Has your spouse ever said- this is our last WDW trip...

[bratray]

.....and then you end up going again, LOL

i was replying to another post and the poster mentioned how their DH didn't want to go back but after getting home and resting decided they should go back - but for a longer stay!!

On our trip to WDW in Jan 2003 my DH said- this is it- we won't be going back, at least not for a loooooong time! i just smiled to myself and didn't say anything- GUESS WHAT - we are going back july 2003!!

yes, the expense can be a reason why many spouses declare that they won't be back- but i think if they sit back and think to all the fun the kids had and what a real magical experience you can make of it, what the heck,if you can come up with the $$ why not go again? !!

anyone else run into this little problem with their spouse not wanting to return??

lisa

 

[Pat_Elliott]

Don't listen. The spouse never means it...

DW and I have taken old video footage (we've been taping since 1994) and put together a hilarious piece of footage in which one or the other (sometimes both) are crossing through various sections of WDW on the last couple days of the trip saying "guess we won't see this again." I stopped saying that five years ago. She still goes on, and on, and on........

Next trip? May. Our last, of course.

 

[JodiR]

Actually my dh said that and we haven't even taken our first trip (which is in August)! LOL. If he is willing to go again, it probably won't be for a few years!

Jodi

 

[MELSMICE]

About 5 or 6 years ago DH decided we should try "somewhere else for vacation". I agreed. Well, a few months later the opportunity arose to go to WDW again so off we were with him saying "next time we'll try somewhere else".

Lo & behold, we are now DVC members with 3 trips planned to return to "the world" & no trips for other places in between. I would live at WDW if I could so there was never any problem convincing me that's the place I always wanted to be.

DH decided that as our 3 DD's get older he wants to make sure we will be able to take them, and hopefully their families some day along on vacations with us & that's the reason we joined DVC. I think he sees how my family is & how much we enjoy vacationing together. He says that you never know where you're children are going to end up & he wants to be sure we can all get together at least once a year for a good time.

So, at one point it may have been a problem, but now he has "come over to our side" & sees that WDW is the best place to vacation.

BTW - we have taken small trips to other places & our DD's have always enjoyed them, but there's no place like WDW - it's all of our favorites.

 

[Minnie1156]

My husband says we are never going back every time we go. Even when I say I am planning it he says we are not going and this is my fourth time. I do not even listen anymore. I just make plans and he goes. Next year I want to go to Las Vegas so I started talking about it this year so he gets used to the idea.

Men don't know what they want!!!!

 

[donna in Oz]

Pat,

I think you were both right about not seeing "whatever" again. On your future visits, you'll be seeing it through the eyes of your child.

And as we all know, that's a totally different perspective!!

Pixie dust to the three of you!!

 

[WDWorBUST]

My husband said our December 2002 trip was our last one for at least 3 years. The December 2001 was supposed to be but after trying for a year to get pregnant my DH took me on a "consolation" trip in December 2002. Then we decided it would be at least 3 years before we went again. Now we are going in September if all goes well. HOWEVER....after that it probably will be December 2005 before we go again....but I'm already planning a trip in December 2005 when our little one will be 2 and one in October 2006 when he/she will be not quite 3 and we'll get ap's to take advantage of 2 trips with the baby still being free AND do MVMCP and MNSSHP.

 

[Rneighh]

Hubby has been three times and always has said he won't go again. Last year he didn't go. He has had to listen to me and my daugthers talk about the great time we had at AKL conceirge, until he finally said I want to go see what is go great about it. Then the other day while watching Cirque on Bravo, he said "I want to see Cirque when we go in Feb." Even old stick in the muds get Fairy Dust.

Renee

 

[SuiteDisney]

Gene used to say that all the time, but now we're DVC members and I don't have to hear that anymore.

 

[ww52]

My wife and I both used to say it, and five years ago we had what I jokingly referred to as our "3rd annual last trip to WDW". But it really was, until this summer. We had some great vacations in the meantime, and we're glad we broke the Disney habit for a while. But I'm also glad we're going back for another "last time".

