What are your Disney World fears?

[TheMATTHatter]

I worried that I didn't plan 'right' or 'enough'.

I agree. You can never plan too much. The fact that you are here is a great start!

 

[TheMATTHatter]

Rain that lasts a day - hard rain.

Some rain can be a good. A total washout is FRUSTRATING! Thanks for sharing.

 

[DisneyGal24]

I worry that I won't like our hotel. We like to try new places each trip. I obsessively research the hotel by looking at pics and scouring threads about them. I always end up liking where we stay but I can't help myself!

 

[Julie1374]

Sickness!! First ever trip to Disney my kids were sick a few days before we left and I had a fever on my way down, luckily we all were "better" by the time our first park day and had a great time.

 

[belle1986]

I worry about sickness too.

 

[disneyshea]

This is our first family trip to Disney so I am worried about EVERY thing.

Mostly I'm worried about a meltdown on my part because I tend to plan, plan, plan and my family never wants to follow them. I have been practicing meditation exercise daily so that I am ready for June.

 

[Heidi K]

Hurricanes. On our last trip, there was a tropical storm nearby; the middle 5-6 days of the vacation were almost non-stop rain. (August, of course)

 

[Disney Khaleesi]

My only fear is the plane ride there and back. I hate flying and am super paranoid about it. If I had the choice, I'd drive there. Once I get done with the flight, I really don't worry about anything else on the trip.

 

[bella2117]

I worry that I won't like our hotel. We like to try new places each trip. I obsessively research the hotel by looking at pics and scouring threads about them. I always end up liking where we stay but I can't help myself!

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who does this!! I worry about the same thing and scour the internet and boards for every piece of info on our hotel

 

[barbaraann]

I worry about what I call my "lousy Stomach". Just don't let me get one of my stomach aches and I am not near a bathroom. Let me especially not have an episode on the airplane.

I also worry about losing stuff, so I keep my ID and cash and other such things close by.

I hope it won't rain, but if I have an umbrella that's O.K.

I am 66 years old, so I worry about taking a nap in an inappropriate place. One time I fell asleep in the tiki room.

What I never worry about is having a good time, because I always do.

Lately, after reading the Pop Century thread, I worry about some creepy crawlie getting into my room, and scaring me.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

I have an elderly grandmother who will be 100 years old on the 25th. Her health has been unstable the past few years and is particularly unpredictable right now. I worry that she will pass while we are away and that we will lose tons of money trying to make arrangements to get back home.

My aunt (mom's sister) passed while we were on vacation with my parents. To make matters worse, her other sister was on vacation overseas too. They were able to hold the funeral until we got home, but my other aunt still had 2 weeks on her trip. We elected not to tell her until they got home. 4 years later, nobody regrets that decision. My aunt would not have wanted her sister to lose out on such a trip.

Wish your grandma a happy birthday from me

 

[bowmandanielle]

Oh so glad I am not the only one worrying about silly things before Disney! I worry my kids will not like the characters and will not want to ride anything(our first trip).Neither liked mascots and such in years past. I worry about the crowds, we are going the third week in April and as I realize its not idea its the only option for us. I worry all my stressing out over silly things will bring on a seizure and will leave the husband to deal with the two kids in Disney for their very first trip. I am epileptic and stress=seizures for me. While I am telling myself to just breath and they will have a good time no matter what..

 

[flutterby3744]

I worry about sickness too. We went when my youngest was 2, during the "great swine flu outbreak". Wouldn't you know, he got it. Record October heat (triple digits) and DS is running 103 fever.

I live in fear of the pukes though. We are relatively healthy people, but the pukes at Disney would be one of the worst!!!

 

[TheMATTHatter]

Oh so glad I am not the only one worrying about silly things before Disney! I worry my kids will not like the characters and will not want to ride anything(our first trip).

You are certainly not alone. How old were your kids on their first trip? Did they like the characters?

 

[bohemian74]

I've been there done that with a stomach bug at disney. It hit DH at Boma and me the next morning after akerhaus. luckily it wasn't too packed because I went back to AoA and booked DH and DD into a room of their own while I stayed on lock down in ours.

This trip I'm worried I'll just be a big stress ball. We're going at Thanksgiving (the only time we can this year), it's the twins first trip (they'll be 2) and I invited my MIL to come along, partly for the extra help. We have had a fragile relationship, it's fine because we both tread carefully. I'm praying for patience so I don't lose it. I'm reminding myself that even a bad day at disney is still a great day. And even if we only do 1/2 the things we want it's still going to be all fun.

 

[TheMATTHatter]

I'm reminding myself that even a bad day at disney is still a great day. And even if we only do 1/2 the things we want it's still going to be all fun.

That's always a great thing to remember!

 

[texasroni75]

Our biggest worries have to do with things out of our control that don't really pertain to the actual vacation, but with getting there and what we are leaving behind to go on the vacation:

- car trouble on the roadtrip there or back

- weather delays significant enough to have a huge impact on our travel days , causing us to miss a day at WDW or DH to miss a day of work coming back

- our dog running away while we are gone. This happened on our trip in 2009 - she escaped the yard of the family watching her for us. Thankfully we found her within a week of returning - she joined a new family around the block from where she was staying (traitor! LOL!), but I still fear it will happen again.

- a family emergency

- a banking issue (hate the idea of getting notified of fraudulent activity on one of our accounts and not being at home to deal with it)

- a problem at the house - this is a new fear, since we just had a water leak and just 20 minutes or so of a broken water valve can cause significant damage, so if it happened while we were gone, it would be catastrophic

 

[Shanora]

- I'm stressed about not making our connecting flights
- A kid getting sick (yay for homeschooling this year, no one has been sick…but it seems like everyone around us is getting the pukes)
- Bed bugs at our Condo… This 100% freaks me right out.
- That we'll get stopped in customs and be made to return to Canada… For something stupid.
- That we'll have issues at the boarder because my oldest doesn't have everyone elses last name (different father), I brought his long form BC just in case since his BI-father is NOT on it…. so I don't need a permission form for him.
- I'll forget my passports and we are traveling 3 hours the day before our flights to a different city to fly out of.

 

[KaLyn]

I'm the only planner in the house. It's up to me to research and learn and "soak in" as much as I can before we leave. I'm worried that some issue will come up that I should have known about. It is almost as if I've been studying since August for this huge test coming up in May.

 

[ancestry]

My aunt (mom's sister) passed while we were on vacation with my parents. To make matters worse, her other sister was on vacation overseas too. They were able to hold the funeral until we got home, but my other aunt still had 2 weeks on her trip. We elected not to tell her until they got home. 4 years later, nobody regrets that decision. My aunt would not have wanted her sister to lose out on such a trip.

Wish your grandma a happy birthday from me

Thank you. I've said my goodbyes to grandma considering her age. I'm at peace with it. However my mom is not. My mom is the type who would demand that I come home to her (which is 800 miles away from where I live) immediately instead of mom agreeing to hold the funeral until we could reasonably get there. I suppose my true "fear" here is dealing with my mom rather than my very elderly grandmother passing. <sigh>

But thank you for your support and for sharing your experiences.