HELP:Need Pep Talk Please....Family Members Think 2 Years Between Disney Trips is....

[bellenbuzz]

Ahhhhh A family group of 10 of us(6 adults/4 kids) went to WDW in November 2004 (Ft Wilderness Cabins, 7 nights).....We are now reserved, deposits sent, to go back this November 2006 (POR, 7 nights).....
Now some adults are whining that it is too close to our last trip (2 years) to be going again....They say & feel that it will just seem like we were just there and they can skip alot of attractions cause "they just saw them"....It won't be as "magical" so they say.....
I am letting it bother me and am starting to wonder "are they right"???
I just needed to"vent" and needed a pep-talk from others like me who wish I was there all the time !!!
THANKS FOR LISTENING !!!

 

[LordAthens]

Print out a couple of the Dis's signatures, some people going 3 and 4 times PER YEAR.

Show them that and simply say "It could be worse!"

 

[sajetto]

OMG!!! 2 years is agony! I wish we could go twice a year but we are lucky to afford once every 3 or 4

 

[vicceja]

Hi!


Every 2 years!
I need Pixie Dust twice a year or if we can't afford it at least once a year. But believe me I plan on going twice a year

 

[cara76]

2 yrs in too long, it was torture, total torture that we couldn't go last year and I had to wait to go this year.

Now I get to go whever I want and oh it's sooo much fun.

Like someone said, it could be worse

 

[GillieRose]

We are in the same boat. That's why we aren't telling my inlaws about the trip till we are eating Thanksgiving dinner. Then we will let them know we are going in December this year. There on a need to know basis.

 

[ktglads]

Show them a list of everything is new since your last trip -

AK:
Expedition Everest
plus several animals have been born and are out on the Safari

MK:
Philharmagic
Stich's Great Escape
Wishes

Epcot:
Soarin'
Turtle Talk with Crush

MGM:
Journey into Narnia (not sure when that will close)
Lights Motors Action

Plus there is everything that you missed the last time

 

[1000th happy haunt]

Check my signature. And it's just my husband and me.

Instead of the big group of six adults, can you and your immediate family just go alone? That way you get your Disney "fix" and the other adults won't be able to whine that they're going too often.

As an alternative, can you introduce them to different things to do besides going to the parks?

 

[IwannaseeMickey]

We did our first trip last Oct., the kids were 5 and barely barely 3 and we are planned to go again in Dec. (so 14 months later). I am sure we will get comments on how we "just" went. The kids will be 6 1/2 and 4 and I decided we are going b/c we can and they are only kids once. In a few years it won't be something we will do, but we just might go more often (and take them out of school to do so) for a while. We never went anywhere like this as a kid and I think it's great that I can give my kids this memory.

2 years is definitely not that close to the last trip! It will be new for the kids b/c they will be a little older and have a new perspective.

 

[maciec]

Let them whine if they want. Tell them that they don't have to go to any of the parks if they don't want to. There are tons of things to do that are outside of the parks. It's a vacation!!!!! Tell them to just relax and go with the flow. If they don't want to go - go without them.

 

[Houston_Disney_Fan]

I have exactly the same problem, in the form of a husband who can take Disney or leave it. All I can suggest is, only take the people who really want to go. Of course fewer people mean less cost per trip, which also means that you can go more often!

 

[loriandmatt]

POR (where you said you were staying this time) has so many nice places to just relax and enjoy. if they want to chill, they can do so there or the other tons of areas on property or off for that matter.

we had the same problem. we started making WDW a trip for us only (just out little family unit. Any other destination is open to an extended family trip. (this year they want to go to Nags Head - beautiful yes, but....can't find a smiley that is snoring.....bored bored bored! take a thick book!)

to us WDW addicts, two years between trips seems like a jail sentance. We held out for 18 months and it was tourture. we all (even DH) had a sick longing feeling deep within us - we needed to go back.

"some gets it, and some don'ts"

- lori

 

[littlegreydonkey]

We used to go 3-4 times a year from England, then moved to the other side of the world and now can only go every 2 years because it's so far - and the depression the fact that I can't go again this year has sent me into is quite worrying!!!!.

I admit frequent repeat visits makes it a different trip - yes you do skip the odd attraction if the queues to big, but you then have time to do things like spend time at your pool in the afternoon, take the backstage tours or hunt for hidden mickeys. We spend two weeks there this Christmas and we still didn't do everything we wanted to do. In fact, the proximity to Disney is one of the only reasons I'd move back to the UK!!!!

 

[bellenbuzz]

Thanks Sooooooo Much for you upbeat thoughts !!!
YES YES, I wish I could go every year if I could afford it!
My two Princesses will be 5 and 8 this year's trip......THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME to enjoy this Dream with Them !!
Unfortunately, my DH thinks I'm "obsessed" with WDW....He just doesn't "get it".......
AND Me and my DD's already have a list of all the attractions/shows we missed last trip, PLUS all the new things to do there.....
I don't know whay I let it bother me, I guess I just wish they were enthusiastic as I was !!

 

[mattsdragon]

Ditch em, if they don't want to do what you're doing, go seperate ways.

 

[TDC Nala]

2 years?

My last trip was a week ago. My next one is a week from tomorrow.

 

[cslittle999]

Right now we can only afford to go every other year but I can't imagine waiting longer than that. The kids would go back the moment we were home.

What I find strange about other people's negative opinion of yearly or bi-yearly trips to Disney is that they seem to be the same people who don't have a problem sitting on a beach every year. I would go stir crazy even if it were different beaches. I'm a day trip person. I want to be out doing things and you can't get more of that than at WDW and the Orlando area.

To the OP I would go with just your family. There is nothing worse than having someone along on a vacation that doesn't really want to be there. I think you will also find that it is a different kind of Disney trip with just your family. Our first trip was a group of 11 people. Our last trip was just the four of us. We were more flexible, rode more rides, saw more shows and overall had more fun.

 

[sleepyone]

We plan on going every year if finances are right. Our upcoming trip is in May 2006 and I'm already planning our 2007 vacation. We've got to try out all those resorts you know!

I wish I could live in Cinderella Castle! I don't think I'd ever get tired of WDW!

 

[cranbiz]

I supose to some every two years is too much, but I'm not one of them!

I was just there for EE preview, went for NYE and am going back in March.

Check my signature

 

[Martha7]

How dare these people claim that every two years is too often?! I try to explain to my DH that it's the only time we truly have undivided "family time" together! Our daily lives are filled with the distractions of work, housework, schoolwork, friends, etc. If we can't stay connected with each other, how are we supposed to get along the rest of the year? (I admit that this argument hasn't gotten me too far, but I thought taking the self-righteous approach might work!) I agree with the other posters who said to point out that there are new attractions and let anyone with a bad attitude cancel their trips. You don't need them ruining the vacation with their negative outlooks!