Would you tire of the parks if you moved to Orlando?

[fla4fun]

Well, I have been living a few miles away for 30 years and I am not tired yet.

 

[Traveling on cc points]

We don’t live in Orlando but a little under an hour away and we don’t get sick of the parks but don’t go as often as we though we would.
Life, jobs ect.. get in the way.

We go about once or twice a month.

 

[sk!mom]

I’d tire of Florida. Wait, I’m already tired of Florida. The heat, the humidity, the governor, the politics…

 

[longboard55]

We live close to Disneyland, its a different trip, I would say maybe 3 or 4 hours, get a few snacks and mostly people watch. Nice way to get out of the house

 

[darnheather]

I’d tire of Florida. Wait, I’m already tired of Florida. The heat, the humidity, the governor, the politics…

I grew up in Florida and feel you.

 

[JLTraveling]

As some people have alluded to, living near the parks fundamentally changes how you interact with them. For context, I grew up about 40 minutes from the Orlando parks. When I was little we went once a year (day trip) for my birthday. By the time I was a preteen we had seasonal passes, then annuals. I also worked at the parks off and on for a while.

Consequently, I never viewed the parks as a vacation. Sometimes we'd get a room on property for 3-4 days if there was a great FL resident discount. But then it wasn't about the parks at all, it was about the resort. As for the parks, it was always perfectly normal to head to Epcot for dinner and Illuminations. Or to go to MK and spend a few hours just hanging out on Main Street watching the world go by. Or do the 4 parks (Disney) in one day challenge or even the 6 parks (Disney + Universal) in one day challenge. Or play every Mouse Adventure or similar scavenger hunt that came up.

Or even just incorporating the parks into daily life. I took a phone interview for a job from the World Showcase (and ended up getting the job and staying 4 years). My dad and I used to hit Disney Springs at least once a week, at night, just to sit on a bench and sip drinking chocolate from Ghirardelli and talk about life. My best friend and I would go to MK late afternoon, grab some food and hang out and wander around chatting with random tourists until Spectro started.

It's still tons of fun. It's just different. At least for me, going to the parks was always like going to the mall. Just another option for hanging out.

 

[disneydreamer781]

JMHO, I would have to say I probably would. I have already cut down my park days and that's not always due to the cost. I've found myself enjoying other areas of the resort a lot more but if it were something I did all the time, it wouldn't hold the same excitement. It also wouldn't be like a vacation. TBH, Florida is not somewhere I would want to live anyway.

 

[dvcgirl67]

We lived in Orlando for three years, and I would say that for us, much bigger Disney fans at the time (roughly 20 years ago), living near the parks changed the experience for us. As a day tripper, it just wasn't the same as going there on a vacation. We moved out of Florida in 2007, went back once....with my whole side of the family when niece and nephews were 5, 4 and 3. We've never been back.

We toyed with going to Disneyland, which we spent time in when we lived in California in the late 90s....coming out of the pandemic, but ultimately decided against it. I don't see us visiting Florida at all.

 

[mumto3girls]

Not sure. In general I love Disney—been going since I was a child, got married there, my kids have grown up with it—had DVC since before they were born. I don’t like big crowds or heat though and rarely go for more than a few days at a time. I think I’d rather vacation there than live there. Closer would be better though—like 3-4 hours to make long weekends easier. Right now with a direct flight travel time door to door is 6-8 hours. Driving is probably 16 hours with a few quick stops.

 

[disneydreamer781]

We lived in Orlando for three years, and I would say that for us, much bigger Disney fans at the time (roughly 20 years ago), living near the parks changed the experience for us. As a day tripper, it just wasn't the same as going there on a vacation. We moved out of Florida in 2007, went back once....with my whole side of the family when niece and nephews were 5, 4 and 3. We've never been back.

We toyed with going to Disneyland, which we spent time in when we lived in California in the late 90s....coming out of the pandemic, but ultimately decided against it. I don't see us visiting Florida at all.

But you're dvcgirl67 or aren't you anymore?

 

[robinb]

I don’t think I would tire of them, but I would spend less time in them. I imagine that I would go in for a few hours, hop on a couple rides, find a bench and people watch. Maybe I would go in for a certain concert in Epcot, or for fireworks at the MK, or to sample the Epcot Fill-In-The-Blank festival booths. On the other hand, I might also challenge myself doing a Ride Every Ride challenge.

It was my longtime dream to do just that. Be a local and make the parks my own backyard. I thought for a very long time about buying a condo around WDW and snowbirding there. Sadly, I no longer feel welcome in the state in which I was born.

 

[DLgal]

I think I would--because it seems like almost every blogger/vlogger/podcaster gets seriously burned out. On The Dis Unplugged, most of them don't even seem to like going. I used to dream of moving there, but not anymore. I'll keep it as a vacation!

