Has your enthusiasm for WDW fizzled?

[TiggerEyes]

My interest is mostly for WDW as well. I don't try to keep up with all of Disney's movies and products and TV shows. I usually go twice a year for one-day trips: once during the Flower & Garden Fest, and once during the Food & Wine Fest. The only other time I've been to Disney during the past five years or so has been for other people's vacations, so we usually dictate where we go and when. My goal is to save up enough money to have my own Disney vacation where I get to do things off the beaten path and eat at restaurants that nobody else I know has an interest in. Until I've done everything that I want to do, I don't think I'll be giving up on WDW.


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[auntie pooh]

I can honestly say I NEVER get tired of WDW I'm one of those people who LOVES WDW and no 2 days are the same!!! : ) . I have been going since I was a senior in High School 1979!..Ever since then I have been hooked and I get to go there 2 times a year!..It gives me a boost and takes all my stress away and in my job in the Operating Room I need the time to unwind and give my over loaded brain a rest.

 

[stemikger]

Not me. I finally talked my wife into going once and year. I need it. Before this we waited 5 years between trips and that is way too long.

I find the more I go, the more I love it. I'm a 41 year old hard working guy and this place does more for me then any vacation I have ever been on. When I come back from a trip to WDW, I feel like I am recharged for another year.

 

[bicker]

We went to WDW 1-2 times a year for eight years, and did burn out a bit. Taking folks with us who have never been, or haven't been for a while, helped, but still, we found it necessary to take a year off last year, and took a Royal Caribbean cruise instead.

 

[disneydreamer98]

I've been going since I was 2 when they first opened and my love for WDW is even greater now that I get to experience it with my own children! Everytime we go there is something new because my oldest DS meets the next height requirement for a new round of rides! And now we have the same to look forward to with our 8 month old DS! Watching his face during our trip a month ago was priceless!

 

[disgram]

Burned out??? NO I don't see how it can ever get old! there are new things each time that I go. Driving under the Welcome sign sets my heart to pumping and I get as giddy as my DGDs'! WDW brings a special sunshine to my soul and it stays with me till about 6 months before the next trip. Traditionally, we have been going every 2 years but that is not enough! now that the girls are old enough to really enjoy the experience, (both are 8 yr old twins) I think we will start going once a year. Maybe with them one year and then the next alone...sounds wonderful!!!

 

[mommary]

Will I ever tire of WDW.......Never!
My hubbie is not as enthusiastic, thankfully I have two DD's who are as crazy about the place as I am.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

my boyfriend's parents are a good example. his mother is in her mid-50's and she still loves going every year or every other year she has a blast when she goes! his father on the other hand, well he hasn't gone since 1999 even tho they do a family trip every year so his wife ends up going solo with the rest of the family. but he's also a very stubborn miserable person, so i believe that if you love it now, you'll love it forever like his mother.

 

[Disneyfan63]

Hi everyone,

This is only my 100th post. I have a lot of catching up to do.

I've only been to WDW four times (see my signature) and intend to go once a year, preferably in December. I feel that I don't go often enough to get bored with it.

Jim

 

[brack]

We have been going to WDW for over 20 years at least twice a year. Although we have never lived near Florida we have been season passholders for over 10 years. For our 25th anniversary we stayed 23 days at WDW. We have visited Disneyland, Disneyland Paris and have taken 5 Disney cruises on the Magic. Too much? .... No Way! I can't wait to retire so I can go work at WDW and be there everyday.

 

[*Fantasia*]

Believe it or not.. I got Disney-ed Out at one point! The children had a week off from school and I didn't know whether to do Disney again or not. We have done Disney plenty of times. So I was debating to do Bahamas or Cancun or just Disney. Since I don't know much about Bahamas or Cancun, we ended up at Disney again. We had fun... but was Disney-ed out. I told myself that I will give up Disney for a year or two without going back right away. Well... guess what... We did it again.. We went back again to Disney... and fell in love all over again!!

 

[gjw007]

The answer may be in response to your love of Disney. I don't have the passion that others on this board have, I like Central Florida more than just WDW. Having said that, my euthusiasm for WDW has grown since I first started going 10 years ago. No, its not perfect. No, I don't go from dawn to dust. It is, however, a known quantity where I can relax. I don't have the push to ride every ride or see every show every time that I go there. Mostly I end up people watching, especially little kids who see the world open to the fantasy and joy of life. How can this ever dampen your euthusiasm? If anything, the more I have gone to WDW, the more broader the perspective of WDW I have. There are so many things there that are beneath the surface beyond the parks that most people aren't even aware of. Then of course, there is Universal's theme parks, SeaWorld, Wet'n'Wild, the museums, dinner shows, Tampa Bay, Busch Gardens, Kennedy Space Center, the beaches, etc.

 

[missincredible]

DH and I go every month. We live a little over an hour away. So we are Annual passholders and DVc members. Sometime we are really bad and go twice in one month. It is our escape from reality! We look forward to each and every trip. We have no children, so we act like kids, experience anything new or different that we can. We love just walking around and talking to people who visit the park and the cast members. If you take the time to talk to the different cast members, you learn all the inside tips, best places to eat and what time to do things.

