When did you know you were certifiable?

[babar41]

I've known for years I was slightly (?) Disney obsessed, but our last trip I found out I am certifiable! Here is my story, and I would love to hear yours.

The night before Thanksgiving I wrench my back moving furniture setting up for the next day. Thanksgiving I have dinner for 20+ people. I am moving slow and am in pain, but what you gonna do? Saturday DH and I get on a plane for WDW. Again, I am moving slow and am in pain... but I'm going to Disney and nothing short of death will keep me away. A couple of days later DH and I are walking into Animal Kingdom. I grab his hand and this is the following conversation.

Me: Hurry honey, we have to make it to Expedition Everest
DH: Can we talk like adults just for a minute?
Me: Uh huh.
DH: You wrenched your back.
Me: Uh huh.
DH: You can't walk very well because of your back.
Me: Uh huh.
DH: You can't sit very well because of your back.
Me: Uh huh.
DH: You're not sleeping very well because of the pain.
Me: So what's your point?
DH: And now you want to ride Expedition Everest?
Me: Yes! And we have to hurry before the line gets too long!

Needless to say, I didn't get to ride EE. DH successfully kept me off all rides that I shouldn't ride, used the old distraction method... "Oh look, isn't that a shop you've never been in?" or "Isn't the show you want to see pretty soon?"

So that is when I knew I had really gone certifiable with my Disney obsession. I don't even like roller coasters, but here I was determined to drag my body on EE because I had watched it being built for so long and it was finally open when we were there! Now I have to wait till Thanksgiving this year.

So how about you... what's your story???

 

[danny1649]

Asked why we were at parks 2 hours before offical opening time.They didn't understand my need for Disney to see and do it all.They thought I was a nut.Now they are all on board Disney nuts.

 

[Chester's Mum]

Fairly recently actually. On our last trip in January 06, I started planning my next disney trip, on the plane on the way to Orlando. It was then that I began to accept my perilous condition. Needless to say, I have not been able to hide it from my family and friends. Oh well. I'd rather be crazy at Disney World than anywhere else in the universe...and I've found some great therapy on the boards. This is my happy place.

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

I joined DISboards, enough said.

Last August was perhaps my favorite trip I've ever taken.

 

[minijeanie]

I've known for years I was slightly (?) Disney obsessed, but our last trip I found out I am certifiable! Here is my story, and I would love to hear yours.

The night before Thanksgiving I wrench my back moving furniture setting up for the next day. Thanksgiving I have dinner for 20+ people. I am moving slow and am in pain, but what you gonna do? Saturday DH and I get on a plane for WDW. Again, I am moving slow and am in pain... but I'm going to Disney and nothing short of death will keep me away. A couple of days later DH and I are walking into Animal Kingdom. I grab his hand and this is the following conversation.

Me: Hurry honey, we have to make it to Expedition Everest
DH: Can we talk like adults just for a minute?
Me: Uh huh.
DH: You wrenched your back.
Me: Uh huh.
DH: You can't walk very well because of your back.
Me: Uh huh.
DH: You can't sit very well because of your back.
Me: Uh huh.
DH: You're not sleeping very well because of the pain.
Me: So what's your point?
DH: And now you want to ride Expedition Everest?
Me: Yes! And we have to hurry before the line gets too long!

Needless to say, I didn't get to ride EE. DH successfully kept me off all rides that I shouldn't ride, used the old distraction method... "Oh look, isn't that a shop you've never been in?" or "Isn't the show you want to see pretty soon?"

So that is when I knew I had really gone certifiable with my Disney obsession. I don't even like roller coasters, but here I was determined to drag my body on EE because I had watched it being built for so long and it was finally open when we were there! Now I have to wait till Thanksgiving this year.

So how about you... what's your story???

that is the cutest story ever

how sweet are the two of you!!!!


I am still chuckling over it.


Yes we all have obsessive stories..

but yours is by far the cutest one I have ever heard

 

[JazzySteph]

I think it was my second trip to Disney we had 4 days left and I was already crying about leaving, who knew that 6 months later I would move to Orlando. I go to the parks 4 to 5 times a week...thats pretty insane. It never gets old though I've never been happier in my life!

 

[Kayleebug]

I figured out the I'm nuts about Disney when every conversation I have leads back to something at Disney...

 

[ransom]

I realized by brain has a Hidden Mickey Head shaped bend in it when I admitted to myself that if DW would agree, I'd gladly blow all our savings on visiting WDW as often as humanly possible!

 

[Mrs. T-i-double-g-er]

After hiding behind DH's username (T-i-double-g-err), he sat me down and told me that I am just as Disney obsessed as he is, that I should admit it, and I should get my own %&%^& username.

 

[babar41]

minijeanie... thank you. Sweet of you to say.

It's so nice knowing that while I am nuts, at least I'm in great company!

So, anyone else out there ready to share their story?

