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.....start thinking that you really don't want to go??? For some reason that's where I'm at right now. As most of you know my DH doesn't give a hoot about WDW, so my mom wants to take the boys and I for Christmas again (our 3rd time, her 2nd). But I honestly don't really think I want to go AGAIN w/out DH. He of course absolutely won't go. My mom has really pressured me into going, sooooo....now I have FOUR, NON-REFUNDABLE plane tickets, have already put the down payment on WL, but don't have a desire to go.
I'd really like to try to get out of this, but with the plane tickets alread bought, I don't know what to do! My youngest (12) really wants to go again, but my oldest (will be 14) doesn't really care one way or the other. DH would never let them go with my mom alone either. Oh, and one other thing....I have a new job, and technically don't have any vacation until the middle of May 2005, even though they would most likely be OK with me taking off without pay....I just feel guilty for asking off.
Have I lost my mind?!? Have I finally out grown Disney?? What should I do?
I'm sorry! I don't think you have outgrown Disney. I think you are just sad that DH isn't into it like you and that you can't experience it with him and your girls. Is DH maybe making you feel a little guilty about it lately? Or are you like most women and feel guilty for things that you shouldn't! Maybe you should talk to your DH about it and you can get some reassurance that he's not mad about another vacation without him.
I think once you got to the WL, you would get into it, but it would be nice if you could get that spirit before you go. If you told DH that you were thinking about not going, he would probably reassure you that you should.
I know exactly how you feel. I start re-thinking my plans every time. I just booked us on Tues. and am starting to have wecond thoughts (this is for a Feb. '05 trip)
And, I did do WDW without DH and wouldn't do it again without the kids being older.
Do you have the kids stay with you or do you let them go off on their own and check in at certain times? If you can let them go, you and your mom might be able to have some fun.
Do you run to try to go to everything, and exhaust yourselves in the process, or just meander, and enjoy whatever happens?
Don't have any advice, noone can tell you to go or not, but if it were me, I wouldn't cancel my plans. What is the latest you can cancel without major penalties? Maybe you could see what you feel like then, and make a decision.
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Re: Anyone ever plan a trip, then......
Here are some questions to consider:
1) Why did you want to go initially? Has that reason ceased?
2) What airline are your tickets with? Can you cancel and get a credit to travel somewhere with DH and kids without incurring MAJOR penalties?
I would go it I were you - but thats me - not you.
Ewww you are stuck in a dilemma arent you? Well what I usually do is sit on it for a while. You already have things set in place and maybe if you sit back for a few days, something will come to you on what to do. I wish that I knew what to tell you to do, but I dont. Oh, and dont worry, I get that way sometimes too! If it makes you feel any better, everytime I take time off, it's no pay for me either.
I'm sorry you're second guessing yourself.
I think Terri raised some good questions.
Can you spend some alone time with DH? You might feel better about the trip if you and he have some adult time together before or after.
Good luck with your decision,
Y'all are right I know...once I get there I'll be fine...I just wish DH wasn't such a....well....so stubborn! On the bright side...he wants to take the kids to Cancun or Cozumel next year. It's just he's a "been there, done that" person....so he's already met Mickey and doesn't care to again. He's a wierdo!
I'm just going to sit back a couple of weeks and see how I'm feeling then. I'm a little put out with my mom right now, so maybe that's got me feeling this way. Who knows...maybe I'm just wishy washy. (my DH would say, this is the case!)
I know a little of how you feel. I squeezed in a trip with me and my kids (and a friend and her daughter) before we were due to go as a family in November of this year. I got back from that trip and wasn't really into planning another one. Wasn't sure I really wanted to go again so soon.
After scoping the boards for a few weeks answering other people's questions with my recent trip experience, I slowly began to get into it again. Then I discovered two or three things that I really wanted to do at WDW that I hadn't considered before. So now I'm back to being excited again.
Find something new to look forward to at WDW. That might help.
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That's a great idea. Maybe a dinner show, a tour or even a day at SeaWorld or Discovery Cove (swimming with the dolphins?) That might make you feel a little more excited.
That did happen to me. We booked a trip for last May, and my son would have been under a year old, and I started rethinking it. We cancelled the trip (already had the non-refundable airfare) and decided to wait a few months until he seemed like he would be a little easier. WE had to pay a service charge to change our airfare, but we are using those tickets to go in September, and feel alot better about our trip (he's eating more foods, not napping as much, walking, etc.). Its a tough decision. I don't think I'd want to go without my husband either.
Is there any chance your DH would come down for the last day or two of the trip? That way he wouldn't be inundated with Disney, but maybe he could come in one evening, spend one day at HIS favorite park, go to a really nice grown-up dinner, and then leave the following day. Could he get onto the flight you've already booked to go home?
Any chance of something like that?
Also, I think that once you hit WL, you will be so happy to be back! And just keep thinking of walking under the train station and then seeing the castle!
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Is there any chance your DH would come down for the last day or two of the trip? That way he wouldn't be inundated with Disney, but maybe he could come in one evening, spend one day at HIS favorite park, go to a really nice grown-up dinner, and then leave the following day. Could he get onto the flight you've already booked to go home?
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Great idea Julie. If your Dh is a been there done that kind of guy, maybe the last couple of days you could plan new adult type of stuff and he could come for that...Does Discovery Cove interest him? Maybe just a night for you and him to go to V&A's? Just some time to walk on the boardwalk? Or if you are going for a week, maybe you, your mom and the kids can go to Disney for 3 days and change to a 3 or 4 day cruise at the end with your hubby catching up to you for that!!!???
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My youngest (12) really wants to go again, but my oldest (will be 14) doesn't really care one way or the other. DH would never let them go with my mom alone either. Oh, and one other thing....I have a new job, and technically don't have any vacation until the middle of May 2005, even though they would most likely be OK with me taking off without pay....I just feel guilty for asking off.
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If it makes you feel any better, everytime I take time off, it's no pay for me either. 
On the bright side...he wants to take the kids to Cancun or Cozumel next year. 
(my DH would say, this is the case!) 
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