Who else gets tired of people saying

[Hockeychic]

Your going again, what is wrong with you? My only regret is we didn't start when the kids where a bit younger.

My DH and I love disney and would like to go at least once every 2 years but people keep knocking us for it???

I like it cause it is somewhere I can go with other families and truly be a kid again. Even my 16 year old DS will do things "cause none of his cool friends will see him"

Someone please give me a good response to this question.

Thanks

 

[goingbackagain]

People tell me that all the time too. I just laugh about it now because a lot of them now come to me for advice. We are getting ready to go again for the 3rd time in less than a year. My kids, 17, 15 and 11 and my husband love it there. It's magical and we have great family memories that they will always treasure. Don't let it get to you! Enjoy the magic! They are missing out!

 

[fun & fancy free]

Oh yes we get the same response. Now though it seems the tides are turning. I have noticed a few of those skeptical friends are now seeking out my advise on how to plan for the best WDW trip. Of course I referr them to the DIS. I can only say the world is full of very different people some migrate around their fav sport or hobby. I am just happy to have the DIS and all of it's wounderful advise. Everytime I feel like talking MOUSE I log on. No longer to I pick up the phone to call a friend. You have all become that to me. I know it sounds alittle corny but it must be true if we are all on these boards.

 

[Banzai]

Yeah, that bothers me. My French teacher is not a big Disney fan, and she always gives me a hard time about it. I just smile. Now, the kids in the school band, who are all going down on Spring Break, are starting to ask me questions, as everyone knows my family and I are Disney addicts.

 

[patsal]

I get that response all the time. I just do my thing. Some people go to the same tropical all inclusive every spring break, some like to camp, I enjoy Disney. For us it is more than the parks. To others the parks are all they can see, so they just don't understand. I figure to each their own, but after years of mediocre vacations or even worse we decided the best fun we have, the most relaxation we get, the most consistant treatment, all experienced at Disney so we choose to go there. For many of my relatives and friends the question would just change from "your going to Disney again?" to "your going on vacation again?"! DH and I have placed a high priority on vacations, others place a priority on collecting things. To each their own, I respect their choice, in turn I expect not to get harassed for mine.

 

[NMAmy]

I get that alot--I just reply that it's the one place I can take my 14 yo dd and have her act like a kid again--she walks arm in arm with me, calls me Mommy, and clamors to sit next to me. She also told me that when we're at WDW, I'm her best friend because none of her other friends are around and I don't have to act like a mom because the only thing we're doing is having fun. We'll keep going there till that stops (which I'm hoping is never!)

 

[goofy4tink]

We get it too. My 31 y/o ds even calls it my 'Disney habit', that I need a 'fix' way too often!!! But, my snappy comeback to them all is this....We've tried renting a beach house on Cape Cod but my dh gets really antsy and then leaves to go to the office after 4 days vacation. WDW is the only place he actually likes to go. There is always something for his to do. He is type A to the core and my dd and I are only too happy to indulge him in a vacation that fits him to a T. Besides, it cost us about $2500 to go to the beach for two weeks and dh was with us for only a total of 5 days!!! I spend $600 for airfare and about $100 per day for food in WDW. We own dvc, which dh suggested doing, so we have paid for our room already.

Nope, most folks don't get it but I no longer care. We will still do those other places in the country but for shorter periods of time.

 

[waltdisneyworlddreamer]

It's so funny, DM and DF think I'm crazy. I think the words they use are I "live in a dream world" Seems like people either have it or they don't. Even though I don't get to go as often as I like, I am always planning my next trip. For Christmas, they gave me money and I spent half of it on Disney guidebooks. My first trip was when I was in middle school. I fell in love from the minute we walked down Main Street. ( that was when it was just MK and EPCOT) I just felt like I was at home, never been there before but magically knew my way around, and since then the magic has never left me. Unfortunately, DF and DM just didn't get it. When I got married that was the first place I wanted to go, when I had my first child that was the first place I wanted to take him, now we are planning a trip with our second child THIS FALL!!!! We've been a lot of places, but no where feels like vacation the way Disney does. Let 'em laugh..we all know better!!!!!!

 

[PamNC]

I get this all the time, especially since we don't have kids. My DH and I have been going since our honeymoon in 1994, often 2x a year, and even 3x a couple of years (2004 included). I feel sorry for the poor chaps that "don't get it." And, this really puzzles me...lots of people here in NC make a yearly trip to our beautiful coast. We also visit the coast. But these same people who say to me "Why are you going there again, you've already been" visit the same beach every year, and even stay at the same place every year. So, why is it okay to visit the same beach every year, but not ok to visit Disney every year?

I gave a real witty response to the "You're going again" statement several years ago. My husband still quotes me. This was when Horizons was still in operation. A co-worker said, "You went to Disney again? You need to expand your horizons." I politely said, "I did, I rode it three times."

