What do you do when you get "the look"

[Alice-in-wonder]

Then you get the people who ask...Why would you buy a timeshare?????

 

[BEASLYBOO]

Then you get the people who ask...Why do you have a timeshare?????

True...

I have gotten a few times, "Why would you buy a Disney timeshare when you live just 2 1/2 hours away!

 

[dsneygirl]

I've basically give up. I say things like "oh we love it there" " we got cheap flights" etc etc.

 

[Elcheetah]

... Start giving them encrypted answers. "We're going to Africa (Kidani)", "The Boardwalk", "Beach Club"... you know

I´ll try that with my hipster family. They don´t understand why the repeat, still they can go to NY 3-4 times a year

 

[DizGirl20]

Elcheetah - LOVE THE YETI!!!

OP - Lately I've been saying "we are going to Orlando"... because we will squeeze in a few hours (not days - hours!) at WWOHP or Sea World. And next year we plan to visit Kennedy Space Center. For some reason if I say "Orlando" instead of "Disney" it goes over better. But then I feel guilty, thinking "why do I feel so bad saying Disney"?! So I know where you're coming from. I think I am going to try the "we own a timeshare" line. Maybe that will shut people up. I wish I had thicker skin, but I don't. I want people to be just as excited as we are about going to Disney but that doesn't happen very often.

That being said, we were at a party last night with people from DH's work and a few of them just bought into DVC. They were so exited to talk about it... it felt good to be able to share with those who "get it"!

 

[DisneyMim]

We've been going forever, been DVC members since 1991, so at this point people have all but giving up using "the look" on me. Although last week at my hairdresser I told her that we were going to London next year to visit my son (he'll be in a Master's program) and she said "Oh so you are giving up one of your Disney trips?" I just gave her "the look" and said of course not!!! Disney is not a "trip" for us, it's our second home. This usually shuts people up!!! LOL!!

Enjoy The Magic!!

 

[TiffJ]

Everyone who knows me already knows my obsession and is never surprised by our trips. I have friends that go to the same beach 3 times a year. To me there is far less to do there each trip. I always work in something new to our WDW trips. Our something new this last trip was finally purchasing DVC & staying at AKL!!!!

 

[Salome]

We've been going forever, been DVC members since 1991, so at this point people have all but giving up using "the look" on me. Although last week at my hairdresser I told her that we were going to London next year to visit my son (he'll be in a Master's program) and she said "Oh so you are giving up one of your Disney trips?" I just gave her "the look" and said of course not!!! Disney is not a "trip" for us, it's our second home. This usually shuts people up!!! LOL!!

Enjoy The Magic!!

Love this one too," my second home"!!! If only I could convince my husband of that!

He refuse to go to Disney twice a year so I thought ok I'll go slow and ask for Hilton Head instead, you know it's Disney Light, but now he's the one who is giving me the look!

 

[ShuisFan584]

I think everyone knows I'm obsessed by now. If they ask where I'm going on vacation and it's not WDW...they're usually shocked.

 

[castle1]

I've also gotten the remark "isn't WDW just for little kids".

 

[disney212]

You know, when people ask you why you go again or why do you love it so much....

I just hope someday it won't bother me so much and I will not try to explain, again...

I always tell folks that it is a "younger couples" thing and that I am sorry they don't understand (DH & I are in our 40's with 2 in college) shuts them up every time!

 

[Cee]

I agree with the PP who said nobody asks "why?" anymore. Now they just say, "When's your next Disney trip?"

 

[crisi]

And really you shouldn't harp on it anyway because it may be interesting to you but it may be really boring to someone else. The world would be a better place if we didn't have to spend so much time pretending to be interested in a conversation in which we are trapped. I always try to allow the person I am talking to control the level of detail when I share a personal story that doesn't directly involve them.

That is probably why I prefer to discuss Disney related things on a message board. I can choose to read every word, skim a post, or ignore a post. I love going but Disney is a big place with loads of options to customize the vacation experience so what you may think is fun and interesting could be boring to someone else.

Oh, god yes. I was just trapped in a conversation with one of my girlfriends where I really tried very hard to turn the conversation away from something SO DULL to me (politics in her kids school) unsuccessfully for half an hour. It was all I could do to keep from screaming "I DON'T CARE!!!!"

I suspect that is the reason many of us are here. We can discuss things here ad infinitum that would make us DEAD BORES almost anywhere else.

 

[BeesKnees]

Oh, god yes. I was just trapped in a conversation with one of my girlfriends where I really tried very hard to turn the conversation away from something SO DULL to me (politics in her kids school) unsuccessfully for half an hour. It was all I could do to keep from screaming "I DON'T CARE!!!!"

I suspect that is the reason many of us are here. We can discuss things here ad infinitum that would make us DEAD BORES almost anywhere else.

I have been close to murderous rages a few times myself. The worst is people who share a really really boring story in a level of detail that makes me want to poke my eyes out and then forgets they told me and at a later time tries to me again. Somehow even when I tell them they told me the story I still manage to get sucked into some part they were sure they didn't share the first time.

