What keeps you coming back?

[dizneyfiend]

Simple question but I have a feeling the answers aren't. I'm not sure I can put a finger on why I keep going. All I know is that if my family allowed I would go every year- twice! Sure it's the magic but why do we put up with the crowds and the heat just to be at this place we love so much??? And I do love it so

 

[NikkiDP]

It's the magic!! I would go every year if I could too. I keep going back because of how I feel when I'm there. Heck, even when we are planning it makes me feel happy and light. It allows you to escape to being a kid again because no matter how old you are you are treated like a Prince or Princess. It's a place that allows you to order from the kids menu, ride in spaceships, and show you different parts of the world!

Aside from the amazing feeling I have whenever there, I also like to keep coming back to see everything that is new! I went last January and before that hadn't been in about 8 years and I was completely blown away by all the new things. I could have stood in the Peter Pan queue and let the shadow butterflies land on me all day! My fiance and I will be going down next month for our honeymoon and we are pumped to see Pandora. We are going back next year and are already excited about Toy Story Land and I'm basically gonna loose my mind when Galaxy's Edge opens up!!

You can't describe the feeling of walking onto Main Street and seeing the castle, but I know that I would brave 100% humidity and sold out crowds to stand there and feel it!



EDIT: There are also a fair amount of snacks that I would willingly hop on a plane now in order to get

 

[brnrss34]

The way the cms greet us and treat us. The escape of everyday life. Seeing little kids eyes light up. The positive energy.

 

[PSUGuy]

For 10 days every Fall or Spring we enter an alternative universe, one that simultaneously is familiar yet new. Yes, we know Main St in MK is an idealized version of Americana to be found nowhere in reality and that I'm not really in an English pub in the pic below but they're real enough for us. If you can suspend disbelief for 2 hrs watching a superhero movie you can do the same for a week or 2 in WDW. An added attraction is that we go at a time when the weather is less than pleasant in Pa so we're either extending our Summer or getting a jump on Spring.

Bill From PA

 

[BrianL]

It is hard to describe. Sometimes I wonder why I've been killing my feet and standing in long lines, but I usually forget about all that once I experience the next bit of magic. I never wonder if it's worth it when the trip is done. I think it's just they way it makes me feel and all the fun I have.

 

[bdiddy]

For me it's the escape from reality and the complete immersion in everything Disney and leaving the outside world behind. I feel the same way about music festivals which my husband and I go to a lot.

I tell everyone my 2 favorite places on earth are Disney and Bonnaroo and believe it or not they are very similar! Haha...I even wrote up a comparison a few years ago for fun!

Anyway...I also think the attention to detail and the customer service is probably another main reason. I can't even go to regular amusement parks now because they seem so junky and trashy compared to Disney. Here in NE Ohio, Cedar Point is really big and I think I've been twice in the last 20 yrs. It's just a joke compared to Disney and I don't want to waste the money. Universal is the exception because while it's not Disney they do a really good job and we do enjoy it there.

But yes for me it would be:

Level of immersion, attention to detail and customer service

 

[TheSouthernBelle]

Simple question but I have a feeling the answers aren't. I'm not sure I can put a finger on why I keep going. All I know is that if my family allowed I would go every year- twice! Sure it's the magic but why do we put up with the crowds and the heat just to be at this place we love so much??? And I do love it so

It's exactly the reason WD built Disneyland in the first place, "Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy" and to get to do that with my family and see how we all take it in is just amazing. It's not a theme park, it's a complete experience where you forget about the rest of the world. That's the magic!!!

 

[ArwenMarie]

For us, right now, it's one of the only vacations that work for us. Everyone has stuff they like to do. We're not outdoorsy people so no lakes or beaches for us, at least not for a week at a time. And we have no desire to cruise and I would probably die of seasickness

 

[wdw&sonny]

It has been a complex process for me to come to a simple answer: To Escape Reality.

 

[NH-to-FL]

I am not sure I can explain it. I grew up watching "Uncle Walt" on TV telling me all kinds of fascinating stories and showing us the construction of DisneyLand. Growing up in the northeast DisneyLand was a far off dream. Then I visited DisneyLand twice in the mid 70's when I found myself in the LA area for work. It stirred my interest but didn't catch. Then many years later I had the opportunity to go to a conference being held at the Swan/Dolphin. I took DW, stayed at the BWI, and we were hooked. We started making first yearly then twice yearly on site visits. Now we are blessed to be able to snowbird near Disney.

