Need Tips for post trip Blues

[DISNEYLOVER70]

I really am pathetic. I know I should be grateful that I was able to go to Disney (just got back May 10) but the trip prior to that was 4 years, I can't wait 4 more. I am using my kids ages as an excuse, not sure my husband is buying it. Daughter will be 14 next month, my son will be 10 in July, so if I wait 4 years again, my daughter will be going to college and it would be the last trip for her as a "child" (in my eyes anyways).

I try to think of ways I could make the trip cheaper for us, but I don't want to stay off site, POP was reasonable and I loved it. Airfare is what it is from New York to Orlando....... guess I just gotta keep saving and hoping

 

[Dashzap]

I listen to Sorcerer Radio to stave off the WDW-withdrawl blues. Hearing "zippity do da tip for the day" never fails to bring a smile!

 

[jessi1375]

I cried the whole way home after our trip last year (my nephew changed seats on the airplane becuase he didn't want to see me cry), needless to say I am way to old to be crying at the end of a Disney trip . Planning for the next trip is the best medicine and it never hurts to relive the magic with the people you went with. We talk about our last trip all the time!

 

[Mrs Grumpy]

OK, here is my sad story. We planned to go in September 2006 back in 2002. This would be my 3rd trip (last trip was in 1994) and my husbands very first trip. I planned and planned. Read several message boards everyday. I booked our trip over a year in advance. I was already. Then the week before the trip I got so depressed. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't make myself get up for the trip and I had know idea what was happening to me. I finally figured it out - I didn't want it to be all over. I didn't know if I would ever go back because it depended on how DH like it.

Well on the plane trip home I asked DH if we could plan another trip. He said yes!!!!! We decided to go back in 2010. So here I am again going through that terribly long planning stage. I almost have everything planned out and it is only 2007. I even ordered a Deluxe Passporter because I couldn't wait until 2010. Just got it yesterday!

Anyway to help me get through this we have a Disney movie night once a month. We put all our Disney movies into a jar and we draw one out. It is fun because it is a surprise what we will be watching. I also am working on my scrapbook from our past trip (over 900 pictures) and I listen to all the park music on my MP3 player everyday at work.

Yes, I am addicted to Disney and all the planning that goes with it. Everyone thinks I am crazy but I just remember I am going to Disney and they are not!!! Only 1200 days to go!!!!

 

[happy2go2wdwmom]

That is such a sad story, but I love your happy ending (new trip to plan!). I can really relate to the crying---hey maybe we should start a "big cry babies" thread!!

OK, here is my sad story. We planned to go in September 2006 back in 2002. This would be my 3rd trip (last trip was in 1994) and my husbands very first trip. I planned and planned. Read several message boards everyday. I booked our trip over a year in advance. I was already. Then the week before the trip I got so depressed. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't make myself get up for the trip and I had know idea what was happening to me. I finally figured it out - I didn't want it to be all over. I didn't know if I would ever go back because it depended on how DH like it.

Well on the plane trip home I asked DH if we could plan another trip. He said yes!!!!! We decided to go back in 2010. So here I am again going through that terribly long planning stage. I almost have everything planned out and it is only 2007. I even ordered a Deluxe Passporter because I couldn't wait until 2010. Just got it yesterday!

Anyway to help me get through this we have a Disney movie night once a month. We put all our Disney movies into a jar and we draw one out. It is fun because it is a surprise what we will be watching. I also am working on my scrapbook from our past trip (over 900 pictures) and I listen to all the park music on my MP3 player everyday at work.

Yes, I am addicted to Disney and all the planning that goes with it. Everyone thinks I am crazy but I just remember I am going to Disney and they are not!!! Only 1200 days to go!!!!

 

[jenne]

I am not sure if it is something that you are into or not, but I find that scrapbooking my trip really helps. There are so many Disney stickers and embellishments that you can get, you could go nuts. I find it very calming to think back to all the details of a certain day or experience, and then try to get that all down on paper.

 

[Kies99]

Just took our DD's (5 and 3) for their first trip last month. We are very sad now. We won't be back until 2011 or 2012 probably.

My wife and I have a deal that when we bought our house, as long as I had one room with a door on it to call my own (Dude Room), she could do what she wanted with the rest of the house (Decor wise).

