Ever regret any WDW trips?

[bebelle]

Being snow bound today, I was looking at pictures and videos of all our previous trips to Disney and working on plans for our upcoming trip. I started thinking about all the trips we have taken to WDW and I could not come up with a single one that I regret taking. They have all been marvelous, even the one where 3 out of 7 people got sick with the flu

How about you, any trips to WDW that you wish you hadn't spent the money on?

 

[Our 2 Princesses]

We do not regret any of our trips either. When we look back at pictures and videos, it brings big smiles to our faces. The first 2 times we went, both of our dds had the stomach flu. That part was no fun at the time but we can laugh about it now. Maybe??

 

[southtexasmom]

No regrets here! My family is very busy at home with school and sports stuff we are constantly on the go, at Disney we get to slow down and just enjoy being together, you can't put a price on that.

 

[chrisw127]

Well, if I had to pick one, I'd say when my twins were 20 months old. They did great as infants and they were wonderful this past December at almost 3, but at 20 months they were pretty miserable and worse, they didn't sleep. My husband, who spent most of the trip calculating how much each hour we weren't spending in the park was costing us, told me that he wouldn't go back until they were five or six, but then we all got what I call disnesia, forgot how bad it was, and planned another trip. Thankfully, they did great.

We can laugh now about how bad it was, at least.

 

[Fantasmic23]

No regrets here! My family is very busy at home with school and sports stuff we are constantly on the go, at Disney we get to slow down and just enjoy being together, you can't put a price on that.

Amen!!

 

[Mathfailure]

I completely regretted the trip I took with my husband's extended family.

They "want to be with the children, see them at Disney" so we reluctantly agreed to go all together.

Nope, no time spent with the children, just us helping them (get our supper , we're tired comes to mind!) It got to the point I just wanted to go home.

We have never gone with anyone other than our immediate family since.

 

[honeydiane1953]

Being snow bound today, I was looking at pictures and videos of all our previous trips to Disney and working on plans for our upcoming trip. I started thinking about all the trips we have taken to WDW and I could not come up with a single one that I regret taking. They have all been marvelous, even the one where 3 out of 7 people got sick with the flu

How about you, any trips to WDW that you wish you hadn't spent the money on?

Yes not getting to see some things due to time restraints. One yr not understanding the DP I left 19 snacks at WDW. It made me sick.

 

[momof1princess]

my DD's first trip comes to mind. my mom went with us, and she took care of the hotel, which turned out to be a very dirty-looking, run-down place across the interstate from the county jail. we later found out she'd gotten it for free for promising to do a timeshare presentation, which thankfully, we got out of because she'd done it on a previous trip to fort lauderdale. it took us a good 30-40 minutes to get to wdw each morning in traffic. she contradicted everything we said to our DD (who was 5 at the time), let DD ride on her scooter even though CM's repeatedly told her it wasn't allowed, and was generally so obnoxious, my DH spent almost the whole week looking for bathrooms due to a nervous stomach. i've never been so glad to be home. we haven't invited anyone else along since-it's always just the two of us with DD.

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Nope, we have not regretted any of our trips, even when we didn't have the money and charged the trip we don't regret it. We paid them off as fast as we could but the interest paid was well worth the memories with our kids when they were young.

 

[ADisneyQueen]

I can't say I've regretted trips, but I sorta wish we hadn't done this last trip at Christmas time and instead had planned it for Easter. The crowds weren't the problem, it was the cold weather. It just didn't feel like FL to me and we like to escape the cold from up here.

 

[Golfing Goofy]

I completely regretted the trip I took with my husband's extended family.

They "want to be with the children, see them at Disney" so we reluctantly agreed to go all together.

Nope, no time spent with the children, just us helping them (get our supper , we're tired comes to mind!) It got to the point I just wanted to go home.

We have never gone with anyone other than our immediate family since.

I can relate.... I don't actually regret the trip, but I definetly will never do that again... We had a huge family reunion at DLR and I ended up being the one to do all the planning and no one was happy, except for my family. Almost all of our relatives live in CA and have annual passes and go ALL the time...we are the ones from out of state. My kids were just happy to be there!

That was an interesting trip. It sounded so good in theory all of our family just meeting at DLR to see us. Everyone said that is what they wanted to do....but when it came down to it, everyone was unhappy about something. When I was planning the places to eat, everyone said, whatever.... But, as we are waiting there was always someone wondering why we were eating here...This is not a good place...you should have made a reservation for over there...blah, blah, blah. Luckily, I am really easy going on vacation and I just laughed it off, but after 1 week it started getting old....

One side of the family was upset because they decided - in the morning that they were supposed to come - that they just changed their minds and didn't want to mess with traffic and didn't want to go to the resort. They couldn't understand why we wouldn't rent a car and drive over an hour to their house for dinner... On another day, another family member wouldn't come and basically bullied my DH to go to their home to see them. That made me a bit upset He ended up staying overnight with them due to traffic.... (sig alert and would have made it back to DLR well past midnight that night).

But our kids LOVED that trip. They saw all of their cousins,aunties, uncles, nanas and grandma and grandpa....It was great. And the photos are the best thing. We actually have pics of just about everyone - together - and everyone is smiling.

