No more Disney for me....

[serenity1991]

Hi everyone!

Please don't get mad at me and please don't think I'm a troll. I was too afraid to post under my original screen name so that's why I'm here as Serenity1991.

I don't know what happened, but I think I'm done with Disney for awhile. It's all so weird to me you know. I was planning on going to Disney next year, but now, I'm just not interested anymore. I'd rather go someplace local where I'm from....don't want to say as that would clue you in to who I am. I don't hate Disney, I don't think it's stupid, and I don't dislike any of you wonderful DISers who still chose to go. It's just not me anymore. What happened?? I know only I can answer that, but I've been around this board awhile and have seen some wonderful advice given out to others and you have also done so for me. I still own all of my Disney movies, I still have all of my favorite Disney characters and all my Disney shirts many of which I still wear daily. It has nothing to do with money as DH and I have the money to go. Have any of you EVER felt this way before??? I feel so weird about it, but talking to you wonderful DISers does help.

Please don't think I'm strange, because I don't really know where this has come from as it just hit me last week or so.

I will still visit this board of course as Serenity1991 and under my original screen name because the DIS is a very COOL place!!

Take care all!

A Confused DIS friend

 

[mickey65]

I am not as Disney crazy as I once was either. It still holds a magical place in my heart, but there are other places I want to go and other things I want to see. I told my friends not to buy me Mickey things anymore too. I treasure the things I do have, but right now I just don't have the desire for more. Maybe it is a phase. So, I for one do understand how you are feeling, because I too have no idea where this came from.

 

[DebbieB]

One sign of depression is losing interest in things you previously found pleasurable. I would watch for other signs. Have your told your DH?

 

[Pea-n-Me]

You probably just need a break from it for a while. See how you feel later on.

 

[Martha7]

I thought of depression also. Is there something upsetting going on in your life right now? Depression can also run in families, and I know there has been depression in my group. I always try to ask myself if I'm suffering from it, especially when I don't seem to get anything done for several days at a time...

 

[MUFFYCAT]

There's nothing wrong with you moving on.
When we went last month, I fully thought that it would be our last time.
My 14 DD says she doesn't enjoy it as much anymore.
However, after 2 days i knew we were coming back next year. She even said things like "Next year, can we..." She doesn't what to admit to people at home, but she likes as much as my DH & I do!
So planning starts for next year.

 

[nliedel]

Honestly just because you don't want to do Disney does not mean you are depressed. You stated you wanted to stick close to home and plan something there and I think that is great. I love Disney but to be truthful, in the end, it is a vacation and I am happy vacationing in a lot of places. I am not a "Disney nut", although I think people who are have a lot to offer the world and are great fun.

If you are having fun planning a local vacation then have fun with that. Do what appeals to you and enjoy it.

 

[tevagirl]

I don't have the burning desire to go back to the World like I have had in the past. We are going again in January but that's only because my adult kids are going with my grandkids and I want to be there with them. (My DGD is 41/2 and into the princesses. She'll be fun there!) I would now rather go to other places (we are going to Germany in November ) and I have also discovered how much I love cruises! I don't think there is anything 'strange' about it. Everyone is different. I do think some people can get burned out from going back time after time. And I have found that going every year has made it less 'special' for me. Again, that's just me. Not everyone will feel this way and that's okay. That doesn't make me wrong or them wrong. You'll have fun where ever you decide to go.

 

[Kitty 34]

I know sort of how you're feeling. The problem with my lessening desires to go to Disney is mainly due to the fact that the boys are outgrowing it (25, 18 and 16) and that was the fun of going.

That being said, I am going in November as one of the trip coordinators for our high school marching band. Planning this trip is SO different than planning a family trip so maybe that's why I'm feeling a bit burned out with Disney.

I have to tell you tho, if I never go to Disney again I will still always be a DISer on the CB so I sure hope you stay with us!

 

[snoopy]

Ugh, I can relate. We just got back from an awful trip to WDW where all of us were violently ill with a terrible stomach virus for 8 solid days. Certainly no fault of WDW, but dang, thinking about going back there is just not something I like to think about (especially in August, when the heat and the humidity just added to being ill). I hope my feelings associated with being so sick will wear off, but they haven't thus far. My boys feel the same way, both are looking forward to our upcoming trips to California and London but have no desire to return to Florida anytime soon.

I do think a year or two's break may just be what the doctor ordered for you and for me....nothing wrong with giving something a rest that you once loved to ensure you continue to love it.

 

[Nite0wl71]

I don't think it is strange at all. I have taken other vacations in between going to Disney. I want to see other places also so Disney is not usually evry year.

 

[Disney1fan2002]

I "say" we need a break also...but that could change in 6 months..LOL

My problem is not for ME...but the kids. This past trip, it became obvious to me that the kids, as much as they love going, and they adore WDW, they take it for granted. I used to worry about the kids getting tired af WDW because we go so often, I never thought about the fact that WDW could become an "everyday" thing for them.

They just act up way too much on vacation now. Part of it is their age, they are getting to the age where they are trying out the mouthing off. But, they don't realize that not every kid goes to WDW every year. That there are kids in the world who will NEVER see WDW in their life. I told the kids we are taking a break. I want to seperate them from WDW long enough for them to realize what they get. So two years minimum. Maybe 3 years.

My 7 yo DD actually told me WHILE we were on the Disney Wonder, that she hates this family. LOL. I told to go find a new family. One that doesn't go to WDW every year, and one that certainly doesn't take the kids on a cruise. She hated the family because I told her she could not go swimming until after dinner. (dinner in was 30 minutes).