The worst are tightwad stories of getting things for free or at reduced prices. Most of my family are the most frugal beings on the planet and they find saving money so exciting I have to hear every paint drying detail. I don't mind saving a buck or someone alerting me to how I can get something at a discount but it is not interesting enough to tell a whole story about it. "I drove to Arkansas to buy a used car from a friend for really cheap" is fine. Telling me what route you took, how much it cost in gas and food, what the friend does for a living, etc. etc. etc. IS TOO MUCH DETAIL!!

Of course then there are times I bore myself. I am so sick of people wanting to hear the tornado hitting the house story. Of course as long as the house sits in disrepair everyone who visits or comes here to work has to hear it.

Most of us live very ordinary lives that are boring. Some of us have the good sense to know it and keep our mouths shut unless we are around people who find the things we do interesting.

 

[smjj]

Several years ago, a close work friend of mine went to WDW with his family. We had talked a little prior to his going and he ask a few question about WDW. When he got back I started asking him about his trip. He said never again, boring and stuff like that. I ask him what they did and saw and the answer was basicly nothing. They did no up front research, they had no diner plans made, did not even know or able to name hardly any restautants. Went to no shows, did not know or saw any while there. Had never heard of character breakfasts. The just showed up at the gate and thought it was just a big King's Island amusement park. He actually said they saw all there was to see in the Magic Kingdom and left in the afternoon.
I get a feeling a lot of first timers think this then wonder why we get so wrapped up in it, poor uniformed people, I feel so sorry for them.....smjj

 

[BeesKnees]

Several years ago, a close work friend of mine went to WDW with his family. We had talked a little prior to his going and he ask a few question about WDW. When he got back I started asking him about his trip. He said never again, boring and stuff like that. I ask him what they did and saw and the answer was basicly nothing. They did no up front research, they had no diner plans made, did not even know or able to name hardly any restautants. Went to no shows, did not know or saw any while there. Had never heard of character breakfasts. The just showed up at the gate and thought it was just a big King's Island amusement park. He actually said they saw all there was to see in the Magic Kingdom and left in the afternoon.
I get a feeling a lot of first timers think this then wonder why we get so wrapped up in it, poor uniformed people, I feel so sorry for them.....smjj

I know many people like this but I don't think planning has anything to do with it. My funsucking FiL hated every minute of it. He was so bad the last half of the trip we left him in the room to moan and groan.

Everyone I know that hates Disney has little to no inner child. The main reason I love going to Disney is not to take a vacation from work but to take a vacation from me. The moment I see the gates to MK I go from having an inner child to an inner adult. The kid in me takes over and I get to play on the biggest and bestest playground on earth.

WDW takes you most of the way but that last little stretch requires leaving the adult and seriousness behind or you miss the magic.

 

[Salome]

I know many people like this but I don't think planning has anything to do with it. My funsucking FiL hated every minute of it. He was so bad the last half of the trip we left him in the room to moan and groan.

Everyone I know that hates Disney has little to no inner child. The main reason I love going to Disney is not to take a vacation from work but to take a vacation from me. The moment I see the gates to MK I go from having an inner child to an inner adult. The kid in me takes over and I get to play on the biggest and bestest playground on earth.

WDW takes you most of the way but that last little stretch requires leaving the adult and seriousness behind or you miss the magic.

You just put words on how and what I feel about WDW! I have to write it somewhere to remember that...
BeesKnees I want to be your friend!

 

[BEASLYBOO]

Everyone I know that hates Disney has little to no inner child. The main reason I love going to Disney is not to take a vacation from work but to take a vacation from me. The moment I see the gates to MK I go from having an inner child to an inner adult. The kid in me takes over and I get to play on the biggest and bestest playground on earth.

That's it, no one could say it any better! I drive in, go past Mickey and Minnie and I'm back to that super excited 9 year old girl who went to Disney with my Mom and Dad in 1971! The joy and enthusiasm has never left me.

and you're right, some people no matter what, will never get it or appreciate it the way I do, and hey! that's o.k. too!

 

[crisi]

No, I think that lack of planning often has something to do with it.

When I was a teenager we went to Disney for the first time. I did the planning. We had a great time. We got back told the neighbors and they went down a week later.

The neighbors have wonderful inner children. They are really fun people. Lack on inner children is DEFINATELY not an issue. And they had a miserable time. The went over Easter and did no planning at all. So what we had discovered with our January trip were fairly empty parks, with a plan of attack and an understanding of how things worked, they showed up to large crowds and no idea of how to tackle the parks under ordinary circumstances, much less one of the busiest weeks of the year.

 

[BeesKnees]

That's it, no one could say it any better! I drive in, go past Mickey and Minnie and I'm back to that super excited 9 year old girl who went to Disney with my Mom and Dad in 1971! The joy and enthusiasm has never left me.

and you're right, some people no matter what, will never get it or appreciate it the way I do, and hey! that's o.k. too!

I revert back to the age of 13 and my parents have given me permission to go to the parks on my own while they take a pool day.

I had the absolute best time, especially at EPCOT. On my way back I stopped at the CR to do some souvenir shopping and I met this cute girl and her family who were staying there. Being an extremely well-mannered young man earned me the opportunity to escort their daughter for a hamburger and a coke... my first date! Ok, it lasted all of about 30 minutes and unfortunately she was leaving the next day but it was the perfect way to cap off my day unhindered by adult supervision.

I love that day and will remember it always.

I learned after that I should get contact information so I could stay in touch... ah well.