I learned my lesson though. I am never going to try to mix both sides of the family at the same time. That is just for weddings and funerals... Every time we have gone down there after that trip, I just assigned a day to each relative and gave them a copy of our plans for that day. They are welcome to join us if they want, but it is up to them.... and, if they want other relatives to come on the same day, it is up to them to coordinate...Not me. LOL...

I am just so glad that we were able to have a long vacation at Disney. We will always have great memories...and some of them are pretty funny - now.

 

[harleyquinn]

Let's see...I actually regret my last trip to WDW. It was early December of '08 and the only good thing was the weather. I was 8 weeks pregnant, super sick and SUPER hormonal. I took my mom and I missed my DH like crazy. It was horrible.

On our Jan 06 trip my MIL suddenly passed away back home while we were on our second day at WDW. She was in the hospital when we left with some routine health issues (she had a very unhealthy body). That was terrible for me, but DH handled it completely differently. All I wanted to do was get home, but he decided we needed to stay since he had promised his mom we would stay no matter what. I guess she may have known it was more serious than we thought. SO we stayed and DH really thrived from being surrounded by happy families in his mom's favorite place in the world.

Sorry for the downers!!

 

[TLCdisneyfan]

I almost regret the first time I went with DH. He had a conference there, and I came with him. DD was only 6 months old, and DH missed her TERRIBLY. He had trouble relaxing, and kept saying "DD will love this someday," instead of enjoying the moment for himself. On top of that, we both caught colds. I can't say I totally regret it though. We did have some great times despite all that, and no matter how DH felt, I really needed a little time away from the baby to recharge my batteries. Just walking around MK by myself was a treat.

 

[grace&philipsmom]

, but then we all got what I call disnesia, forgot how bad it was, and planned another trip. .

Disnesia! What a perfect concept. We had 2 trips where things didn't run smooth and when we would leave DH would say we aren't returning for 2-3 years! Yet 6 months later we too would forget the bumps, look at pictures, only remember the fun stuff and plan our next trip!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

I kind of regret our most recent trip (Dec. 2009). I never felt "peaceful" about going on that trip. Something was just bugging me. DH and DS agreed that we would NOT have Christmas - the trip was it. Then they spent the weeks leading up to the trip telling me what all they wanted for Christmas! I threatened to cancel the trip at least 50 times, and I really should have.

The weather was absolute crap. It was a super short trip - just Thursday PM until Monday afternoon. Magical Express lost our bag (we had to check a bag because the weather was crap). We just didn't get to do much at all because of the lost bag, the pouring rain, the cold temps. After all was said and done we got 1.5 park days. NOT worth it. We go for at least 2 weeks every summer so it wasn't like this trip was necessary. Airfare is the same no matter how long you stay, so it KILLED me that we paid to fly to WDW and only managed 1.5 days out of it. We are never going in December again.

We had a similar trip a couple of years ago in February - flight delayed by snow, crappy weather at WDW, DS got sick the morning we were coming home. There is so much riding on those little short trips that if things go wrong it just isn't worth it. So we will stick to our long trips in the summer from now on.

 

[shaylahc1]

Yep, just one. It was when DS was 2 months old....we also had 7, 5 & 3 year old children. It was in December and they had record heat. DS was miserable the entire time. He cried constantly so I had to carry him. At night he was stressed because we were in a non-familiar environment and kept waking up every 30 minutes crying. I was about ready to be committed by the end of the trip. I had lost 10 lbs and was exhausted. I remember going home and thinking it was the biggest waste of $2000 ever

So yep, it happens! Every other trip we've taken have been awesome

 

[momtoBrandon&Jacob]

I don't regret any trips but I do regret what happened on the last night of our 2008 trip. Me and the boys wanted to stick around and see Wishes while dh didn't want to fight the crowds and buses. I should've told him to just go back to the room and me and the boys would watch Wishes and leave afterwards. Everyone would've been happy, but instead dh stuck around and was miserable and we ended up getting into a huge fight back at the room. It was not pretty and not a nice way to end our vacation. He ended up apologizing the next morning and we had a nice morning in MK and a nice lunch at CP before heading home but that whole situation did leave a nasty taste in my mouth.

Thankfully last year we were more easy going and didn't force each other to do anything. You live and learn!

 

[QVCshopper]

I have to say that I regret the one where DD, then almost 2, got very sick with the virus and was in our room for more than 1/2 the trip. Then DH, MIL, and FIL got sick. Only my infant and myself didn't get sick; overall it was awful and I would have much rather been home. 99% sure DD got the virus in Disney from the pools, but that was about 3 years ago. Since then, I've been much more careful with hand sanitizer.

We just got back from a 7 night cruise and 4 nights in Disney--it was the BEST trip ever. The kids, now 5 and 4, loved it all!

 

[LittleStinkerbelle]

I regret aspects of certain trips -- like in some respects our hotel choice on our last trip or the choice to go with certain family members who made things a little miserable -- but I can't think of a trip that I wish I hadn't taken altogether.

 

[santa's surpriz]

I regret the 2 visits with my ex-husband. Everytime we went to a park, after about an hour or so, "my belly hurts" or "I am done, let's go..." Helloo! My vacation too! He go back to the resort usually CBR, and take a nap while I had an incredible time without him. Since our divorce, I have taken DD7 3 times and going a 4th in OCtober. I have never had a down or dull moment with her! I guess it depends on the company you have!