So, dh decides to be involved in planning..

[married2mm]

He's beginning to believe...

 

[cattywampus]

I always say "Don't worry. I planed specific times to be spontaneous".

 

[quakechicago]

My DH is trying this now. The let me help you.... And I know how that goes (or doesn't).

So because I am a good wife (har) I have given him a job. A very important job. He is assigned to check every day for a BOG ADR. Any day, any time he sees is fine I've told him to go ahead and book it.

(I double he'll find one, we're there during crazy November fd, but boy does he diligently check! And check. And check some more. Almost as much as I do trying to make our "real" ADRs!)

 

[nikkij]

The running joke (but is actually a realty) in my family is..."Nikki will take care of it" and that's how it is with most everything especially with Disney. I ask if people have preferences and I get the "you'll take care of it and everything will be great".

I enjoy the planning on Disney and taking care of everything, I actually stress less!

So far this trip I got the park days and meals squared away (still doing some searching and hopefully tweaking) and FP+ booking is coming soon. But between all that we can be spontaneous. I even have 1 day of our trip with no specific park planned and no ADRs as it will be just QS. I figured the teens can go off to a park of their choosing and DH and I can a park we want. Or just make it a resort day and hang at the pool if it's nice enough.

 

[DaisyNY]

I even go so far as preordering groceries...when I showed my hubby savings just on water bottles alone for the seven of us traveling...yup...Disney Goddess I am!

 

[Sheaboys]

My husband thinks all of our trips just happen spontaneously. Plan away and while you're there just make some "spontaneous" suggestions on what to do next!

This is us. I get ideas for supper, we will go to that park for that, and I scheduled the FastPasses for those evenings. We will rope drop what ever park he, the kids, or inlaws want. We have a few days in which we have fast passes in the am and no dinner plans, they can choose what to do that evening. I will have EMH hours armed and ready, just in case I need to sway them.

Otherwise, I that that is pretty spontaneous.

 

[tink20]

I do ALL the planning. I have been looking over all the menus and restaurant reviews, to make sure I pick the best places for ADRs. Well I told DH and DS they could each pick one of the TS meals. DS has not picked yet. DH picked Coral Reef, I was like, well, I don't really want to go there (there was another place I wanted on our Epcot day, won't have hoppers) and I started giving reasons why we shouldn't go there. He was like why did you tell me to pick one then? I have learned my lesson

 

[mieshie75]

I'm a serious planner. But now my husband jokes with me everytime i run plans by him, "how many bathroom breaks did you schedule?". Ok so I plan alot, but I would love to see him A- try to do disney with out a plan or B- try to plan it himself. I think that would be very funny.

 

[ShannonMB]

This thread is so funny! My first thought was, plan it all and just don't tell him it's settled and let him spontaneously enjoy the well-thought-out magic. Guess great DISminds think alike.

I know the very spontaneous-minded DISer exists, and I sorta envy that approach. In my decent amount of experience with traveling to WDW with people, though, they almost NEVER dissent when led from one fantastic experience to the next with minimal waits and hassle!

 

[Aliceacc]

My husband thinks he's indulging my planning fixation.

Until we walk right on to a ride with a 2 hour standby wait, or have an ADR for a restaurant he ends up loving.

Or last April, when he was on the Senior trip without any FPs. He called and said they weren't getting onto any rides. I suggested that, since we have a MDE account, he talk to the resort consierge and see what they could do. As luck would have it, they did plenty-- they went above and beyond to get some FPs lined up for the adults on the trip.

Let's just say that the other moderators on the trip now refer to me as the "Phantom moderator" and had a much better time as a result of that single phone call!!!

Sure, plans can be changed. But it's a whole lot easier to drop something on a whim than to add it.

 

[married2mm]

This thread is so funny! My first thought was, plan it all and just don't tell him it's settled and let him spontaneously enjoy the well-thought-out magic. Guess great DISminds think alike.

I know the very spontaneous-minded DISer exists, and I sorta envy that approach. In my decent amount of experience with traveling to WDW with people, though, they almost NEVER dissent when led from one fantastic experience to the next with minimal waits and hassle!

I'm kind of seeing the funny side now-but he's still not getting hold of the reins!!

Dh is actually a very methodical, intelligent man-but I am the OCD planner-
Rather erratic at times but there's a method in my madness

 

[JoeyEmmaMomma]

Too funny. I think the way Disney is set up now, it's impossible to do what you want and not plan, lol.

 

[phoebusII]

I get the old let the wife obsessively plan everything, then drop a bombshell on her last minute and expect her to accommodate your "great idea", even if it means shuffling all the plans around. Last time DH did that I offered to drop the whole planning mess into his lap and let him deal with it all. I now get to plan in peace.

When we get to the parks and bypass the Soarin', TT, Splash, etc. lines or walk into a restaurant where others are being turned away they are thankful and I get lots of praise.

 

[BuzzinDownToDisney]

Hilarious this thread pops up yesterday and less than 24 hours later I get a text from my wife (Home for the summer from teaching and likely bored) saying "What's your log in info for the Disney site you have planned everything on."

Nah-Uh, not happening crazy lady! We all have enough worries about MDE screwing up our FPs, no way I'm letting a rookie loose on our itinerary completely unsupervised

 

[married2mm]

Hilarious this thread pops up yesterday and less than 24 hours later I get a text from my wife (Home for the summer from teaching and likely bored) saying "What's your log in info for the Disney site you have planned everything on."

Nah-Uh, not happening crazy lady! We all have enough worries about MDE screwing up our FPs, no way I'm letting a rookie loose on our itinerary completely unsupervised

That's just spooky!!

 

[fluffykalie]

Now that is really funny buzzindowntodisney. I think my husband would be really scared to go on my disney experience. I think he would be scared that something would get deleted or go wrong and would be in trouble for the next year even if it wasn't his fault.

 

[wcurry66]

I always say "Don't worry. I planed specific times to be spontaneous".

You laugh, but this is my stategy - lol!

4 hours a day or touring plans, mid day break, then we wing the rst of the day. With a 7 day park hopper, i was able to ensure we hit every ride we could possibly want, but am able to allow the slackers, aka non-planners time to feel like they have some say

 

[jco_direwolf]

See my previous thread on tough Disney love. Honestly no one has to agree with my plans. But if you decide you can do it better or want different then you are out.

I solicit input at the correct times. But the window closes. Ie 190ish days out "any specific places you want to eat or any days you want dinner or lunch?" And 70 or so days out any specific attractions you want to visit?

No means you have removed yourself from the planning process.

 

[cattywampus]

You laugh, but this is my stategy - lol!

4 hours a day or touring plans, mid day break, then we wing the rst of the day. With a 7 day park hopper, i was able to ensure we hit every ride we could possibly want, but am able to allow the slackers, aka non-planners time to feel like they have some say

The funny part -- I was only half kidding. I do actually plan time to be spontaneous too!

 

[DisneyLvr55]

Just pat him on the head, say "yes dear" and keep going with your planning!!!

PS - We will be there at the same time!!! Unfortunatly, my husband has to stay home this trip