Not Happy About Going To Disney!!

[Tomh]

Let's go easy on the guys here, it's not like every guy in the world hates Disney. I'm a guy, and I'm planning our family vacation to Disney. This will be the first time for our DD13, and DS4. I am the most excited person in the house right now, just making the plans, and we don't go until August.

 

[Goofin' around]

If he doesn't want to go, I'll go with you. I'll have to check with the wife 1st of coarse. I dont thik she'll mind (yeah right). I can't wait for June 22nd.

 

[Goofin' around]

Let's go easy on the guys here, it's not like every guy in the world hates Disney. I'm a guy, and I'm planning our family vacation to Disney. This will be the first time for our DD13, and DS4. I am the most excited person in the house right now, just making the plans, and we don't go until August.

I'm with you Tom. I'll be as much of a kid as my kids are. I'll probably embarrass them.

 

[Shir Kahn]

My DH isnt thrilled either... he says standing in lines and walking for hours is not his idea of a vacation. i think the problem is that they are MEN... they would rather spend a week sitting on the couch watching football and being left alone.
Dont let his lack of excitement ruin yours... men just are not as excitable

Are you kidding?? I've been reading these forums for hours and hours each day for the last couple of months since we decided to go! I bring the Unofficial Guide with me to work every day so that I have something Disney related to read during breaks! I've got a countdown calender made! I've even started working on planning not only our next trip, but the trip after that as well! My DW is excited, but I've got her beat hands down!

I work at a place called Future Shop, same type of store as Best Buy. Here's a picture of my modified nametag:

So yeah, some of us men are as much or more excited than you women!

 

[wookie28560]

My husband was not excited either. He has never been so I don't think he understands the magic that is Disney. I rented the History channel's modern marvels Disney world and we watched it together. That seemed to help some. Of course he may be just tired of hearing me talk about Disney because that seems to be all I'm doing since I made the resevation! Our problem may just be my obsession. He told me to find a forum where people have the same obsession. So here I am!!

 

[BrittBritt]

Ok, so here's my two cents. Maybe, just maybe, he thinks he's too cool for Disney. I mean, the idea of taking pictures with strangers in large plush costumes doesn't seem extremely manly. Maybe, , he thinks Disney is only a place for kids.

I would reevaluate this whole idea once you're actually there. I think he'll come around, and by the end of the week, it might even be him wearing the character shirt, hat, socks, etc.
Until then, you can always get your reassurance from us crazies on the Dis.

 

[pigletforever]

My husband was the same way before our first trip. I just couldn't get him excited about it. He said when we get there he will be happy but not until then.

I booked our next trip last week and he is already asking when I can make dinner reservations and what restaurants he wants to go to and what rides he wants to go on and how tall our son will be so he can ride more as well.

He just didn't get it the first time. but after being there for a week he GOT IT. This time he had me book 12 nights. I almost have him talked in to DVC so we can go every other year.

 

[Disney Spaz]

My DH didn't get it at first either. Then after a few trips he really started loving WDW too. Some people just need to see it to get it. Give him some time.

 

[Tomh]

Goofin' around, you couldn't be more right. My DD13 is always telling me that I act just like the boys at school, and sometimes even accuses me of being less mature than they are. That's alright by me, I don't mind being a big kid at all.

 

[dbarker]

Not me of course! It's my boyfriend. I keep saying well the trip is about 2 1/2 months away aren't you excited because i'm too thrilled! He's like NOPE!! I'm like WHATTTT how can you not be?? We are going to Disney!! He's like i'm just not!
Then he goes to say how can I be excited about going somewhere I've never been before? I'm like well it's DISNEY!!! The #1 Vacation spot in the world!!! He's like AND?? UGHHHH!!
I just don't understand how he can not be excited!! Yes he's never been before but it's freakin Disney. He should be happy to go on vacation period because he's never really been on a vacation before! I want somebody to be excited with me! He's a loser...lol

Have hope. DH was exactly like that our first trip. He and his family had only taken "vacations" to go from Texas to Illinois to see family. They had never been anywhere else. DH was not very excited about going to WDW. Now he is a bigger WDW fan than I am...I just get to do all the research and planning.

 

[JPN4265]

One thing great about a boy friend / girl friend, its never to late to get a new one. I predict that when he walks into the MK, he will be just like a little kid...

