The best way to explain the Disney bubble to somebody

[tguz]

I just get a feeling when we pass under the WDW sign that I only feel at Disney. I just let everything go for a week without worry such as news and work. I don't think of work once while I am there. I usually am on my phone reading news, playing games, and checking scores and I let it all go. We park our car and let Disney provide our transportation and just enjoy our time.

 

[toesmom]

I am looking for the best way to explain the Disney bubble to somebody who has never been. I have a friend in Mexico that I have been trying to take for years. Unfortunately, for someone in Mexico going to Disney World literally costs a fortune few people in American can afford to spend 10k+ on a Disney Vacation much less in Mexico. Needless to say I have offered to cover the hotel and meals for him and his wife reducing the price significantly I am a DVC member so this is no problem for me, since they would only have to cover the airplane and park entrance tickets. But he still has some doubts he thinks he wont enjoy the trip and literally just waste money for economic reasons he has not travelled much outside of Mexico except the few times he has come to Texas to visit me. He thinks Disney World is just slightly better version of Six Flags which is the only thing that gets remotely close that exists down there, and it doesn't even compare to the six flags in America much less to anything Disney.

He knows I am a very well travelled individual I think most DVC owners are. I have been to Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Many places in Europe, Egypt, New Zealand, Hawaii etc. and while I enjoyed many of these trips, I feel nothing compares or even comes close to Disney. However, I am at a loss of words trying to explain this unexplainable feeling that you get when you enter The Disney Bubble, the music, the smells, the fireworks, there's nothing anywhere else in the world like it and I feel like watching you tube videos of any Disney ride it's the equivalent of watching a movie before they add the special effects you know with the actors in ropes and the green screens and green suits? Even I avoid videos of rides for example Epic Universe because I know a video, will not even come close to the real thing.

I found this reddit thread that somewhat explains the feeling though this is more of a feeling when leaving:

https://www.reddit.com/r/WaltDisneyWorld/comments/1k6movz/my_heart_hurts_leaving

I understand because though I am not as emotional as this person in reddit. I do get that feeling of dread as our date to leave approaches when we go to Orlando. Usually, when we go on any other trip to any other place, I enjoy the first few days, then all I want is to get back home. When we go to Disney it's exactly the opposite, usually we go for about 9-10 days. We visit all parks including universal, we don't have any no park days. And usually we spend our last day at Animal Kingdom. This is usually the worst day for me as I know when we arrive to the hotel it's time to start packing to go back to the real world the next day.

So to everybody, what is your best description of The Disney Bubble? Every video I found talks more about the marketing and business perspective. Which is the exact opposite of what I'm looking for. I'm looking more for the feeling side of things. In my case the look in my daughters specially the first time I brought them. It took me back to the first time my parents took me to Disneyland when I was 7 years old. The indescribable feeling, that I just cant put into words and hoping someone else can or perhaps offer a video that actually explains it better.

We are also dvc owners with bwv and ssr points. Members since 2005 cannot be 20 years already. We love it and no regrets. But it is expensive

 

[PollyannaMom]

"The Bubble" for me is like turning down the volume on the world - the stress just melts, and for the only time since college, I have the freedom of an adult with the responsibilities of a child.

That said, a lot of my love for Disney has to do with nostalgia - I didn't get to go to the parks as a kid, but I grew up watching The Mickey Mouse Club, Wonderful World of Disney, etc. (My nursery even had pictures of Bambi characters on the walls.) Maybe that piece is missing for your friend?

 

[Counting Stars]

"The Bubble" for me is like turning down the volume on the world - the stress just melts, and for the only time since college, I have the freedom of an adult with the responsibilities of a child.

So very perfectly said Pollyanna Mom

 

[hardcorestitch]

I am looking for the best way to explain the Disney bubble to somebody who has never been. I have a friend in Mexico that I have been trying to take for years. Unfortunately, for someone in Mexico going to Disney World literally costs a fortune few people in American can afford to spend 10k+ on a Disney Vacation much less in Mexico. Needless to say I have offered to cover the hotel and meals for him and his wife reducing the price significantly I am a DVC member so this is no problem for me, since they would only have to cover the airplane and park entrance tickets. But he still has some doubts he thinks he wont enjoy the trip and literally just waste money for economic reasons he has not travelled much outside of Mexico except the few times he has come to Texas to visit me. He thinks Disney World is just slightly better version of Six Flags which is the only thing that gets remotely close that exists down there, and it doesn't even compare to the six flags in America much less to anything Disney.

He knows I am a very well travelled individual I think most DVC owners are. I have been to Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Many places in Europe, Egypt, New Zealand, Hawaii etc. and while I enjoyed many of these trips, I feel nothing compares or even comes close to Disney. However, I am at a loss of words trying to explain this unexplainable feeling that you get when you enter The Disney Bubble, the music, the smells, the fireworks, there's nothing anywhere else in the world like it and I feel like watching you tube videos of any Disney ride it's the equivalent of watching a movie before they add the special effects you know with the actors in ropes and the green screens and green suits? Even I avoid videos of rides for example Epic Universe because I know a video, will not even come close to the real thing.

