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[jamzots]

We will be in Disney in 15 days!!!!! We have had this trip planned for at least 9 months. Numerous times I have had family meetings with my DS8 and DS13 and DH (we also have a 4 mo old DS) to see if they had any special requests for dining, dinner shows, mnsshp, ect.. They never wanted to be bothered discussing it and just pretty must said "whatever". So being the planner I made ADR for 2 restaraunts and figured I would "wing it" on the rest. WELL......... DH asks me on Monday if we are going to O'hanas, which I did not make ADR's for. He was extremely dissapointed, I told him that I asked him over and over if he had any preferences and that he told me he didn't care. I told him I would see what I could do and I did get an ADR at O'hanas for 11 people (we are traveling with extended family). Now yesterday DS8 advises me that he wants to eat in Cinderella's Castle!!!!! Is he out of his mind? I feel bad telling him there is no way now, that it is too late, but what else am I supposed to do? I know I will never get a ressie now, and it kind of serves him right for not telling me sooner right!!! Why do I have Mommy guilt then? My family just doesn't "get it" when I tell them we really need to discuss the plans, they just say, "Oh, it's so far away Mom, we have plenty of time" AAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tjmouse]

I feel your pain! Mine was the same way and then ON THE WAY DOWN THERE he says "are we eating at that place with all the windows?" I'm like, you'll have to be a little more specific. He says "you know, with Tigger and Piglet". Oh, Crystal Palace, yes, I made reservations. Then dd (who was turning 4) says I want Chef Mickey's! I didn't do Chef Mickey's because I asked her about 100 times and she kept saying NO!

So, I did end up getting CM's for 9:00 on our last night. Geez.

 

[kellyanne731]

My fiance is the exact same way. I've begun (loosely) planning our honeymoon for next Dec. I keep asking him if there are certain things he wants to do, Disney or not, and restaurants he wants to try. I keep getting "whatever" too. So I've stopped asking.

I know when we get closer to going and I have to make some concrete decisions he's going to wonder why certain things he wants to do are not on the itinerary.

Life would be so much easier if they would just listen to us!

 

[Kycha]

My fiance is the exact same way. I've begun (loosely) planning our honeymoon for next Dec. I keep asking him if there are certain things he wants to do, Disney or not, and restaurants he wants to try. I keep getting "whatever" too. So I've stopped asking.

I know when we get closer to going and I have to make some concrete decisions he's going to wonder why certain things he wants to do are not on the itinerary.

Life would be so much easier if they would just listen to us!

You'll see how much better they are at listening once you get married .

 

[nliedel]

We will be in Disney in 15 days!!!!! We have had this trip planned for at least 9 months. Numerous times I have had family meetings with my DS8 and DS13 and DH (we also have a 4 mo old DS) to see if they had any special requests for dining, dinner shows, mnsshp, ect.. They never wanted to be bothered discussing it and just pretty must said "whatever". !

What I want to know is how we both manage to parent the same stinkin family? For 6 months I have tried my darndest to plan our vacation, NO one wants to help. I even ranted about it in my blog the other day! NOW they all have special requests! Tuff muffins dork brains you get what I got and you will LOVE it, OR ELSE! Momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy round here

So do what you can to change what you can and tell them to like it or be quiet about it then have a fantastic time!

 

[rpbert1]

What I want to know is how we both manage to parent the same stinkin family? For 6 months I have tried my darndest to plan our vacation, NO one wants to help. I even ranted about it in my blog the other day! NOW they all have special requests! Tuff muffins dork brains you get what I got and you will LOVE it, OR ELSE! Momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy round here

So do what you can to change what you can and tell them to like it or be quiet about it then have a fantastic time!

nah we just dont listen, and if we listened and do what you asked when you asked ,you would have nothing to moan about.
oh and the bit about the family, the good bits they get from us LLLLOOOOLLLLL

 

[heathriel]

My family is like this as well - I basically said "I'm making reservations and you're going to deal with what I pick."

Thankfully, my DH and I are of the same mindset, but we're traveling with extended family this trip and they had no idea how things work around Disney. Without our planning, they wouldn't be getting in anywhere

 

[slk537]

Now yesterday DS8 advises me that he wants to eat in Cinderella's Castle!!!!! Is he out of his mind? I feel bad telling him there is no way now, that it is too late, but what else am I supposed to do? I know I will never get a ressie now, and it kind of serves him right for not telling me sooner right!!! Why do I have Mommy guilt then? My family just doesn't "get it" when I tell them we really need to discuss the plans, they just say, "Oh, it's so far away Mom, we have plenty of time" AAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hear you!!!!

