What are they thinking!?!?

[TheRustyScupper]

1) WHOA !!!!!!!
2) Back up the train (or in this case, the monorail).
3) Why should we concern ourselves with what others want to do?
4) Especially on their vacations/honeymoons?

5) There are WDW vacations when we do not rise until 10:00, or so.
6) We don't even get to the parks before Noon.
7) It is my trip and I will vacation it how I wish.

8) If people do not get what we think is full enjoyment, it really doesn't matter.
9) It is how they view their enjoyment that counts.

NOTE: On my first visit, we were semi-in-the-dark. Al Gore hadn't invented the Internet yet, so we were on our own. Regardless, we still had a ball.

 

[Boxley]

Um, I am sorry but I am failing to see the link of their situation and you. Why do you care? It is their honeymoon. It is a time when couples bond even closer and not have to deal with other things for that little while especially the in-laws. They probably didn't plan because they want to relax and not have to cram schedule in every single moment that they are there.

 

[RubySlippers]

Finally, and this is just my opinion, if I'm on a honeymoon, I don't think I'd want anyone else traveling with me. Its not time for a family vacation; that can come later.

I was going to say the same thing!!! What the heck were you doing spending time with them on their HONEYMOON????? Even if someone invited me to spend time with them during this time in their life I would have respectfully declined!

Ruby

 

[Nyla]

Wow, according to you we should have had a horrible honeymoon!

We were WDW first timers. Didn't have an organized plan. We had a bunch of ADRs that we rarely kept. We never once went to our breakfast reservations, and skipped a couple dinners. We opted for curbside picnics in the parks. We never got fast passes, and slept in every single day. We never got to a park before noon, and we got to do everything except TSM. Swam several times at the pool without planning it first, and saw fireworks at the Cali Grill.

We had an amazing time, and can't wait to go back in the next few years after we've saved up the money again.

It's their honeymoon. Let them do it up the way they like.

 

[TiggeRx]

Please take this as tongue in cheek, but maybe the reason they are not having a good time, and wanting to leave early is because of the stress YOU are imposing on them, on THEIR honeymoon.

Why don't you do your thing, they can do theirs, and if they ever feel the need to "socialize", they can call you and you can meet them.

This alleviates the stress for you AND for them.

See? It's a win/win!!!

 

[SundaeAfternoon]

I guess my vent is just about how can people go to Disney and not have any sort of plan. They didn't look into anything and just figured they'd ride whatever.

Very easily. I went on my first WDW trip in 2007 and we didn't plan anything. We played the whole trip by ear, dining included, and we had a blast and got to do everything we wanted to do. You don't need to have a strict schedule to enjoy WDW. In fact, to have one can make things less enjoyable if you are always worrying about having to get to places on time. Was this their first trip to WDW? If so, I don't blame them at all. Plus, it was their honeymoon and it shouldn't have been about strict schedules. Not trying to offend you, but it sounds like you got pretty bossy with them, and if it were me, I'd have been rubbed the wrong way for sure. Just saying...

 

[RMulieri]

they are on their HONEYMOON!

 

[StreamMaster]

I just don't get it...I mean I understand we are all different people and have different tastes, but you're on your stinkin' honeymoon why would you cut it short, especially when your hotel and food are already paid for.

Indeed you don't get it. It's thier vacation, not your vacation ! They can do whatever they want and how ever they wish to do it.

What I don't get is folks that think the way they do Disney is the ONLY way to do Disney.

 

[Luv2Scrap]

The only plan I usually have is where I will eat my table service meals, and I don't mind doing a bunch of park-hopping to get there. I usually let DS12 decide what parks to do on what day (within reason), because it's more important to him than it is to me.

I have never made a rope drop, and I love it that way. I'm on vacation, and I love to sleep in!

 

[Huck Sawyer]

Our trip to WDW was for our Honeymoon. Give them a break......

when I first booked the trip I thought I needed to plan and over plan, by looking at the boards here I thought you had to take a disney trip so serious and get it all done and have it all planned.

The first day we canceled all of our ADR and what ever bus showed up first we took. With only 2 adults we were able to walk into every restaurant about 8:30 - 9pm and get a great table with no wait. we lived it up without a care in the world, that is what disney and your honeymoon should be.

 

[DisneyDayTripper]

First off, I think people are extremely exaggerating my involvement in their honeymoon...I simply told them that they needed to be at rope drop the day we were there because we had to leave at 1:15 to make it to work on time and if they arrived at 11:00 or 12:00 then we wouldn't get to see much of each other. They had mentioned several times that they wanted to meet up with us in the months leading up to their wedding and we had told them that we wanted to give them their space for their honeymoon.



I was just coming here to vent that they hadn't been bit by the Disney bug like I have and I'm sorry if any of misunderstood that as my attempt of taking over their honeymoon...now feel free to tell me how bad of a person I am or how much of a mistake it was for me to even see them on their honeymoon because I'm done with the thread.

 

[Leota]

Yeah, I'm sorry, but I think you might be over-reacting a bit.

We started doing WDW in the dark ages before we had internet too, so all we had was Birnbaums. We didn't plan ANYTHING. Not even meals. Both my son & I have serious health issues, so we need alot of rest. We got up when we wanted, had coffee & then slowly made our way to breakfast. We might have got to the parks around 11 or so. We did whatever we felt like whenever we felt like & we absolutely fell in Love with WDW.

Fast forward a few years & I DIScovered the DIS & other websites. Commando touring plans & going ropedrop to Kiss Goodnight everyday. Planning spreadsheets - no deviations. It was Hoorible for my Family. DH began to hate WDW & wouldn't come with us. DS & I would come home sick every trip.

