Why do YOU need this WDW trip?

[Terk-1]

This has been one of the worst year's for my family & I. In March, my mom suffered a debilitating stroke. In early June she developed pneumonia and held on for 10 days, but lost her fight and passed away. She was not only my mom, but also my best friend and I miss her dearly every day. My nephews do as well. After her passing, I was invited to join some other family members on a trip to WDW and I have been looking forward to it since. My nephew turned to me one day while we were talking about this trip and said how he wished that my mom could go with us and how much he missed her, as he started to cry a little. I told him how I understood what he was feeling and that he should always remember that she will always be with him in his heart. I then told him of an idea that I had and wanted to know how he felt about it. I told him that when we go to WDW, he could pick out a balloon that he thought she would really like and when he was ready, he could give the balloon a kiss, then release it and send it up to her in heaven. He loved this idea (as did his brothers) and he felt much better afterwards. Everytime I think of this, it makes me cry, but knowing it helped him is worth it.

 

[Rozzie]

things have been downright stressful after the hurricane, doing repairs to the house, plus finding out DH is getting a promotion and we will be having to sell the house we love. This is our last trip before he starts his new job, more hours, we will have to live apart some nights as we can't sell our house yet...(who wants to buy a house with blue tarps all over it... )

but after reading these posts, i feel like an inch tall thinking "I" deserve one. Pixie dust and prayers to all of ya'll out there, there are some tough cookies on the DIS.......

 

[miste76]

I need to go to WDW because I'm ADDICTED!!!!

But I also liked what amandadaddy said too.

 

[2BOYMOM]

Because I need my Haunted Mansion fix.......

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Originally posted by Rozzie
...but after reading these posts, i feel like an inch tall thinking "I" deserve one. Pixie dust and prayers to all of ya'll out there, there are some tough cookies on the DIS.......

Rozzie,

I cannot even being to imagine the stress of going through the hurricanes! Have not been in a serious one since I was a child.

The timing of your DH's promotions sounds like a mixed blessing - I've heard from Floridian friends that it might take months before anyone can get to the repairs.

Hang in there...and thank Goodness for WDW! Whatever our reason may be for our Disney visit, it brings smile and warm hearts!!!

Christine
p.s. Thanks for the pixie dust and prayers Same back to you

 

[Magalex]

We haven't been to WDW since 1996. First time with DS(4) and to feel the magic for one week. To handle the little and big ups and downs of everyday life.

 

[DeterminedOne]

Wow, this is good stuff! Helps me put my problems in perspective. Thanks for sharing. I knew there were others out there really needing THIS trip. Blessings to you all!

 

[ironz]

Wow....Pixie dust to everyone!

I'm going because I have wanted to go to Food and Wine fest for a long time. And since my bf broke up with me just over 2 weeks ago, now I'm going to be in a place where "happily ever after" exists...and dreams and wishes and the whole fairy tale...one day I'll find mine.

 

[WDWprincessloyola]

HHHHmmmmm....reasons why I need a Disney trip.

Well I am in college now and that means a lot of changes. Going to WDW means that I get to be with my family in a "happy" setting. I can escape from college life, studying or struggling as the case may be, I get the chance to act like a kid again and take a break from the constant question of "What are you going to do with the rest of your life?" It gives my family the chance to be together since it usually is that I am at school, I have appointments, or that I am in a theatre production. Imagine the time that your father gets home from work, I am heading out! By the time I get back everyone is usually asleep! WDW brings us back together for a least a week and a half. Now if I can only hide my father's palm pilot during that time....

 

[Poohbear123]

s to all, and enjoy your trips! I NEED this WDW trip, because I haven't been there since June.

 

[LibertyLover]

After nearly giving up hope of ever having a child, last year my DH and I became parents of a wonderful little girl from China. From the minute we knew we were going to be parents we promised ourselves that we would bring her to WDW to experience the magic of a place that exists to make people happy (yeah, it also exists to make money, but I own Disney stock so it's ok - LOL) and is clean, fun, educational, exciting, lovely, has pleasant, helpful people working there and is, well, magical. We want her to know fun and happiness and what better place than WDW.

 

[barbeml]

DH and I are both overworked, overstressed, sleep deprived and in desperate need of some restorative DWD magic!

We are taking my BIL with us, and he has NEVER had a week-long vacation that involved travel out of state, so he is needing this trip bad, too!

I hope everyone has a wonderful & relaxing trip.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

I'm looking forward to sharing WDW with my mother, who has never been and is 81yo. She is very excited about the trip and it will be fun to be with her when she experiences everything for the first time. Way cool!

Also, I'm looking forward to watching her watch my 4yo enjoy himself. I know that she will like that.

It will be a very special trip--I know they're all special, but this one will always hold special memories.

T&B

 

[Belle5]

My only brother wanted our two families to meet in WDW and have our first vacation together in June of 2005. 11 weeks ago he passed away. He died of sudden cardiac arrest. (My father died of the same thing when I was 11) I want to go to my favorite place and hopefully put a little spark back into my life. Right now I have moments of happiness but really feel like I am just getting through the days. We go in February...

