The Disney Blues - A Support Thread ;)

[*NikkiBell*]

So, we all know what the Disney Blues is and the terrible effects it can have on us following a WDW trip. This thread is for all of the sufferers to this plague so that they may receive hope and support for a full recovery. I'll start.

Hi, my name is Nikki and I have the Disney Blues. I've gone to WDW close to 20 times since the early 1990s. I just came back from a WDW trip last week and am utterly depressed. I am currently having visions of moving to Florida where the sunny weather is constant unlike the gloomy skies here in NJ. The plague is in full force right now even despite my unpacking all of my park goodies and trinkets slllowwwlly and wearing my new Disney purchases to work. I even booked my next trip exactly 24 hours after returning to stinky NJ. I am surrounded by Disney everywhere in my home and am still suffering. Help!

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

I'm with you. We only go every other year. I always miss it but this time I am feeling it a lot more. My DH is the greatest and would take us much more often if we could afford it but we just can't. I'd do anything to be back...

We got a pin for Kids Sail Free on the cruise, which DH has been wanting to do so bad, but we just can't. It killed him to delete that e-mail.

 

[DSNY4ever]

I have the Disney Blues too. It is actually my birthday today and I keep thinking...I could be in Disneyland today! Haha, but there is no way we were going to go the Friday before Easter, and a trip is just not in the cards at the moment. I do feel lucky because I have had several nice trips in the past, but when you wake up on your birthday and your dog gives you a nice birthday barf on the carpet, you can't help but wish you were in Disney!

 

[BriarRosie]

I want you to go all Michelle Pfeiffer on us and throw yourself over a piano and sing the WDW blues.

 

[LilGMom]

I have noticed that when I come home from a trip I am not right on top of listening to the Podcast because it makes the reality of being home just stink. And lately with all of the talk about the cruise knowing that our next trip is still 240 days away it is a bit of a downer. But I am fortunate because I do know that we have another trip coming up and because of our proximity to WDW we can go a couple times a year. If I got more PTO at my job we'd go even more but alas.....


DSNY4ever!

 

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

I just hate that feeling. The only thing that helps is planning another trip. LOL.

 

[Minnie Lor]

We used to go every 18 months and I'd get the Disney blues bad. Last year (it started with Dec. 07) I was blessed to go three times in the span of 11 months. Cool! Right? Meh, not so much. I think that I appreciate it and anticipate my trip more when my trips are spread out. I got all teary eyed and tingly at the beginning of my Dec. 07 trip. Nothing on the two trips after.

So I know that some want to and get to go once a month but it's not for me. I enjoy it better once every 12-18 months. I do fill my time in between surfing the Dis and Passporter. I listen to many many podcasts and music.

 

[stitchlover]

We returned home on March 21st from a 10 day trip. Have looked at several ways to get back before our next trip but it just isn't in the cards right now. I think we weren't home a week before we booked next years trip. So I will just have to live on planning the next one.
Sooooo wish I could make it on the podcast cruise.

 

[JerseyPride]

Paint me blue, too. I also just returned and wish I could go back. Reading the podcast thread is hard, with all the understandable excitement over the podcast cruise... (Maybe I should paint myself green with envy??)

As my mom always said, misery loves company... It's nice to find I am not alone in being sad about the end of a Disney trip and wishing I could take up residence down there. I guess what we all have to remember is that Disney probably would lose some of what makes it special to us if we lived there. It would still be awesome, of course, but in a different way... Part of the fun for me is in the anticipation--the countdown chains, the lengthy debates over ADRs, the playful argument over which ride we go to first.... but when there is no future trip on the calendar, it makes it hard.

Hang in there, my friends.

 

[remark44]

I am so joining this club. It is cold and rainy in NJ right now. It make me want the FL sun even more. I really want to go during free dining. My DH gave the for it but I am trying to justify the cost. (Definitely leaning toward spending the $). My kids keep asking to go back too!

Hang in there. We will pull through together.

