Would/Have you gone alone w/out DH/DW?

[momshark]

Please tell me if you would or have gone on vaca to WDW alone , without your spouse. I love WDW, but DH does not at all. I keep saying that once the kids do not want to go with me any more I will go alone if I must. Will I enjoy WDW still? DH jokes that I could call a Rent A Spouse to go with me.

 

[dlrhine]

Ok...not only have I gone without DH, but I've gone without my 2 DDs, ages 2 and 3 when I went. Now, granted I went to see my best friend who works for Disney, but I still left the family behind, and I had a blast. It is nice to have so you time, to go at your pace, and I found I appreciated them all the more when I got home. Sometimes you just need to miss them.

 

[blueroses]

Go and enjoy. Think of all the money you will save on airfare and meals!

 

[Pryncess'mom]

I did do one trip without DH, but it was a mommy and me trip with my DD. this next trip (week and a half away ) is all 5 of us, but next trip (nov. ) is DH and I!! (Hurray F&W festival!!)


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[mommyofthreeboys]

My DH doesn't want to go in March either. I said I can go without him, but I also reminded him that he's going to miss out on seeing the boys have a great time making memories of a lifetime. The next day he said he would go!

 

[ciera321]

I went one year for a convention and left DH and 2 DS at home. I did go to a few parks and had a good time, but I am still hearing from my older DS "I can't believe you went to DW without us....". (and it's been about 5 years) Now, after so many trips, my DH says every other year...I just don't know if I can stay away that long... I may have to work in a DS and Mom trip!!!

 

[HunnyPots]

I have not done WDW alone but last week I spent a day at Disneyland all by myself and had a blast. Now, granted, DH was there on business so I was not alone in the hotel at night, just for the day. But it was great! I took my time getting from one place to another. I rode all the Fantasyland rides that he never wants to ride. I rode Space Mountain three times and Pirates twice. I ate whenever and wherever felt like. I talked to characters. I shopped to my heart's content without anyone looking over my shoulder at the price tags! It was a great day and I'd do it again in a heartbeat!

 

[eblack0409]

I have only been to WDW with DH...he has been before alone (before we met)....now I couldn't imagine going without him.....and he had better not go without me!!!!!

 

[tmt martins]

I leave Mon for DL 1 day then training in La for a couple more .
I have been to DL,WDW, US &IOA solo due to my traveling .
If I get close to a park I go .
If DW didn't want to go (hasn't happened yet ) then me and DD would just go.We already do this for short weekend beach trips.As long as it's understood and she has no problem with it then either do I.

 

[bev r.]

My 3 kids and I are headed down at the end of March. DH started a new job last November, so he doesn't have vacation accumulated. WDW is not his most favorite place to go so that's why we are leaving him behind.

In 1991, he did the same thing, so my sister and I went together to WDW.

 

[daisyduck123]

My mom & I have taken my DD11 & DS7 and stayed at POP for 8 day stretches on 3 separate occasions since May 2004. DH hasn't been since 1976. He may go with us (instead of my mom) for our May trip to POP.

 

[CherylDan]

DD16 and I are going this March. Tried to talk DH and DD21 into joining us, but they both turned it down. So, DD's boyfried and his mom (DDBFM?) are going with us instead. Should be a blast!

 

[Tink215]

Is to go alone for a weekend and do all the things I want to do without worrying who I need to feed or who needs a nap or if the stroller is going to get stolen or who is going to have a melt dowm first, Hubby or the kids, After my last visit I was exhausted physically and emotionally and told hubby that I just cant do it like before, So I would love to go alone and really enjoy!!!!Just imagine it you call all the shots maybe even invite a friend to meet up with if it gets to lonely but it would be great, My good friend just did a day trip to go ride Everst. Her hubby didnt want to go either and she just drove up for the day she also had the same fears but loved every minute of it....Even if its jus for a weekend.........

 

[Syrreal]

This past summer I went for an entire week with 2 of my girlfriends and left DH at home. In a month I will be going down again without DH and in the summer again without DH on our girls' trip. But maybe DH will be able to go in May (he's starting to feel the big withdrawal sicne he hasn't been since last May)

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

I have gone twice on solo trips. They were both because our first trip (first trip for me and the kids EVER) I had an AP for myself to get a better rate on the room (everyone else had park hoppers). We only spent THREE DAYS at the parks.... during the holidays including Christmas day! 3 days WDW, 2 days US/IOA... as you probably know, 3 days is not nearly enough! So I went again a few months later (solo) and then again (solo) before my AP year was up. My kids were younger though and if I'd taken them it would have been HARD with all 3 by myself and only the oldest would have been tall enough to ride most rides- and even then not all of them.

Since then we've gone again as a family but like you (the OP) mentioned- my DH is really not into Disney at all. (I still remember our first few years together he'd gripe about me wearing Disney sweatshirts/etc.- he eventually got over it because I never stopped wearing them. LOL) He tolerates them for the kids but if I want to go often- he'd rather me go by myself than go with. So I've also taken 2 trips alone with the kids by myself (as they got older- and taller LOL). So now I'll take them with me... but if I ever had an AP for any reason again I'd do solo trips again. (unless we all had APs or something)

It really is great to have a break from everything AND ALSO do it at WDW... do whatever you want/when you want.

 

[Nite0wl71]

I went once alone with DD17 and DD9, it was a great trip. DH couldn't get off so it was just me and the girls.

 

[KerryCM]

I have done it every year for the past 6 years. I go with friends for a girls only trip. We have such a great time. I do things that my husband isn't interested in, spa treatments, trying different restaurants, etc. I do go with my husband once a year also.
We stay at the bWI concierge and love the pampering we get there. We have made friends with the cast members there and enjoy returning.
My dream is to go alone one time, but I do have fun with friends.

 

[Tinkim]

I took a trip last Feb/Mar with just my three kids. DH had a new job and wanted to stay home. He says Disney every other year is enough for him. This year we are all going plus my DS13 friend and my friend and her two DDs (9 of us all together). Next year it will probably be just me and the kids again. I was talking to my friend yesterday and we decided that some day we will take a trip just the two of us when the kids are older. But if I had to go alone I probably would.

 

[TammyAlphabet]

I have taken the kids twice and left DH at home, I am doing it again this May. He doesn't want to go and make family memories because Disney is not cool. Ha Ha.

 

[AStamm]

I'm dropping DH off at the airport in a few hours for his trip without DS and I. Since our first trip to WDW in December 2003, we've all turned into such Disney maniacs, that any time it can be worked into the schedule, we're for it. As a teacher I can only accumulate a one week vacation every other year, which we just took in November, so that leaves me out of any school-time trips for quite a while. I think DH will miss us, but still have a great time going on and off all his favorite rides. I do expect to hear him tell me how much he actually missed taking breaks to visit with characters, lining up for parades an hour before and getting a rest in, and not having a nice sit-down meal each day.