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Been there so many times, we lost count!
Can't wait for Aug 19-21st. - Riverside
October 14-22st - Wilderness Lodge & BoardwalK!

 

[Hull-onian]

My enthusism is the same. I just love Disney and everything it stand for. We have a blast every time we go. It just isn't often enough. We learn something new every time we go. I just love the improved restaurants. Dining is much better. The swimming pools at the resorts are good too. We even like the food courts. No complaints here, just looking forward to going again.

 

[ANTSS2001]

DH and I go every month. We live a little over an hour away. So we are Annual passholders and DVc members. Sometime we are really bad and go twice in one month. It is our escape from reality! We look forward to each and every trip. We have no children, so we act like kids, experience anything new or different that we can. We love just walking around and talking to people who visit the park and the cast members. If you take the time to talk to the different cast members, you learn all the inside tips, best places to eat and what time to do things.

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Been there so many times, we lost count!
Can't wait for Aug 19-21st. - Riverside
October 14-22st - Wilderness Lodge & BoardwalK!

I envy you.... you might be mu distant cousins... are you ???

 

[brack]

It is, however, a known quantity where I can relax. I don't have the push to ride every ride or see every show every time that I go there. Mostly I end up people watching, especially little kids who see the world open to the fantasy and joy of life. How can this ever dampen your euthusiasm? If anything, the more I have gone to WDW, the more broader the perspective of WDW I have. There are so many things there that are beneath the surface beyond the parks that most people aren't even aware of.

The last couple of years my wife and I have developed this style of visiting WDW. We seek the unusual, rarely seen parts of WDW. For hours we'll sit and watch kids play in the water fountains. This last trip my wife took her new digital camera and took hundreds of pictures of kids playing in the fountain outside the Christmas shop in the Disney Downtown Marketplace. The Disney experience is our vacation!

 

[bobbiwoz]

I spend so much time on these boards, it's hard to believe that we've only been in WDW 2 nights so far this year (3 in Vero Beach DVC)! We can only get away for short trips, and we have 4 more trips planned this year.

We both are happy with the resorts as well as the theme parks. It is a place where DH truly relaxes.

I found an old post card that my DMom sent to us in '87. It says, "I can see why you keep coming back. We're heading for the Magic Kingdom to see Mickey!" Mom was in her 60's at that time, and seeing what she wrote really makes me smile. I've said this before but WDW is where she wanted to spend her 85th birthday and so we had a party there for her.

Bobbi

 

[annie1995]

I don't know who is looking forward to going more in our house, the kids or adults? We are all humming or singing disney songs to get in the mood, which does not take much. Just getting out our disney travel book or looking at last years picture are enough. I have planned and replanned this trip for the last 8 months! 33 days and here we come!! :thewave:

 

[Goobergal99]

I kind of got Disney outed last summer. I think it was a combination of the heat, moms back really hurting and being stuck between two ajoining
PoP century resort rooms with a foam cooler full of soda, tie dyed cheesecake and smuckers peanut butter sandwhiches for almost three days as a result of the uninvited guest FRANCES!

We arrived at Disney the tuesday before the storm hit, the parks bascially closed down friday night and we were stuck eating non perishable food quart food until the food quart finally reopened (by then we were tired of nasty pizza and chicken fingers anyway though) I also slipped down the stairs of the POP and bruised up my whole arm because they were soaked with water.

On Labor Day, we decided to hit MK because we had barely got to do anything there. It was pouring rain when we got in so we headed to the crystal palace for breakfast and then the clouds started to disappear and we were able to do some things. It wasnt that crowded, I guess alot of ppl got out because of the storm. DH and I had gotten engaged the night we arrived so we ended up getting a family crest made in Liberty Square with our names and the wedding date we chose. I must admit, I couldn't wait to get home so I could start planning our wedding.

It was actually pretty depressing to not want to stay at Disney, but low and behold by December we were all pumped, refuled and ready to go back again. Please keep your fingers crossed that we won't have another uninvited guest when we go back in 8 days

 

[WaltD4Me]

I can't imagine ever getting "Disney'ed out" .... I don't go nearly as much as some have posted, but I did go in December and back again in May and am already longing for my May 2006 trip.

I have traveled quite a bit, but lately other places don't seem nearly as appealing at WDW. When I went in May for my big 40th birthday, the original plan was to go to Las Vegas. I've been there several times and always loved it, but when it came time to book, I was chucked the Vegas plan and headed to Disney. I have fun in Vegas, but nothing compares to WDW.

There is a poster on the DIS (can't think of her name) who lives in Orlando and goes to WDW, it seems like once a week. Everytime I read one of her posts, I think "I wish I could go as often as she does."

I would seriously think of moving to Florida, but it is just too dang hot and muggy there in the summer for me to acutally do it, but if I ever can manage a "winter home" I'm there!