 

[miss missy]

I could have written the OP, minus just getting back. I have gone every 6 mos for 5 years. I am due this month, but DD is in HS and we have to wait till Aug

But the moving part... OMG I am so talking about that 24/7. I just hate this NE weather and can not take it another year. I can't leave here, my kids, GD and job .... WAHHHHHH oh and I guess my DH won't like it either lol.

But I swear, I WILL be the only doing part time in NE when I am retired! 11 years 11 years 11 years!! chat with me!!!

 

[rn4val]

I enjoy so much the planning of the trip and it is such a let down when you get back and no more Disney. It will probley 2 years before i can go again. My DH isn't as big a Disney fan as i am so have to space out our trips. I try to keep my chin up listening to the podcast and reading the boards. I am the only Disney fanatic that I know of at work so don't even have anyone to share with.
Debbie

 

[jewjubean]

I have 25 days till my trip and i've already got the disney blues..I'm dreading the after disney feeling..

 

[CelticBelle]

I've gone to DL every year or about every 10 months for the past several years. Ever since me and DFi had cars to make the trip

Last fall was my first time at wdw since i was 8 and i was so spoiled! I was a CP so i was in the parks everyday. I was so ready to come home, but now i miss it terribly. For the past month i've been having withdrawls What do you mean i cant go to EPCOT because im in the mood for sauerkrout!

But now i have a trip to DL for the half-marathon to obsess over!
I still miss WDW though!

 

[rotlex]

I love knowing I am not alone with this dreadful disease.

Seriously. My wife, daughter and I have travelled to Disney 3 times in the past 2 1/2 years. Each and ever single trip ends the same way. We leave "The World" in complete silence, each of us attempting to hold back those tears, and well, it's just really, really tough! (Yeah, I know, there are many in the world who would just love to have that problem, and I try to remember that as well)!

Anway, yeah, it generally carries over for quite a few weeks after we get home. The best cure? Start planning the next trip of course!

It's particularly bad this year, as I'm already getting the blues about coming home after our June trip, and we have not even left yet! I think it's a little worse as with the state of things, economy, jobs etc. etc., I'm seriously doubting we will be returning within a year. I'm HOPING we can, but the thought of being away from the happiest place on earth for any extended length of time is extremely depressing.

Ah well, at least we have an upcoming trip, and in some ways, I'm glad I have 8 weeks to wait, as sometimes, the anticipation is the best part!

 

[WaDiWo]

I have 25 days till my trip and i've already got the disney blues..I'm dreading the after disney feeling..

I know this exact feeling!! feeling the disney blues even BEFORE you go, because you know it will end. My wife always feels in a way on the FIRST day of a Disney vacation, saying, "oh no, I don't want this to end!"

WaDiWo

 

[tomu570]

Add me to the list of depressed Disney fans from NJ. Our grand gathering of ten just returned after a seven day stay at the GF. We're extremely lucky enough to go every August and the bill for this past trip was flipped by the grandparents ( thank you, thank you, thank you ).

But I'm not really sure which is more depressing.

A. having just gotten back to reality, or

B. the uncertainly as to whether or not I can afford our next trip.

I'm an AP holder and even with free dining the outlook is bleak. My AP expires at the end of August and I was really hoping to get one last trip out of them because I won't be renewing them during this time of economic uncertainly. It's the airfare that could be the deal breaker here. Very depressing indeed.

Cataloging all the photos in iPhoto and creating slide shows to burn to DVD helps me extend the magic just a little.

 

[DVCJones]

We went to WDW in February. Our trip wasn't the best. My DH got the flu and was sick for most of the trip. He started to feel better on the 5th day of a 6 day vacation. The weather wasn't great. It was very cold.

We usually go in April, but for many reasons we couldn't go in April and went in Feb. instead. It just wasn't the same.

I have been daydreaming about another trip ever since I returned in Feb. I can't shake it. I feel like I need a "do over."

To top it off, I have been dealing with some major personal stress (I'll spare you all the details) and could really use a visit to my happy place.

Today is particularly hard as this would be the day we would be leaving for our annual April vacation. I am so bummin that I can't go.

Aaaaaaaaaagh!!!!

There, I feel better already!!!!

 

[DVCJones]

Oh and to top it all off....There is a commercial for WDW on the TV right now....

ugh!