 

[Harambe]

DH always has the best time when we go, but our last time was not so good because of the mix of people that went with us. Not only did he say never again, but he still has not even looked at the pictures from our last trip! That was Nov. 2001.

Well, after a while I started to throw the idea around of going to WDW - just us four. No reaction.

One day, when he was in a good mood - I mentioned that I made ressies for PO-FQ for a quick four day trip. And gave him a big hug. He laughed.

Well, he thought about it for a few days - then came back and said if he goes, he's going for a week, and he wants to stay at AKL, and could I make a PS for the Luau!

 

[padisneylover]

Wow, am I glad to know that I don't have the only husband who says we are never going again and then goes the following year. My DH says this after our first day there, I beleive the words are "I am never doing this again". I just smile and go on with making our plans for the next time even before we leave.
This past year (April) I think he finally found something at Disney that pleases him because we stayed at AKL and he was very content and even agreed before we left to return this year for our anniversary.
I can say that never going again is a phrase I have heard many many times and have learned to smile and go ahead anyhow and make plans to go again and he always comes along LOL!!

 

[susy]

If my DH spoke such blasphemy , he'd be speaking for himself!!!

 

[Cindy'sCastle]

Has your spouse ever said- this is our last WDW trip...


Yes he did, and now we are not married anymore. Of course that's not the only reason, BUT A BIG ONE!!!!
Good news though, now I'm remarried to one who loves Disney and we're going in July for our Honeymoon.......it's so nice to know that they're still some good ones out there.

 

[MdmMim]

My DH told me he didn't want to go back--then he said he didn't care how often I went, as long as he didn't have to go. Well, I joined DVC and take solo trips.

He is sort of coming around, though, after a few years. He wants to go to the F&W Fest. And I've just about talked him into an AP! (I think his first DCL cruise did it!)

 

[Emy'sMom]

Never. My DH is as much of a Disney freak as I am.
We went there for our Honeymoon and it's still our favorite spot to vacation. Now we are raising a DD ( 5 1/2) that is a Disney freak. Gotta keep it going . . . . .

Debbie

 

[Wilma Flintstone]

Yes, yes, old Fred (Flintstone, that is) constantly tries to scare me with this statement.

I just end up going with my friend who is a DVC member and takes pity on me.

He really does not think there is anything new that will hold his interest. He also likes to say "been there, done that." So we are always going new places, like Mexico (for 2 weeks!) or Key West.

I just saw Samantha Brown's "Great Hotels" show on the Grand Floridian today (Travel Channel) and just about cried. Will I ever get to stay there with a hubby so against going again?

I really think that on a big birthday (my 55th or 60th), I will take myself there and stay in one, or maybe TWO resorts. Now...
which two will it be??.....

Wilma the dreamer

 

[Simba's Mom]

MdmMim, good for you! That's pretty much what happened in our family. I just went ahead and went by myself-had a good time going alone too. Then one trip I took the DVC tour, came back and talked DH into joining (wasn't hard-he's kind of a "whatever you want to do is fine with me"), he only pays a little of it, mostly it's me. Then he "sort of" wanted to go, only if he could play golf. Now I tease him that I won't "make" him go next year, but I can tell he's really looking forward to it. When I went by myself, I think he came to realize all the fun he was missing. But it did take a few solo trips.

 

[Dancind]

DH says he never wants to go to MK again, does that count? Of course when he said this, it was the middle of the day and packed. He did go back later that week for an E-night with DD 12, and they had a grand time. And though in the past he has said he'd really like to go somewhere else than WDW for vacation, he has changed his tune. That may be because he's gotten certified at scuba diving, and on our last trip of 16 days, he managed to get away for three days of diving. Now he can't wait to go back! Diana

 

[sue Z]

Every year since 1997, on our return home from WDW my dad will say ok we will skip wdw next yr and go the year afterwards. well here it is 2003 and i have been to wdw every March for either 10 days or 2 weeks In orlando!!! We stay off site so this makes it easier on the hotel bill!! He even said it about 2004 and this time it took him wekll into May beore he said that we would go again in March of 04.