Post trip sadness

[DisneyWorldWisher]

My trip ended 7 days ago and I am getting very sad.

I want to be in Disney again! Anyone else get this?

 

[schlepsnort]

Yup, ours ended last monday.
Our solution, start planning for a longer trip next year!!! It's our anniversary present to each other.

 

[aztecgoods]

Sometimes I think twice about even going because I get real depressed on the way back. But I know thats silly, I just need a job that I don't hate.

 

[SnwflkCts]

Yes, I was very depressed when I got back from my first trip to WDW. Was happy we were planning to come back in Nov 2006. I have one more trip in the planning for October 2007 and after that I know I will be CRASHING ... so hope the DIS boards and my memories keep me going a while. I sympathize with you ... hope after a couple more weeks you remember the fun and don't feel so sad.

 

[DreaminDisney]

I too get very sad when it's over.

 

[DisneyWorldWisher]

Yes, I was very depressed when I got back from my first trip to WDW. Was happy we were planning to come back in Nov 2006. I have one more trip in the planning for October 2007 and after that I know I will be CRASHING ... so hope the DIS boards and my memories keep me going a while. I sympathize with you ... hope after a couple more weeks you remember the fun and don't feel so sad.

I remember the fun, but that makes me sadder.

The fact that it will probably be 3 or four years till the next trip doesn't help.

 

[BamaTigger]

oh, me too....i kinda dread GOING to WDW cause I know the trip back is sooo sad. I hate to see that sign that says SEE YOU REAL SOON! I cry...i mean actually cry! a 33 year old woman crying when she leaves Disney...and I have no kids!!!!

I always hate packing that morning and shutting the door to the room at the resort for THE LAST TIME. oh......how heartwrenching!!!!!

Am I a FREAK?????????

 

[jltwdw]

We just came back Wed. 10/4 and here I am still surfing the boards... We have extended Christmas Break this year...the kids are off Dec. 22 until Jan 8. I'm dreaming of a post Christmas trip now, but doubt it will happen. This will definately be the "year of a million dreams" for me!

 

[mommykds]

oh, me too....i kinda dread GOING to WDW cause I know the trip back is sooo sad. I hate to see that sign that says SEE YOU REAL SOON! I cry...i mean actually cry! a 33 year old woman crying when she leaves Disney...and I have no kids!!!!

I always hate packing that morning and shutting the door to the room at the resort for THE LAST TIME. oh......how heartwrenching!!!!!

Am I a FREAK?????????

No, you are not a freak!! I can totally relate to what you & all the OP's said.
I was on a Disney high during the first part of our trip in August but as it got closer to our departure day I began to feel the ache of leaving my favorite place. The day the ME envelope was put on our doorknob I was bummed.
I cried leaving the BC & I cried on the ME bus as we left the gates of Disney property.

Now here it is 2 months later & I am still in SPDD (Severe Post Disney Depression). Planning another trip is the only thing I can think about.

 

[Iluvpluto2]

We left Disney on 9/23 and I've had a very hard time getting back in the swing of things. Unfortunately, we can't go as often as we would like, so our next trip won't be until our 10 year anniversary. That's in 2009. My DH had made a calendar that we crossed off every night before we went to bed counting down the days until our trip. Even though it's been 2 weeks, I still look on top of the tv where we kept it and I get so sad.

 

[SnwflkCts]

I absolutely refused to feel depressed while I was at WDW ... and it was hard that last morning ... and driving away. I don't want the magic tainted by sadness. I was trying to think if I felt that sad after other trips! When I leave the ocean where my mom lives, I feel sad and say good-bye to the ocean but part of that is leaving my mom behind too.

What can we all do to not feel so sad? I don't think my DH felt that way at all when we left WDW and he had the best time I EVER saw him have in over 20 years of marriage. Is it something in our makeup (DISMANIA?) that makes us this way? ... like others, I have so much fun PLANNING the trip I almost dread that it is only a month away ... and fast approaching and will be over quick (only 4 days total including travel time).

 

[BlindTyldak]

here's what I do to get over the post-trips, since it's usually so long between them for us too:

1.) As soon as I'm done unpacking, make a new "Disney Money" jar for the cabinet. All my leftover change from the trip goes right in the jar.

