What's with the addiction?

[Luv2trav]

I'm reading through these boards and MANY MANY of you have YEARS of Disney experience. Some of you even take more than 1 trip per year...

Is it possible that I might get addicted too? Just reading your posts makes me feel like I am getting myself into something that I will want to take multiple Disney vacations a year too..

What is it with Disney that keeps you coming back for MORE??

 

[CamColt]

Welcome to the Dis, Luv2trav!!!!
And yes, getting addicted is a possibility. I blame these boards for my Disney addiction. But the best part is, with all the tips, especially money saving tips, that you learn here, you can get the most out of your trips, and make them affordable(=more trips!).

For me, its just the "Magic", that keeps me going. It cant really be explained except that its a magical feeling you get as soon as you enter WDW.

 

[jamsmom]

It is just so magical. These boards help make it a little boit of a puzzle for me like "how can I get the best deal possible, how can I make the most of my trip...."

 

[zulaya]

It's so hard to explain all the feelings about WDW. To me, the new ads I have seen on tv really sum it all up.

"Where magic lives."

Wouldn't you want to be in the place where magic lives as often as you can?

 

[dansyr]

I agree with everyone. It is the magic !!!!!!
You can't possibly be in a bad mood at wdw. I believe everyone becomes, friendlier,and more well-mannered in general at wdw.
There is something for everyone there. I also believe wdw has the best customer service around. The cm's are outstanding. It is not special for the them to go out of their way for you...it is the norm.

 

[goofyernmost]

I certainly can't speak for everyone but for myself it is the wonderful memories that I have with everything Disney. My first big family trip was to WDW with my children. That was as close to a perfect trip as I have ever experienced. As I drove on the property I was hooked. That was before I ever saw the parks. The feeling I got was warm and comfortable. I felt like a kid again. It's the only place that has ever done this to me. We saw everything as a family and laughed together, sang together, anticipated together and discovered together. That feeling has never left me, it is still there today. Even when I go by myself, I still get the same feeling. I ride the ferry across to the Magic Kingdom and see the castle and it all floods back. Let yourself get addicted it can help you through some rough times. I know it has me.

 

[mickeysaver]

The addiction thing kinda snuck up on me. I went to WDW several times as a small child and to Epcot when I was in high school. I liked it all, but I never quite got addicted. But, about 2 years ago, my partner and I went to FL to check in on family. I needed to do something to get my mind off the family issues too, so we went to a pre-season Braves game, La Nouba, and MGM. That was all it took. I got hooked. It was the best vacation I had ever had. I don't know if it was the fact that I was an adult looking at it now or what, but it was magical. I worked my tail off to get back down there in September of 2002. Which then became the best vacation ever. lol I am planning my December 2003 vacation now. I can't wait to see WDW in Christmas mode. It should be spectacular.


Yes, I am addicted. But, it's not illegal, immoral or fattening. What other vices can you say that about? lol Mickey

 

[ugadog99]

It's the MAGIC that only Disney can do! My dad calls Disney "Fantasyland" just to irritate me. But, you know that is it, it is a Fantasy created by Disney that no other vacation can match. I am addicted and...just to set the record straight: My father is the one who started my addiction! LOL

 

[jazyjewel]

I can't really tell you what starts the addiction. I have been to WDW about 10 times, the 1st 2 being when I was young. And then almost every year since I got married. But, the addiction did not really start till I got back after Christmas. We had already told a friend we would bring her in February, so as soon as I got home from the last trip, I started planning this one. Since then, it is almost all I can talk about. (well that, and all the stuff I am wanting to do with Vacation Bible School, and my Rainbows class Wed night at church) Anyway, When we drove away from WDW and saw the goodbye signs, I almost cried, I didn't want to leave. So, I guess it is the "magic". It's a place where you can be 5 years old again and people don't think you're crazy. It's a place you can laugh and cry. It's a place where you can let go of all of your problems and live for the day. You can flirt with Chip, you can hug Stitch, you can laugh with Pluto. But most of all, you can have fun. That is something that I don't want to leave. So, I guess that's why I became addicted.
Julie

 

[sconstantz]

there is something for everyone. We usually go with my mom and dad and DH and DS. Some go to parks, some go golfing, some have great dinners out in the evening, some hang out at great resorts/pools. And we have some great together time.

When we start looking for other places, they just don't have something for everyone, all the time.

I imagine when DS gets a little older, we'll do many other things, but right now it has what we need.

And I need it bad!!!

shelly

 

[TDS373X]

It's the magic. There is nowhere else that has managed to give me the overwhelming warm fuzzy feeling that I get everytime I drive onto property. No matter what crazy stuff is going on in the real world it all goes away if only for a short time. I loved the magic so much I even became a CM for a while and then the real world demanded change.Now I'm passing it onto my 3y/o DD who is begging everyday to go see our castle. Yes it's an addiction and it's not cheap you'll get funny looks from folks who don't understand but everybody has that special place they go where all their troubles just vanish. So what if it's WDW.I can't think of a better place!!! Come join us.

