Why do some DIS'ers

[Mellie2162]

Feel that it is absolutely necessary to go to WDW every single year? Im just curious about this. I post some, but I lurk a lot and I noticed that some people get really bent out of shape if they can't make it back to the "world" for a vacation the next year. Some feel that they "need" to go back and vacation while their kids are little, they owe it to them. What is that about? We've been a couple of times, once when my sister took us, and twice on our own. The last time we went was around 2000, I think, its been so long I cant remember. Anyway, the point is I guess is that while I like going there and would love to have another vacation there I dont feel it is a need and I certainly would not argue with my DH about planning a trip there nor would I scrape up money and plan it so that I barely had the funds to be there with. If we cant save up an ample amount to go on then why bother? I dont know I just dont get why some DIS'ers feel that they "have" to go there every single year. Ok, rant is over, back to your regularly scheduled posts.

 

[cepmom]

I saw that post too...I guess it's because they are just so enthralled with Disney We seem to go every year too, but more often than not, it's something just isn't planned for an every year trip, it just falls into place that way. It's not like I say "we must go every year" Each time the past couple of trips, I said this is it for a while, then we get enough miles for free flights, great deals ona hotel etc and another trip is born lol.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I don't know--I often wonder the same thing when I read here. It is like there is some addictive property in the pixie dust confetti or something
I love WDW and we did go pretty often when the kids were little. It was (for at the time with APs and driving there) about the cheapest vacation we could do and was a lot of fun to boot. But, I never felt we "owed" it to the kids (or ourselves) that we "needed" to go there (or anywhere) even if funds were tight, that I couldn't enjoy a year without a trip to the world to plan, etc.
If anything, I feel like I "owe" it to my kids to make sure that if we have the funds and time to travel that they see a variety of what the world has to offer and not only an amusement park (even though it is a great amusement park).

 

[Liberty Belle]

I certainly don't feel the need to go every year (and it's a darn good thing, because we couldn't afford it), but I do feel like I should take my kids when they're young, if it's at all possible. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. If someone else doesn't feel it's necessary, good for them.

Does it bother you?

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

Going every year in no different than having APs. WDW is very special to some people for whatever reason and so when something throws that off, it's natural to get a little upset.

I'd go every year if I could, but that's because I love the parks. I love being there. I love completely disconnecting from the outside world for a few days. I love being able to go somewhere where it's okay to feel like a kid and believe in things that aren't real. I have a lot of special memories at both WDW and DL.

 

[Allison]

Personal choice-personal tastes.

 

[DisneyKT]

Because I want too. I like going and I have fun. So I bring my kids along and they like it. Do I go other places yes I do. But my whole family likes going. I don't feel I owe it to anyone to go but myself. I might fit in another trip this year if I feel like it. We will see.

 

[ndelaware]

We go every year because we own DVC.

And we bought DVC so we can go every year.

It's our vacation of choice.

 

[kellyg403]

We normally go every Dec. And every Dec we say next year we will go somewhere else. Then Feb comes around and one the kids ask if are going again. By June we are wondering if we should. By July we are booked. Its strange...but we enjoy wdw and always have a reason to go. A relative is going and wants us to go, grandkids going and we want to see their reaction etc.

That being said, if we can't afford it we don't go. If we can't figure out how to save the money to go, we don't go. We have been lucky and been able to go each year. We don't spend much once we get there..except when the grandkids go..but its actually a great place for a family with varying ages to find something to do.

I am sure come Feb we will go in the same circle. But dh has already said if we go next year its adults only!

Kelly

 

[Mellie2162]

Does it bother you?

No, it doesnt bother me at all, what people do in their lives is their business not mine. I was just curious why some folks feel that they "have" to do a trip like that to the point of arguing with a spouse or even scraping up funds to do it.

I mean dont get me wrong, I love WDW too and would love to go back again, just dont feel like its something I would argue with DH about doing or spending every last dollar on to do.

 

[Mellie2162]

Oh wait, I think maybe im misunderstood. I dont mean why do you go back to WDW year after year...Heck if I could afford to go I would too, I love the world..my question was why do some folks feel the need to have to go even if their circumstances dont really allow them to...does that make sense or am I still not phrasing it right?

 

[Rora]

DH and I try to go every year. We don't care about Table Service restaurants or staying at the Contemporary each time we go but we do like to go and get away from "real life". Even if it's just for a weekend.

We're lucky enough to have FL resident rates on our side which makes things more affordable as well as my parents are DVC members. Also, it's only the two of us and we can make do with cutting out a meal or an extra snack that would be difficult to do if we had children. In addition, we're happy to cut costs by staying off property or staying in the Value resorts. Why do we go yearly? Because we like to. Do we go if we have no money to go? No.

EDIT: I have no clue why people do anything if they don't have the funds too. From a new shirt to a trip to Disney, if you don't have the money, why are you going?! Baffles me. But, hey, to each his own.

 

[MIGrandma]

If others want to go to WDW every year, it's none of my business.

Personally, I don't think I would want to go every year even if I had the chance to. There are too many other places to go.

