People who think once is enough to wdw???

[mollyseven]

Last year May 2006 we went to Disney with our 2 kids~ dd11 and ds9 and in January we got to go again. We couldn't believe how much we loved disney...addicted actually. We have never been amusement park people (well I am but the other 3 aren't).
What amazes me is the people who actually act confused when I talk about going again. Some people wondered about us going after only 9 months from our first trip...but we couldn't pass that one up.
Now I am addicted. I totally want to take my kids to Europe ...I have no desire to take them farther south into the caribbean or Mexico (I was a travel agency manager for years and have seen that / done that and hated that) but want to make Disney an annual event.
I hate that people want to make you feel bad or whatever by saying things like "I want my kids to see the world and just not Disney...that's not real life"....why would you rain on someone's parade like that. Shouldn't they be happy that we can and want to go on holiday together with our kids somewhere fun????
I don't understand people....?

 

[ModestMouse]

One of my friends who's never been doesn't understand why we go nearly every year. I finally realized he didn't even know there were more parks than Magic Kingdom. Some people have never figured out WDW's more than three rides.

I've also heard the "see the real world" comment. One friend of mine says that every year. She still has never taken her kids out of our state. Talk is cheap. (We've been all over the world, and yes, we want our kids to experience other countries, but maybe when they're a bit older.)

Who cares what others think? You have nothing to apologize for in your vacation choice. Go where you like and don't worry about it.

 

[eeyoregon]

Sorry, but I couldn't read your post as I had to put my head between my knees after reading the title!!

Is it possible to only go once? To not want to go back? Oh dear...the room is spinning.

 

[KMZOB]

My BIL is one of "those" people. We went to FL in November for a trip. We visited family and then spent 3.5 days at Disney. DH and I have been before...but that was the first trip for our DS. He was 2.5 at the time. He loved it. He asks to go back everytime he sees a Disney World commercial. We just booked a trip for September to celebrate DH and my 5th anniversary. We never went on a honeymoon, nor have we ever really celebrated our anniversary. My DS is so excited and can't wait to go.

Anyways...my BIL, keeps saying "You are going again? You just went in November." and to make it worse...it's not just the Disney part that he is objecting...it is the whole "vacation". He thinks it's crazy we are going on vacation again. Sometimes I think there is something wrong with him. I think we are entitled to go on vacation at least once a year. Until last year we hadn't gone on a vacation since 2001. And this is a special event for us. We try to ignore him - sometimes it is hard. You shouldn't have to explain to people why are are going to DW. You just are. It is a happy place, a great way to bond as a family. Plain and simple. Others should be so lucky.

 

[I'mNoPrince]

Well we really set them off this year .

When we go in a few weeks it will be our 4th trip in a years time.Yes we are just up in MD and get great rates with SW ,But going for 25 days total in a year is a lot.

I can't wait to start it all over again in 08 as we will skip our APs everyother year and just do a small trip in the fall/winter to US/IAO.

We don't care and everyone we have helped with their trips have came back with hugh smiles on their faces.

 

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

My grandma always asks us how we can go there again and again and arent we seeing the same thing! lol. I'm not really sure why we keep going, we've been to DL twice and weren't too crazy about it either time but there is something about WDW that attracts us. When we go we usually take 2 days off to do a waterpark or lay by the pool and our trip last week did not have that, we were in the parks every day and we were always on the go so needless to say I still love WDW but by the end of the trip, i was parked out and wanted a day of rest by the pool that I never really got lol. But we shall return if not next yr, hopefully the year after that!!!

 

[pixiedust_in_ak]

I just got this lecture from my MIL. She says I go to Disneyland all the time why do I need to go to Disney world? And she also doesn't understand how we can spend 9 nights there. She kept asking how we were going to stay busy for all those days and wouldn't we get bored? I actually laughed out loud when she said that. I didn't even try to explain. She went to Epcot for 4 hours back in 85 and has never done any of the other parks. That was all my dh had seen of Disney till I married him. Now he's as addicted as I am, at least almost

 

[PoohsFan1]

I have been going to WDW since 1983 with my family. And ever since then we had made frequent trips to the world because my family invested into a timeshare condo about a mile outside of Disney. When I met my now DH, he learned quickly what a Disney freak I was and said that yes we will go, but it won't be every year, try like every 5-10 years . I was so heartbroken and when both of my DDs came along, I kept dreaming of the first time they would see Cindy's castle. Well that day did come in Sept. of 2005, and guess what my DH's heart has change, the fog has lifted from his eyes and he now understands why I am such a Disney Freak, so much that we have another trip planned for June...and guess what, my parents just sold us their condo, you know the one that is outside of Disney? Go figure

 

[Whosemom]

My brother really ticked me off like this the other day. Or kind of almost the opposite of this? I don't know. I told him we were going to Quebec City for vacation and he applauded! He said, I can't believe you are going somewhere un-mouse related. What a bunch of hooey!

