My MIL...she's a pip!!

[Julia M]

Well, I'm someone who loves her trips to WDW and DL, and is anxiously and excitedly planning our December trip, and I can't imagine only vacationing at Disney.

Personally, I think, do what makes you happy. But don't be surprised when people think it's odd.

Julia

 

[scrappystamper1]

I have gotten the same speech from my mother. We have been 3 times ( I know to some of you that seems like nothing) We did not get to go this year because we bought a house but are saving like maniacs to go in april. When my mom found out we were planning another trip she said "are you guys nuts? why do you have to keep going there? there are OTHER places to go you know!!"
She does'nt get it, she has never been and does'nt ever want to go (she's unable now because of health problems) We spent every summer of my life in Maine at our camp (really primative on lake fun but basically a family quiet vacation) I went to DisneyWorld for the first time in 1985 after graduation and really did'nt think about it again until after I was married and my boys were old enough to really experience Disney (ride the rides, not be freaked out by characters and the big one....walk, not be carried or strollered around)
The boys had a ball. They keep asking to go back...AND I have seen them put a whole weeks allowance in our "disney fund" . I think one of the first few posts hit the nail on the head. There are 2 kinds of people those that love disney and those that just don't get it.

Janet Paddock

 

[staylor]

I thought I was the only one w/ a MIL like this. DH's family wants to get together each summer for a week. Last time I suggested that we go to WDW MIL told me, "We have been once. That was enough. You can only see that Disney World Park once, nothing changes. Though I wouldn't mind seeing that Epcot park." I just bite my tongue know that she means Magic Kingdom. It irritates her and SIL to no end that we love WDW and go often.
Oh well, we love it and have a super time. Maybe one day they'll decide to join us and have some fun as well.
Staci

 

[poohguys]

I guess I am one of the lucky ones. ( I married into a Disney loving family) My MIL has taken me (and DH and DS) to WDW 3 times! My IL's love Disney too. I do understand though. We are celebrating my DS 5th BD at WDW this year and wanted to have all of the grandparents there, but my parents have no interest in going. I wish they would come it would be nice to have everyone together.

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

My ILs live 30 minutes from the park so we use that as an excuse that we have to visit them (and stay at WDW ).

Some people just don't get it though. I have a co-worker that was finally convinced to take his 3 kids until he took his DW to the Ritz in PR. He came back, cancelled the Disney trip and booked a week in PR at the Ritz. His reasoning - "They have a kids club and a whole lot of wait staff. The kids will have a great time." Another crotchy old co-worker (just back from a WDW trip with his 4 grandkids) looked him square in the eye and said "4 years aren't interested in how fast they get their margaritas, sounds like you're going to drop them at the kids club and have your own vacation." And the first co-worker readily agreed.
Oh well, more room for the rest of us.

 

[ncbyrne]

Its not just a MIL thing, I'm the MIL and I can't get my Daughter-in law (who I adore) to go with me! I just offered to take her and my wonderful 2 1/2 year old GS with us for our Halloween trip. He's never been and it's the week before his BD. But she says not now, maybe next time.
Oh well. that will be a reason for another trip sometime.

I'm the MIL too. I have 5 DKs and 6 DGKs. Only one of my DDs appreciates WDW as much as DH and I do! Different strokes for different folks. Our Oct. trip will be here before we know it. DH and I will be there for the Food and Wine Festival and we're kinda glad that it'll be just the two of us, as we'll spend of part of all the 11 days in Epcot!

 

[BluOrchid2]

I guess I am one of the lucky ones. ( I married into a Disney loving family) My IL's love Disney too. ........my parents have no interest in going.

DITTO ALL OF THAT!!!!!

 

[lovethattink]

Most people just don't get it. Dh gets flack at work all the time about Disney. They just can't understand why he'd want to go stand in the heat and long lines on his day off. There's so much more to Disney than the attractions too, and it is possible to beat the heat and the crowds if you know what you're doing!

You showed great restraint in just dropping it. It very hard to keep your mouth shut when you're passionate about something. I have great respect for you. I would have argued my case and I think DH would have to.

 

[vfb2girls]

Now for us we we tell everybody that we are going back to Disney we just get the oh you are so lucky and I am so jealous of you! My husband and I do go on other small vacations to other places and I also travel with my sister on vacations but there is nothing like the planning and the excitment of a Disney trip. It is something that both myself and husband talk about in the year it takes to plan it. In fact when I asked my husband if he wanted to go somewhere else next winter for our vacation he told me if he could go to Disney every single winter he would be happy!

 

[pennst8r]

Do we have the same MIL????
Mine used to tell me I shouldn't show my kids Disney movies--too violent!! ok--my son did like to pretend he was rescuing Sleeping Beauty from the dragon...but he didn't hit anything or anyone while doing it--he didn't have anything in his hand, just pretending to have a sword.

But she would make comments about our going to WDW every year, or just ignore my kids' excitement a few days before we left. UNTIL last year when she and FIL went for a weekend. THEN I heard "I've always wanted to go" Maybe it's all jealousy???

 

[klj27]

I just heard this multiple times this month from MIL and SIL. I think they are both jealous. We live within our means and love splurging on our family vacations.

 

[melindaandrob]

I have relatives who think we are doing our children and injustice by only taking them to WDW for vacations
When I mentioned that dh and I are taking a second honeymoon trip without the kids, I had responses like 'you're going again? without the kids?' So now I'm doing the kids and injustice by not taking them
Oh well. My time, my money....my business.

 

[Viki]

One of my neighbors, with a great big smile on her face, asked me just yesterday when our next DW trip was!