 

[yankeepenny]

well, for me, I am not a newbie to the boards, but it is not quite yet a year. (will be in May)
we went last sept, and I was armed with enough info and books to make the week magical. there I was at the age of
39 riding Dumbo-yes, waited that darn long to get to go, and I did it-, and while riding Dumbo that very warm day I said to myself, "self, we need to come back next year, because you have only just begun to see some magic' and low and behold we were not home a few days and i started to plan. and plan . and plan. and the most amazing part??????????

am already planning for 2008, and this years trip has not yet even happened

call me anal, call me certifiable. call me monk-ish. but I am a disser, first and foremost

 

[tchrrx]

Hmmmm...my first trip as an adult was just last year. Since that time, my wardrobe pretty much consists of Disney shirts, watches, purses, crocs, etc.

Some of the clinchers:
1. I bought into DVC site unseen.
2. I only listen to Disney music & have no idea what's popular.
3. One of my student's said, "Do you live in a Mickey Mouse house? I saw it on t.v. and thought maybe it was your house." (I teach kg.)
4. I have already begun packing for my trip that is 93 days away. And, I am getting ready to attempt to iron a Disney patch onto my backpack just b/c I had room for another design on my transfer paper, so why not add Disney to yet another thing!
5. I am addicted to these boards.

 

[Mickey's Goofy Gal]

We carried my DS for the first time when he had just turned 7 and it was my DH's first visit. I went as a child, but it had been years since my visit. It was in 1998 - the year of the fires. When we arrived at POR (Dixie Landings), my son hugged both of us at the same time and thanked us for bringing him and all he had seen was the entrance to WDW and the hotel entrance - yes I cried. To see the sparkle in DH and DS eyes when we entered MK the 1st time was priceless. My parents were with us and that made it very special as well.

In 1999 and 2000, we went for the day while staying in Daytona and carried my niece and nephew. To share their 1st visit to MK was special as well. When my nephew (3) saw Mickey for the 1st time and dropped to his knees saying "its Mickey Mouse, its Mickey Mouse" - yes we all teared up.

DH, DS and I returned for an extended stay in 2005 and it was just as magical for me as the 1st time. Yes, I teared up when we left MK for the last time during that visit and asked when we could come back.

In 2006, we carried my DS's GF (15) for the day to MK since she had never been - again we were staying in Daytona. I was determined that I was gonna see Tink fly from the castle because I had missed her for one reason or another every trip before. We almost had to run from BTMR to get to the castle before the fireworks started. Yes at 42 yrs old, I stood there with 2 teens and had chill bumps & tears when the music started and Tink flew from the castle.

My love of WDW has spread around the building at work, so each time a co-worker gets ready to go, they look me up and ask for pointers and I get to share the magic with them!!! Then when they return, I get to feel the excitement when they share their memories with me!!!

 

[vancesmom]

When I wanted to name my first born Elias after Walt Elias Disney. DH didn't go for it but maybe next time.

 

[Mickey's Goofy Gal]

In 2005, when we left MK, DH said this is it - say good-bye - this is my last time - not coming back again (ever) - so don't start begging before we ever leave. Within a year, he said - "when we go back, I wanna stay at WL". Maybe some of my obsession is rubbing off on him - already rubbed off on the DS!

 

[babar41]

well, for me, I am not a newbie to the boards, but it is not quite yet a year. (will be in May)
we went last sept, and I was armed with enough info and books to make the week magical. there I was at the age of
39 riding Dumbo-yes, waited that darn long to get to go, and I did it-, and while riding Dumbo that very warm day I said to myself, "self, we need to come back next year, because you have only just begun to see some magic' and low and behold we were not home a few days and i started to plan. and plan . and plan. and the most amazing part??????????

am already planning for 2008, and this years trip has not yet even happened

call me anal, call me certifiable. call me monk-ish. but I am a disser, first and foremost

Yankeepenny... There is a magic about Dumbo, isn't there! I too have stood in that looooong line to ride my favorite elephant. And I didn't have any children with me! DH doesn't ride Dumbo, he stands outside the fence taking my picture. According to him there is nothing like a Disney smile!

 

[dznyacct]

the license plate on my car is DZNY NUT. I've had that plate for ~ 10 years and lots of folks in town know me by it. One funny "you know you're Disney obsessed when" story took place at Mass one Sunday. A baby was being baptized during Mass and at the end our priest held the baby up for the congregation to see. I turned to my son and said "It's just like The Lion King when Simba is held up by his father ~ aahh saquenya (I know that's not spelled right, but I'm sure you get the point!)" . My son thought I had totally lost it!

 

[Cruz91]

I knew I was obsessed when I walked through the gates for the first time at the end of last February (2006). That trip was about 10 or 11 days. We went back for just over two weeks in November, and are leaving for our THIRD trip in the last 12 months this week. Yeah, I'm obsessed. Luckily - so is the rest of the fam!

 

[Quicklabs]

When we became DVC members, even though we have no kids and were already in our mid and late 40s!

 

[bgdiznee]

I think I have finally gone over the edge on my Disney obsession at least my family thinks so. I already have our next trip to the world completely planned out and booked and we still have our current one to go- Mar 12 -17. HEY WAIT A MINUTE, no one in my family said no to a second trip this year! That must mean the condition is contagious . I guess we have to be quantined at Disney .