 

[IvyandLace]

First of all, I want to thank all of you who took the time to post. Sometimes when you're in the midst of life's struggles, you don't take the time to think about other people, and it was time for me to take my eyes off my own problems. My thoughts and prayers are with you all...especially with those of you who have lost a loved one recently or in years past. When I think of life in terms of my loved ones, I am truly blessed. It doesn't matter that I am currently disabled from a great nursing career or that my DH comes home frustrated everyday from his high school teaching job...I have the love of a family (and a Disney family, at that!) and a faith in a Great God-what more can I ask?

DH and I *need* this trip because it gives us time to focus on "us" in the midst of what life is throwing at us...an uncertain future, health problems, financial difficulties. DH isn't able to go on our first-ever DCL family cruise in late November so our time in December will be a "thank you" from me to him for sharing me with my extended family. It will give us time to be kids-at-hearts in a truly magical place away from reality. It will recharge our hearts and help us smile again, to believe again.

It truly is a home-away-from home for us. Throw in the gorgeous Christmas decorations and attractions...well, I can't wait!!

Thanks for a great thread!
IVY

 

[tygerlilli]

my husband and i were last at DisneyWorld from Sept 6-10, 2001. We had such a perfect time there--it was absolutely the best vacation of my life. And the next day, the world changed for the worse.

i associate DisneyWorld with happiness, love and most of all, innocence and i want to get back there again in the worst way. i turn (gulp) 50 this June, so I'm hoping that we can do a combination birthday/anniversary trip in Sept. 2005.

 

[Blueberry]

It has been an eventful year for us...DH had a big promotion at work and so did I, much more stress filled for both of us. We have been to WDW two short weekends this year in March and May, then our trip we planned so long for in September was cut very short by Hurricane Frances....Yes compared to what the people in Florida went through my shortened vacation was small beans. We needed to get away and relax, and the short time we got was just not long enough...We have a chance now to go over Thanksgiving week (had to move our Dec trip for work reasons), and I just cannot wait. All the kids are going to their respective IN LAWS for Thanksgiving, we get them all ever other year at Christmas or Thanksgiving and this is our Christmas year so just us two on our own....I am so excited about it.

I am keeping everyone in my prayers here and pray you all have good vacations. My problems are so small compared to some others, kinda brings it all down to size reading some of these stories here.....

 

[DepCor0311]

Wow...Great thread...Just shows how theraputic a trip to WDW can be and what the place means to so many people...

We are aching to go on our trip for a couple of reasons...DGF (thats the beautiful girl in the pic below) and I both work for a very busy Coroner's Office (Me as an investigations supervisor, her as a coroner technician) and are elbow deep in death all day. Don't get me wrong, we love our jobs and would never complain, but after making death notifications and doing autopsies all year, we could use a little break.

Additionally, DGF may be leaving the state to go to law school (Heck yeah I'm proud of her) and this may be our last chance for a long getaway for a few years.

Anyway, I hope everyone has a great, stress relieving trip!!!

 

[Minnie&Nana]

Originally posted by DepCor0311
Wow...Great thread...Just shows how theraputic a trip to WDW can be and what the place means to so many people...

We are aching to go on our trip for a couple of reasons...DGF (thats the beautiful girl in the pic below) and I both work for a very busy Coroner's Office (Me as an investigations supervisor, her as a coroner technician) and are elbow deep in death all day. Don't get me wrong, we love our jobs and would never complain, but after making death notifications and doing autopsies all year, we could use a little break.

Additionally, DGF may be leaving the state to go to law school (Heck yeah I'm proud of her) and this may be our last chance for a long getaway for a few years.

Anyway, I hope everyone has a great, stress relieving trip!!!

How interesting! Must be very difficult some times, but you are sooo needed. When we got the call from the ME Office about my son it made all the difference in the world how they told us the news.
Thank you for all you do for those of us who have lost loved ones

Yes, this is a great thread..and shows that, indeed, Walt's dream has come true for us

Maybe everyone's Disney visit be magical!

 

[disneyfanatic60]

My needs for this trip are quite simple. I've always had two dreams pertaining to a WDW trip. The first was to stay at the Grand Floridian and the second was to see WDW in all it's X-mas spendor and decorations. I will achieve these two goals in early December with my daughter (17).

More importantly, this trip is about making memories that last a life time. I lost my Mom after a 10 yr. battle with Alzheimer's in May at the age of 64. After watching our family suffer with my Mom's loss of memory at such a very young age, I truly began to appreciate so much more just how much those memories mean to us later in life and how fragile the people we love really are.

My daughter and I were to be at WDW just five days after she passed. We did postpone the trip two weeks. Needless to say, the trip despite being wonderful was rather somber and quiet. My daughter will be graduating from high school in May and this will more than likely be our last trip of many, many trips for quite some time.

So my goal--make even more special memories for my daughter so she (and I) can cherish those for the rest of our lives!


Michele