Post trip sadness

[boomhauer]

PDD - Pst Disney Depression. Yup. Have it every time I get back. As others have said, best way to beat is to plan your next trip right away. I usually plan my next trip before I leave so I never get it. As psyched as we our with my wife's pregnancy, the only downside is that we know it will be another year or so before our next trip.

 

[kldmom2000]

We just got back on 10/4 from the YC too!!! My DH realized mid way through our 5 night stay that he was wrong and we did indeed need a full week but it was too late......

The only thing getting me through this letdown of coming home is knowing that he has agreed to a trip again next year so I have something else to plan since planning is 1/2 the fun of it....

(((((HUGS)))) and I hope you get a chance to get back there soon!!!!

 

[Shiftgreen]

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.

Beleive me, a job has nothing to do with it, I am a 3D artist designing characters for a game company, and its soo fun, but when I come back from Disney I could care less about the job. I found out for me that it takes approximatly 2 weeks to recover, maybe longer for others or less.. also last year we rented a bunc hof disney movies and watched one a week. By the 6th week, we just stopped rented disney movies b/c we were into other things, and then it was fine till the last 2 months beofre our next trip.. the funny thing is, this year was soo much better than last year, but we didnt get as sad, maybe its b/c last year was so new to us, or else we are more busy this year , having a house now, and playing in a band so we have things to occupy us. If I couldnt check the forums though at work it would suck a lot more .

 

[Plantlady]

Every night, as I tuck in my nine year old, he tells me, "I wish we were at Disney World right now."

It's been 3 months since we got back. We still miss it.

I put together a dvd slide show with music using our photos. On the last day's pictures, I used "It's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" for the song, to remind us that it will be ok, that we aren't at Disney. When the slide show gets to us being in the airport leaving, my seven year old gets sad and says over and over again "I don't like this part".

But, we'll be back, in time. Disneyland in 2008 most likely, followed by Disney World in 2009. That's not so far away.

 

[Mrs Grumpy]

OK, I am crying right now . We just got back 9/30 and won't be going back until September 2011. I really have the depression bad. All of our pictures from the trip showed up in the mail today....all 900 of them and I have no desire to even open them up and look at them because I know I will get really down. I waited so long (4 years of planning and saving) to take my DH on his first WDW vacation. We decided we would go back every 5 years. It seems so far away. I started the bank account back up to start saving the money again.

 

[Shiftgreen]

is there any particular reason why 5 years? I can understand it may be financially difficult, but wow, I dont think I could wait 5 years unless I had a large family and lived in another country. Why not every 2 years If you enjoy it so much?

 

[BlindTyldak]

Beleive me, a job has nothing to do with it, I am a 3D artist designing characters for a game company,

*perks ears* Epic?

oops, sorry . . . . *beats back the geek with a trout*

 

[joshsmom]

I've felt sad before, but this time I was a MESS!! As soon as I got on ME, I started to cry (and I'm 37!!!!) and I didn't STOP crying. I cried at the airport, I cried on the plane, I cried at home--I'm crying NOW!!!! I am VERY sentimental and seeing my son grow and change with each trip, seeing how his perceptions of "The World" change each time he goes . . .it's overwhelming to me. I have such loving, cherished memories of WDW. That's why I'm here a lot and why I listen to Disney CDs in my car, and have my office totally decorated with Disney stuff, and listen to Sorcerer Radio all the time at home. It brings back ALL those memories.

My cure for the PDD? I start planning my next trip!!! And, as another poster said, they keep getting longer, and Longer, and L O N G E R!! We started with 5 days in 2001 and now we're up to 12. Pretty soon I'm going to have to take off the whole month of May to feed my addiction!!!!

 

[scanne]

I get so bad that my Dh has now banned going to the MK on our last day. He said "You just can't handle it!!"

He's SO right. Just knowing that's my last day and I have to get on that plane later in the evening is too much to handle. He thinks we'll be better if we just get up, have a nice lunch somewhere then leave. It's just too sad to take!

After our trip last week I told my DH that I really, really, REALLY want to work at WDW! Either in a resort or taking ressies over the phone - SOMETHING! DH has assured me that a move to Orlando/Tampa/Lakeland is in our future. I hope it's within the next 5 years!!!

 

[AdventureGuru]

Thank goodness...I cried the morning I woke up in my bed (which is wierd b/c I like my bed!!!) I hate my job...so I tried being upbeat...I had to refrain from telling people to "have a magical day" when I got off the phone (I take emegency calls for an ambulance service-that wouldnt work) I work 4 12 hour shifts...by day 4 I was telling BF that someone "blew away my pixie dust and I dont like it!!!"
I have vowed to order from Disney on a regular basis...books and little stuff that I saw and didnt get...no room-even after we packed the suitcase we bought there...
We tell everyone and anyone who will listen our stories...
we re trying to convince BFs sister and BIL to go...but I dont think they will...they have an issue about spending money for travel...and BF and I like traveling...oh well...we can just make them envious and keep going...I'm not going to not go b/.c they dont want to have fun!
I will scrapbook my photos and re-live the magic...send thank you notes to disney...we just got our ornament in the mail yesterday...
I have to look at small things that make me happy...and someday we will plan for the next one!!!

