When you aren't excited for your trip?

[nw6675]

I know most posts are about being over the top excited. Occasionally there is the ones about the family not being excited.

I am not excited. I have lost all enthusiasm. We leave in 2 weeks for 10 days and yes, we've been twice this year already, but after having fun planning as usual - I just don't care. I'm not sure my family cares either.

Granted, and some of you already know which I don't hide, I suffer from severe manic/depression. When I'm high I'm high, and when I'm low I'm very low. Thankfully MOST of the time I'm good and don't have an issue at all.

We have fun things planned - fireworks cruises, fishing, VIP at SeaWorld, but I'm just blah.

If you pray, please pray. If you send good thoughts and wishes, that works too . If you think I need to suck it up buttercup and put my big girl panties on - yeah, I'm with you all, too.

All this to say - the holidays don't always make people cheerful and ready to take on the world. Fancy Disney trips don't always make the world better either. Be thankful for the love and family in your life....and sweet DIS friends who sometimes are better than the real life ones!!

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I didn't know what emoji use for your post, so I went with Thumbs Up just to let you know that I care.

I had a similar experience on my December 2006 solo trip. I planned it with a lot of enthusiasm and really looked forward to it...but then I sort of crashed and began to not really care whether I went or not. I kept a journal for that trip, and for the days beforehand, and it's full of me writing about how I just wasn't excited. In my case I think it was because I had lost my mother that May, because the journal is also full of me missing her. I even had a big cry in my hotel room one night because I just wasn't feeling the magic like I usually do, I missed my Mom, and I had really wanted to have a good time to start the healing process from her death.

But yeah. Realizing that maybe you're just not in the mood for a WDW trip when you're having to go and then getting there and going through the motions is awful. Thank God for that journal I kept, because it kept me sane that week.

I'm sending you all the good vibes I have...but it's fine to not feel like you want to be doused in pixie dust. It happens to all of us at some point.

 

[nw6675]

@BlueStarryHat I know we can be kindred spirits at time so thank you for responding.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Wishing you well, @eksmama01. Once there, you' probably perk up and look forward to what you have planned for each day. I've been there like you a few times, always did well once there. 's

 

[Magical2017]

The thought of planning a trip to Disney right now does not excite me, either. I still want to go back, but not anytime soon. We are planning a different vacation which I am very excited about (watching videos, joined a FB travel group, bought a map and travel guides, books accommodations and air, etc.). I know YDS would love to go back to Universal so we will probably go after Epic opens.

 

[nw6675]

@Dan Murphy I know everybody is always telling you how great you are - lol - but you ARE.

 

[Sweettears]

Hope you go and have a good time. WDW is my happy place and I go often to clear my head and get grounded. Most of the time it works out fine but not always. Maybe take a break for a bit. I go once a year. Three times might diminish the experience and benefit to me.

 

[gmi3804]

Maybe take advantage of your current mood to do what you want on the trip instead of doing what you think you should do. You can't plan for "magic;" it just happens when you're en route to something else, when you least expect it.

 

[nw6675]

Maybe take advantage of your current mood to do what you want on the trip instead of doing what you think you should do. You can't plan for "magic;" it just happens when you're en route to something else, when you least expect it.

@gmi3804 another favorite poster

 

[Kitty 34]

Without saying a whole lot, Eksmama01, I can sympathize.

 

[disneychrista]

I think the loss of enthusiasm is why I haven’t made a trip since 2016. Was supposed to go in 2022 but COVID was surging, crowds were crazy and the whole reservation thing just made me say forget it. Thought about going this year but just can’t get excited.

 

[QueenIsabella]

I know what you're saying. I mentioned on another thread that I'm going to Maui over Thanksgiving, because my husband's been sent there with the Army Corps of Engineers. He's actually already there, we fly out on Friday. FRIDAY! Holy Crap! I should be excited about going to Hawaii, but it seems so overwhelming! On the good side, it's been rainy today, so it's been a good time to dig out swim shoes and snorkels and reef shirts and all. I had held off some, because I had to get DH out the door (he left early Thursday morning).

On the good side, we have all the reservations we need (car, hotel, etc.). And, while poking through my bags to see which one to bring, I found $600 in cash, left over from our summer trip. Score!

I have no idea what we'll do for Thanksgiving, but my oldest DD, who's meeting us there, suggested we see if there will be some kind of soup kitchen type of Thanksgiving meal for displaced locals. If we can, we'd love to help serve food to those who have lost so much.

Anyway, sorry to make this about me. Not to make it even worse, but I struggle with Christmas, too--and now, all my Christmas plans are shelved until we get back.

