Doesn't it suck when ur last day is approaching & u see all new people coming in?

[photobob]

We generally get up real early and hit the road. I don't have the jealousy of those just arriving because I know I've already had my great time. I do however get the blues for a little while when we get home. All who visit this site spend so much time planning and thinking about these wonderfull trips that once the trip comes and goes it's hard to believe it's already behind us. But right now I'm feeling great because I just realized that as of today I'm doing the SINGLE DIGIT DANCE!!!

 

[CanadaPT]

Although WDW is a really special place, I always like coming back home to Canada! Especially on Spring Trips because you know when you return that summer is just around the corner. We're going to plan a winter trip so that when we return the holidays will be upon us. I think it's important to know that there are other great things to look forward to other than WDW!

 

[ggarriso]

Yes guys,

this is what I refer to as "Disney Depression" its hard to describe for me except complete physical and mental depression. It makes me nauseaus..

 

[snowglobe girl]

Wow! I do all of these things and thought I was the only one. I always cry when we're driving out those gates...I also look at the tags in cars to see if I'm staying longer than other people. How funny! What bothers me more than seeing people arriving and rolling their luggage in is seeing the people standing in line at the buses getting ready to go to the parks! I usually start dreading the trip home by the second or third day. I try to plan things to do on the way home. We always drive, so we'll stop at outlet malls, or stop at a beach somewhere and spend the night, that way I don't feel like the trip is totally over.

 

[WEDWDW]

I don't feel jealous of people checking in at all.I am so happy for them.But,what I like to do,is to go to the lobby the second or third day I am there and sit around and watch people check in for twenty or thirty minutes.I can re-live the excitement of check-in and not get sad,because I still have five or six more days left in my trip.It is really fun watching people checking in knowing that I am no where close to checking out.

 

[Dopey's twin Dippy]

i get so depressed the night before we leave. we usually try to end our week at the MK . and we keep counting down the hours. then the day we are packing, we go down to eat at the food court and we see all the NEW people coming in with their suit cases and it kills me. then finally when our cab arrives, i always say BY to our hotel, and say SEE YA NEXT YEAR, which my dd laughs at me. its so sad to leave .....

 

[fairytinkerbell]

Why doesn't Michael Eisner honor all of us disney nuts by giving us an awesome job there or something...or moving us to live in wdw!

I thought I was the only one who felt that way about vacations to wdw, but I'm glad to see it's not just me out there!

 

[MickeyEars]

I couldn't believe it when I saw this thread!! I thought I was the "only" one who felt that way. It has to be the WORST feeling ever. It makes me soooooooo jealous I can't stand it, but I guess everyone has a "last day" at some point huh?? At least that's what my family tells me when I start whining about all those just arriving!!! Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone in my "suffering"!!!


Carla

 

[jwill]

That has always been a lousy feeling and it's interesting to see that others feel the same way. In one way it's nice to see the people coming in with their luggage just knowing that they are experiencing the same feeling you had just days before.

I lived in the Central Florida area for six months and have just recently returned home. When I went there on the weekends it was a strange feeling when leaving the park. To know that everyone was on their vacation and going back to their resorts at the end of the night and I had to just drive home just wasn't the same.

 

[colleen costello]

The only thing that EVER helps is planning the next trip, and for this remedy to REALLY work, that next trip has to be fairly soon. We are leaving in a few days for WDW, and I have already booked March 2005 "spring break" with my parents. Looking forward to that time together, all 6 of us, will make it easier when the June trip ends... But I STILL won't be "happy!" This ailment makes sense... What WDW fan EVER wants a trip to end?

 

[Disneyfun1]

I feel the exact same way. I feel so great when we arrive, knowing we have plenty of time now. I have thought i have seen people give me strange looks-probably because they are leaving soon and we are so happy. then When it gets closer to leaving, i hate it. I too see all the new people arriving with the spunk we had when we arrived and i am so jealous. That is one reason i go for 11 days now. After arriving on the weekend and leaving the next one, it sucked becasue a lot of people arrive on the weekend like we do. Now we leave the following tuesday, which isnt quite as bad, but i do feel bad when we leave, especially at the airport when we leave and i see people get off the plane, knowing they are going to wdw. As soon as i get home though, i usually start planning the next trip, then i feel better. I really start to feel better about 6 months before we go, then its all downhill from there, as it is now.

 

[SRUAlmn]

The first day back at work is the WORST too! You sit there and think that at this time yesterday you were walking down Main St. or touring the world in Epcot and now you are answering phones and replying to emails and faxes BooHooo

 

[colleen costello]

While the drive home is LONG, I think it helps me to "decompress" before I get home. I re-read my Passporter memories and kind of re-live the vacation. I think about all the stuff we didn't do, for next time. By the time we arrive home, it's been a day and a half since we left WDW, and I get so busy unpacking I forget about being sad. That kicks in AFTER I can relax...

I agree with planning longer trips. Every time I go down I try for at least 8 nights, even if it means pulling the kids out of school for a few days. Anything less than 8 nights is like a tease for me... It's too hard to get down there and have to plan on leaving too soon. My "perfect" trip would be about 11 nights... Even if it means a less expensive resort and eating some Poptarts for dinners, I like to go for as long as possible!

 

[bethbuchall]

I thought I was the only one who felt that way. On our last morning there, I stood on the balcony at the CR, and said, "They just opened the Magic Kingdom without me." I was mighty jealous of everyone just beginning even though I knew that I was lucky to have such a great vacation.

Beth

 

[fairytinkerbell]

I saw a condo online for only $10,000 in kissimmee.
Is this possible?? How can it be so cheap???

I'd love to move there or have a vac. home there but i don't think i'd like flying all the time (3-4x per year)???

What do you all think?

 

[suzywindy]

I wish I could figure out how to feel differently. No matter if I go on a short trip or a long trip I always feel the same way. THE FIRST DAY IS THE BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD. Top of the world...but the last day I am just depressed - even though we run to main street for the last time and I try to forget about it. I always cry as we are leaving. I must plan the next trip or talk about it. Seeing other people coming in I think lucky them - all bright and full of energy!

 

[fairytinkerbell]

How long do u stay in wdw??

 

[colleen costello]

I shoot for twice a year and I can live with that. Wish I could spread the two trips out evenly, so only 6 months between, but with jobs and school, that doesn't work right. But two a year is good -- never TOO long in between. We try to stay at least 8 nights, since the drive is a killer.

How about everyone else?

 

[Joline]

WOW!! We just went through this. As we got off the plane I thought what a wonderful feeling it was to just be starting the vacation. Of course I saw all the sad people sitting there waiting to go back to Milwaukee, and I said to DH, "that will be us in a week." On our last day we can both feel the dread of returning to reality. On this trip tho, the airline was asking for anyone to give up their seats sooooooooooooo, We Did!! We were lucky enough to get another night at the BWV using DVC points and so we were on our way again leaving the airport bound for BWV for one more night. We were like giddy little kids We did have to come home yesterday tho. (darn) DH said instead of an extra magic hour we got an extra magic day!!

 

[dbail2]

I am excited for them and sad for me.....