getting sad

[rrobin3051]

WE dont even leave until june 29th. We are staying for 11 nights and I swear the thought of it ending already has me saddened. We go about every 2 years and for months afterwords I have disney depression...lol. Now Im thinking 11 nights is not enough time. I would really love 2 weeks there. I just couldnt afford more than that and not to mention miss work. I already am missing 2 weeks with the way the dates fall. Does anyone else get like this or am I the only weird one...lol

 

[momofrrr]

This will be our first trip at a time other than Thanksgiving and we usually go every other year so I am always depressed on Thanksgiving week of the year we don't go just thinking about what I could be doing instead of grocery shopping and cooking a big ol fat turkey that no one really wants.

 

[miprender]

I was like that a few weeks ago before we left, but now that we just arrived home today.... I am sad that all that planning is over I just looked at all the pictures I took (over 200) and it just doesnt seem enough. I feel like I should have taken more pictures!!!!

 

[mumto3girls]

I am the same way. I think the planning is half the fun--maybe more. We go about every 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 years, but our trips are only 4-6 days usually. I am always excited the night we arrive and am usually doing great the first full day and after that the "we only have __________ more days" syndrome starts with me and I start feeling a bit blue. Then at the end I wish I could be back at the beginning. It lasts for a while after we get home, especially when we're not sure when we're going back. This is true for me though on almost any vacation, not just Disney but maybe a bit more with Disney.

Enjoy your trip!!!

 

[3princesses+aprince]

We are taking our first trip to Disney World in 23 Days. We booked it in January and I have a pre trip report going with lots of disfriends, we even have a dismeet in AK planned!!!
I am already thinking about coming home as well and how depressed I might be. No more planning, no more talking to all of the people I talk to now through our pre trip reports, sure we'll have our Trip Reports to write, but then, that will be it. I do get like this over other vacations as well, but I feel it may be a lot worse with Disney. I think the uninterrupted family time is a rare treat, so it's quite a bummer to come home and go back to work and school.
My best friend and I just planned to go together next August(2010), so I'm hoping that will keep me sane when we return, I'll at least have a definite return date. Try picking a date to return, even if it's tentative, maybe that will help. I feel like knowing that i'm going back next year is going to make it ok, we just decided this last week and I am so happy!!!!! My dh is even happy!!!

 

[PrincessBelle39]

I know how you feel. We don't go until September and already I'm thinking what will I do when I get back. We went in December 2007 and after we got back I really struggled. It was a few months before I could bring myself to come back to the boards. I know that this is definitely my last trip for many years. Its just too expensive from here (Australia). We really need to start spending the money on our home and our mortgage. I don't have a lot of spare time with work and kids etc, so most of my spare time is holiday planning. I'm going to be lost without it.

 

[*BTMRR*]

I know exactly how you feel! I used to start dwelling on the pain of leaving, even before the fun had started! It was awful! I finally realized that's just not productive. Now what I do is consciously try to savor every moment and store it all away in my memory and in my family's memory as much as I possibly can. That doesn't mean I try to pack as much activity into every instant as possible, or that I never sleep! I just take way more pictures than I used to (not just of big things like "us standing in front of the castle" but of the little things like the ice cream cone we accidentally dropped on the ground and all laughed about, and so on), I journal as much as I can, I get the kids to tell me little details they want to remember, I make a nice memory box afterward for all the little mementos. I try to focus on capturing the happy feelings and storing those forever.
We've started taking pictures with our minds, too. We will sit in one spot, say on a bench at the beginning of Main Street, and just take in everything around us--sights, sounds, smells, feelings...if you really really observe with all your senses, you can capture that and it will stay with you for a very long time. That helps things last too.

This all sounds silly when I write it out but it has helped me defeat the pre-trip blahs you described. Well, at least most of the time (I still can't help myself from thinking, "oh no, that'll be us in a few days!" when I see people checking out of the hotel when we are checking in).

 

[LuvOrlando]

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