That was when I realized how Disney-spoiled my kids are.

To the OP...you have a right to feel what ever want about someplace. The thing that stuck out to me is you are afraid we here at the DiS will be mad at you for not wanting to back. That is sad, and scary, if that is the image we give out.

 

[ducklite]

I TOTALLY agree with the OP. And I don't think you are depressed. We also suffered from WDW burn-out. We didn't stop going to WDW though, we started looking at it from a different perspective. We would go for a week and do everything but go to the parks. We would swim, boat, eat, drink, play putt-putt, shop, take drives in the more rural areas around Orlando.

We ultimately realized that it wasn't WDW that we liked going to FL for, it was Florida! We built what was originally supposed to be a vacation then retirement home here, and then decided we loved it so much that we moved here for good!

We moved in in mid-July, and not counting the times I've had to go to HoB for work, I think we've been to WDW three times. DS and I went to Jiko one night, and DH and I went to Citrico one night. We didn't go to parks on either of thsoe trips. And DH and I ate at YCG a couple weeks ago, and went to Epcot for about an hour afterwards.

I don't think it's at all unusual to get burned out on a place. Take a break and go someplace ense next year. If you want some suggestions, let me know, I've got a ton of them, and none revolve around theme or amusement parks.

Anne

 

[MICKEY_MOUSE]

I totally understand! my last trip was 2001, no desire to go to disney, to Dis...or anything about traveling to disney.
till May 2004, after a bad breakup with BF. BF best friend and me went to Clearwater Fl and guess where I ended up?

now I have bee twice since then.
so take your brake, your time off. and when you are ready
I am sure you will come back!!

 

[Honu]

For those that go to the World often I would say it's a predictable progression. IMO, it's not as special if you do it all the time.

 

[goofy4tink]

Perfectly normal I would say. I hit that same thing when after ordering some Disney-Mickey Mouse luggage from DisneyOn-line, my dd told me I was way over the top!!!! And here I thought she was going to be my WDW buddy for many more years. She's almost 12, so I was really depressed about that comment. It kind of took my Disney joy away. I'm going back in Nov but I don't have that same 'really excited, can't sleep' feeling. Yes, I'm excited about going solo...so that adds something different, but it's just not that same feeling I got before dd's comment.

 

[Martha7]

I just thought it was strange that the OP felt she had to post under another name...it sounded like she was feeling much worse about this decision than was warranted, which made me suspect depression. Who among us hasn't felt like taking a break from Disney at some point? (Usually the fact of our limited budget imposes its own "break!" Certainly, there comes a time when your kids may not be that much fun to take on a family trip either. (I'm realizing that it's my DH who tends to spoil the trips with his moods however!) Regardless, no one should feel that they can't freely admit to needing a break without fearing retribution! Although I have seen threads where people jump down the OP's throat merely at the suggestion that there could be other vacations to be enjoyed, but this hasn't happened for a long time, from what I recall. Many post about taking other trips as well over the course of the year. It's not like we've sworn to a blood oath on the DIS to go to WDW or be forever banished! So to the OP~ Don't worry about it; we're all still here for you!

 

[GailT]

Hi everyone!

Please don't get mad at me and please don't think I'm a troll. I was too afraid to post under my original screen name so that's why I'm here as Serenity1991.

I don't know what happened, but I think I'm done with Disney for awhile. It's all so weird to me you know. I was planning on going to Disney next year, but now, I'm just not interested anymore. I'd rather go someplace local where I'm from....don't want to say as that would clue you in to who I am. I don't hate Disney, I don't think it's stupid, and I don't dislike any of you wonderful DISers who still chose to go. It's just not me anymore. What happened?? I know only I can answer that, but I've been around this board awhile and have seen some wonderful advice given out to others and you have also done so for me. I still own all of my Disney movies, I still have all of my favorite Disney characters and all my Disney shirts many of which I still wear daily. It has nothing to do with money as DH and I have the money to go. Have any of you EVER felt this way before??? I feel so weird about it, but talking to you wonderful DISers does help.

Please don't think I'm strange, because I don't really know where this has come from as it just hit me last week or so.

I will still visit this board of course as Serenity1991 and under my original screen name because the DIS is a very COOL place!!

Take care all!

A Confused DIS friend

I've been in your spot but I am going back, still not sure if it is the right decision but hell I like it there

 

[snoopy]

I TOTALLY agree with the OP. And I don't think you are depressed. We also suffered from WDW burn-out. We didn't stop going to WDW though, we started looking at it from a different perspective. We would go for a week and do everything but go to the parks. We would swim, boat, eat, drink, play putt-putt, shop, take drives in the more rural areas around Orlando.

We've done this too, it makes for a graet trip.

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

For those that go to the World often I would say it's a predictable progression. IMO, it's not as special if you do it all the time.

Don't agree with this at all. I'd go every day if I could. Been to WDW at least 365 days if you put all my trips together. Every trip is special. I'm doing things in Oct/Nov that I've never done before. I'm taking my son for the first time so this trip is extra special. We are usually trying to arrange our trips with someone who is going for the first time, or with a group of friends/family so that each one is unique. If not, then it will be a totally different trip with just us.

To the OP, be true to yourself. I don't judge people based on if they make decisions that are the same as mine. In fact, if you could start a movement of people to cancel their trips in late Oct, early Nov. to take a few years off, I'd appreciate it.