What is the intent of your trip? What will the VIP tour give you that 2-3 additional days in the parks (and with your family) will not?
That’s a good question and one I’ve have a hard time answering. The main reason I was thinking of doing a VIP was being the holidays. I was worried about it being so busy, and that it would make it a lot more enjoyable — but I’ve also heard it really only gets you into LL. The VIP also has been a bucket list of mine. Everyone in my family would appreciate it but it probably would not grass how special it was if I’m being 100% honest. Do not get me wrong. They will be over the moon about not waiting 45+ minutes in line and they would know it was a very big deal. It’s also a very special trip and not just because it’s the kids first. They’re older siblings (they are adult) have all been to DL/WDW and we plan to bring them all in a big family trip in the future. We have had to reschedule this trip sadly several times due to a lot of pretty devastating factors my brother died very unexpectedly January 2020. Then Covid hit and we were some of the people who really had to quarantine It was the only way for us to have any type of in person with my in-laws. I have asthma so I had to be also cautious. Then my father-in-law died, but he did live a very long and very fulfilling and happy life, but it definitely was hard in our family. Less than two weeks before Christmas last year I was hit by a drunk driver and it was a pretty bad accident. Thankfully, no one died and I know firsthand that it could’ve been a lot worse. My sister was kind of car accident went back in 2007. I was also thankful the only one in the car but I spent 6 months recovering from a pretty TBI. it was hard because where I looked 'normal' I wasn’t physically or mentally and I was going to the doctor 3 to 4 times a week for vision, PT, cognitive, and another type of appointment, but I’m also beyond lucky that I also was able to have access to be able to go to all of those without having to wait. I also developed post concussion POTS. But I’m alive and even with all that, I’m more intuned with body than I ever have been I’m probably actually maybe even healthier than I’ve been ever in my life — because I really have to be and I just cannot be and I work out six days a week, but don’t get me wrong there’s still hard days. But as cliché as it sounds, and maybe the only people that might really understand this might be on this forum is the one thing that really got me through all of it was planning the silly trip or I should say trips, lol when I laid in an 1.5hr MRI, I seriously closed my eyes the whole time and just thought about bringing my daughter to
Disneyland & the upcoming college tours, we’re doing with our youngest son. I think I sat on sofa for 6 months that I wasn’t at the doctors office looking at different vacation things to try to take my mind off thing disassociating — which I know is not healthy, but it’s what got me through especially when I was dealing with debilitating migraines & vertigo.
Don’t get me wrong there’s been a lot of amazing things that has happened the last 5 years. Also, it’s just been speckled away a lot of heartache, but it’s also proven to me that I have a lot stronger than ever was.
Unfortunately, because I’ve spent so much time focused on looking especially at this trip. It has made it very hard to make any type of decision. I know that our family’s gonna have an amazing time, no matter what. I don’t believe it’s going to be disappointing at all. So it’s not that I’m worried about something being disappointing — Even if every ride broke down when we were there. Now I’m not gonna lie if there’s no fireworks that is gonna break my heart a little bit but still LOL I’ve just done probably the worst thing anyone can do and maybe over planned. so now I’m almost worried about choosing the wrong thing. It’s funny because also we’re planning another return trip back… So it’s not even like this is a one and done type thing. Even more so because they’re such a big age difference with our youngest daughter We plan on bringing her 1-2x going forward.
Sorry for such a long rant that wasn’t supposed to be as long as I thought it was going to be
I was just nearly out of the fear of not being able to be able to hit, especially fantasyland easily