Needless to say, when I got back last month, my Dude Room is now my Disney Room. I even went so far as to buy two wall lamps the were previously used in the Wilderness Lodge to put on the walls (waiting for those to arrive).

I'm now working on how to rig my Monorail set to go all around the ceiling. I've got it going along one wall.

 

[Mickeysangel49]

OK, here is my sad story. We planned to go in September 2006 back in 2002. This would be my 3rd trip (last trip was in 1994) and my husbands very first trip. I planned and planned. Read several message boards everyday. I booked our trip over a year in advance. I was already. Then the week before the trip I got so depressed. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't make myself get up for the trip and I had know idea what was happening to me. I finally figured it out - I didn't want it to be all over. I didn't know if I would ever go back because it depended on how DH like it.

Holy Cow! As I've been reading the previous posts, I've been thinking the exact same thing!! DSis and I are going in Sept. and I'm already sad thinking about it being all over! I haven't been since 1997 (this is my sister's first trip!) and I've been planning (over-planning?! ) for a couple of months! This really is a sickness --- and you're right -- it helps to have others who understand!

 

[Kim1964]

This happened to me last year. I was especially sad because DH had said that our 2006 trip was our last Disney trip for a while. I accepted that for about 3 weeks, and then I told him I wanted to go back this year, I outlined how we'd save and pay for it (we don't finance anything except our mortgage), and I told him I'd go easy on Christmas presents for the kids and give them the trip as their big gift. Amazingly, he said yes and I booked our August, 2007 trip in September, 2006. That pulled me right out of the PDVSD (love that, gotta remember it!).

He has said yet again that this trip is it for a while, but now that the kids are a bit older, I've decided that he doesn't have to go next year if he doesn't want to.....but the kids and I are going!

I am hoping that having settled in my own mind that Disney is going to be an annual event for me and any member of my family who chooses to join me, that I can avoid the depression after our upcoming trip. We'll see.

 

[webshark3]

I take LOTS of video. So editing down and replaying 6-10 hours of tape usually takes a year until our next trip.

 

[Grumpy987]

Boy I really thought I was the only one who felt this way. It is so nice to have all you other DISers to help me through this! We took about 800 pictures and I've only been home 4 days and I cannot help but feel so sad. My husband might want to go again but I wish I could plan something NOW! My kids are getting older too (15 and almost 13) and I don't know if they'd ever want to go again or not but how come us adults want to go back right away!?! I could go back tomorrow and be so very happy I am there! A BIG THANK YOU to Walt Disney and Mickey and Disney for such a great time! I need to start saving so we can do this again! Well back to cleaning and laundry to all those who feel the way I do!

 

[webshark3]

I too thought I was a little crazy for not being able to pull myself out of my post-Disney funk! None of my friends really understand...glad I have you guys!



So glad I'm not the only one who took so many pictures! I have about 700 from our 4/29-5/5 trip and people think I'm nuts!

I had 2600 on our last trip. Could have done more, but it rained a lot.

 

[bigbabyblues]

We're just back too, well two weeks ago. I'm looking over our pictures, writing the dining report, and getting ready to start our scrapbook.

It's so hard, and my kids keep saying they want to go back, that makes it worse!

 

[shellbelle11]

I love to make scrapbooks of our trips! I just finished my trip last August and tonight I'm going to start on the trip I took with my dbf, now DF (!) back in Feb. It was sort of a last hurrah before he left for training before being deployed. I love to scrap my trips, I find it really helps to relive the fun that I had on those trips. Putting in lots of cute stickers, writing funny annecdotes (like when I passed out in Muppervision last summer- out cold on the floor) really helps me to relive the trip!

Planning another trip also definitely helps! My DF and I decided to Disneymoon there. We're getting married 12/27/08 and we'll be there for New Year's! I know how crazy it is then, but I love it at that time of year and I can't wait to share it with him!

 

[ogre75]

My family and went Nov 12-18 of 06'. I think about that time when ever I get stress out of mind from work or everyday life. When I think about that trip I get goose bumps and that tingling feeling... I can close my eyes and hera the music playing on Maine Street USA. I don't know when we will be able to get back to WDW, but my goal is to go back in about 2-3 years...