 

[DisneyFan79]

The addiction for me was when I purchased 5 guidebooks at one time and read them all. I am a big thrill seeker too and I know Disney doesn't offer a whole lot of thrills. It offers something you cannot experience anywhere else. Just being around the World Showcase when they dim the lights for Illuminations and start that music sends chills up my spine. I watched some commercials online today for the new motto. I think a tear rolled down my check when they said "Where magic lives". Nothing else could have said it better. Even if I am not going from park to park, just being in the "world" makes it wonderful for me. Enjoy the experience you won't regret it!!!!

 

[Simba's Mom]

Whenever I hear about the "Disney addiction", I think of how I answer my students when they say I'm addicted to Disney. I tell them I'm proud of the addiction. There are far worse addictions-smoking, drinking, gambling, pornography (pause while the high schoolers giggle), etc. So it could be much worse-a Disney addiction is not so bad.

 

[ilovefh]

LOL I think yall read my mind tonight! Here I was sitting here thinking about how great Disney is (While I watched the commercials online) and I come across this thread!
I think for me Disney=Family time. I really value the time I spend with my family. I think my parents are the most wonderfully incredible people. We started going when I was 3, and have gone every year since. Thats what started my addiction. What fueled it was when I heard about the WDW College Program my freshman year of college but couldnt go because you had to have finished your freshman yr (A school standard, not a Disney standard). When I met all the school standards I couldnt wait to go down and work for the Mouse! Everyone told me to wait until I graduated school, but with loans and bills $6.35/hour would not cut it! (What they start out full timers) and I only wanted to work with the guests....none of that management stuff!
I love Disney because we do it as a family. Every year, it was one week where the four of us got in the car, got on the airplane, squeezed into a rental car and shared one hotel room. And it was great! I go with my boyfriend now, and he LOVES Disney (met him on the college program, he is now on his second cp) but he doesnt see the magic like I do (the cp was his first trip to WDW unless you count his trip with his mom, while he was in her belly! )
So I guess what all my nonsense says is I am addicted to the Magic. I loved to watch the little girls when they came to the CRT breakfast and saw Cindy for the first time! I love to watch children's faces light up when they experience everything. And I loved to see the smiles on the parents faces as they watched their children (even if their children ignored them when Cindy got to their table....Daddy who?) I loved talking to people from around the world, and seeing people from my hometown! When the recruiter interviewed me two years I told her this when she asked why I wanted to work for Disney: That I wanted to help other guests experience the MAGIC! as I had. I wanted to help other families have as good of a time as I did all those years! (Corny but oh so true!)
And yes, it is easy to become addicted to Disney!

 

[lucysdad]

Although there are SO MANY things that are addicting and magical about Disney World, I think one experience I had last time sums it all up for me. We were with my parents-in-law (my mother-in-law is 86 and has to be in a wheelchair while touring the parks) (that doesn't stop her, she visits several times a year). Anyway, because she was with us, we were able to get priority seating for the Spectro Magic parade one night. While sitting and watching the parade I was able to watch people from a variety of cultures — Europeans, Africans, Asians, etc. And during the parade there was no division of culture or race, everyone was laughing, crying, and totally enraputured. Where else does this happen? M-A-G-I-C. Disney-style.

 

[jenjenmouse]

Yes, I'm addicted, too.

I became addicted in May 2001 when my Dh, DD and I went to WDW. I have been several times as a child but when I took my child it was a whole different world. The sheer delight in searching out characters, watching fireworks, seeing gorillas, or watching a spectacular show with my dd is worth way more than this vacation costs. The service is outstanding. I think too it's what you bring to WDW that can make a difference. I love to people watch and I see many unhappy people there. I see parents yelling at their kids, "This is the happiest place on earth and you will be happy!" while they drag them around to do what's on their own agendas. This board does help. Not with the addiction, but with preparing the visitors in what WDW is about. If you just show up, not plan, not fully comprehend the enormity(sp?) of the vacation you have chosen, it will not be what it can and should be. So, if you get addicted it is because you care enough to vacation with the very best. He-he!

 

[jiminyfan]

We have over 25 trips, lost count, since 1991. Most were without a child, then we loved to EAT, EAT, EAT, play some golf, visit the parks, EAT, EAT, EAT. We'd do the deluxe plan as everything was included and we loved to EAT!

We then just loved that it was a care-free, relaxing vacation at a good cost.

Now we have a three year old son, who grew up going to WDW (first trip at 6 months old - eigth trip this week), he is discovering the magic more each trip and showing us the magic that aduts over-looked.

It is an easy choice for us. The kid loves it, it is fairly affordable with APs and I do not have to think to plan it.

 

[MICOL]

I never understood the addiction until I went for the first time two years ago and now we are going back for our 3rd trip in 3 years. Now I am hooked. Must be the Magic.

 

[ShaneV]

I have to say I never understood it until recently. Growing my parents would take me about once a year. I had a great time, but never understood why we just went to WDW and never anywhere else. I now have a almost 4 year old son of my own and our family is hooked. We just took our 3rd trip with our son in early December, and every day since we have been back he talks about the trip! We have to wait "in line" to get on the couch which turns into the monorail, Spaceship earth, the fast car (TestTrack), Buzz, etc. Seeing his face even now as he talks about it makes me very anxiuos to take him back to the Magic!

 

[goofy4tink]

Addictive?? Oh yeah. Mine started after my first visit in '99. Yes. I'm a latecomer to the addiction. Now these boards just fuel my addiction. My poor dh says I need a support group. Good morning support group!!!!!