2.) Tape a new "Disney Goodies" (what I want to pick up my next trip) list to the fridge, and write something on it.

3.) Start going over crowd charts and compare it to the trip I just got back from so I can adjust my goal dates for the next trip. Pick three weeks (not the year, just the weeks) to choose from when I'm ready to book, adjustable by year.

That way I'm already saving (and I have a secret belief that money that's been to Disney wants to go back . . . maybe it'll make baby money in that jar to bring with it! ), I'm already deciding on what to do when I go back, and I already know WHEN I'm going (second or third week of October, etc). It helps a bit.

 

[CathrynRose]

I cried. Like full out CRIED when we got home. I didnt think I'd recover....

Soooo - I started tossing numbers around and decided to go in January for 4 days and suprise my 11 y/o son with it. Ill wake him up that morning and we'll go!!!

We had kinda thought about our next trip to be in January of 2008 - since we were CRAZY hot this past September 23 - October 3....so what better way to make sure January is a good month to go then for me to go check it out, right?

So - I reccomend booking again. I didnt recover until I called CRO. I arrived back in town on October 4th - I called October 5th!

And in case you wanted to know:

January 24 (Th) - January 28 (Sun) will be $423 at POP / $656 w/ dining (I took dining!!! MooooooOOooo!!!)

 

[CathrynRose]

This will definately be the "year of a million dreams" for me!

 

[accarson]

Yes, I get too. I start planning next trip before I leave WDW. We have 73 Days before Christmas 06 trip. And I'm already working on Spring Break trip.

 

[Kay1]

Not quite so much Disney but our summer beach vacation - yow! It's tough. I think it's because it's such a big production that we shop for, diet and exercise for, cook for, etc. - it's a big production. The only way I've found to combat that depressed feeling is to go home and make notes on my Exel list. I write the things we forgot and needed and need to add next year. IOW, I start planning my trip. One more trick, if you can afford it, plan a quick weekend trip somewhere near you a few weeks after your vacation. It gives you something else to look forward to.

 

[1DISNEYLVR]

Yes, I feel that way too. I've been home 6 days now & I feel like there's nothing to look forward to. We spend so much time planning & looking forward to vacation & then it's over so fast.

On our last day (10/4) we went to MK & had breakfast at the castle. On our way down Main St., we stopped & watched the Dapper Dans sing & they took my DD out of the crowd & sang Happy Birthday to her on Main St. It was so magical We had to leave MK right after breakfast to catch ME to go to the airport. I had tears in my eyes when we making our way down Main St. & I was just trying so hard to look at everything & take it all in. I'm in limbo now. I don't have another trip planned YET, but hopefully can start planning again soon.

 

[cabanafrau]

I admit I had to stay away from the boards a bit because I was getting more miserable about 2 weeks after we came home. My schedule has emptied a bit the past few days & I came back to have lots of vicarious fun by reading what other people have to say about being sprinkled w/ pixie dust & the fabulous time they had. Thanks to all who share their fun w/ us here -- it really does help.

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

On our second trip to WDW (in 2002), I remember leaving the MK on our last evening. Mickey was out there waving at us from teh train platform and telling us to hurry back soon. Here I am -a 42yo guy -feeling this unexpected overwhelming sadness. I love and cherish every single moment I get to spend at WDW with my DW and kids. I still get that sadness, and I don't know know how to get rid of it. I think knowing that I'll be back helps. Wea re going in just a couple of weeks, but then it may be January 2008 before we go back. I am just wondering whether I'll be able to make it thru 2007 with no trips.

 

[mickeymousemom]

I'm always in a sour mood for the first few weeks after our trip. My family knows and expects it every year. It helps a little that the holidays come soon after...I love Thanksgiving and Christmas. We always stay onsite during our fall trip, but we also have a timeshare so this year we were able to go down on the spur of the moment and stay a couple times. We don't get to do WDW full out, but seeing the MK and Epcot over two days sure helps. It also helps that we immediately start planning our next big onsite trip the minute our present one ends. Plan, plan, plan, I say. It really helps with the Disney Downies.