EsmeraldaX
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I give up. We have been trying for months to convince friends of ours to come to WDW with us next year for a week. These are friends we know well and we know would LOVE it. Neither of them have ever been. Ever. Not even when they were little kids. They are one of my best friends and her husband. So it would be them and my boyfriend and I.
The cost to them would be really low. We'd be staying in our time share, and splitting the cost of the yearly fee (600 split between 4 people for a huge 3 bedroom , 3 bathroom condo with a pool , 10 mins from WDW!). Then we'd probably get PH passes. I'm sure we could find decent airfare and the rest would be food & spending $$.
The problem they are having is that they refuse to accept what WDW is. They think it is like a few small motels surrounding an oversized 6 Flags amusement park. I have shown them maps, I have sent them pictures, I have explained the fast pass system and the ways to beat the heat and the fine dining and the shows and Pleasure Island and renting boats and trail rides at FW and everything else we here all know and love.
What does my friends DH come back with? He says he doesn't want to be around children. This is the same guy who really wants to have like 5 or 6 kids.
So instead of WDW, they are going to some island for their big trip next year. I explained that when I was 11 my parents took me and my DB (at the time DB was 6) to the islands. He could just as easily wind up in a hotel room next to a family with 5 kids there as he could at WDW. He also complained that he wanted to go somewhere where he could sit in a bar and drink. (why even bother going on a trip, you can just do that at home, but regardless...he could spend every night at PI if he wanted).
They want us to come to the island. We politely declined but have told them we'd come check it out in 2006 for a long weekend (I personally can't think of anything more mind numbingly dull than sitting around a beach all day for 2 weeks. A few days, fine, but after that, I need stuff to do; plus, we have beaches here).
Then my friend went on to list all the stuff she can do in the islands that WDW does not offer. She listed : boating , fishing, parasailing, surfing, snorkeling, sandy beaches, nice scenery, laid back days at the resort, nightlife for adults and lots of shopping. I proceed to explain to her that WDW actually has all of those things as well.
She says, "well, he (her DH) doesn't want to feel like we wasted our money. We won't get our money's worth if we go to WDW for a week because we'll miss stuff".
I say, "Well I've been 30+ times in my life and I have still not done it all. You do what you can and it's still fun".
She shakes her head and says, "Nope. I'll feel like I missed everything. Besides what about the days we want to sit in the room and watch TV, like if the game is on? And I don't want to get up before noon when I'm on vacation".
I'm thinking, why bother going ANYWHERE if you plan to spend days (plural) in the room watching TV and sleeping. At that point I just said forget it and decided it was not worth the trouble.
But it is. This is my best friend. She would love Disney. She really would. I know her. You know how sometimes you are at WDW and you just say to yourself, so and so would LOVE this place? That's how it is with her. I know she would not get up early, but oh well, we'd meet up with them when they did get up. It's just so frustrating. I want her to get to WDW at least once before they have kids (and from what she tells me, he is pretty pushy about that being soon). My boyfriend knows her husband pretty well too, and insists the guy would LOVE WDW if he would just give it a chance.
I know you can't convert people to WDW fans, but it's just so annoying when they won't even give you a chance.
The cost to them would be really low. We'd be staying in our time share, and splitting the cost of the yearly fee (600 split between 4 people for a huge 3 bedroom , 3 bathroom condo with a pool , 10 mins from WDW!). Then we'd probably get PH passes. I'm sure we could find decent airfare and the rest would be food & spending $$.
The problem they are having is that they refuse to accept what WDW is. They think it is like a few small motels surrounding an oversized 6 Flags amusement park. I have shown them maps, I have sent them pictures, I have explained the fast pass system and the ways to beat the heat and the fine dining and the shows and Pleasure Island and renting boats and trail rides at FW and everything else we here all know and love.
What does my friends DH come back with? He says he doesn't want to be around children. This is the same guy who really wants to have like 5 or 6 kids.
So instead of WDW, they are going to some island for their big trip next year. I explained that when I was 11 my parents took me and my DB (at the time DB was 6) to the islands. He could just as easily wind up in a hotel room next to a family with 5 kids there as he could at WDW. He also complained that he wanted to go somewhere where he could sit in a bar and drink. (why even bother going on a trip, you can just do that at home, but regardless...he could spend every night at PI if he wanted).They want us to come to the island. We politely declined but have told them we'd come check it out in 2006 for a long weekend (I personally can't think of anything more mind numbingly dull than sitting around a beach all day for 2 weeks. A few days, fine, but after that, I need stuff to do; plus, we have beaches here).
Then my friend went on to list all the stuff she can do in the islands that WDW does not offer. She listed : boating , fishing, parasailing, surfing, snorkeling, sandy beaches, nice scenery, laid back days at the resort, nightlife for adults and lots of shopping. I proceed to explain to her that WDW actually has all of those things as well.
She says, "well, he (her DH) doesn't want to feel like we wasted our money. We won't get our money's worth if we go to WDW for a week because we'll miss stuff".
I say, "Well I've been 30+ times in my life and I have still not done it all. You do what you can and it's still fun".
She shakes her head and says, "Nope. I'll feel like I missed everything. Besides what about the days we want to sit in the room and watch TV, like if the game is on? And I don't want to get up before noon when I'm on vacation".
I'm thinking, why bother going ANYWHERE if you plan to spend days (plural) in the room watching TV and sleeping. At that point I just said forget it and decided it was not worth the trouble.
But it is. This is my best friend. She would love Disney. She really would. I know her. You know how sometimes you are at WDW and you just say to yourself, so and so would LOVE this place? That's how it is with her. I know she would not get up early, but oh well, we'd meet up with them when they did get up. It's just so frustrating. I want her to get to WDW at least once before they have kids (and from what she tells me, he is pretty pushy about that being soon). My boyfriend knows her husband pretty well too, and insists the guy would LOVE WDW if he would just give it a chance.
I know you can't convert people to WDW fans, but it's just so annoying when they won't even give you a chance.
You obviously have tried your best, but your friends have their ideas in their minds. Have you tried showing them the Disney Vacation video? How about showing them this website?? It really is hard for you and me to think that there are people out there who don't care a thing about WDW. My DH could fall into that category easily, if it weren't for my insistance and DS6 and DS4. He actually does have a good time watching them have fun..
, and your friend likes to get up late, lay around on the beach,...) 
