I must be weird...

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Every time we start planning a trip, it seems like forever away. Then it starts getting close and I almost start feeling sad. Not sad exactly, but, well I can't explain it. But like "it's coming so fast and before you know it it will be over!" kind of feeling. I have been feeling that way and Disney must have known it because today they made me really happy!!! I just received my package in the mail with all the final paperwork, luggage tags and that sort of stuff. It just has me so excited. We leave in 33 days and there is still SOOOO much to get done.

Anyone else have that weird feeling right before you go, that "it will be over so fast and we will not have it to look forward to" feeling? Or am I truly just odd?

Believe me, I know how lucky we are to be going, it's just that for the last year it is all I can think about and I'm going to miss the anticipation.

 

[ty&brenmom]

Every time we start planning a trip, it seems like forever away. Then it starts getting close and I almost start feeling sad. Not sad exactly, but, well I can't explain it. But like "it's coming so fast and before you know it it will be over!" kind of feeling. I have been feeling that way and Disney must have known it because today they made me really happy!!! I just received my package in the mail with all the final paperwork, luggage tags and that sort of stuff. It just has me so excited. We leave in 33 days and there is still SOOOO much to get done.

Anyone else have that weird feeling right before you go, that "it will be over so fast and we will not have it to look forward to" feeling? Or am I truly just odd?

Believe me, I know how lucky we are to be going, it's just that for the last year it is all I can think about and I'm going to miss the anticipation.

I understand completely how you feel. I have been planning this trip since we got back in 2007 -and when I hit under the 5 month mark instead of being excited I was sad, the thought of Disney has been on my mind forever and when we come back what am I going to do?? I am excited that we are going and can't wait but at the same time sad that it's going to be over so fast. I think the only thing that prevents these thoughts is thinking about planning another disney trip
I guess I'm as odd as you
Congrats on leaving soon

 

[ajk912]

omg, YES! I started a thread similiar to this before our August trip and it died. I was like..ok, I guess I am the only one who feels like this!!! I almost wanted to stop time..I wanted to go on vacation SO badly but OTOH, it was so great to think, "It's almost here, it's almost here..." and obsess about ADRs and planning and when I bought a gallon of milk, to think, this doesn't expire till after I get back! These coupons won't expire till after I get back! This mortgage payment..woohoo..I don't have to pay the mortgage till after I get back!

Now, well, with our next trip not till 2010, I have a lot of mortgage payments in the meantime...

 

[marcyinPA]

I know exactly what you mean! I get the same way when we're planning a trip. And when we're there, I become a bear mid-week. I get a little "depressed", knowing that our trip is half over and we have to go home soon.

I try to talk myself out of feeling that way, but it's just how I am I guess!

 

[TotalSnowWhite]

Count me in! It was really bad in May. It was my first trip planning experience and the kids' first Disney trip. I was on the year before, but as it got closer, I was excited to go but dreading the last day.

We got back in June, and decided to go back in December. I don't think my bank account can handle that again, so I don't know what I'll do after this trip!! It wouldn't have been so bad if we knew we were going back. I would have purchased no expiration or even APs.

 

[raggedy couple]

You all make me feel "normal"! Didn't know anyone else felt the same as me. As you can see from our ticker we'll be there soon. Helps that my DH feels the same. Even he's started thinking about the next trip... can't make up our minds about when to go. Jan. or Feb.? But still I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who feels that way.

 

[fullofcrop]

Me too! Me too! I get that same feeling as our trip draws nearer.

Two years ago we went on our "big" Disney trip that was supposed to be it for at least 3 or 4 years. Well, here we are 3 weeks away from our third trip. We said this would be it for at least a couple of years, but I already have that.... feeling, that desire to start planning the next one!

 

[nessz79]

I get it every time!