Last December I made ADR's at Chef Mickeys for one night and we ended up skipping it for something else...no big deal. Then the next day we took the boat from WL past the CR and DS said "That's where Chef Mickeys is!! Are we going to CM's...???"

Um...no. Not anymore.

I tried. I called and called and the only thing I could get was 8:50 the night before we left. I had no idea how much he had wanted to go and there was no reason to have made backup plans but the Mommy Guilt hit hard. It didn't help that he asked every time we went past the Contemporary...

Does that ever go away???

 

[TiggerDaisy]

Luckily, I don't have that problem (this time). When I was booking ADRs, my husband actually had opinions about where to eat. He told me that one of the restaurants that we had to eat at was Sci-Fi Diner for his father because he loved old cars. He liked the other two restaurants that I chose. I have been married for seven years and trust me, my husband doesn't listen to me sometimes, which drives me crazy. I would probably tell my husband that I will try to change the reservations to eat at Ohanas, but I couldn't guarantee it.

 

[CBear]

Oh, I feel your pain! My 13 yo DD and DH have had no interest in discussing what restaurants we're going to in December. So, I made all my ADR at the 90 day mark and that was it. Last night, for some reason I mention Whispering Canyon Cafe at WL and my husband says "Well, why aren't we going there?". I explain that it's quite a lively, exuberant kind of place where he or we could be put on the spot or worse, have to sing somethink like "I'm a little teapot". He says "well, we're on vacation so who cares?"!!! I couldn't believe it. We're a very quiet, stand in the background kind of family. But I called Disney today and changed our reservation from Kona Cafe to WCC. Wish us luck!

 

[PIRATEGIRL007]

You'll see how much better they are at listening once you get married .

If I knew that would work, I would drag my finace' kicking and screaming down the aisle tommarrow!

I can't get mine to commit to any ADR"s. He knows where he wants to eat some TS meals, but won't commit to days or times b/c he thinks the spontenaity factor will be gone. I figure by next week I am making all the plans concrete and he can just deal with it.

 

[huskies90]

My fiance is the exact same way. I've begun (loosely) planning our honeymoon for next Dec. I keep asking him if there are certain things he wants to do, Disney or not, and restaurants he wants to try. I keep getting "whatever" too.

Gee in my family I do all the planning while the ladies just say "whatever." Actually, my wife and daughters are very interested and give input, they just know I will over analyze everything financially, so they pretty much stay out of my way. Believe it or not, some men actually enjoy planning. I for one love planning Disney trips...Just don't ask me what we are doing this weekend or what I want for dinner during the week...

 

[BeccaGrace]

MY dh was like this...I ran menus past everyone else and got their okay but he wanted nothing to do with it...the night before we hit 90 days for ADRs I tell him I have a finalized list and he didn't want to see it. I happened to have the DIS food picture thread with the skillet on screen to psych myself up for WCC and he goes--"That loooks gross, I hope we're not eating there." So I tell him they have other stuff and quickly showed him the allears menu while he was in the mood and he tells me he won't like anything there In the span of 10 minutes I found out he won't eat at WCC, Spoodles or 'Ohana...11 months of planning shot down in 10 minutes the night before I'm finally getting my long-awaited ADRs...All I have to say is if he asks why we're not eating at the loud fun place (WCC) while we are staying in the WL I am not taking him on vacation next time!!!!

 

[pph]

MY dh was like this...I ran menus past everyone else and got their okay but he wanted nothing to do with it...the night before we hit 90 days for ADRs I tell him I have a finalized list and he didn't want to see it. I happened to have the DIS food picture thread with the skillet on screen to psych myself up for WCC and he goes--"That loooks gross, I hope we're not eating there." So I tell him they have other stuff and quickly showed him the allears menu while he was in the mood and he tells me he won't like anything there In the span of 10 minutes I found out he won't eat at WCC, Spoodles or 'Ohana...11 months of planning shot down in 10 minutes the night before I'm finally getting my long-awaited ADRs...All I have to say is if he asks why we're not eating at the loud fun place (WCC) while we are staying in the WL I am not taking him on vacation next time!!!!