Last year we went to WDW because the kids and I danced. We were there 4 days. Our whole trip was nearly 3 weeks. We stayed in Chatanooga a few days, and meandered down and back enjoying several sites, like Abe Lincolns birth place, a plantation museum in SC, Kennedy space center, etc.

The year before we went to Mammouth CAve for a week. The year before that we went to Disney at Christmas, but in the summer we had gone to Niagra Falls.

My point being that, yes, we enjoy WDW, but that doesn't mean we don't see the real world! In our home state of Ohio, the PBS channel runs little spacefiller things around 10 minutes long that highlight some historical or cultural site in the state. Very seldom do they show anything that doesn't lead to the kids saying "Oh, yeah, we were there!"

We go to Cedar Point every year, and Kings Island almost every year. No one says "boo" about that. Whats the big hairy deal? Its our vacation!

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Why DO people need to rain on someone's parade? I would never say that to someone who took their kids to the beach year after year.

We went last September, are going this September, and will go in March when my mom and dad go to stay in FL for two months. My DD lives in the real world - don't we all - and don't we all deserve a break to feel happiness and magic and like a kid again?

Besides, what real world are they showing their kids, these people who criticize? Tourist stuff in London, Paris, or are they going and living with a family in the countryside and seeing what their world is really like? Unless you're doing a serious cultural trip, you're not seeing the "real world" there, either.

Sorry, I get so upset when people say stuff like this! I have lived in London, we have family in Ireland, friends in Canada, and all over the country and our DD will see the way other people live as well as having lots of happy, magical moments at WDW.

 

[ndgqccmiller]

My brother really ticked me off like this the other day. Or kind of almost the opposite of this? I don't know. I told him we were going to Quebec City for vacation and he applauded! He said, I can't believe you are going somewhere un-mouse related. What a bunch of hooey!

Last year we went to WDW because the kids and I danced. We were there 4 days. Our whole trip was nearly 3 weeks. We stayed in Chatanooga a few days, and meandered down and back enjoying several sites, like Abe Lincolns birth place, a plantation museum in SC, Kennedy space center, etc.

The year before we went to Mammouth CAve for a week. The year before that we went to Disney at Christmas, but in the summer we had gone to Niagra Falls.

My point being that, yes, we enjoy WDW, but that doesn't mean we don't see the real world! In our home state of Ohio, the PBS channel runs little spacefiller things around 10 minutes long that highlight some historical or cultural site in the state. Very seldom do they show anything that doesn't lead to the kids saying "Oh, yeah, we were there!"

We go to Cedar Point every year, and Kings Island almost every year. No one says "boo" about that. Whats the big hairy deal? Its our vacation!

I live in Chattanooga, glad you could make it our way! We went on our first trip this past October. We made a big deal about it and said this was a once in a lifetime trip! My husband was happy about going, but not thrilled. Halfway thru the trip my dh was ready to book. Well even if it sounds great
to go every year, we can't. For one reason our son always plays baseball in the summer and always has to travel so we are busy with that all summer. But we are excited to book for September 2008. Two years is a little long but not to bad!

 

[ThreeMusketeers]

My DH is one of those people who would rather not go to Disney every year!!
To Be Honest..I am good with a trip once every 2 years with a "filler" trip intwn. But The kids are only young once, and i want to go this year too! lol

Thats my reasoning. lol

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

We get a lot of garbage from my SIL about doing Disney all the time. She wants me and DH to travel with her and BIL to Hawaii and we keep saying no. Aside from the fact that I wouldn't do that trip without my kids (which she made clear they should not be part of), we'd rather do our Disney trips. At Easter she looked at me and in front of the family says "Your not going to go to Disney again this fall, are you"? I said, "what's that supposed to mean? You say that like its a bad thing." and then she backtracked almost immediately. She and BIL went to Disney once-in their 50's and didn't see the draw. I think it would be a long time before we traveled anywhere with SIL and BIl, because that just tells me they don't know how to have fun if they don't get Disney.

