When is long too long?

[Pluto 2]

have you thought of going on a disney cruise to break the time up?
have fun

 

[drakethib]

Grandpa.

You may be the only person who can answer that question. Both my wife and I love Disney but at the 5 day mark I am ready to get home.

My wife could do a month standing on her head.

Enjoy your trip

 

[ksoehrlein]

Both my wife and I love Disney but at the 5 day mark I am ready to get home.

My wife could do a month standing on her head.

DH? Is that you, honey?

 

[NJOYURLIFE]

I was lucky to enjoy my first ever extended WDW stay, 4 weeks this past August. We were able to focus on alot of things that we were never able to do before. I also think that we were able to enjoy some of the stuff more because we weren't trying to get alot in at once. Instead of enjoying a park a day, we would hit up a particular section of a park and thoroughly explore it. My son got to do all 6 of the character drawing lessons at MGM. Normally he'd only be allowed to stay and do one or two before we needed to move on. We also got to know some of the cast members in the parks because they remembered us.

I do know that one thing I always regret is that I rarely get to meet other DISsers when we are down there. We actually got to spend some time with 2 DIS families.

For us, the time went by super fast. I am not retired, but I am lucky to be self employed where I was able to do any work I needed to do from my laptop. I hope I am able to do it again and that I won't have to wait until I retire to do it.

 

[BroganMc]

Anyone who says it is too long either (a) has never been on a vacation of any length or (b) is raving jealous.

My dad and I (he semi-retired and me self-employed) discovered the fine art of vacationing about 5 years. First it was one week stays in Disney and Williamsburg. We took 2 vacations a year, then 3, then 4. Next it was a 2 week stay in Disney last October, following a very hectic family mega trip in March of one week.

The one week is just not enough for us to enjoy Orlando anymore. We like having half days, restful mornings or evenings, time by the pool and meandering through the parks, resort hopping for meals and whatnot.

Finally convinced my siblings (all married with kids) to try an extended stay in Williamsburg this year. One brother split the time with the beach for two weeks. They packed up the suburban, 4 kids, a ton of food and settled in for a long vacation. Best one they ever took. In a couple weeks we'll be doing something similar in a 10 day cruise to the Caribbean (with his family of 6).

I have another brother who can't envision a cruise longer than 5 days or trip longer than 7. Crying shame as his kids are young enough (and he's also self employed) to allow them the extended travel time.

Enjoy Florida while the rest of us freeze. I'd love to sneak out in February for a quick trip but other arrangements next year are interfering. I have 4 trips already in the planning Spring through late Fall. Oh and I have another 12 day trip planned for December this year. It'll wreak havoc with my usual Christmas plans, but it may just get me through the long, cold winter.