Panic as trip gets closer?

[mommaU4]

For all of you in the single digits, or close to it, do you find yourself getting less excited and more nervous?

Our trip is still a ways off but as a control freak I have moments of panic when I think of all the things that are out of my control like someone getting sick or horrible weather. My latest panic was thinking that something really expensive could go wrong with our house or car and we would have to cancel the trip. Am I crazy? Well, I know I am. LOL But is anyone else going through this?

 

[MagicKingdom05]

mommaU4,

Don't worry about it because it's a normal reaction. If something is going to happen, it's going to happen no matter what you try to do to prevent it. There is a much larger chance that nothing will happen at all then there is of something comming out of the blue and happening.

 

[mjc05]

Two words: Hurricane Wilma

I can't stop her, so I'm just gonna ride it out. What can ya do?

 

[mmouseforpres]

We get so excited the closer we get to the trip. My panic sets in when we actually start heading to Disney World. I keep on going through checklists - did I get this, did I get that, etc. I always figure if we forget something, there always seems to be a Walmart around.


31 Days until Port Orleans Riverside.

 

[PIRATEGIRL007]

I always get nervous, but with good reason. DFi usually gets sick right before we leave, may be a little cold, the flu, sinus infections, back problems, etc. so I always start to flip out about 1 week before. I think this year I am locking him in a padded room for the week before we go.

 

[jwfla422]

I feel your pain...as Fl residents we are lucky enough to visit WDW a few times a year and we are able to drive BUT...EVERYTIME just before a trip I get soooo stressed. I'm definitely an expert packer by now and I even keep one suitcase pretty much packed through the year which I call our Disney bag-it has our little essentials like the extension cords, glowsticks, ponchos, flashlights, shout wipes, lysol, wipes, hand gel, batteries, etc...

However that being said it seems like something happens just before almost EVERY trip!! I'm starting to call it the "Disney jinx"...for instance, last May, dd got pneumonia for the 2nd time in a few months, doc scared the heck out me and told me she had to go for a CT scan-we had to change the dates on our trip. (she was ok luckily) August-Katrina came thru S. FL as a minimal hurricane the day we were supposed to leave, changed the dates again (after many calls). And, once again, need I say more, supposed to leave THIS Thurs. and another rotten chickie hurricane is threatening us!! Sheesh, that's a record!! I would have expected it in August, but a major hurricane in late Oct. ..argh.

In previous years, dd came down with strep just before 2 of our trips, dh came down with blood poisoning from a cut, so I feel your anxiety, I feel your panic!! Maybe we just go TOO MUCH!! We're sooo spoiled!! NAAAHHHH! The thing is, almost everytime we manage to get there one day or another! I would just like to be able to look forward to one of our trips without any panic! That's half the fun, right???

The worst thing is I end up packing in the last few hrs before we leave because so many times I just figure on canceling...so what do you think about this time LOL!!!!

 

[mommaU4]

I guess I'm just nervous because my track record isn't great either. First time at WDW fought with DBF (now DH-so we obviously made up) the whole time.
Second time kids got sick, me too. Third time we had the plane tix booked and hotel resv made then we decided to move to MI (we were living in CA at the time) and the expense of the move forced us to cancel our trip. So I guess you could say I'm a little paranoid! Then again maybe for those of us who've had less than perfect trips before it's our turn now.

 

[travelbug]

I don't usually go through big anxiety about things going wrong before a trip. But last year I was fixated on JURY DUTY and what I would do if I got called to jury duty when I had a trip planned. That worry came up because an incredible number of people at my workplace all got called to jury duty within a few months. I've never been called yet (knock on wood), but I sure worried about it for a while.

 

[mommaU4]

Oh my, I hadn't even thought of that!

 

[Mimi Q]

Yes, I panic. I have already done all my "to do" lists for my trip, the packing list, my itinerary, etc... I plan, plan, plan- then worry. My DH thinks I'm nuts. He won't give the trip much thought until the day we leave.

