what to do when your husband walks too slow at disney world

[allerednicmom]

I have an issue all of our family photos at disney are of my back because my husband walks so slow. we have gone 4 times together with the kids and i am full of energy and want to rush to the fun stuff and he is so slow moving he gets mad at me for going to fast what can i do to make him move like we are both fit its just his personality thats holding him up help where going again in a month

 

[Ducky4Disney]

Wow, you do move fast! I don't think there's any punctuation in that post! You may need to come up with a happy medium. You are probably walking faster than you think, and he is walking slower than he thinks. Try to figure out why it is that you are rush, rush, rushing and why he is just lolly gagging around. Maybe agree to walk your way one day and then his day the next. You might find that you are mssing things at your pace.

D4D

 

[Honeibee]

Get another husband!

There's WAAAY to much to see and do at WDW!

 

[minmate]

You... wear flip flops... that'll slow you down... and ask him to just kick it up a notch for certain times... really, agree to try "His speed" one day and yours another... you might like "his speed!" Yeah right... now get a move on... places to go, people to see, mickey bars to eat....

 

[auroraarielella]

i sympathize. I am taking my parents this month, and I keep saying to myself - you have to take it slow, you have to take it slow... But still, It is hard for me. I don't walk, I stride. I like the post about missing things at a fast pace, I will add that to my list of resolutions before the trip...

take it slow
dad can't keep up
you might see something you never noticed before
you have been before, and will be back again
if the kids don't see it, they don't know they missed it (young 5 and 2)

 

[pezpam]

My DD has littlelegs. I have had bone cancer in my leg twice. Commando-trips are beyond either of us. What helps? Realizing that you *can't* see it all, no matter what you do. A trip will be much more enjoyable and full of good memories if you spend time together and do fun stuff instead of trying to push each other to go slower/faster all of the time. Plan for those few things you JUSTCAN'TMISS and spend the rest of the time enjoying the moment. It's amazing just how much you can see and do even when you slow down.

 

[MinnieM3]

I'm also married to a slow walker. Drives me crazy. I'm a medium walker, but one of those who acutally plans out WHERE my next step will be down the way, through the crowd, the quickest way. LOL. I'm always darting around this way and that so as to avoid all the slow walkers. DH gets unhappy about this! I just hate wasting time! I'll TRY to look at it as not a waste of time, but a stroll............ ugh............... give me patience, Lord!

 

[J/T Gramdma]

Give him a tour so you can do commado for a couple of hrs and then go at his pace later in the day. You could separate and do different thing and meet up at lunch and spend the rest of the day together. Stop and look around while you are walking slow and see all the special displays of Disney Magic.

 

[minmate]

Oh wait... I know... rent him a scooter! lol... JUST KIDDING!

 

[allerednicmom]

Oh wait... I know... rent him a scooter! lol... JUST KIDDING!

thank you I have been laughing reading all these replies later I will post a picture from our vaca

 

[liveforthemagic]

My parents have the same problem. My mom is almost 6 inches taller than dad--and he likes to say that all of the extra height is in her legs. Plus he has some back trouble--this sometimes makes him stiff and a little slower. Drives her NUTS! I just called her to see how she dealt with him at a local petting zoo. Here are her suggestions....

Psych him up that the both of you have to keep up with the kids (grandkids in their case) and you need him to move it along

She went out and helped him pick out a pair of really comfortable walking shoes--which she said took forever cause they had to walk the mall and he did say that they helped him alot.

Then she said that morning she gave him a shot of coffee with caffeine--normally he goes decaf--and that gave him some extra bounce.

She said she brought licorice to keep the sugar high going for him, but the grandkids pooped out before he did.

Now if this was my DH (who luckily is the master of the fast walk and a foot taller than me so I have to sprint to keep up with him) I would just go for his Achille's heel. "These tickets cost us $1000 and they're only good for 6 days --you don't want to waste that money, do ya?"

Good luck!

 

[Got Quattro?]

#1...talk to him about it instead of a bunch of internet geeks ( i mean that in a nice way)

and slow down...it's vacation for christ sake

 

[newholidayx2]

Go without him! just take the kids

oh ya - thats what Im doing for 2 wks this Aug
and a wk next Aug (before he joins us for a Disney Cruise)

 

[Princess Wannabe]

TOO FUNNY!!!

This is EXACTLY me and my DH! We drive each other crazy because of our different walking styles....but I still luv' him!

...and I thought I was the only one out there who had this "problem"!!

 

[nataliesdaddy]

shoot him - put him out of his misery

 

[flamom]

well i have the opposite problem. my husband is 6'1 i'm 5'4 and he walks alot faster then i do.probably because he is daddy long legs and i have stumps for legs.lol I pretty much just let him and my eldest go ahead while the youngest and i just get there when we get there.unless there is no line for a ride then i just have to hustle to get there as fast as he does.

 

[disney1990]

Tell him where you are headed. Say, ok, we're going to get in line at Tower of Terror. When you get there, find us in line -- we're hold your place.

 

[barbaraann]

I had the very opposite problem. When I was there in '97, I chased my husband around Disney. He walks way too fast. I also had to keep my eyes on my then 4 year old grandson, so I think I missed a lot. Now I leave the husband home (his choice). My new traveling companions are better. I guess when we are at Disney, we all have different interests and wanting to head off in different directions. I actually like to go off alone sometimes, then the only one I have to keep up with is me.

 

[dirkus]

Maybe he is just as frustrated with your pace as you are with his and is looking for a way to change you too...

 

[kathleena]

I'm a naturally fast walker - I have always been the one ahead of everyone - and that is everywhere, not just at Disney.

Telling me to slow down to my husband's pace is like telling me to change the way I talk. It is in my nature, has nothing to do with Disney, commando style, vacationing or anything. It is just me.

My DH walks very slow. He eats very slow also. He just does everything slow. I don't tell him how to walk and eat, he doesn't tell me.

However, if I hold his hand we do walk at the same pace.

To the OP - if you want to keep the pace the same more, hold your husband's hand! And if you want to go a little faster, just start walking a little faster - if he is attached to your hand, he will speed up without knowing it. Find the happy medium that way. If you are not holding hands - then you each go at your own pace!

And to all of you who say slow down - I say nuts to you! Just as hard to slow down as it is to speed up and there is nothing wrong with walking fast. Why do al you slow walkers always see it that as something wrong with how we walk? I see everything I want to see and more. If you want to walk slow, go ahead and do it, matters not to me, just no disparaging remarks because I choose to go faster.