The last trip there for DH and myself was January 2001 so nearly 10 years ago now. I went in March 2008 with my Mom, and at the moment I do have a trip "saved" on WDW's website but we haven't pressed the button to "book it" yet so I'm not sure we'll go this January or not. I would love to, but it won't kill me if we don't.

It won't be many more years before we start spending a couple of months each winter in Florida, and when that happens I'm sure we'll go more often since we'll be so close.

 

[Toad_Passenger]

I'm one of those who wishes we could go every year, but it just hasn't been possible, yet. Next year we will be in a position to finally purchase DVC, which will allow us to go every year.

Our kids are still young, and starting a yearly Disney "tradition" is something that I hope they will hold dear for their entire life. My yearly trips to the beach with my family are some of my greatest memories, and even though we stayed in the same house, at the same beach, with the same boardwalk & rides, it NEVER got old to me.

I will also say that my other reason is a bit strange. I suffer from terrible health anxieties, so going every year helps to ease my mind that I will get to WDW one last time before something terrible happens to me. It's a very tough anxiety to live with, always thinking the worst with every headache, every cough, not to mention the fact that I'm a very "mole-y" person and I obsess about them constantly.

Having a yearly WDW trip is something that will bring a constant to my life, and will help me create some lasting memories for my children, should my fears ever come to fruition.

I guess my response is a bit long, but it boils down to what a PP said, different people = (vastly) different reasons.

 

[mhsjax]

Well this is the "Dis board" so most people here probably love Disney to begin with, and why does it matter where they want to go on vacation to.

I know what pp you are talking about. so in her defense and I don't really know her but I have an idea about the type pf person her hubby may be.

My dad sounds just like the pp hubby, he worked hard all of his life, my mom wanted to travel and I mean anywhere, she didn't care. He didn't want to, said he wanted to save money, never know when you may need it. Well they both passed away in their middle 80's. My mom, who never asked for much, never got to travel, we did give them a cruise for their 50th anniversary so they had to go, she loved it, dad thought it was ok.

I guess dad's plan worked out, he had a good amt of savings to leave to us. And with what he left, my mom could have traveled the world numerous times and stayed within luxury hotels, But mom never got her wish, I would give anything to have her back and give her back the money so she could travel.

In short, it isn't yours or anyones business where and when or if someone wants to go on vacation. Maybe that poster knows that her hubby won't go unless forces, I don't know.

I do know that we go every year sometimes more than once, but we can take day trips. I don't care if anyone thinks we are crazy. Until they pay my bills and I live with them it isn't any of their business.

 

[cabanafrau]

I am absolutely amazed when I read posts from a husband or wife whose spouse says they would like to vacation elsewhere for a change. Then the poster asks for help coming up w/ a way to sway their spouse's opinion? What's truly sickening is the ones who enlist their child's help to get their way, many times revealing that there's only one of their kids that might be interested in going to Disney again and the other sibs want to go somewhere else, too!

Factor in financial issues & all I end up thinking is grow up. Disney vacations are fun, but they aren't the be all, end all to the exclusion of every other vacation -- and your spouse and/or family's wants.

 

[goofy4tink]

Do I go every year? Yep, sometimes more than once (usually twice). BUT...that's only if I can afford to go. When I go to WDW on my own, it doesn't cost me a ton of money..I eat cheaply, I have an AP, I own DVC. So, the biggest expense is going to be airfare.
If I were to be having trouble paying my daily expenses at home, you can bet your bippy I wouldn't be going to WDW. That's just plain irresponsible. No way am I jeopardizing my house or cars so that I can go ride Space Mt one more time!!!

 

[mhsjax]

I am absolutely amazed when I read posts from a husband or wife whose spouse says they would like to vacation elsewhere for a change. Then the poster asks for help coming up w/ a way to sway their spouse's opinion? What's truly sickening is the ones who enlist their child's help to get their way, many times revealing that there's only one of their kids that might be interested in going to Disney again and the other sibs want to go somewhere else, too!

Factor in financial issues & all I end up thinking is grow up. Disney vacations are fun, but they aren't the be all, end all to the exclusion of every other vacation -- and your spouse and/or family's wants.

So you know these people and what exactly her kids and spouse want? My mom would have enlisted anyones help to get my dad to go somewhere but it didn't work. Some people are anti vacation and they refuse to go anywhere.

 

[Mellie2162]

Thanks for all the replies...it's interesting to hear the different responses and truly its none of my business at all what other people do in their lives, just a curiosity why I guess.

 

[tlbwriter]

I love WDW and would be happy to go every year, but there are other things we'd like to see/do as well. If we have to put off paying a bill to go to WDW, we aren't going. And I can't imagine trying to connive my husband into going there if he'd really like to go somewhere else. I haven't read the other post and don't know who you're referring to, but if someone is actually LYING to their spouse in order to get a WDW trip, I certainly hope it is because, as others suggested, that this is the only way to get him to do something that he ultimately ends up enjoying. It's not outside the realm of possibility - I do know who really have to be forced into enjoying themselves.