They get burned out because they HAVE to go and they are doing work while there.

I live very close to Disneyland. I would never become a vlogger or influencer precisely because it's a place I go for fun. I never want to feel like I HAVE to go. That would get old very quickly.

But to answer OP, I have been to Disneyland probably close to 700 times. Been a local for 20 years. I will be going today for the third time this week. Still not tired of it.

When you live locally, it doesn't feel like you are on vacation while there, but instead becomes your home base for fun times. Our home base for fun times when we briefly lived in Virginia was the local mall because there was literally nothing else to do. No contest. I'd rather walk around Disneyland any day.

 

[dvcgirl67]

But you're dvcgirl67 or aren't you anymore?

I was dvcgirl since like 2000....then dropped off the boards for a number of years and couldn't log back in under my original name. So I became dvcgirl67. We did own dvc.....sold it in 2007. And actually made a small profit, which is unusual for timeshares.

 

[dvcgirl67]

They get burned out because they HAVE to go and they are doing work while there.

I live very close to Disneyland. I would never become a vlogger or influencer precisely because it's a place I go for fun. I never want to feel like I HAVE to go. That would get old very quickly.

But to answer OP, I have been to Disneyland probably close to 700 times. Been a local for 20 years. I will be going today for the third time this week. Still not tired of it.

When you live locally, it doesn't feel like you are on vacation while there, but instead becomes your home base for fun times. Our home base for fun times when we briefly lived in Virginia was the local mall because there was literally nothing else to do. No contest. I'd rather walk around Disneyland any day.

And Disneyland is different. If I lived near there, I don't think I'd burn out in the same way. It's a locals park....and the best of the parks when compared to the MK.

 

[dvcgirl67]

I don’t think I would tire of them, but I would spend less time in them. I imagine that I would go in for a few hours, hop on a couple rides, find a bench and people watch. Maybe I would go in for a certain concert in Epcot, or for fireworks at the MK, or to sample the Epcot Fill-In-The-Blank festival booths. On the other hand, I might also challenge myself doing a Ride Every Ride challenge.

It was my longtime dream to do just that. Be a local and make the parks my own backyard. I thought for a very long time about buying a condo around WDW and snowbirding there. Sadly, I no longer feel welcome in the state in which I was born.

That's what we did....we'd go for festivals....before Epcot was a year long festival. We'd go at Christmas. And we'd go to AK a lot, just to watch the animals. And it did change for us anyway. With you on Florida....I couldn't live there now.

 

[ScottOKW2K]

I hope to find out in a year or two. With dozens of trips there over the last two decades there have been many days where I went into a park that day for one ride or sometimes no rides at all. Just walk around enjoying the sights, seeing/enjoying interactions with castmembers and guests and taking in whatever sights / sounds / shows that presented themselves. I'm one of those that is perfectly happy walking around Epcot at night and doing nothing in particular.

 

[disneydreamer1980]

My DH always talks about moving to Florida and he always try’s to win me over to the idea with “you’ll be so close to Disney!” But that’s not a plus to me, I want it to feel like an escape, a vacation. Something special. I don’t want it associated with everyday life.

 

[CynBeth]

I would hope not. We usually visit every 2-3 years around holiday season. Where we are in MD we try to visit attractions in our state or DC different times a year as we enjoy seeing those things and also for special things like holiday lights or the cherry blossom festival so I could see us every year going to the flower and garden festival and Halloween party which we currently have never been to and the MVMCP and CP plus other times for the different parks maybe a stay.

 

[dvcgirl67]

My DH always talks about moving to Florida and he always try’s to win me over to the idea with “you’ll be so close to Disney!” But that’s not a plus to me, I want it to feel like an escape, a vacation. Something special. I don’t want it associated with everyday life.

That's what happened to us. We didn't move to Orlando for Disney....my husband was part of a start up and two of the original four people lived in Orlando, and we did enjoy Disney so we thought it would be a fun adventure. And it was to a degree, but the parks were never the same. Once they sold the start-up and the company they sold it to hired my husband to stay on.....we moved.

 

[Mysterian]

I think it would be great. For the following reasons:

• 1. Convenience:
  • A. You can stop in after work, or whenever.
  • B. Forget something? Home's not far. (Plus ditch the Crocs.)
  • C. Bad weather or minor illness isn't as much as a problem as it is on a scheduled vacation.
• 2. No need to pay for a hotel or airfare.
• 3. Most important: You're never pressured to do so much in one day (or week, etc), nor pressured to get the most out of your stay like you would if this were a travel vacation. Less stress.
• 4. You can honestly tell people that Mickey is your neighbor. They will look at you funny, and they should, you weirdo.