I am actually a little weepy today

[Jennasis]

Blame the girly hormones, but I have been teary eyed and weepy all day. We have been back from Disney one week today and I am experiencing post-vacation depression. It feels like we'll never be able to go back! My wonderful DH promised me today that we'll go back within 5 years (small consolation huh?) and that we will go to Disney before we go anywhere else (we had planned to make Mexico our next vacation destination). Frankly, business isn't so grand right now and it feels like this vacation was our last.

DH said maybe I should "plan" our next trip to take away the sting...but how can you plan a trip if you don't know when or if you'll ever be able to take it? I know many of you feel the same way after returning from Disney. Maybe we need a support group...or a board for Post-Disney Depression Recovery?

 

[momto2girls]

We just got back last Saturday night, so I can definitely identify with your sad feelings. It is so hard to come back to reality and I'm experiencing post-Disney depression too!

Hope you feel better soon!

 

[chip91]

I've been outright DEPRESSED! To the point I can't even get my house clean (something I'm normally anal retentive about!) It just seems surreal now that I was even there, walkin' right down the middle of Main St. USA, having breakfast in the castle, went' SOARIN' to Cali, and took a Limo ride with Aerosmith!

DH also promised we could go back, but we have some uncessary debts to get paid, which will take us about 2 years, and I would like to get my house paid down more, so maybe in like 5 years, that just seems so far away. Oldest dd is 8 & it seems like we should try to go before she turns 10, just to get in on that 9 & under! FREE DINING NEXT YEAR DISNEY??

You know what else amazes me? All it took me was the 1st 1/2 hour of being on WDW property to "GET IT!" I understand why people scrimp & save to go back over & over again, even those who only vacation there and no where else, Disney does have enough to offer you to keep you coming back again! I just hope someday we can be financially sound enough to buy into DVC or at least make yearly trips there, this will be the place I want to take my grandkids someday!

Have a DISNEY DAY!
Chippy

 

[Eeyore2142]

I have the depression too. DH said maybe next year. We are hoping to have a baby - Disney with an infant is a little scary of a thought

 

[princess aurora]

Well I'll join the sob fest-too! We just got back on Tuesday. Wednesday wasn't so bad. I think pure exhaustion was to blame and I only attempted laundry. Yesterday was down right depression. Both my girls in school (the little one goes only on Tues/Thurs) and laundry to be folded and put away was just not appealing. Plus when we left (Oct 2) I felt like it was still Sept and still summer. The World was HOT last week and then we returned to it being nearly mid-Oct and cool, dreary Fall weather Now that Canadian Thanksgiving is over the talk turns to Christmas already. Yikes I thought it was still summer.
Today is a little better with some nicer temps and a little sunshine but boy the post vacation blues are tough.

 

[tmt martins]

Remember all SMALLER TRIPS are great as well Just stay up on cheap airfair and spend a couple days during the week is always a good affordable fix.

 

[Russell]

Oh I understand all so well! It's been a year since our last vacation and I'm only now able to log onto Dis, get my passporter out, and start making plans for the next trip. Sure business stinks, sure I'm in debt, but DW and I want to go again! So we start planning and thinking about it more than a year in advance.

When I get back, I just have to put it all away and not think about it much. I can't even make my scrapbook. It just has to wait. I know it's because we love it so much and my advice is to just give yourself some space from the Disney things for a bit.

 

[damom2daboyz]

We got home on the 2nd and the next weekend was my anniversary, we also had our Halloween party early (6th) and I just could not get into either one of them, so, depressed. However, when my DH and I got home from Pigeon Forge I had a DING waiting, of course it was to FL . I just looked at DH and said, "Can I go back in January over MLK weekend?" DH turned around, shook his head, and said, "No more visits to the Mouse House without me!! Book me a seat too!!!" He's a good man, just don't tell him, it would go to his head.
So, now I'm trying to pick up extra time at work so that I can have extra money for January. This has really helped my depression.

 

[ainmama2001]

We got home on the 5th... and it's been pretty dismal here as far as weather, so that hasn't helped anyone's mood. The consolation is that my parents live in Central Florida, and I HAVE to see them once a year, so I'm guaranteed at least a DAY trip to the MK once a year. We are currently researching pricing for next year, so we can add the vacation to our monthly "bills" in order to have it paid down before we even leave next year. We're in MAJOR debt too (my dh owns and runs a fledgling business) but this VK is the ONLY thing we do for ourselves. To us, it's necessary, so we do what we have to in order to make it happen.

I do try and plan and read A LOT. I also play with my 4yo dd who is a Disney fanatic by default. That helps.

 

[justloveit]

I'm still teary eyed when it comes to thinking about Disney from our last trip, which was in August into September. I know exactly how you feel. I get random flashes if I'm bored of a certain place in Disney. Like today in my Geometry class, I was walking through MouseGears in Epcot. And during my US History 1 class, I was walking down Hollywood Bvld. towards ToT.