I WANNA GO BACK!!!! but first must save money...

 

[motofox4]

Yep. we got back from disney on 9/23 and the moment the plane started pulling away, my eyes filled with tears!! i wanted to hop off the plane. and here i am, over 2 weeks later and still so sad. so to overcome my sadness, i'm in the midst of planning another trip for us for next september!!!

 

[Pixiedust34]

We returned from WDW on 9/17, and I am sad that our trip is over. We do have another trip planned for 8/07, which is keeping me going.

I also hope to go in 08, though that is a huge "maybe" right now.

 

[Metallicat]

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

Just wanted to say, the picture of your kids is so cute!

 

[Shiftgreen]

*perks ears* Epic?

oops, sorry . . . . *beats back the geek with a trout*

actually its a company called IcarusStudios. We are making a game called FallenEarth its a mmorpg. www.fallenearth.se , (if I cant post links feel free to remove it, or tell me and I will.) We are in early stages though.

 

[DisneyWorldWisher]

We went to MK last morning...we ate at CP...rode POTC and The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh...I didn't start crying till we were walking down Main Street USA. I looked back at the Castle and realised I was finally going. Then I started crying harder when we left the hotel...then we went to DD to get some sandwiches for the family back home.

I didn't stop crying till we got to the airport...and that's cause the tears were all gone. Then I seen the 'Disney's Earport' store and got sad again, but my eyes were too dry for me to cry.

I didn't think I would ever recover from leaving Disney.

 

[tecdavidt]

My first trip to WDW was June '72! It was for one day and I was with friends of my parents, my Aunt and cousin. We didn't even stay for fireworks. I was so bummed out. Of course the World was not finished then, Tomorrow Land was still under construction!

Flash forward, '99, hubby and I booked a 3 day land 4 day cruise. I loved every minute being at the World. Boy was it hot, August, but I loved every minute. I thought it would be my last visit. It wasn't.

Next visit, off property, 2000. Stepson's AAU baseball won a their way to the championships which were in Orlando. This was a 10 day stay but boo, off property. We had a blast. The best part, we were in Florida for 10 days, we flew home for 6 days then WE were back in Florida for the very first 7 day Disney Magic Cruise. It was a wonderful year. Again hot, August.

Hubby really doesn't like the parks much but decided to do two nights at the Poly before our New Year's Eve special cruise back in Dec. '04 - Jan. '05. It was awesome. Cold but not as cold as Iowa. The parks are great in the winter.

We ended up going back last year, Dec. '05 - Jan. '06. Loved the trip, it was 6 nights at the World at the Poly. Best part, Hubby loved it too. We are going back this year for 7 nights again over New Year's Eve.

This wonderful for a female who thought her one day trip back in '72 would be her only trip to the Magic Kingdom. All I can say is to get over the depression of being home is book another trip!

Kathy

 

[dawgsgirl]

I hate that post-Disney depression. But just be grateful that you got to go at all. I have had to cancel my last 2 trips. I was planning to take my mom last January, but I was out of work sick all of Nov and Dec. So I could not take off any more time from work so soon. Then, I had a trip planned the first week of June with my cousin and her daughter--my usual travel partners. Instead of a trip to Disney, my cousin was starting chemo for breast cancer that week. So, I think my perspective has changed. If I ever make it back, the post-Disney depression will be tempered by the blessing of being there with the ones I love!!

 

[Mrs Grumpy]

I hate that post-Disney depression. But just be grateful that you got to go at all. I have had to cancel my last 2 trips. I was planning to take my mom last January, but I was out of work sick all of Nov and Dec. So I could not take off any more time from work so soon. Then, I had a trip planned the first week of June with my cousin and her daughter--my usual travel partners. Instead of a trip to Disney, my cousin was starting chemo for breat cancer that week. So, I think my perspective has changed. If I ever make it back, the post-Disney depression will be tempered by the blessing of being there with the ones I love!!

That is what I keep trying to tell myself. I am so glad I got to go and I am lucky that I do get to go back again even if I have to wait 5 years. The wait will be worth it.

 

[Family Fun Mom]

My post trip depression lasted for months. Now I have I-wanna-plan-my-next-trip-itis. I don't think I'll ever fully recover. These afflictions will be with me for the rest of my life

 

[mattsdragon]

You think you get post trip sadness?

On our trip at the end of the month, after it's over, I have to drive up to Charleston to see the in-laws.