Does it ever just "hit" you that....

[BluOrchid2]

Sometimes, in the middle of the hot afternoon, it will just hit me that RIGHT NOW, 1500 miles away in Florida, there is a parade going on. And balloon vendors walking around with bouquets of balloons afloat overhead. And the smell of freshly popped, hot popcorn. And music, and dancing, and fun, and frolic. Right now, there is someone riding Dumbo for the very first time. Right now, there is someone SEEING THE CASTLE for the very first time, and having their picture taken in front of it. All of this stuff, that goes on in WDW EVERY DAY, every EVENING....parades, shows, rides....it's going on even as I sit in hot, humid, Missouri. And that little thought comforts me, somehow. I'm not envious of them; I know that it will all be there for me when I get to go back home to the Mouse's House. And it makes me smile.

 

[PrincessCandaceMarie]

 

[snappy]

You are a poet.

 

[thptrek]

After reading your post I think I just got "hit."

 

[MelanieC]

Great post..........It hits home for me since I just got back last night. Its nice knowing someone is still there soaking it all up. I really try to take a few moments while I'm there and soak up the memories (like the smells etc). It keeps me going till I get there again.

 

[GinaGrumpyDwarf]

maybe i'm just hormonal from being pregnant, but that made me cry!!!... What a beautiful thought, thank you.

 

[Mickeyfaniam]

yes today...my first day back to work after 2 weeks off and 9 days of WDW!
Oh how do I survive??

 

[patrickpiteo]

When I am there I think about.... how much I am going miss it when I am not there.. and the lucky ones who will be here when I am gone.

 

[kimisabella]

Thank god I'm not the only one who thinks about it also - I would never tell anyone else here in the "real world", but on the dis it's all good!!!!

 

[mickeymousemom]

Yes, every so often..on a day that I really want to be there(or just want to escape reality) it "hits" me that right that second, someone is eating a turkey leg, riding Splash Mountain, checking into their favorite resort. As sad as I am because its not me, it also comforts me a little. Its such a wonderful place to go where you can forget that the outside world exists!

 

[Stacy_C]

Yep, I think like that often

 

[kellyf2626]

I do think about that sometimes!

I get the same feeling when I am checking out in the hotel - and see an excited family that is just beginning their magical stay! It gives me a sense of the "big picture" - that at WDW, it is like a revoving door. Always someone leaving and someone coming, yet the *magic* is always there!

 

[PixiePop]

Yes, I think of that as well, especially when I am having a really bad day. It helps to think that someone out there is enjoying the magic.

 

[jonestavern]

I held onto the schedule of events keep one in an end table in the family rm & another in the drawer of my nightstand--
yes, as long as you know the magic is happening somewhere for someone it's a little more bearable being away from it~
& yes, kimisabella, I would never breathe a word to anyone in the real world, 'cept DH & DS16(& they're right in w/me in this! )

Jean

 

[MommyBoo!]

It hits DH and then he gets to me. Sigh. It doesn't help that I'm sitting here listening to the Park Hopper Radio. I just got through singing at the Biergarten.

 

[snappy]

I held onto the schedule of events keep one in an end table in the family rm & another in the drawer of my nightstand--
yes, as long as you know the magic is happening somewhere for someone it's a little more bearable being away from it~
& yes, kimisabella, I would never breathe a word to anyone in the real world, 'cept DH & DS16(& they're right in w/me in this! )

Jean

I keep these in my car. Got quite a collection. You never know when you might need one.

 

[Blueberry]

Yes it hits me all the time and that was so well said..thank you. I think how someone else is staying in my resort room, riding my favorite rides, eating at the restaurnts I love so much and having fun....

It makes me a bit sad it is not me, but I am glad that others are enjoying it as much as I do when I am not there...

A few weeks before our trip, right now I get most homesick for the Mouse and all my favorite things there as time is getting so close...That is why the DIS is so important to all of us who are so badily addicted, to live through others till we can be there ourselves..

Hurrah for everyone there now, who saw the 3pm parade today, maybe for the first time. Walking down Main Street smelling those wonderful smells being totally immursed in the Magic..I am happy for you....

 

[DisneyPhD]

yes, and that is why I like boards like DIS. Because there is a conection to it. Not only is there a parade going one, but someone on this board just saw it yesterday, or is going to tmw. I like reading trip reports for the same reason.

The pull is the strongest in the winter. Not as bad for me in the summer when it is nice here to start with.

It is really bad when you have an AP and is like WDW is just calling your name....."come visist, if you could just get here it would be FREE!" That is very dangerous.

My hubby also really likes to listen to Live365 where they play park music, often at the "right moments." like opening music at 9:00 am or parade music at 9:00 pm.

 

[kellyf2626]

It hits DH and then he gets to me. Sigh. It doesn't help that I'm sitting here listening to the Park Hopper Radio. I just got through singing at the Biergarten.

What is the Park Hopper Radio?

 

[jugglinfish]

for that wonderful thought. We're leaving the day after tomorrow, and we're super psyched, but have that last minute stress thing going on too. Your post made me smile. Thanks