 

[blessedby3]

Its obvious that these parade rainers need counseling!!!

 

[susykt4]

One of the people I work with teases me endlessly about going to WDW every year-don't we get sick of it, blah,blah,blah... This is the same person who takes her family to the same cabin in Minnesota every single year. They never go anywhere else out of Illinois! What in the world is the difference??? My family likes Disney, her family likes fishing. I'd be bored to death after one or two days on her family vacation, but it's never occurred to me to say "You're going to Minnesota AGAIN????"

 

[pooksma]

Observations...

Some families have traditions and what's wrong with us making WDW one of ours?

Funny how the people who give you the most grief about it are also the ones who will ask for your help when they finally go.

No its not cheap for us to go, we can't go every year, but DS likes to go and the time will come soon enough when he DOESNT want to travel with Mom and Dad. Im loving while I can. Then DH and I will hit the World by ourselves.

No one is coming between me and the Mouse-except the Taxman.

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

Observations...

but DS likes to go and the time will come soon enough when he DOESNT want to travel with Mom and Dad. Im loving while I can. Then DH and I will hit the World by ourselves.

No one is coming between me and the Mouse-except the Taxman.

Ugh! I hope that day never comes with my kids! Then again, I was the child who always went with her parents-even into my 20's (they couldn't shake me if they tried)!

I agree...that darn tax man can make or break a trip!

 

[disney4us91]

I to am tired of peoples comments on how many time we have been to Disney My kids oldest being 10 have been 7 times. We went in January and are going in back in June. I hear it all the time from friends "didn't you just get back, you should just move down there", and the latest "if you say your going back to disney I will just scream" I said well the go outside cause the baby is sleeping. These comments are coming from people who have never been or have been once when it was way hot over crowded and just didn't get it. You cannot tell these people why you love Disney so much, they do not understand. I have stopped trying, for me Disney is more then a place and Micky Mouse it's a feeling, the feeling you get when you walk down main street and you feel likes it's the first time you have seen the castle even though it may be the 20th. Where you go for a week and you don't even think about bills, homework and the party you have to plan the next week.I could go on o and on. Some poeple comment how do you afford to go so much well these same poeple are buiding on to there house paving the driveways and putting in a pool I would rather take my family to Disney while I can, those things can wait. I have gotten to the point that I dread telling people we are going back because of there reaction not because I care what they think, I just don't want to here it. I love coming on this board because I know everyone here gets it, everyone here loves Disney, I can read a post and say yeah I get that. I understand, we have to get there any way we can and as often as we can and we will spend hours planning and packing for one trip while planning for the next. Who cares what anyone thinks , I just feel sorry for them that they just don't get it!

 

[PA Princess]

I have to admit growing up my aunt took her family every year (and often more than once a year) and I did not get it. I wondered why they never traveled other places?

Now that we have our own children, well we our hooked We have had the kids there 8 times in the last 11 years...pretty good record! We do travel other places, but now when they are young Disney is not only a great place to go but it is also an easy way for us to travel - just so family friendly.

Last year I tried valiently to plan a trip to the Grand Canyon, but everyone fought me. In the end dh said, "I'd really rather spend the money to go to Disney." Defeated, I gave up and started researching a trip and 3 days later they announced free dining and we took it as a sign LOL

 

[dreamn_Disney]

I have to admit growing up my aunt took her family every year (and often more than once a year) and I did not get it. I wondered why they never traveled other places?

Now that we have our own children, well we our hooked We have had the kids there 8 times in the last 11 years...pretty good record! We do travel other places, but now when they are young Disney is not only a great place to go but it is also an easy way for us to travel - just so family friendly.

Last year I tried valiently to plan a trip to the Grand Canyon, but everyone fought me. In the end dh said, "I'd really rather spend the money to go to Disney." Defeated, I gave up and started researching a trip and 3 days later they announced free dining and we took it as a sign LOL

I too tried to plan a trip to Grand Canyon and was out voted by my dd and ds. He saw pics. of his
grandma at the rocks as he calls it and cried that they made his Mema sad. He was actually upset by any pic from her trip. So off to WDW and free dinning we go.