 

[BlondeAlligator]

I always get bummed when I have to leave Disney. Ther ehave been times when money has been a problem, but My DH and I have done Dsiney on both budgeting extremes. We honeymooned at the GF but one of the best trips for us was Halloween 2000 when we stayed at All Stars Music & we had a blast! Despite what many folks think, Disney can be done on a budget, and doing a "cheapy" trip as we call them, is better than no Disney at all. If it makes you happy, I say do it as soon as you can...life is too short.

I'll be joining you all on the bummed-out-board on 10/31 when I will be back from our next trip! See you then!

 

[kizmac]

I have the depression too. DH said maybe next year. We are hoping to have a baby - Disney with an infant is a little scary of a thought

No it's not! I have been there with kids of all ages and I think the infant stage is easier than the 12 mths to 2 years stage! I've also done Disney pregnant and it is still wonderful! So plan for Disney and have that baby! It will be just as great!

 

[pennyplanner]

Okay, get ready to laugh. We are spending this Thanksgiving at WDW and I am already dreading coming back home.

The only thing that will save me is the craziness of Christmas!

justloveit,
Keep your mind on your studies and save your Disney daydreamin' for after school!!!

Hang in there guys!

--pennyplanner

 

[mommaU4]

I too understand! Our vacation is still coming up so I have it to look forward to but I am soooo excited about it and have spent so much time planning it that I'm afraid when it's all over I'll be going through serious withdrawals. Especially since my DH isn't as into Disney as I am and it will be tough to convince him to go back anytime soon once this trip is over. Plus it is expensive. I am glad to know I won't be alone though. We get back on Dec. 5th so you'll probably hear from me Dec.6.

 

[marcyinPA]

We just got back Oct. 4th and I've been suffering from the post-Disney blues. I keep playing my Celebration CD over and over again (trying to take away the sting a bit!)

We are hoping to go back in June of 07, but who knows? Alot can happen in 19 months! I can't plan that far in advance.

I do have my CD's, my video and my pictures...I look at them often!

 

[marcyinPA]

I too understand! Our vacation is still coming up so I have it to look forward to but I am soooo excited about it and have spent so much time planning it that I'm afraid when it's all over I'll be going through serious withdrawals. Especially since my DH isn't as into Disney as I am and it will be tough to convince him to go back anytime soon once this trip is over. Plus it is expensive. I am glad to know I won't be alone though. We get back on Dec. 5th so you'll probably hear from me Dec.6.

That happens to me...I spend so much time planning the trip and obsessing about it, that I feel somewhat depressed even before we get there! And by the middle of our stay, forget it. I am weepy and crabby about leaving! I can't even watch people check in while we're checking out! (gosh, I sound like a spoiled brat! )

 

[annie1995]

Group hug everyone . I guess I am joining you all. I'm depressed too. We got back September 25 from 10 days, and it seems like so long ago. I keep remembering the warm fuzzy feeling we had when we first got to POP, and the being back on Mainstreet, I was a **** on that one, I got all teary eye'd . So for now, I've packed up all our stuff like our autograph books, minnie ears etc. for the next time we go, so It will be easy to find. But two years seems like forever. I get so darn jealous of people who go 2 or more times a year. I even get jealous of people who go every year. And to top it off, alot of those people stay at the Moderate or higher resorts. How do they do it??!! We will barely manage to go in 2007, unless that is if they do the free dining thing again, Then I might have to sell a kidney or something to be able to go next fall. (just kidding)

 

[mommaU4]

That happens to me...I spend so much time planning the trip and obsessing about it, that I feel somewhat depressed even before we get there! And by the middle of our stay, forget it. I am weepy and crabby about leaving! I can't even watch people check in while we're checking out! (gosh, I sound like a spoiled brat! )

You don't sound spoiled, at least not to me! My DH thinks that after we get back from Disney I should be satisfied and content NOT to go again for awhile. A long while. But what he doesn't get is that being there just makes me want to be there more. It doesn't satisfy me, it only makes me want to go back again and again. Right away. Or better yet, not leave at all!

 

[mommaU4]

Group hug everyone . I guess I am joining you all. I'm depressed too. We got back September 25 from 10 days, and it seems like so long ago. I've packed our stuff ( autograph books, minnie ears etc) up for the next time we go so It will be easy to find and get ready. But two years seems like forever. I get so darn jealous of people who go 2 or more times a year. I even get jealous of people who go every year. And to top it off, alot of those people stay at the Moderate or higher resorts. How do they do it??!! We will barely manage to go in 2007, unless that is if they do the free dining thing again, Then I might have to sell a kidney or something to be able to go next fall. (just kidding)

I understand about being jealous. Up until about a year ago we lived in So.Cal. about 45 minutes away from Disneyland. We would go all the time. But this is how sick I am.... I would see people there on vacation from other places checking into the resort hotels and I was jealous of them because even though we lived fairly close by, we were only there for the day whereas they were "on vacation" staying for a week or more. I wanted to stay too and not have to go home! My way of thinking sometimes makes no sense to me. Oh, and I too wonder how people afford it. We are charging the majority of this upcoming trip otherwise we'd never be able to go!

 

[annie1995]

Oh, and I too wonder how people afford it. [/QUOTE

I bet ya thats what a lot of people do, they charge large chunks of their trips so they can go more often!