is this Normal

[dean556]

Ok we decieded to go to disney world.Now I have become obsessed with planning I have changed everythig 5 times, am driving my hubby nuts with every peice of infor I find out.I have made out charts and spread sheets of where we eat and what are the must things to do.And am on the DIS boards atleast once a day. Is this normal? Hubby wants to know if it will stop after the vacation is over lol I am already thinking about next years vacation and this years isnt even here yet! am i going nuts???

 

[hopesmommy]

Dean, Actually this is very normal. I spent 5 months planning our first trip in Sept 2005. Then in December I worked on planning my Dsis's trip for a few months (DBIL actually said planning was like a wedding, something new every day! ). I was on the Disboards at least 5 days of the week after we got back. I am now working on our surprise trip for my DD(will be 5) in December AND my trip in 2008.

I hope you have fun planning and even more fun on your trip.

 

[dean556]

thanks just thought hubby might be right and I was losing it.

 

[JoAnnPan]

Excuse me....you should be on Disboards more than once a day!

Totally normal behavior; I am going with my sister the end of April and we have been making itineraries, reservations, etc for months now...we are planning for the Magic that only Disney can provide. And I already have it in my mind to book another trip for the end of the year. Enjoy your planning!!!

 

[MomWith2Cinderellas]

Ok we decieded to go to disney world.Now I have become obsessed with planning I have changed everythig 5 times, am driving my hubby nuts with every peice of infor I find out.I have made out charts and spread sheets of where we eat and what are the must things to do.And am on the DIS boards atleast once a day. Is this normal? Hubby wants to know if it will stop after the vacation is over lol I am already thinking about next years vacation and this years isnt even here yet! am i going nuts???

You sound like a carbon copy of me! I even went as far to organize a little looseleaf with the menus from the restaraunts we will eat in!!
My husband asked me if I will be as excited for next year's trip to Mount Rushmore and Devil's Tower! lol

Karen

 

[momrek06]

COMPLETELY NORMAL!!!!! You go girl, plan away, plan, plan, plan!!!

Get those ADR's all set. Schedule your parades and fireworks!

I just got back Feb 2006, my DH says "WHY ARE YOU BACK ON THAT SITE?"..."because honey, we leave in a year for the cruise"!

I gave him a choice, either the DIS Boards 24/7 or SHOPPING online 24/7....he graciously PICKED the DIS Boards.

p.s. Get the suitcases out and start packing !!!!

 

[Fionasmommy]

Yes!! I'm the exact same way - planning our first trip and as soon as I ran out of things to add or change, I moved on to planning the next trip (thinking early Dec!).

 

[Fionasmommy]

My husband asked me if I will be as excited for next year's trip to Mount Rushmore and Devil's Tower! lol

Karen

That should be an awesome trip too! Have you been to the Black Hills before? I went to school up there and loved it. It's such a beautiful place!

 

[MomWith2Cinderellas]

That should be an awesome trip too! Have you been to the Black Hills before? I went to school up there and loved it. It's such a beautiful place!

The last time I was there was when I was 5, so about 30 years ago. It has been awhile. I am very excited about that trip. We will be doing that trip via car to see more of the country. My DH never really traveled as a child, and my family was the exact opposite we went everywhere. I was very excited when he told me he wants our kids to go every where like I did. The only thing is he is limiting me to Disney every 3 to 4 years, unless there are any information technology conferences that he can travel to for business and we can tag along and stay at WDW! I can only hope!!!

 

[eblack0409]

DH and I were at Disney in September on our Honeymoon...I began planning our trip in May, before we even left in September....we decided this past weekend we wanted to go back this September, so we are planning that one now.....we have also already started mild planning for our September 2007 trip....we are chaparoning some foreign exchange students in February 2007...although we aren't sure where we are staying, we do know of somethings that we will be doing...such as spending a day at Sea World and Cocoa Beach!

 

[pennst8r]

You're as normal as the rest of us on the DIS boards! Not sure that's saying much, tho!

I will add, that the only time I'm not reading the boards daily is right after the trip. It's just somehow really depressing! It took me a few months after our Oct trip to get back on. And another few weeks before I could bring myself to remove the countdown line in my signature.

 

[FullStride]

Yeah, I do the same thing...I am very obsessive with trip planning

 

[byoung]

You are normal, keep planing. Have a great vacation.

 

[dean556]

Thank you everyone for making me feel normal

 

[HockeyGoddess]

never feel alone or crazed when planning a trip to disney...i'm not going til feb 07 and have been planning since dec 06. there's soo much to do, soo much to see and soooo much to eat. i have started spreadsheets, joined touringplans.com and have spent many an enjoyable hour cutting and pasting all the great tips and reviews with all the incredible info from these boards. have a great trip

 

[hickchick]

I swear, everyone has addictive tendencies, and I am blessed to be addicted to Disney and the DIS website! I have no "official" trip in the works, but I'm still here browsing and ocassionally posting 2-3 times a week.

My DH completely does not get it...unfortunately, his addiction is with paintball...

 

[wifemomkate]

I've just started posting but I've lurked here for a lonnnnnnnnng time! Our trip is in Aug and I have everything pretty well planned out. I'm on the dis at least once per day because there's always something new! It's totally normal.....there's so much to do there that you want to make sure you don't forget anything!

 

[Lifeinthetropics]

I actually think that I have more fun planning the trip than I do going on the trip

 

[Kitka]

I have been to Disney about a dozen times in my life, but almost all of them have been very laid back - place off site, drop into Disney a couple days, etc. Then last Christmas my parents took my family and my sister's family and for the first time ever we stayed on property. It wasn't my planning to do, it was my mom's, but boy was that a different vacation.

So we're going in April, and the last month or so I've gone crazy with the planning. I was starting to worry. Glad to find these boards and know I'm not alone

 

[MeandMyBoys]

At least I know I'm not alone in my obsession with the DISboards!! That makes me feel a little bit better! My husband keeps asking me why I'm looking at pictures of other people's vacations and laughing at the computer! I keep telling him that he needs to read the trip reports!!