Everybody says I'm crazy!

This past May I did my first solo trip for the first few nights of a week long trip before my girlfriends arrived and it was the best time. While I had a blast for the girls part of the trip too, I love being there solo. I did everything at my pace. When I woke up at the crack of dawn I didn't have to fight to wake up anyone else, I could just get ready and go, which meant I actually made it to park openings. When I got a headache at AK, I just left and went back to the room to rest, no trying to soldier on for the sake of my travelling companions. I ate the food I wanted to, when I wanted to. I had great conversations with CMs and other guests. I even got adopted by a wonderful family at DHS one night and rode ToT with them. They saw me the next day at Epcot and adopted me again and I had margaritas with them at La Cava. It was just such a great experience, I really got to slow down and enjoy Disney in a new way.
 
I haven't done a solo trip. But I love reading about the wonderful experiences because maybe I'll be going solo in the future. It's that or not go. AND THATS NOT AN OPTION:lmao:

I have friends whom I love dearly but I know me. When I've been at WDW its been with those who love it as much as I do. I shudder at spending any time at WDW with someone who didn't "get it". I won't go down that road:wizard:
 
Went on a very last minute Feb break trip Sun night through Thurs. morning. I literally booked my flight Sun. morning. SW had an amazing price I could not pass up. DH told me to go ( we have AP's)

I was a little nervous but it was incredible:goodvibes I was totally relaxed and did not worry about what anyone wanted to do but me. :rolleyes1 It felt great, and I was never uncomfortable or bored
 
I'm married and I have a 2 year old and I took my first solo trip last October...and...well...it was so AMAZING that I am doing a solo trip every year until the DAY. I. DIE.

I am a stay at home mom and Army wife, so just being able to do what I want, when I want, as long as I want for a few days did WONDERS for my mental health!

Already booked my next solo trip for the end of September!

I hate trying to "justify" to others why its so awesome. Thankfully, although my husband is by no means a Disney nut, he definitely gets me and lets me be the little Disney nerd that I am!:woohoo:
 

Wow, I'm not alone! :worship:
I just posted a semi-rant on the Doing the Happy Dance board, but I guess I should have posted it here instead.

To make a long story short, I've been crazy about WDW since we went for the first time, in May 2009. Since then, my DGF and I have been there December 2009, August 2010 and December 2011 (this time with my parents and sister for their first visit). Our last trip wasn't very very relaxing, and I came back more tired than anything. It was fun to show WDW to my family, but spending a whole week with my parents was a bit hard on everyone. They don't speak much English, so they relied on us a lot, and we spent the week translating everything. They also whined about stuff, tired easily especially as the week went on, and by the end of the week, I was just happy to leave WDW and get back home.

I have one week's vacation left to take before May (I had it extented a couple of weeks). My DGF wanted us to go spend that week at her parents. Since we already spent a week there over the Holidays, I said I'd pass and would try to make a solo trip to WDW fit in my budget. I know she's tired of WDW, so she won't be missing out. Well, she's been trying to make me feel guilty about not wanting to spend a week with her and her parents! We've been together 10 years, and it's only my second solo trip; the only other one was during the first year we were together, and it had been planned since before we'd met. Am I a selfish monster to want to spend one week alone, out of a 10 year relationship? I don't think so.

Anyway, I finaly booked my trip eaely this morning (Expedia was showing only 1 airfare ticket at the price I could pay, for the dates I wanted), and haven't told her yet. Right now, I'm not excited about this trip, because all I think about is how for the next two months, she'll use every possible occasion to make me feel guilty.

Has anyone had this kind of experience with their husbands / wives / partners? I seem to only read about positive experiences, so I'm starting to wonder if I went about this the wrong way.

Once the dust settles down, I need to check out what I want to do. It's definitely a budget trip, so no fancy restaurants for me, no alcohol, no expensive extra activities. I would like to do the Behind the Seeds tour (DGF wasn't interested), and would like to re-do some rides I haven't done since our first or second trips (Carousel of Progress, Monsters inc, Indiana Jones, see all the countries' movies in Epcot). Any other suggestions?

I'll also try to take some time off. I'm a contemplative person: I can sit for an hour and just smell the Disney popcorn, listen to the music, watch the people go by. I'tll be nice to not always have to be on the move. I'm going to be there 6 days, so plenty of time to do nothing if I want to! :rotfl:

Thanks for letting me share!
 
Since I live in land locked Colorado, some of my fave things to do at Disney all involve boats :rotfl2:

-Ride the boat from the MK over to Fort Wilderness, then take the walking path back over to the Wilderness Lodge, watch the geyser go off and then the boat back to either the Contemporary or the MK.

-Take the bus to Port Orleans Riverside. Then explore that resort, walk along the water to Port Orleans French Quarter. Stop and have some beignets (yummy!), then finish with a leisure boat ride to Downtown Disney. Catch a bus back to your resort from there.

-Take the boat between the Studios and Epcot, with a stop at the Boardwalk. Especially pretty at night, with street performers.

Hope this gives you some ideas. Enjoy, enjoy your solo trip!
 


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