 

[carrie1626]

We're all CRAZY like that. I think I have the biggest high planning the trip. The day of departure is absolute joy. Of course when I get there the first day, I'm so darn happy I can't descibe it. But then during the week, when I start counting those days backwards and I know it's time to leave soon, I'm just plain bummed. In 2000, the morning we left I was crying when we walked out of the Poly Luckily, I got to go again often. Now, I have a DD in college and my DS is 15 and it'll be at least 2 yrs before we'll go back. And YES, they both want to go again

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Wow, I just got home and saw that there are others like me!!!

Every trip we say this will have to be our last for a while. Financially speaking we shouldn't go every other year, but emotionally I kind of need it (DH says it's cheaper then therapy! ) Doesn't planning a trip just make you happy? I love reading about new things, planning our rmeals. Don't get me wrong, going is great, but I love the countdowns, saving our change (we do anyway, but when we have our reservation made we really buckle down!) All of it. I love being able to tell myself we are going. I know we will wind up going again in 2 years (even though we'll say we arn't.) Something always pulls us back. We have a happy life, but it's just too crazy, it's so nice to leave it all behind. No running kids places, no morgage, no unexpected bills, no homework, no anything but being with my family and having fun. It truly is such a magical place that I get giddy thinking about going, and kind of, like a PP said, a little depressed about coming home and not having the anticipation to come home to. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks to you guys for letting me know that I am not alone. I don't have any "Disney" friends in real life so none of them would understand...
I'm so glad there is DIS!

 

[brockash]

I'm right there with you. Every time I start planning a WDW trip it seems soooo far away, but I'd say it hits me about 1 week or 2 before we go, and it's a weird feeling. I mean I'm so excited to go, but I know it'll be here so soon and it'll be over too soon, and then there will be nothing... until the time to plan the next trip, but I'm never sure exactly when that'll be...

 

[#1 Pocahontas]

I am right there with you as well. One of my favorite parts of going to Disney World is the months of anticipation the lead up to it. We always plan at least a year (usually more) in advance and I love the planning and dreaming that goes into it.

When it comes time to leaves I always wish it wasn't time to leave yet. Which is weird because when we are there I never want to leave.

 

[jorem1]

Wow, I was just in the basement doing my 6th load of laundry and thinking this exact same thing. What will I have to look forward to after Disney?

I don't think we'll be able to afford to go again while my kids are young. I had to do some begging just to go on this upcoming trip. Plus the kids attend Catholic school so that's where a lot of our money goes. (When I think of all the Disney trips we could afford if they went to public school )

Thank goodness for these boards so I can live vicariously through others!

 

[kkheburn]

I'm the same way! I cry when we have to pack up our stuff! I think I enjoy planning as much as going. I read all the guide books and listen to Disney music and we even watch Disney movies to get us excited about going. I'm enjoying the wait.

 

[puffkin]

I get the same way too! It has gotten much better though since we bought DVC and AP's. Now I always know I have another trip planned that isn't too far away!

I also find that it helps to have soemthing planned close to when you get home. For instance we had a Super Bowl party a few weeks after we got back in January. And this time, we just got back last week but have tickets to see Disney on Ice in a few weeks. Having something else to look forward to, even though it is much smaller in scope really helps!

 

[gfamof4]

I have been planning this trip for a whole year. I have no idea what I am going to do when we get back. I'm already kind of sad just thinking about it

 

[tonilea]

I am getting kinda freaked out that now I am short on time - not enough time to get everything done.

 

[Lady V]

That is me too!! But-I beat the blues by always having the next one booked already so when I leave I already know when I am coming back!!

 

[becca-becca]

This is exactly why we joined DVC. This Christmas will be our first real DVC trip and I am hoping I won't be so depressed as our vacation draws to an end. I love the planning as much as the going.

If you plan to keep going back over and over, DVC is something to look into. It may not be for everyone, but it was for us!

 

[amandaraye]

Oh my gosh, I thought I was the only one who felt this way!!! Any time I have something to look forward to, when it actually comes around, I get sad and can't figure out why...it's like "hurry up and get here" but when it does you just want time to stand still and live in that moment.
Maybe we should start a support group?