Then I came to my senses & we went back to doing WDW OUR way. DH fell in love with it again. DS & I stopped coming home sick & we started to go alot more often. Noiw DH & I go alone as a couple. It's like our 2nd Honeymoon every time.
Now we have to make dining ressies (which sucks, I really miss the walkup anytime days) We only do the parks maybe 5-6 hours a day. The rest of the time, we rest, eat, cuddle, swim, watch movies - ENJOY ourselves. After 20+ trips, I'm pretty sure we're doing something right.

That's the beauty of Disney- There's a Million ways to do it. A million things to do or not do depending on what's right for you.

What really makes me sad is that they were so unhappy on their Honeymoon that they left early It's too bad that instead of pushing them to do Rope Drop that you didn't offer them ideas on ways they could relax & enjoy each other like the Spas,lounging by the pool & cuddling in the hot tub, drinking wine on the balcny of their resort room, watching the sunset from CA Grill, strolling Crescent Lake arm in arm.....

 

[Piglets Mommy]

I think that after the stress of planning a Wedding, the last thing I would want to do would be stick to a strict schedule on my ho9neymoon. i'd want to relax, enjoy my new husband, and just go with the flow. I can think of many other things to do on my honeymoon besides making rope drop. I think that for them, all of the planning and schedules may have just been too much. I'm sad that they decided to go home early, and didn't try to do some of the relaxing non-park activities, like the pools, boat rentals, fireworks from the beach, etc.

 

[Ty_Ty]

I usually "plan" our tips, but planing for me is having no plan.We get up when we want, and I don't choose a park until I wake up usually. I also go to MK everynight so....

 

[surfergirl602]

we NEVER get there for rope drop. I like to sleep in while on vacation. I don't see why I have to get up at the crack of dawn and go go go, just because we're on vacation. Vacation is about relaxing and not stressing out. Our last trip, we just went with the flow of things. Got to the parks when we wanted to go, rode some rides, some we passed on. Of course, we scheduled our dining around the parks, but I don't see why you are obsessing over why they don't do vacation your way. Now... leaving two days early... that's entirely different. That's just a shame, to me, but to each his own.

 

[duffy]

And I think that if I were a new bride on my honeymoon and my husband wanted to come home early, I'd be very worried about what my husband's priorities are. Even if they don't want to PLAN, and get up early to be at rope drop annd DO THIS! Then DO THAT!, why don't they want to just, well, hang out at the hotel? Get a bottle of wine and put up the "do not disturb" sign? Swim?

 

[Tumbleweed]

I'm with DisneyDayTripper...it is their honeymoon, but I
would be surprised if one of my siblings didn't take my
advice on something I'm sort of an expert on. Particularly,
not riding Soarin' when it was so highly recommended as
a "can't miss." I get Tripper's frustration, but it's okay.
Less crowds for us to work through!!!

 

[Alesia]

I don't think I would have enjoyed my honeymoon much if I'd had someone telling me that I was doing it wrong...

 

[PlutoLuvr]

There are LOTS of folks who've been bitten by the Disney bug who do not tour and plan the way others do.

I've been going to WDW since it opened, multiple times per year, and have NEVER gotten to any park at rope drop.

I've only been on Soarin' twice in all the hundreds of times I've been to Epcot. This ride can be a doozy for people afraid of heights, as well as people who suffer from vertigo. It doesn't have to be a roller coaster for some of us to get ill from a ride!

I can count on one hand how many times I've seen any of the WDW fireworks displays. That's cocktail and dinner hour!

One of the cool things about DTD is some of the restaurants don't accept reservations, so it's a really nice spot for those of us who like to wing our evening dining spots. Hitting DTD a few nights in a row doesn't sound odd at all to me. FWIW, we'll do the same thing at Citywalk, since you really don't need to book your dining ressies weeks or months in advance to be able to enjoy the restaurants there.

And I can promise you: I've been bitten by the Disney bug severely. Doesn't mean I think you're strange or off for planning every second of your vacation or arriving to a theme park for rope drop or staying until it closes. It just means we vacation differently.

We all do.

ETA: OMG, all this frantic hoopla over TSM drive me crazy! I was reading the boards here in the weeks leading up to our last trip, and I was just about having a stroke over the stress over TSM and reports of waits and how you have to be at the park at opening to get the FP's before they sell out, do the ride, use the FP and hopefully be able to get another FP before they sell out.

Talk about getting stressed out for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

We arrived on a Friday (8/4) to HS, around 10:30 a.m. We headed right for TSM, thinking the wait would be hours long and the FP return time would be late afternoon at this point. Um, no. The wait was 20 minutes for standby, and the FP return time was 11:40 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. We got in the standby line, and it only ended up being about 10 minutes in actuality. We got off the ride and got back in line. It was another 10 minutes until we were back in the cart. Then the ride broke with us on it, and we got more FP's that don't expire. We went for an early lunch (with NO ADRs at the Brown Derby and the hostess -- hold on to your seat now -- actually asked us if we'd like to purchase the Fantasmic package for that evening).

We went back to TSM after lunch, and it was running with ZERO wait. None. Nada. Walked right on. We decided it was best to use our FP's to we two more rides with the FP's, hit a couple more rides and left the park by three p.m.

The stress and planning done by some on these boards is just not necessary.

 

[Dervis]

What may be right for many may not be right for all.
Like my family and rope drop. I've never been to rope drop, and probably never will be. I just don't see the point of waking up early when I do that every other day anyway.