 

[Mackey Mouse]

Maybe the panic leaves as you get older, I never experience that now...but when the kids were little, I worried about all those things... What if someone got sick, what if we could not fly out.......now I just go with the flow and go for the gusto....

Hugs and try not to panic and have a blast!!!!!!!

 

[goofie4goofy]

I am a little nervous right now for our vacation in 3 weeks to here www.maromahotel.com Does not look like Wilma is going to be so kind to the Yucatan. I feel so sorry for everyone in it's path. We are going to WDW shortly after that trip. Right now we just have to wait and see what Wilma is going to do. We have a lot of $$ invested in that trip..first class air and a suite for 10 days...paid in full...so you can say I am a bit panicky right now.

 

[DiznEeyore]

I worry, too. It always seems that one of us is sick right before or during the trip. Ds is just getting over an upper respiratory infection and miraculously, I don't seem to have caught it (knock wood!). But we still have 9 days before we leave and anything can happen. Aaauggh!!!

 

[megan4777]

I'm sick right now and I think both girls are feeling sick, too. I'm happy, though, because we don't leave until next Wed. This is just a cold and we have yet to get anything worse than that, so YIPEEEEEE I'm getting this out of the way now!! Watch, I say that and I'll end up with the bubonic plague!!

The only thing I keep freaking about is the plane flight with both girls. I'm actually having nightmares about flying with them.
The girls haven't flown before but this past weekend we drove to Maine (about 5 hrs) to visit family and I ended up in the backseat of the van the whole time b/c both were screaming. They've never acted like that before but I think they were starting to feel ill.

Lucky, DH, though....he just has to pack (the night before, as usual) and then carry stuff (hey, if he can't help pack for the kids, he can carry it all!!!).

I'm sure everyone will have a great trip.
Try to keep busy so you don't have time to worry

 

[Shiftgreen]

I started gettting nervouse when I booked our hotel 4 weeks in advance, I was so scared that I wasnt going to get the view I wanted, especially since I was paying an extra 10 bucks a night to see downtown disney on the 24th floor, or they wouldnt take my sams club discount since I got 2 different answers, one no, and one yes. On top of that I was nervous about the weather, I would check the doppler and tropics everyday starting 2 weeks before I left, I also was worried about car problems as well, my suv would have been a much better drive than our little compact but gas was the issue there, I told my wife the week before that if we were going to get sick nows the time so we wont be sick at disney, but I wasnt being too serious though, non the less my wife was sick on her stomach with a virus 2 days vefore we left.

But, we were blessed that it didnt rain once during our trip, just a few sprinkles in the morning and that was it, and everything worked out perfectly for our room and hotel,neither of us got sick and the car drove great. So it usually always turns out better than your worst fears, the hurrican looks like it will more than likely miss orlando anyway.

 

[Mimi Q]

Just had to check-in and let you know I am in FULL panic mode. Please let these next 15 days pass quickly.

 

[daughertyk]

I am too in panic mode, we leave in 18 days. It's our first time to WDW, so when everyone talks about crowds during Thanksgiving, I figure I won't have any other time to compare it to, so I won't know the difference. My panic though is we are surprising our DS10 and DD7, so I don't have anyone to talk to about everything. My DH just thinks all of this planning is a little much, he figures we'll just wing it. He doesn't understand that you don't just wing it and eat in the castle. Anyway, I feel your pain.

 

[mommaU4]

We leave in 23 days and guess what?

I'm sick!!! Of course I am. Why wouldn't I be?

I'm sure by then I'll be better but one of the 5 other members of this family will probably have it! Oh well....

 

[daughertyk]

23 days, you will all be able to pass it around in that amount of time. Good Luck.

 

[Arielle22]

We leave in 6 days. I am getting over a severe cold so I figure I will be healthy by then. We are leaving our dds with my sister and bil.

My only worry is that something will happen to MIL while we are away. She is in a nursing home. While she isn't in terrible health she has many medical issues. Worse my bil is a screw up who probably wouldn'r return the nursing home phone calls.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed and thinking good thoughts.