 

[AGlassSlipper17]

I took me almost a year to talk my DBF in going on a trip to WDW with me. At first he wasn't excited at all. I think he didn't think that an adult could go and have fun. When by chance we were channel surfing and found a show about disney. He saw how wonderful it was, and that there were rides that he could enjoy. They weren't all dumbo rides. lol. After that, he agreed to go. I had him help me in planning the trip. We bought a book and read about the rides (even though I have been multiple times and know them by heart) so that we could pick what we wanted to do together. We sat down and talked about what we could afford and then we looked at hotels together . . . if your boyfriend is having problems getting excited . . .I suggest that you have him join in your planning . . . have him pick where to go and what to see. It might help him get a little more excited and interested in the fun you are bound to have.

 

[captinhookedondisney]

I think you should show him Theses Boards and Then Show him the Planning video and then show him the WDW web site then show him the guide maps. Order Customized maps Then watch him he will be excited

 

[tipsytrtle]

My DH loves WDW and has been many times, however this will only be my 3rd trip and i am very excited. my husband isnt. he just doesnt get excited about things until we are actually there, maybe its a guy thing?

 

[DISNEYJAZZ]

i completely get what you all are saying...dh was ok withthe idea of going with the oldest 2 grandkids to disney. but was not into all the planning i was doing.just wanted to bottom line of the time frame and the money! then as i got to doing more and more research { i have read on these boards almost daily and written down so many ideas and fun things to see and doand i have learned so so much,i haven't been since 1973 and dsil 1983 or so and dd in 93 with her grandparents and dh can;t remeber when he was there last so we are vertual newbies] and the grands get more adn more excited from all i tell them i have learned and all the videos of the rides they have wathed online. thier excitment is rubbing off on him.as we get closer { 48 days and counting!} i have begun to send him emails of things we plan to do,pix of the resort and menus form the places we plan to dine,the more excited he is getting. being able to see it all through the grands eyes iwll be awesome. maybe you can send him emals or post pix around the house or do as i do each month for the past 2...onthe dates of out trip i will say .." on hti sday i 2 months we will be doing this that or ht eother..." hehe driving them nuts i know...also dgs & dgd and i play a game called 'i lov eyou more than' and we have to beat each other with saying ' i love you more than??? cinderella,goofy,donald duck etc... really fun and gets them to thinking abouut all their fav characters... hope he gets more excited with you as they tiem gets closer...

 

[fireman1]

I'm 37 and I get more excited for it now than I did as a child. My daughter and I are going in 6 days, and we cant even look at each other right now without breaking out in a huge smile, knowing that we are about to go.

 

[tikimimi]

Not me of course! It's my boyfriend. I keep saying well the trip is about 2 1/2 months away aren't you excited because i'm too thrilled! He's like NOPE!! I'm like WHATTTT how can you not be?? We are going to Disney!! He's like i'm just not!
Then he goes to say how can I be excited about going somewhere I've never been before? I'm like well it's DISNEY!!! The #1 Vacation spot in the world!!! He's like AND?? UGHHHH!!
I just don't understand how he can not be excited!! Yes he's never been before but it's freakin Disney. He should be happy to go on vacation period because he's never really been on a vacation before! I want somebody to be excited with me! He's a loser...lol

Count on his feelings toward yout o spark his excitement. Share memories of your trips there (not with other guys of course) and things you have done that you can't wait to do with him plus new things you can't wait to experience with him. Let him know the one spot you want to make sure you get a picture together and the one treat you want to make sure you eat. Then play on what he does like - is it thrill rides? If so, try to drum up some interest in what awaits him at whichever parks you will visit. Is it water parks? If so, go shopping with him for that perfect little number you'll wear during your visit and while shopping, remind him of all the thrilling water rides and the theme designing and such. Come up with what he enjoys and play up that aspect. If he has never been, he doesn't know how special it is. Seeing it through his eyes will be magical for you, but you want make sure you don't get him so hyped up that there is no way he can be excited enough to please you.

 

[disneydreamin247]

My Dad says he hates it every time we go, but is always buying a ticket when the rest of us do lol. You can't help but get caught up in the spirit once you're there.

 

[CapeCodMouse]

This past November when we were there, my DH, DS and I had a great time with our friends. It was a little hectic, and we decided that "next time" we would go longer and have more down time.

Well, this time, I scheduled a longer trip, and it will just be DH, DS and I. The other day I asked DH if he was looking forward to Disney - he said he wasn't really sure because Disney "can be boring"??? WHAAAAAATTT??? I asked him how he could say that considering he had been on EE, TOT, RnR, etc. - all thrill rides and all rides that he couldn't stop talking about when he got off. GRRRR....

I told him we could always leave him home........