What are they thinking!?!?

[mscoachung]

Because they are on their Honeymoon and you are annoying them to death. Rope drop? Stay in bed snuggling with your new hubby? Hard choice? I don't think so. Get over it, your brother got married. He and his new wife go back to work and the honeymoon is over. Real life kicks in and they probably see you way more often than they want to.

 

[duffy]

I don't care, I feel sorry for anyone who is ready to leave their honeymoon-no matter where it is-two days early.

 

[TCO]

Whilst I like to do a bit of planning, ie some ADR's, we prefer to decide the day before where we want to go the day after. I prefer my hooliday not to be like a military exercise.

We have been to a couple of rope drops but i find them too stressful I hate the whole panicked running that goes on.

Oh and we spend most nights at DTD rather than in the parks, is this wrong?
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[badblackpug]

We visit WDW annually. I have never seen "rope drop" and probably never will. We make ADR's, but decide that day what parks to visit. I have never used a touring plan or a spread sheet. We always have a great time, and, honestly, look forward to our WDW every year. We have high pressure, high stress jobs, vacation is for relaxing and forgetting about the outside world, what better place to do that than WDW?

 

[MissionMouse]

... 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...

The majority of people you go to Disney do it with very little planning. Disney is a very odd vacation destination that requires what equates to a project plan...not really a true vacation. Overall, the majority of people who do not plan works to our advantage. If everyone planned you would find it very hard to reserve a wide range of activities, dining and events...you would have a very different impression of Disney if everyone planned out their visit to what people on this site plan.

 

[Fairiebee]

WOW. However, personally I would never have picked Disney for my honeymoon! They sound like my in-laws, after two hours at an amusement park anywhere they're like "Well. That was fun, let's go home!"

And they wanted to come with us this year....for a few days...

We were relieved when they changed their minds.

 

[marie1203]

I am also a crazy planner and I can't imagine being with out some kind of idea or plan before going to Disney. We always do but sometimes we change it. On the other hand I wouldn't pick Disney as a honeymoon spot at all I can't even imagine having to plan everything for disney on top of all the wedding stuff. It was probably too much all at once.

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

They did what a lot of people do.
I feel bad for them since it was their honeymoon. At the very least they could've spent the last couple of days enjoying themselves at their resort.

 

[PIRATEGIRL007]

I havn't read all the other replies but I can tell you one thing there is no way (and was no way) I would get out of bed for RD on my Honeymoon! sorry Disney can wait.

It doesn't suprise me that they didn't plan, espically if they have never been. You really don't know what you are getting into. You think its like any other place you have been ebfore. I know its hard to fathom when some people don't get the 'magic' but its really not for everyone. Some people don't get it and some just don't even like it. Disney isn't for everyone and its taken some time but thats finally ok with me if it means sess people in line for TSM!

 

[goreesha]

A lot of people who responded to the OP are assuming that OP was bugging the honeymooners all week, and you know what happens when you ASSume. In fact, all he apparently said to them was they needed to meet at rope drop on ONE particular day, and that the hubby should ride Soarin'.

If my brother and his wife wanted to meet me at WDW one day of their honeymoon, and I only had until 1:15pm to be there with them, and they came crawling in at 11am, I would be annoyed.

A lot of you are saying, "Sheesh, leave them alone, it's THEIR honeymoon," but the problem is that they seem not to have enjoyed the trip, as evidenced by the fact that they left two days early. And now the OP gets to enjoy a future where they will probably ***** about WDW to everyone, "Oh, it's so overrated. It wasn't that much fun. We left two days early." Blah blah blah. It happens. Surely many of you know people like this. And the tragedy is, if they had just made a few rudimentary plans and learned about the not-to-miss attractions and taken a little advice, they might have loved their time there and not been in such a hurry to leave.

 

[Gabes_mommy]

The only thing I don't get is leaving early from a vacation you've already paid for. Even if you're "parked" out - stay at the hotel, relax by the pool, eat free food.

