How can I get my excitement for my upcoming trip back?? 40's dance?

[fairytinkerbell]

I came back from another vacation and after eating out every nite and spending money, i am like not as siked as before... what can i do?

 

[bridgettesmom]

I know how you feel !! I believe you have VSAD..the Vacation Spending Anxiety Disorder . The symptoms are as followed.. sickness in your stomach..your heart feels like it's breaking everytime you think about all the $$$ you are spending..and the worst is that guilt feeling that keeps you awake for 20 minutes each night.. thinking... am I making the right decision? .. Is it worth spending this much money.... Am I right or what??

Don't worry as soon as you get to WDW and you start having fun.. you will be miracously cured of this illness !!! You will be so cured, that you will start to plan your next trip before you even leave WDW .

 

[Cindy'sCastle]

Yes, as soon as you start seeing the Disneyworld signs, you'll get the magic back. Maybe watch the vacation planning video, that helps me. Also talking to people on here and looking at pictures people post from their vacation to WDW helps get me excited about going. Don't worry, you'll get the "excitement" back!



Cindy

 

[fairytinkerbell]

thanks guys! i appreciate that! keep the encouragement coming!

 

[rockin_rep]

Hi Fairytinkerbelle! I kwym! We just returned from a long road trip vacation and started planning a spring trip to WDW. It really took me a little to get psyched too, as we spent way too much $$ on this summer's road trip and i was a bit worried.

But when i started planning (and also found this board!!) i also realized that our trip to WDW is still 7 months away, and also at the end of winter. So i know i'll be very psyched by then!

And sometimes you have to make like Nike, and just DO IT!

Happy planning!!! (half the fun, imo!)

 

[rockin_rep]

Also, i meant to ask: What is the '40s dance?

 

[boston1029]

We're dancing in the 40's too!! I am so totally psyched and I know that you'll be too. Watch the planning video as suggested by Cindy'sCastle. That will definately get you psyched and in the mood. Rockin_rep, dancin in the 40's means we'll be in the magic in less than 49 days. When your time changes on your counter, you're dancing to a different number of days til your there.

 

[rockin_rep]

Thanks, Boston! Guess i'm doin' the 7 month "jig", as my grandma would have said, But it's still grrrrreat fun and i'm getting even MORE psyched reading this board!!!!!!

 

[ttichenor]

We're doing the 40's dance also. I too have lost a little steam regarding trip. PHP/MNSSHP/airline tickets in hand, hotel reservations confirmed, cash set back, PS arrangements made....seems like I'm in a "holding pattern". LOL

Sure I'll kick back in high gear soon though.

Have a great trip!

 

[B'rer Karen]

I'm still in the 60's (almost to the 50's!) and I've hit that rut. But now I've started my Disney movie a day countdown. I own 27 Disney movies, so usually when I'm about 35 days out I start watching a Disney movie a day (I figure there are days towards the end I won't have time since I'll be doing last minute stuff like packing). Since I am in this rut, I decided to start early and to rent an additional 24 Disney movies off of netflix. So I started my Disney movie a day countdown last night with The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Of course this just made me sad that the Mr. Toad ride is gone at WDW.

 

[Cobra B.]

Nice to see someone else does the Disney Movie Countdown Br'er.. We are in the 20's (and 90's). Doin' the dance. Watchin' the movies. Can't wait. Going nuts.

 

[Snoopymom]

Oh my, I'm sooooo excited for our trip in two weeks, I have butterflies just typing this!!!

If it's a spending thing which it ALWAYS is for me...what helped this time is having everything paid for before we leave. I have had our hotel and tickets paid off for quite a while, and in the last few weeks, I've been deducting from my checking accout "on paper" everything else I can think of, like the $$$ PS, Pirate cruise and Cub's Den for DS, tips, etc. I'm even thinking of trying to estimate gas and souveniers and deducting those before we leave, LOL! I want to get some Disney dollars tool

(Thanks to your post, I just decided to stock the cupboard before we leave, so that I don't have to feel guilty about how much we spent on going out to eat while I'm making a grocery list on the drive home, ugh! )

I have never been so excited for a trip in my life so my strategy is definitely working! Now if I can just order from the menus without looking at the prices when we get there...LOL, I guess that's why I love cruises!

It also always helps me to think about how short life is and how many hours we put in doing mundane stuff compared to how many hours we actually spend enjoying ourselves or spend with our families!

Hope this helps a little!

 

[fairytinkerbell]

yes, that does help realizing that we all do mundane things, day in day out
same thing, same routine, pay bills, etc.

finally time to have F U N!

 

[newholiday]

Wow! This is a good thread to come home to!
Just got to 40days yesterday.
Just got home from a 5day camping trip less than 1 hr ago - looking at laundry, unpacking, etc
Have surgery ahead of me next wk
Then it's time to get psyched!