Please tell me others do this...

[Duckiedee]

Okay, I've wanted to go to DisneyWorld every since it opened. In ALL the world (and I've been all over the world) WDW is the number ONE place I've always wanted to visit. Something magical just draws me.

There's always been something that's happened that we couldn't go - usually finances or work - then we finally just decided to wait until we had a child old enough to share the magic with.

I LOVE to travel and love to be a kid.

I'm now in my late 30's and in a few months my DH andI are taking my daughter. It is everyone's first time. The trip is already paid for, our desired ADRs are all booked. Magical extras, are ready (MNSSHP, RPDE, BBB, CG for MY birthday , CRT, F&W) - we just need to pack - for OCTOBER!!! LOL.

I am very excited. For my family, for me, for my daughter and most of all to be there to witness the magic my DD will see.

Okay, now here is the admission I am looking to see if others do this. Some days in some moments, I will actually get so overcome with excitement of this dream come true - I well up. My voice chokes and I get tears in my eyes. Like the day I got the ADRs I was wishing for, or when we go to the local Disney Store and DD gets so excited just to be there. Or when we went to see the Princess and the Frog or Toy Story 3.

It feels SO GOOD to be so passionately excited about something. But, the feeling so overcomes me sometimes I wonder if maybe I'm a little nuts. I do know the trip will not be perfect. But I can accept that - it is life. It just feels so perfect, even knowing things will probably change, or rides serviced etc. But I just have this hope and determination that the MAGIC will be what I've been dreaming of.

Does anyone else get like this? Do you get teary just thinking of it? Do you feel you need to reign yourself in or do you go with it?

I almost feel like when I get home, I'll be like an astronaut who reached the pinnacle of his/her career by travelling in space and actual hits some depression when they realize that lifelong dream is now realized. The "Now what" feeling. It's a little scary knowing I will go from feeling the way I do now to that.

 

[bdoyledimou]

Yup! I do the same thing! i think i am more excited about the trip than the kids are

 

[no1swfan]

I can't say I get all teared up, just the opposite, I get all excited and just have an overall good feeling

I wouldn't worry too much about feeling bad about ending your first trip. There is so much to see and do at WDW that there is no way you can do it all in one trip. So feel good that someday you will return to do some of the things you missed before!

 

[chefmb]

I'm there with you! Disney has a hold on me that I can't quite explain to others who don't feel that way. It's the magic of Disney World. You wouldn't know it by my house or my clothes etc... I don't have Mickey towels or kitchen gadgets etc. It's just thinking about being in "the World" that gets me so excited!

 

[Donnie2402]

Yes, I get teary too and I'm sooo excited! Can't stand still

This year is my first vacation alone in my whole life ... I was never on vacation without family members or friends. 10 days with myself doing whatever I want, no looking for the kids, no thinking about height requierements or the fear factor of a ride that will be really a new experience.

 

[LMDisneygirl]

I can assure you that you are not alone! And I think that goes for people dreaming of their first trip, as well as those of us excited to go back for our 5th or 6th.....or whatever number it is! I got the Wishes soundtrack a couple years ago, and got all teared up when I was listening to it the other day. The anticipation of being there is so much fun!

Our last trip was 3 1/2 years ago, and since the day we got back we have been dreaming of our next trip. I'm excited to say that it is coming at the end of the summer!

Disney withdrawl is inevitable, but don't let it ruin the anticipation of your trip. You'll come back with great memories, lots of pictures probably, and most importantly you'll be able to come to the Dis to commiserate with fellow Disney lovers who are in the same boat. I just found the boards this year, so I'm really looking forward to coming out here to write a trip report or something to continue my Disney trip for as long as possible after I get back!

Have a GREAT TIME!!!!!

 

[StacyMarie]

Wait until you are standing on main street in front of the castle, then you will feel some serious magic!

 

[piperdown]

My story is similar to yours, and sometimes I cannot contain the excitement I feel about finally going to WDW. DH humors me, but doesn't really get it.

 

[ireland_nicole]

I do it to; and my DH always reminds me to bring tissues with me on our first and last MK day- I can't help it, I always, always cry when I first see the castle and when it's time to leave. (And I know I was not the only one at toy story three sobbing at the end). As far as curing Disney depression- well, I've only found one cure; and that's to plan another trip! In my case, I always have at least one future trip on the back burner; sure, sometimes something will come up and we'll have to postpone (we missed last year because of finances); but as long as I'm planning a trip, I'm ok.

 

[7amshop]

I'm such a crazy DIS lover, and i wanna see the DIS theme park all over the world!

 

[relcx4]

Okay you are definitely not alone. My advise (having been there myself) is to bring some small kleenex packets with you. That first time my kiddos (2 DD) saw the castle was a moment I will never forget and to be honest, I cried in joy.

Have an amazing time!

 

[kjs1976]

Heck, yea! I get the super excited feeling when I think about it at random times. I well up when I think of certain things my DD gets to experience. I put in one of our old vacation planning DVDs and they showed a girl getting a hug from Cinderella and I thought of DD loving that movie now and getting that opportunity and I almost completely lost it!

 

[momto2greatkids]

Woo Hoo! Glad I'm not alone. My husband calls me a Disney Freak!! I love me some Disney! I've only been once, but have been driving my hubby crazy for a return trip. We've got one planned for May 2011 - yea!!!

 

[cassidyh]

Like everyone has said, you are not alone!! I am so happy that you are finally going!

I know I tear up whenever I watch the planning DVDs. There's one scene that's been in every DVD for years...a little girl and her grandfather I think dancing around each other in MK. Gets me every time.

 

[cassidyh]

I found it in case anyone else knows what I'm talking about:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjWFwy7NWFk

about 1:35 in!

 

[Fam of 4]

I do it as well. I feel like I may be the only one who is excited about our trip this year- but as the time goes by- the kids are starting to get geared up as well. I get teary eyed just thinking about it.

I love my time with anything Disney, it makes me feel like everything will be ok- and it todays world, you never know if that is the case.

 

[Fam of 4]

I found it in case anyone else knows what I'm talking about:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjWFwy7NWFk

about 1:35 in!

Wow, you can get 1:35 in? I barely made it :30 before I started tearing up!

 

[let'sgo]

Yup, it's so much fun to think about the trip and do the planning. And when you get back you can make a scrapbook about your memories. And don't feel let down after all of this, just start planning your next trip of things you'd like to do and to do again and get planning for your next trip!

 

[DisneyTravelers2008]

Just wait until your daughter gets to meet her favorite characters for the first time....and watch the "fairy tale" come to life before her eyes....it is just something that is hard to explain ...you guys will have a blast!!!

 

[PIRATEGIRL007]

I'm not an emotional person usually but WDW brings it out in me. If I'm missing Disney really bad I can't go to the movies, when the castle logo comes up at the begining I start sniffling.