You may want to try this. At least this worked out for my family. I planned all (flight, park visit day, shows/parades, dining reservation, hotel, you name it). My DH is the same way (i.e., doesn't want to do anything about the planning). At the end, I just book everything for my dd and me. Yes, including the flight. I told him the airfare is on sale if he wants to tag along. Within 30 sec, he booked his flight online and was panic how he can check in hotel with us. I said I'll see what I can do. End of story.

 

[Nancyg56]

I'm with you on this! I have been pouring over message boards, have read the UG cover to cover, subscribed to TGM, and own the Passporter. I have a headache! Dh has no clue about dinner, but will eat where I tell him to. DD wants nothing to do with planning, and I have asked her numerous times for ideas. DSIL loves food, and is interested.....afraid of DD . NOW....DD sas NO to 50's PT because she may be singled out by cousin so and so. Won't eat in Epcot.....she got sick one time about 10 years ago. Oh, when are we going to Sea World? Well, our plans are set by our ADR's, and I cannot change Mon, Tues, Thurs Fri or Sat. That leaves Wed for Seaworld...hope she's back for dinner. Also hope she likes WCC and PSB. Next time there may some interest.

 

[kellyanne731]

Gee in my family I do all the planning while the ladies just say "whatever." Actually, my wife and daughters are very interested and give input, they just know I will over analyze everything financially, so they pretty much stay out of my way. Believe it or not, some men actually enjoy planning. I for one love planning Disney trips...Just don't ask me what we are doing this weekend or what I want for dinner during the week...

That makes you the exception that proves the rule! Actually I would love to be able to sit back while he makes all the plans and decides what we do. That's what we did the first time we went. He had never been, so I let him lead the way. It was the most fun I have ever had on vacation.

The planning helps me build up the anticipation, so this will be me for the next year until we go...

 

[tazleiten12]

We will be in Disney in 15 days!!!!! We have had this trip planned for at least 9 months. Numerous times I have had family meetings with my DS8 and DS13 and DH (we also have a 4 mo old DS) to see if they had any special requests for dining, dinner shows, mnsshp, ect.. They never wanted to be bothered discussing it and just pretty must said "whatever". So being the planner I made ADR for 2 restaraunts and figured I would "wing it" on the rest. WELL......... DH asks me on Monday if we are going to O'hanas, which I did not make ADR's for. He was extremely dissapointed, I told him that I asked him over and over if he had any preferences and that he told me he didn't care. I told him I would see what I could do and I did get an ADR at O'hanas for 11 people (we are traveling with extended family). Now yesterday DS8 advises me that he wants to eat in Cinderella's Castle!!!!! Is he out of his mind? I feel bad telling him there is no way now, that it is too late, but what else am I supposed to do? I know I will never get a ressie now, and it kind of serves him right for not telling me sooner right!!! Why do I have Mommy guilt then? My family just doesn't "get it" when I tell them we really need to discuss the plans, they just say, "Oh, it's so far away Mom, we have plenty of time" AAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now this is one problem i dont have! My family always has to many places they want to eat!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

My DH managed to say that he liked Crystal Palace. Good. We're going there the night of MNSSHP and another morning for breakfast. The only other thing he has said is that he was hungry the ENTIRE time we were at WDW in January. OK, fine. We have Dining Plan. We're going to F&WF. We have ADR's booked every single day. If he is hungry this time around it is his OWN FAULT!

DS wanted to go to CM's, but I ended up cancelling our ressie there because we are meeting up with some friends in DTD that night instead. Hopefully he will get over it - we have other character stuff booked. He just liked the atmosphere. He never eats anything no matter where we go. Maybe when we come home he will post a thread about "Mac and Cheese around the World" with select comments on vanilla ice cream. Once in awhile he will have a burger or a hot dog.

So I got to pick ALL of our dining options! YAY! We're eating where I want to eat!

 

[Forever42]

I am a very very very lucky girl in that my fiance never ever cares where we eat, as long as I want to, and knows that for certain things we have to make plans far in advance. He's sometimes the one suggesting them!

Sometimes it gets frustrating because he almost never chooses our plans, but he likes everything and anything and just wants to make sure I'm happy.

 

[huskies90]

That makes you the exception that proves the rule!

Unfortunately for my wife, this only applies to Disney planning. When it comes to planning anything else I am in the "yeah, whatever you want to do" boat with all the other guys...