not the same as being at the world.

I feel that since fastpass has started I have been noticing time more and more since we are always seeing when it is time for fastpass ride, or when we can get a new one. So i feel like time goes by too quickly now. Before we just stood in line and made small talk now it is all a time crunch. Does anyone have that feeling?

Diane

 

[ILoveDisney-Angie]

Thanks everyone!

It's nice to know that I'm not insane. No one understands like you guys/girls do. Everyone at work asked how my vacation was and when I say I wish I could go right back, they don't understand. They ask how I can't be tired of it after going year after year. With the exception of all the miserable, rude guests, WDW couldn't be any better. It truly is a wonderful, magical place.

By the way, DH gets really annoyed with me when I start counting down the days until our vacation is over. He tells me that I ruin his vacation. I really try not to but I dread the day that we have to leave and can't keep from thinking about it.

I wonder if I moved to Orlando and worked at WDW if I would still love it as I do now. And most importantly, would I love my job and not mind going to work like I do everyday in my current job. I literally fight with myself every morning to get out of bed to go to work. I hate working and can't help but wonder if I worked at WDW if I wouldn't mind getting up for work in the morning. When we were there last week, DH got the Orlando Newspaper to see if there were any jobs worth considering a move and lo and behold there was a huge ad for Disney. 3000 seasonal/part time employees needed!!!

 

[SuzEm]

I thought staying a full 2 weeks I'd be ready to come home - Nope! Still sad to leave. We got back this past Saturday evening - and every morning since my daughter and I say - "Well, where are we going to go - want to go over to Epcot for a while? or would you rather go to Typhoon Lagoon." It's been kind of fun to pretend where we might go if we were still there. She even pulled out her Disney CD that has the Illuminations music, parade music and some ride music and has been playing it. She asked me last night if I'd like to go back to WDW and invited me into her room where the music was playing. She doesn't know it but her November birthday gift is a trip back the week before Christmas! And I can't wait!!! WDW Withdrawel is awful!

 

[dmslush]

On our last trip, I cried like a baby on the monorail leaving MK on our last night. It just broke my heart LOL! It was a 'once in a lifetime' trip (or so we thought) and something that I had been wishing and wanting my whole life, and it was over so fast.

 

[jonestavern]

We all get the DisneyBlues here. DS16 grades actually slipped a tad!
I was in the dumps for about 2/3 wks as was DH. DH keeps saying things like," 1 week ago today, at this time we were standing in line for ToT", or " 3 weeks and 2 days ago we were watching DS do DiveQuest", etc
That does it am getting a Disney music CD is there a DVD? Heaven knows we've watched our DVC video enough!
I tear up when we go thru the 'Mickey" arches
Hopefully next yr a full 14 days, but will that be kinder to us?
Live in the moment all, & just bathe in the magic!
Jean

 

[Connor&Cody'sMom]

As we were leaving AKL last May, my two DS's were sitting on either side of me. I glanced at each of them; both were completely silent and had tears in their eyes! They get that from their mother. I immediately started planning our next trip (August 2006), but it seems like long time away.
I think I would love to be a WDW CM.

 

[ILoveDisney-Angie]

Does anyone know where you can get that Disney CD online????? I want to get one now!

 

[littlebigdog]

Last year when we left Disney for a 12 hour drive home, I cried from POP Century until Georgia! Begged DH to turn around and go back!!LOL
We are leaving in 2 days for POP, and I already dread coming back home!

 

[disneyfanfamily]

I cried on the plane on the way home the last time. And I am sure that I will cry on July 9 on our way home this year. I love WDW. Being there just sends you to a place with no worries and all fun. Then you have to come back to realty. However, reality is not bad. We have a great life here! But...it's just not WDW. 22 days!!!

 

[blue_eyes5212]

I leave for POP in three days and I am already thinking about how sad I will be to leave. I hear the same thing at my job that someone earlier said they did. People ask "Why don't you go somewhere else this year?" and they act like i'm immature for wanting to go to a place they think is for kids only (which is crazy). Of course I have to remember that this is coming from people who have not been to Disney in 25-30 years and would rather lay on the beach for a week (not that there is anything wrong with that). My theory? I am going to be the one paying for my vacation and I will choose where I go! That's why I love DIS. You guys (and gals) understand the love for WDW!

 

[nluvwithmickey]

I sure can relate. I dread that sadness like you wouldn't beleive. especially the last park we go to. When we leave, I take one look back and look at the castle, or hat, or Epcot geosphere and I say I was so lucky to come here....Let's hope I can be back real soon.

But what is really hard, is waiting at the airport and seeing all the visitors arriving with their excited faces while we wait to be brought back to the real world. That's tough.

 

[blue_eyes5212]

Last year when we left Disney for a 12 hour drive home, I cried from POP Century until Georgia! Begged DH to turn around and go back!!LOL
We are leaving in 2 days for POP, and I already dread coming back home!

Three days till POP for me!