PamNC

 

[chimera]

We go every 2-3 months. Our families don't quite understand. But it's always cool when you meet a DVC member or someone else who shares the insanity

 

[ccgegg]

Another comment I hear is "but your kids are too young-- they won't remember it". Well, if we continue going every other year (which we are planning to do), they'll eventually reach the age where they DO remember it. Anyway, does a child have to be able to remember a vacation to enjoy it?

 

[disneysnowflake]

We just went on our first WDW vacation this past Dec.
I sure regret waiting so long to go. My boys are 15 and 11. I could kick myself for waiting so long.

We decided to go back to WDW this October. My friends and family think I'm nuts. I already booked the room and at that time it hadn't even been a month since we got back.

I don't care what anyone else thinks. If I stay home their lives are the same. If I go to France their lives are the same. I think some people are either jealous or are just whiners.

My family is important to me. We really had fun at WDW. The boys would like to do MNSSHP, so we're going back.

 

[cruisin'Mike]

We hear it all the time too. It usually comes from people who drop $$$$$ to rent a shore house for the summer. We belong to DVC, so our room is basically paid for(not counting dues, of course). They tell us WDW is too expensive, and wonder how we don't get bored doing the same things over and over. I just smile and bite my tongue.
We used to get the whole thing about the kids being too young. We took our oldest when he was 6 months. Now he's 7. All three of our kids love it and they talk about things we did several trips ago, so they do remember a lot more than people give them credit for. Plus, it's just a great place where we can spend quality time together as a family. For DW and I, one of the best things is watching their reactions to all the different rides, shows, etc.
I don't let it bother me at all. We just go and have fun with our fellow Disney addicts. Maybe we'll bump into you all there!

Mike

 

[AladdinsPrincess]

Count me in as well! My husband and I have a list of things we want to do at Disney (like eating at all the restaurants and staying at all the hotels!) and it's going to take us a lot of visits to do it all! Some trips, we just want to do the old favorites and relax too. It seems like we almost always stumble across something new though.

Also, WDW really is an escape for me - I feel like I'm really far away from the stress of life when I'm there - even it's just for an overnight trip on a weekend (and even though we only live 90 minutes away!) Everyone has a hobby - Disney just happens to be ours!

 

[NMAmy]

[Originally posted by ccgegg]Another comment I hear is "but your kids are too young-- they won't remember it". Well, if we continue going every other year (which we are planning to do), they'll eventually reach the age where they DO remember it. Anyway, does a child have to be able to remember a vacation to enjoy it?

IMO, the important thing is that YOU will remember the vacation--they won't remember no matter where you go.

 

[scrump]

I used to work abroad in a very schizophrenic love/hate-US environment, and Disney was under the "hate" lists. Whenever I made Disney plans, people would sneer, scoff and ridicule me. Without going into details, I had built up an immunity to all the bitterness and negativity. Looking back now, especially since I've found these boards, I can't imagine ever being so angry or hateful about someone else's vacation plans. I mean, who cares???????

The funny thing is, when I first got back to the states and started getting the "you're going to Disney World again???" questions from people, I was so conditioned to bracing myself for derisive arguments that I visibly bristled and prepared myself for the usual attack-response when I realized that they were really just curious and surprised, as most people are when they ask me here. So I kind of felt sorry for the first couple of people who asked me, but I'm just happy to have found the DIS and to be back closer to HOME!!!

 

[WillCAD]

I just come back with, "You going to Ocean City AGAIN?! You going to Vegas AGAIN?! You playing the same golf course AGAIN!?"

 

[shafke]

How many of these people vacation in the same place every year or so. Some people like going to the beach and baking their brains out for a week every year. I prefer Disney.

 

[lclark0621]

Another comment I hear is "but your kids are too young-- they won't remember it". Well, if we continue going every other year (which we are planning to do), they'll eventually reach the age where they DO remember it. Anyway, does a child have to be able to remember a vacation to enjoy it?

We get that a lot to. My answer is always "But WE will remember his trips. And who cares if he remembers it or not? He has so much fun when we are there at that moment. That is what is important to me."

And when those people who tell me I am nuts for going to Disney World, go back to a beach house ot a cruise or wherever they like to go every year, I say "You are going back there AGAIN? Now what is wrong with YOU."

Turn the tables back on em...LOL

 

[wdwoldtimer]

lol....another recipient of that here!

"You're going AGAIN!?! Don't you get sick of that place? What's there to do there that you can't do at Six Flags?"

Luckily I only get that at work. Most of my friends and all of my family love WDW. But it's to the point that I never tell anyone at work where I'm going anymore and I don't talk about it when I come back. Of course I still get to listen to them tell me everything about where THEY go on vacation...Zzzzzzz.