Ever Had A Spoiled Disney Trip?

[LVSWL]

btass, I can understand how hurt you and your son must have been when your dh was on the phone so much. As I read your post, I kept thinking, well, he had to work , and then I got to the part about it not being for work and my heart just ached for the two of you. Good for you that you had your September trip. We love September, the weather is hot, the pools are great the crowds are low.

 

[fantavet]

fantavet, you are stonger than me. Most of us don't see the writing on the wall, or are too afraid we will hurt someone's feelings or commit ourselves to more than we would like if we open discussions so we do nothing and end up with a big mess. You are my hero!

LVSWL,

Thanks for the compliment but I will admit if it wasn't for the money factor I wouldn't have said anything.

We went for a 7 day cruise. When I spend that kind of money there is NO WAY I'm coming back saying that trip was awful. It also helped that my sister and her husband were on the same wavelength about the idea.

Best family discussion we ever had because there were to many people with different ages, interests, energy levels etc.....to pay all this money and have 14 people discuss each day "What do you want to do?", that is crazy and of course nothing gets decided.

Go on a trip with your family but tell them about this discussion thread, the idea that how can so many people be wrong? What I found out from my sister was that she was thinking the same thing but like you....didn't want to hurt anyones feelings. So if you bring up the idea you might be surprised that you lifted the burden off everyone else.

 

[experiment626mom]

yes and it ended in a big fight at the airport.

 

[LVSWL]

Experiment626mom,OUCH were you coming or going?

 

[Never2Old4Disney]

Two years ago we took my best friend and her two children to Disney with us. DH and I are Disney Freaks and don't have kids of our own so traveling and touring with kids was definately different and it caused for a lot of angry feelings all around a couple days. Don't even get me started on the fact that we spent 4 hours in Epcot and the kids HAD to go back to the hotel to swim instead. I agreed (against my wishes) with the stipulation that we would come back later so I could see Illuminations. We saw Kangaroo Jack at the movie theater in DTD instead AND to top it all off, my Best Friend fell ASLEEP and slept through the whole movie. Love her and her kids but NEVER again will we travel together.

 

[LVSWL]

fantavet, thanks so much for the words of encouragement, but unfortunately for me, my "spoiled disney trip" has already happened. It does help to hear encouraging words tho, and it is something that we will try very hard not to let happen again. It was not a planned family trip, but aquaintances who mirrored our plans and it became very uncomfortable. pm me if you are interested in more. Thanks for the support.

 

[chrisn]

I know a lot of people like to travel with extended family and it's all nice and dandy for them but not for me. I hate it! My parents are ok because they go with the flow but they are slow. My brother is great because he just follows and never complains. One year we took my 19 year old nephew and all he did was mope, complain, walked out of restaurants while we were eating and generally soured the mood. That was the first and last time we'll be taking him but he doesn't hold a candle to to the trip with my little sister and her 3 whinebags...Uuuuummm, I mean children. Yes I have two bratty angels of my own ages 17 DD, and 7 DS. All we did was wait, wait, and wait some more. It took her eons to do anything. Get the baby out of the stroller, mess with the diaper bag and other miscellaneous mountains of crap, decide where she wanted to park, Decide who was riding first. It took a minimum of 20 minutes before and 20 minutes after each ride for us to actually do something. On top of that all I heard was (in the most annoying whiney, scratchy voice you can possible imagine-think miniature Fran Dresser), I don't want to ride that, I don't want to sit on the edge, I don't want to get wet, that's dumb, I want to ride first and on and on and on and on and on. This from the oldest of 4 kids besides my teen DD. Before you flame me, I have taken a baby in a stroller to WDW and man I had the stoller parked, the stuff situated and the baby whipped out in less than a minute or two before and after so no I don't think I'm being unresonable. I love her to pieces but the girl is freakin slow and wastes gumungus amounts of time. I'm actually looking forward to not having to deal with all that this trip coming up. I will be assisting my disabled brother but at least I don't have to deal with all that whining! I MUCH prefer to travel to WDW with just the four of us. There is definitely such a thing as too much family togetherness!

 

[swilshire]

I was just reminding my oldest son (now 17) over the weekend of the time we took him and his older sister to Busch Gardens, shelling out what was a lot of money to us, and only got to stay an hour or so because they were both so grouchy.

Disappointments happened to me a lot early in my marriage. I came from a small family and always wanted a big one. I don't know how many times I planned these "perfect" events with DH's family that got totally derailed and made me feel cheated. It took me a while (and four kids) to learn that expecting the perfect ANYTHING (trip, child, career, home) is a recipe for disaster.

I am much more a "go with the flow" type of person now. It came in handy last weekend when my carefully planned two days at Busch Gardens came with terrible weather. Still, we all had a pretty good time and nobody left too disappointed.

Life is too short to fret. Just enjoy it as it comes and hope for the best.

JMHO.

Sheila