I hope you are feeling better, and have a wonderful trip. Gmi3804 is right--magic happens, you can't plan for it. Some of my kids favorite memories from vacations--WDW and elsewhere--have been little unplanned moments that almost seemed like "throwaways" at the time.

 

[White Cat]

Good luck. Hope it’s enjoyable for you. 10 days would be too long for me at Disney although I have a home close by and can go when I want. That long away I might fly to home and return to the trip.

 

[Rogue1677x]

I understand the feeling completely. I've got a trip to San Francisco with my daughter to visit a friend that I haven't seen in 8 years. In April we're going to Paris as an early graduation gift for our daughter. In August it's a girl's trip to Disney for a week.

Normally I would be over the top excited, I love traveling. But I just feel meh about it all. My neurologist has said it may be because the increase of seizures though, which do affect my moods and I'm waiting on the report of any changes on a brain tumor that I've had for years. It's benign, but it might have grown a bit and is also affecting me in some way as well.

I hope you do enjoy your trip, sometimes it's just the time beforehand that is just so blah. Either way, sending positive energy your way.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

I'm never excited for the trip. Then I go and I wonder why I ever even thought twice about going.

 

[nw6675]

Without saying a whole lot, Eksmama01, I can sympathized.

Thank you kitty. Every time I see you, I also think of @Kittyblue who I know is out there too

I know what you're saying. I mentioned on another thread that I'm going to Maui over Thanksgiving, because my husband's been sent there with the Army Corps of Engineers. He's actually already there, we fly out on Friday. FRIDAY! Holy Crap! I should be excited about going to Hawaii, but it seems so overwhelming! On the good side, it's been rainy today, so it's been a good time to dig out swim shoes and snorkels and reef shirts and all. I had held off some, because I had to get DH out the door (he left early Thursday morning).

On the good side, we have all the reservations we need (car, hotel, etc.). And, while poking through my bags to see which one to bring, I found $600 in cash, left over from our summer trip. Score!

I have no idea what we'll do for Thanksgiving, but my oldest DD, who's meeting us there, suggested we see if there will be some kind of soup kitchen type of Thanksgiving meal for displaced locals. If we can, we'd love to help serve food to those who have lost so much.

Anyway, sorry to make this about me. Not to make it even worse, but I struggle with Christmas, too--and now, all my Christmas plans are shelved until we get back.

I hope you are feeling better, and have a wonderful trip. Gmi3804 is right--magic happens, you can't plan for it. Some of my kids favorite memories from vacations--WDW and elsewhere--have been little unplanned moments that almost seemed like "throwaways" at the time.

I actually think you live in my hometown I'm not an internet stalker, I promise and I won't say where. I'm one of the few born and bred there and not a transplant. LOL Thank you for your kind words. I've followed you since the story about your brothers.

Good luck. Hope it’s enjoyable for you. 10 days would be too long for me at Disney although I have a home close by and can go when I want. That long away I might fly to home and return to the trip.

Thanks White Cat. This is probably too forward, but I know some people may not agree with where you come from sometimes, but you've been a good friend to me.

 

[QueenIsabella]

Thank you kitty. Every time I see you, I also think of @Kittyblue who I know is out there too

I actually think you live in my hometown I'm not an internet stalker, I promise and I won't say where. I'm one of the few born and bred there and not a transplant. LOL Thank you for your kind words. I've followed you since the story about your brothers.

Thanks White Cat. This is probably too forward, but I know some people may not agree with where you come from sometimes, but you've been a good friend to me.

Yes, we live in the same city. We moved here in 2015--all but my oldest, who went to college in Boston and still lives in that area. I think we've discussed local colleges--3 of mine go to the local branch of State U. If memory serves, your DD is a chem eng major--my youngest was going to go that route, took 2 semesters of college calculus, and changed to international studies. But, his first choice of college is where your DD attends (again, if I'm remembering correctly).

 

[Kittyblue]

 

[Micca]

Once there, you' probably perk up and look forward to what you have planned for each day.

I agree with Dan here. You've done the work, when you get there the fun will unfold.

 

[nw6675]

Yes, we live in the same city. We moved here in 2015--all but my oldest, who went to college in Boston and still lives in that area. I think we've discussed local colleges--3 of mine go to the local branch of State U. If memory serves, your DD is a chem eng major--my youngest was going to go that route, took 2 semesters of college calculus, and changed to international studies. But, his first choice of college is where your DD attends (again, if I'm remembering correctly).

Not me!

@Kittyblue you are an angel hovering