Slowest part of the countdown?

[JenCin78]

The last 30 days are KILLING me. I feel like every day is just dragging on and on. We've only been counting down since March so a lot shorter than our last trip which was booked 9 months out. I have to suppress my excitement sometimes because I feel like if I build it up too much I won't be excited once the time comes-I know that makes absolutely no sense lol.

 

[think-like-tink]

you are so close. I can appreciate the 'its almost here' but so far away feeling. We have a very long wait a head of us

 

[Disneytwinsmom]

We booked 15 months in advance! And it has been killing me! I have a countdown app on my phone and my twins and I check it every morning.

Since we are leaving on 11/16, every month on the 16th Mickey Mouse comes to our house and leaves us a note with a little Disney gift. Alot of stuff I find in the dollar spot at Target ( coloring books, water bottles etc) as it gets closer, he will bring us stuff like T-shirts to wear while we are there, gift cards etc. That helps me get through!

Also, once a month we have Disney movie night and we all wear our Disney PJ's, and I pop popcorn and we have it in this big Mickey bowl I have!

 

[pigletto]

I hear you. I get all excited when we're "only 6 months away!" or "only 99 days to go!". Yet at around 6 weeks out I actually feel like it's further away. Nothing left to plan, no dining reservations left to hunt.. just..waiting. I think time actually does slow down those last weeks before a Disney trip.

 

[think-like-tink]

Sundays are our Disney movie night. I try to make dinner to go along with the movie


I kinda like the idea of Mickey bringing the kids something, mine are older, but, maybe it could be fun.

 

[Kat016]

I have 152 days and its brutal. We booked at 368 days so we are definitely closer but I can't wait. This is the first time I want summer over really fast. Everything is done except paying off the trip, that'll be done on Friday. I know once it gets here and we go, I'm going to blink and ill be home again. Last year when we went we did 4 parks in 3 days. Too much to do in too little time. Everything was a blur. I can't wait to go and take our time and enjoy Disney. This time we're going for 7 days.

 

[elyse43230]

I'm at 11 days, and it's killing me!!! I am also a teacher so we're count down until the end of the school year and it's all too much!

The anticipation, to me, is part of the excitement of the trip! It makes the whole Disney-going experience so much more than just the days you are there!

And you will be excited when you get there! How could you not?!?!

 

[DisneyTreats]

93 days its agonising ;(

 

[Gamegrl1]

I guess we'll all survive this. But I get it, some days it doesn't feel like it.

The hardest thing for me is we've been planning since May 2011 and were delayed by health issues and had to cancel. Now we're at 216 days, I have the tickets (yay, got the old, lower prices!) and just got the flights this morning!

The worst so far was last week, at about the 7-month mark...I knew ANY DAY the flights would be released on Southwest, my travel agent said she could book the hotel in "summer" so I have to check on that, and I'm climbing the walls waiting for the park schedules to come out, which I understand is July...hope that means July 1!!! Then I'll be antsy for another month waiting for our 180-day mark to make dining reservations.

After that, I'll be in the same boat many of you are, but at least there are a few things to fill the gap...my birthday's coming up, I have a little weekend trip planned in a couple months and my sis & her husband are expecting twins in the fall! So that'll keep me busy and then it's the holidays and then...that looooong 25 days of waiting after New Years which I'll probably spend gnawing the legs off chairs, watching too many Disney movies and packing too early.