There is something very special about being in the "Disney Bubble". Perhaps it is triggering all those good childhood memories. Maybe it is the opportunity to become so immersed as to be able to leave the outside world behind for a few hours or days. I still get a little twinge when we drive through the welcome sign, walk down Main Street, or see Spaceship Earth.

There is so much to see and do at WDW that repeat visitors can usually find something new to experience. And we always enjoy revisiting our favorite attractions. And pausing to relax at a favorite restaurant or bench.

After all the years and many visits we still get to a park about once a week during our snowbird time. I guess Walt had a pretty good idea when he created this "theme park" concept.

 

[TiggerBouncy]

It's lame. I go because in some ways, I do believe in magic. I mean, I have to believe to in magic. Because I don't want to live in a world where there is none. It's my religion. So if there really is magic, then I figure Disney is where it's strongest.

So I go there because sometimes I need inner strength. I need re-enforcement. I need hope and belief and guidance. I need a little magic. So I go where I have gone in the past when I needed that touch and gotten it.

 

[SL6827]

For my next trip, sometime next year, it is Storm Along Bay. A no parks trip. I am certainly looking forward to it.

 

[epcotty]

The general charm is addictive

 

[mickeyfanachey1999]

It's everything from the smallest detail (hidden Pascals in Rapunzel's area) to the biggest fireworks extravaganza. It's DS15's face in our ride picture on Tower of Terror when he was 5 years old and rode for the first time. It's riding Dinosaur 5 times in a row bc DS6 who was 5 at the time just discovered his favorite attraction. It's Episode VII: The Force Awakens at the pool at OKW for me and DS6 to watch in case we missed anything the first time we saw it. Heck, it's even DW making me leave OKW in a driving rainstorm to go to All Star Sports to get her vegetable soup! It's being home a month after the trip and having DS6 say "I miss Mickey. When are we going back to Disney world"
It's having DS15's pappy ask him if he would rather go to the beach or WDW and him replying "What is the world is there to do at the beach that I can't do at WDW??" Long answer slightly longer...It's everything.

 

[BarbieGal457]

For me, it is one place I can truly relax and escape! I have very, very bad anxiety all my life but for some reason it always seems to really let up when I'm in a Disney bubble. As a child I had many fears around eating (afraid of choking) but in Disney, I was so relaxed that I would be much more willing to try to eat foods. All day and night I can ride rides, eat ice cream, be in the warm sun and forget the anxieties of my daily life...it's all very relaxing to me. Seriously, I can get anxious over a piece of paper if you let me, but in Disney? SURE throw me for several loops on a roller coaster at 60 MPH!! I also have a chronic illness that affects my digestion and I find Disney Parks to be so extremely accommodating and understanding that it's very easy for me to eat delicious meals there. I really just enjoy the general positive vibes in the air there. I can get easily anxious if I have to ask to alter food and not once, in any Disney park, has a CM ever made me feel like a burden to their day.

Besides those factors, I grew up making wonderful memories at WDW with my parents and my now-deceased grandmother. So much reminds me of her specifically that it feels like I am still sharing the experiences with her. The Tiki Room, Pirates, Haunted Mansion and Carousel of Progress are attractions I grew up in love with because of her. She used to let me ride on the vacuum around her house to Grim Grinning Ghosts!

 

[Micca]

I like a place with a castle, pirates, ghosts, happy music, and most of all this guy

 

[loves to dive]

Other than being 60 to 100 feet under the ocean, it's my escape. I go twice a year and frankly would go more often than that if finances allowed. It's somewhere that I can be a kid if I want or I can be an adult. The details, the CMs, the feeling of the place. It can be peaceful like the ocean or it can be hectic like the ocean.

 

[sah95]

I've been to Disney numerous times and have been fortunate enough to go to Europe 3 times. Disney World is the only place I don't think about work.

 

[Texans_loyal]

The fuzzy feeling i get just planning!!

 

[Clare Voince]

The Disney Bubble. It really feels like the outside world is far away when I'm at Disney.

Familiarity. I've gone so many times, it's a home away from home for me. Because I know it so well, it's easy for me to plan, with no learning curve.

Safety. As a female solo traveler, I feel very safe at Disney.

Fun. Disney is more fun than serious travel. Sitting by a beach is boring to me.

Variety. There is so much to do there, and it's always changing!