Let them laugh! Because, you know, it's funny, we are never at a loss for family and friends to take with us on our DVC points!

 

[tinkerbellmagic]

Last time I suggested that we go to WDW MIL told me, "We have been once. That was enough. You can only see that Disney World Park once, nothing changes. Though I wouldn't mind seeing that Epcot park." Staci

I don't know why that Epcot comment cracks me up, but it does.

To the OP, I also feel your pain. Thinking about it, can you imagine how much worse you would feel if, when asked if he thought your WDW trips could get boring, your DH would have agreed with your MIL even one teensy little bit? That would have sent me over the edge.

Sadly, I am one of the few Disney nuts in my family. My only ally is 6 yo DGS, but I wonder how long it will take the others to get him "over to their side." Never, I hope. My oldest daughter, DGS' mom, will not go to WDW with us. So, when DGS was 4, I took him myself. DGS and I returned to WDW when he was 5 and again at 6, with an upcoming trip this Nov after he turns 7, to make 4 trips for him. My youngest teen daughter likes Disney, but does roll her eyes at the mention of it (I blame my husband for this .

I have two grown neices (with no kids) that like DW, so maybe I can work on them.

Like others have said before, do we smirk and make snide remarks to those that go to Vegas every year? People should just mind their own beeswax. And like others have said... lucky for us some busy bodies do not like WDW.. for that does mean more for us.

Tink

 

[RubyPatches]

I have to admit, I felt that way too. I have friends who go each year and it got a little annoying b/c we had to "listen" to how many days they had left before their vacation and look at the endless pics afterward. We wanted to go too, but DD wasn't really old enough yet and though I was excited about our time, they were taking it way over the edge. But..... then we went last year. It had been since before Epcot that I went and DH and DD had not been yet. My whole attitude changed for the better and now I am just envious when someone is going or has just gotten back. And I love to read the boards and look at pics and plan way in advance.WDW is not for everyone, but boy are they missing out! LOL

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

My SIL is like that. Except she's planning a trip (planning is a HUGE overstatement! Try no ADR's, wasn't planning on going to Studios even though her kid (2 y.o.) can name every Playhouse Disney character, etc.) Everytime in the past 4 years I've mentioned a Disney wedding (three times) she's been nasty to me. It makes me want to do it even more. I'm ready to sell my plasma, my hair, anything to have the money to do it, just because of how nasty she is to me about it.

I am *very* lucky that I found friends who love Disney. In college, no one understood. Then I did WDWCP and got 2 of my sorority sisters to do it when I got back! I made lots of other Disney friends there and I'm even luckier that my DBF/future fiance *LOVES* Disney, too! We went last July for 2 days, and we're going again in December for 10 days (4 of that is a cruise!)

If you enjoy it, who cares if she thinks you'll get bored!

 

[Drizzo67]

After reading the OP and some of the responses I realized how lucky I am. I have always loved Disney and was lucky enough to marry a man who appreciates my obsession.

My IL's have never said anything negative about our going to Disney every year. They haven't been there in over 15 years themselves but couldn't understand how we can keep going back.

As I was starting to plan our next trip (Feb 06) my MIL started inquiring about resorts, parks, etc. After many discussions they have decided to join us, much to the pleasure of my DD(7) and DS(10). We have even talked my DBIL and his family (DSIL, DNiece) to join us as well. They have become just as obessed with the planning as I do.

We are having our First Grand Gathering this February. Can't wait.

 

[kgkmom]

My DH is like that! Luckily, he sees the value in my DD and I going it alone at WDW, and he stays home with DS (age 2)! DH came with us for DD's first trip, and he says he'll go back for DS's first trip in a few years. Until then, it's just me and DD, which is fine by us!

 

[scrappystamper1]

I know there is not a hint of jealousy with my mom, she has NO desire to go to WDW. speaking for myself. My parents are of the generation that you don't spend money like this every year on a vacation, it should be done every so often. In my world ( I guess I should say the real world...) I need at least two weeks a year. Our summer week we go to that same camp (that's what we mainers call a cabin on the lake) that I grew up going to every summer) and our spring vacation.....watch out!!! I need what I call a "blow and go vacation".
give my 5-7 days at Disney opening and closing the parks!. This year wer're planning to do 5 days at Disney and 2 days at Universal.
My older son loves the extreme rides, but he also loves Disney. I tell them as long as we can still go see characters I'm game.
As someone said, half the fun is planning the trip. I discovered this site yesterday and I must have been on it for 6 hours. Reading all the posts...
I loved the one with the photos of favorite food .

Here is the other piece to my jigsaw puzzle...I scrapbook. I am a disney scrapbook maniac. I have done 3 12x15 albums of our last 3 trips to Disney and they get more complex every year. Last year I made special things for each character to sign that would accent my scrapbook pages and this year it's even worse. So it literally does take me a whole year to prepare for my trip..



I know I got off subject, sorry about that.
ANYWAY... enjoy Disney. Life is too short to let others dictate your vacation.

Janet Paddock
scrappystamper1

 

[Dizneydaz]

I have people in my family that don't understand it either. Luckily my mom enjoys WDW and has even sugguested once or twice that we go back. Imagine my surprise when she agreed to go Jan. 2005 even though we had just been Sept. 2004. We had to skip 2001 due to her fighting breast cancer but she told her Dr. that as soon as she was better she was "going to WDW" And we did! She's doing great and we're going in 45 days!

She said we weren't going to go for 2 more years but I know that won't happen LOL!

45 days and counting!