 

[Mrs. Charming]

Well, even though they are at WDW they are celebrating their honeymoon the way they want to. And, why do you think they are so late getting to the parks in the morning?

That's what we did! Our honeymoon worked quite a bit differently than our other WDW vacations. We had free dining, but less ADR's and well, had more time in our room!

 

[RMulieri]

Sorry.I did disney on my honeymoon.We did Rope drop some days.But most we stayed in You only have a honeymoon once in your life.Disney trips will always be there.Many,Many Many people go to Disney without any knowledge or plan.It seems strange to us because we love Disney and this is a Disney FAN FORUM.

 

[GBBTomorrow]

We did WDW for our honeymoon, and did a lot in the parks, but we also had a cruise (anybody remember the Big Red Boat?) to have some time to relax and recuperate from the wedding events. It was a great combination for us. That was 17 years ago, and even though we've had many great vacations since, it's still my all-time favorite trip.

Maybe the couple in question were just too wiped out from their wedding to enjoy the trip. On the other hand, I definitely agree with those who wonder why they didn't just stick around and enjoy their resort.

 

[aprilp]

1. I dont care where I was, I would not go home early from a vacation unless my cat or a family member got sick or something. Especially after paying for it! I can barely afford my vacations so I treasure every second of them!
2. I can totally understand the OP asking them to get up early that one day since they wanted to meet up. Nowhere in the original post did it say that the OP was involved in any other part of the honeymoon other than the day the honeymooners wanted to meet up. To tell the OP to back off/to fuss at them for trying to control the honeymoon, etc. is totally making a mountain out of a molehill.
3. Even with me NOT being a rope drop person, if I only had until 1:15 p.m. to hang out with someone there, I believe I could make myself get up early enough that one time to make rope drop so that I could get more time in the park with them.

 

[Alesia]

Sorry.I did disney on my honeymoon.We did Rope drop some days.But most we stayed in You only have a honeymoon once in your life.Disney trips will always be there.Many,Many Many people go to Disney without any knowledge or plan.It seems strange to us because we love Disney and this is a Disney FAN FORUM.

Same here.

 

[Scornelius]

We too did out honeymoon at Disney, it was DH's first trip and my first trip as an adult. And we were there over July 4. We had no plans except out ADRs which I had erroneously based on which parks had EMHs. We only made rope drop once. We still had an awesome time and only waited 30 minutes for the biggies at HS. 20 minutes sounds like a lot to me now, but it didn't tarnish our trip at all.

I can't believe they came home early! That would honestly make me think they were having relationship issues, because even if they hated the parks, they could have just stayed...um...at the hotel.

 

[Sneezie]

Most times, when we go to WDW, we visit with first timers. For the most part, they will either stay with us or at least follow our advice. However, we have had some people who do not like to get up early and be out at the parks for rope drops. No big deal. We'll see you when we see you. It's totally up to them. Now, I must say, those same people hardly got to see anything and on the last day had SEVEN counter service credits that they hadn't used on their free dining package - they'd been paying for their meals.

We are not color coded, Passporter planning people by any stretch of the imagination. Generally, we plan the night before what we will do the next day and none of our plans are etched in stone, but we do at least have a plan of attack before we step foot into the park, otherwise we'd be running around like chickens with no heads and that wouldn't be fun at all.

You did all you could do. Don't look at their disappointment as a failure on your part. Some people just don't get it. That's fine! One less person I have to wait behind in line.

Hey, why don't you ask them if I can use their two extra days?

 

[MattM]

Some people may wonder why you plan so much of your vacation out?? Its different personality types. Some people like to go with the flow, and are more flexible than others.

 

[a*lil*bit*goofy]

why are you meeting up with them on THEIR honeymoon?

not everyone plans out their disney trips, honeymoon or not. I am a planner. My friends think I am crazy, even after they have been they thought I was crazy...and they said 'that was a lot of money to stand in line for 2 hours a day" yep...shoulda planned. but they still enjoyed it THEIR way.

Same in this case. Their honeymoon, and part of a honeymoon is going with the flow. :O)