What is your best reply when people say "let me guess, going to Disney AGAIN?!!!"

[DisneyKidds]

A simple "yup!" will do.

For the majority of people who don't get it or don't care to understand this helps to avoid wasting time expalining something they don't really want to know. If someone inquires further it is pretty easy to explain that there is more to do there than any other place you could vacation and the whole family loves it. I actually enjoy explaining that to someone who cares to listen. Then when I help them plan a great WDW vacation and save them a lot of $$$$ they understand even more.

 

[sheryl0521]

What a great thread - I had to bump this back to the front page.

I am getting exactly the opposite, people are surprised we aren't going back until April! (We haven't been since October)

This is school vacation week, and we aren't going - my DH has said that his co-workers thought he was lieing when he said he wasn't going to FL in February!

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[paults]

yup

 

[bali]

I'm 25, single, and broke; but I love Disney World. When people roll their eyes at me for planning another trip to Orlando, I explain to them that while other folks my age are out every night drinking their lives away, I'm socking that money into a savings account for my next vacation. I've always thought that travel (anywhere and everywhere) was more important than clothing, food, and alcohol combined; it's not my fault if the naysayers don't agree with me.

 

[marymrg]

By now, I think all of our friends realize we have a Disney obsession. Many of them do as well. So, for the few who do the thing............I just explain..........we're addicted and leave it at that.

 

[dianeschlicht]

I don't even get the question or the response anymore! Everyone just assumes that is what we are doing! My SIL always says "I hope you don't ask us to go along"! LOL! Knowing she feels that way, I would NEVER ask her to go along!

 

[Disney-Kim]

Family knows better than to ask this question anymore but friends/others...I give them the spiel of "4 parks, water parks, golf, boating, downtown disney, shopping, pools, relaxing, etc. they always say..."oh...I didn't know there was all that" wow...that does sound fun. ah ha...now they get it.

I get soooo many people who thinks its just 1 park.

 

[ceejay13]

We have treated most of our families and close friends to experience our DVC and WDW, so mostly we are also asked when is your next trip to WDW? They all are aware of just how nice a DVC vacation can be. We have always told them it is our most relaxed place to vacation when we go by ourselves. Most of them know by now they we start planning our next trip either before we leave or as soon as we get back.

 

[wilderness01]

We have gotten the you are going AGAIN! Printed in just those capital letters. Or said with THAT tone! Now my one "friend" after telling we are going again hasn't written to me since. Maybe I am being a little sensitive but it was just my birthday a few weeks back and no acknowledgement from this person (this NEVER happens). I have now learned no one will know our plans from this day forward........that is except for 55,000 of my DIS friends. Thanks for letting me vent.

 

[Like to Dis]

I read this post with a smile on my face!!!!!!! Most of the time you can put these people in 3 catagories, those that have never been there, those that were there once like 20 years ago, and those that are jealous. I usually say "Yep, can't wait" which very often leads to a discussion. Most people are interested so they ask what we do there and I tell them of course the kids have a blast (rides, characters and so forth), then I tell them we have a blast (rides, characters then I tell them the relaxation of drinking your way around the world. Margarita in Mexico, Becks in Germany- pretzel or bratwurst optional, a little vino in Italy, Sapporo in Japan-tepanyaki if possible, then a little champagne in France, then if theres time- a Bass in England.....) Now their interest is peaked!!!!!! Needless to say we have advised many on their upcoming trips, even made their ressies to save them money. Matter of fact we are going down with another family in May that has never been......

Say it with enthusiasm, They Are Jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[panfan]

I hear this all the time and ....IM SICK OF IT !! It has just become one big joke now at work and family doesn't get it ....to make matters worse my father and step-mother own a house in the keys right on the water, complete with a pool,very lovely.....BUT IT IS NOT WDW....THEY just can't imagine why we would want to spend all the $$$ when we could stay at their house for free....A vacation with two small kids, just a pool and cooking all week are not up my ally ,,,sorry.

Also .....after years of talking up WDW to my brother and SIL, they finally went two years ago...( kids age 9 and 13) Guess what??? THEY HATED IT...can you imagine ??? I mean ,,did'nt like it at all!!! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE ??? They said their kids were too old and we will see once our kids get older....

Anyway...no one around us understands and I too am at the point of embarassment when we go....I know I shouldn't care what others say...but it does bother me to get the comments

 

[Nick@ VB+OKW]

Originally posted by wilderness01
I have now learned no one will know our plans from this day forward........that is except for 55,000 of my DIS friends.

 

[AZKathy]

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[Reginak]

We always got a similar response from our family.

Last year, my father-in-law died just before Christmas. I thought that a family trip would be nice to give everyone something plan and talk about over the holidays. The first words out of my dbil's mouth was WDW! They had made their first trip the previous year. My dmil and dsil wanted a cruise and dsil really worked to manipulate the trip her way. In the interest of family harmony, I planned a Disney land/sea adventure. Everyone agreed.

Then dsil said she would cruise only; she wanted to save her dollars for something special not wdw. wdw was only good for people with children.

Dh and dbil said no cruise, only WDW. Dsil could take dmil on cruise herself; we wouldn't go.

I was beside myself. Talk about family love.

Finally we went to WDW in February and dsil left her husband behind and bunked for a couple of nights (she only wasted her precious dollars on her park hopper, plus that's more than enough time to see everything). HA HA!!!

This Christmas, one of the first things both she and dmil asked was, "When can we go back?"

 

[arminnie]

I'm middle-aged (ok I'm really old), single and have no children. I'm also recently retired and living almost 2000 miles closer to WDW than I did before retirement. Oh yes - I have an AP.

So all of you folks know that I go as often as I can - right. I went in October, December, and had a Jan/Feb trip plus I have plans to go in May.

I actually had one person tell me that she "admired me for being so upfront about really liking Disney." She put it in such a way that it was like I had admitted having a substance abuse problem and that admitting my problem was the first step to recovery!!!!!.

I get that question all of the time. Oh well - that's their problem not mine.

 

[Cruelladeville]

I always tell everyone--yes, I'm going back to Disney! Thank God I bought my timeshare on-property, so I can vacation cheaply!

I figure that I have the right to get in a dig, because I often hear how expensive Disney is, and it's not if you are a DVC member(at least, not as much).

 

[wdwstar]

"let me guess, going to Disney AGAIN?!!!"

besides our family getting their fix for our wdw addiction ,

and missing our family pets at wdw(charaters, mickey, minnie mouse, goofy, pluto,etc)
you spend time with your family pets, dont you?

why do you think we rescued a black greyhound? he looks like that big black rat at wdw that we all call mickey mouse

we love to go to that magical place that puts the biggest smiles on our faces

and if nothing works, well we can all fall back on.....

i got caught up in the magic at wdw , i fell right into the mouse trap and i bought this dvc timeshare and i HAVE to use it every year until 2042....oh, poor me oh my......

 

[wisbucky]

We use to get the funny looks and the response of "Your going again". After trying to explain why over and over we now just say

THERES NO PLACE LIKE HOME

You should see their faces then. And we just smile........

 

[freediverdude]

I think it all boils down to two groups: those of us who can still be children at heart and "get" the magic, and those who's lives revolve around being "cool" and "adult", and who think Disney is childish or only for taking the kids. To this I say, "Too bad for them. That's their loss." They've lost the ability to wonder and imagine, to dream and wish. And to possibly have a wish come true. Don't be hurt by these people's comments. Feel sorry for them.

 

[Disney Downunder]

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou!

This thread mirrors an exact discussion I had today. I will try out some newly learnt responses.