I found this reddit thread that somewhat explains the feeling though this is more of a feeling when leaving:

https://www.reddit.com/r/WaltDisneyWorld/comments/1k6movz/my_heart_hurts_leaving

I understand because though I am not as emotional as this person in reddit. I do get that feeling of dread as our date to leave approaches when we go to Orlando. Usually, when we go on any other trip to any other place, I enjoy the first few days, then all I want is to get back home. When we go to Disney it's exactly the opposite, usually we go for about 9-10 days. We visit all parks including universal, we don't have any no park days. And usually we spend our last day at Animal Kingdom. This is usually the worst day for me as I know when we arrive to the hotel it's time to start packing to go back to the real world the next day.

So to everybody, what is your best description of The Disney Bubble? Every video I found talks more about the marketing and business perspective. Which is the exact opposite of what I'm looking for. I'm looking more for the feeling side of things. In my case the look in my daughters specially the first time I brought them. It took me back to the first time my parents took me to Disneyland when I was 7 years old. The indescribable feeling, that I just cant put into words and hoping someone else can or perhaps offer a video that actually explains it better.

I think the Disney bubble is really the moment you leave the state (or province if you’re from Canada or county if you’re in the UK) where you live work and go to school in, and you enter Orlando proper. Once you’ve landed in the airport (I’m not flying there this year, rather I’m heading down on the ground), you really can smell the pixie dust of anticipation as you get closer to the parks.

It’s also the Bubble for me when we don’t mention squat about back home.

 

[MICKIMINI]

I confess, I did not read all the responses. Having spent hundreds of days in the parks over the past 50+ years, I would say it is when Dorothy steps out of the house (black and white) into Munchkinland in full, vibrant color.

 

[TheDailyMoo]

"The Bubble" for me is like turning down the volume on the world - the stress just melts, and for the only time since college, I have the freedom of an adult with the responsibilities of a child.

That said, a lot of my love for Disney has to do with nostalgia - I didn't get to go to the parks as a kid, but I grew up watching The Mickey Mouse Club, Wonderful World of Disney, etc. (My nursery even had pictures of Bambi characters on the walls.) Maybe that piece is missing for your friend?

Just had to say you nailed it for me...this is something I could've written.

Went for the first time as an adult...girlfriend at the time wife now suggested it. I too thought it was corny and what could possibly be so good about it. I went...first dinner was at Narcoossee's...dinner was great but then all of a sudden the lights went out...the music swelled...and then fireworks....and I've never looked back....

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I have been to Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Many places in Europe, Egypt, New Zealand, Hawaii etc. and while I enjoyed many of these trips, I feel nothing compares or even comes close to Disney.

Old-ish thread but:

I think you've got to understand your perspective can be quite different than someone else's just because you absolutely adore Disney, especially as you've made the investment in DVC.

I've also traveled a lot especially in the last 2 years (countless countries in Europe, Japan, Mexico) but the Mexico pavilion in Epcot is NOT Chichén Itzá for example and I could never ever in a million years say nothing compares to be in Disney as opposed to actually standing in an archeological site, staring at a pyramid made by an ancient and yet still alive culture. Now maybe your friend from Mexico isn't into that stuff or maybe they've seen the real thing and are less than impressed with Disney but it's going to be nearly an impossible task for you to see your friend's perspective when you're so wrapped up in what Disney means to you.

My number one question would be did you convince your friend to come along or was this Disney trip their idea. I find that sometimes people who really enjoy Disney, who see Disney as their one and only true happy place can have a difficult time touring with people who are not like that, you (general you) put your opinions onto them, your expectations of it on them and often get disappointed when things are met with not nearly the same level of enthusiasm.

Also FWIW the concept of a Disney bubble is something I saw for the first time on the DIS. I somehow managed to grow up going to Disney (but not staying onsite doing a big vacation, a day there then back to my step-grandparents place an hour away), went as an adult to Disney and yet did not need nor even think about this concept of the Disney bubble. It never affected my enjoyment of Disney. So to that I would say the theme park itself can be very enjoyable to someone without feeling like it has to encompass everything such as on site stays, sit down meals and more. Even when we did stay on site in 2017 we used our rental car every day to get to the parks, quicker and overall easier too (outside of needing to park at the TTC).

I also think you need to be sensitive to someone's apprehensions. You readily admit the economic pressure it can have on this family while as the same time trying to convince yourself that you need to convince them to like it just as much as you do.

 

[alex33x]

Personally, I think you can describe what you like about Disney to your friends, but they really have to experience it for themselves to see what their impressions are. They may find it wonderful/amazing like many others, but then again they may not.

This last part is actually what I tell everyone who asks me. I have a lot of people who say that Disney was never important for them or that they thought it was just for kids. Until they went, and now they cant get enough of it, my brother and sister in law were like this until they went for the first time.