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simbarel · 02-15-2005, 08:16 PM

I've been awfully careful about not overdoing our WDW vacations, which is reason #1 that we're planning a European/DLP vacation over a year from now. But tonight at dinner, GUESS WHO brought up taking a long weekend at an AKL Savannah view by the end of the year!

I don't think it'll happen since I have no job and unemployment doesn't exactly subsidize proper WDW vacations, but I was just wondering how many folks here have successful conversion stories.

PixiePrincess · 02-15-2005, 08:25 PM

ME!!!!!!!!!! Before John and I took my children and his daughter/grandson down before my surgery in July he said he could tolerate Disney but liked Six Flags/Universal style parks better because he is a rollercoaster junkie. By our second day there he had upgraded his park hopper pass to an annual pass and had already started talking about bringing me down for a trip for my birthday last fall. I have completely transformed him... it was his idea to do our honeymoon at Disney... he was the one that snuck off during our January trip and bought a Mickey and Minnie cake topper and toasting glasses that match and had our names put on them. Now he is using "Goofy" as a trivia name at a local sports grill we go to and buying Disney clothing... LOL
Dontcha' just love changing these men

Joy J · 02-15-2005, 09:59 PM

ME TOO!!!! In fact I based a whole trip report on it called, "The Making of A Disney World Fan". My husband really only went with me in Dec/03 to humor me. Little did he expect to fall so madly in love with the place that he actually ended up suggesting we go to to a DVC presentation and now we're DVC members.

Joy

Bert & Sully · 02-15-2005, 10:28 PM

Great news Rachel. Hope the job market opens up for you to make the trip a reality.

mestitch · 02-15-2005, 10:32 PM

I think my DH thought that Disney would be a one time special trip, with the possibility of coming back every few years....but now he's just as excited as me to plan that next trip as soon as we get home from the last one! And he's the one who mentioned the chance of taking a short impromptu trip sometime this spring...but I'm like Rachel...with no job at the moment it's a little hard to plan 2 trips right now. Times like this I actually miss teaching those little buggers!

**chezp** · 02-16-2005, 02:03 AM

Congratulations on the conversion Rachel - I hope you're able to take that trip.

BritDisFan · 02-16-2005, 06:52 AM

Hopefully you will get a job soon Rachel and go to AKL

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Allan really likes WDW but unfortunately I think our trip in April is going to be the last for a while. He wants to visit other places, I like visiting other places too but I wish we had enough money to have a trip to WDW every year and a trip somewhere else too, that would be perfect.

Karen

DawnDenise · 02-16-2005, 09:21 AM

<font color="blue"> My husband was the same way. He tolerated the idea of a Disney honeymoon we went in 2000. Funny thing is, the next year he planned the 1st anniversary trip the next year. This trip he surprised me with as a Xmas gift. He keeps saying it is just for me, but I catch his little grins and excitement whenever we talk about it. </font>

krisk11 · 02-16-2005, 09:55 AM

After my dd & went in 2002 we started planning a trip in Oct 2004 and her father stated he wanted to go. I couldn't at all picture him liking Disney all that much and he didn't want to watch the planning video, read any books or talk about the trip. DD's dad has never really been into long trips and usually only does long weekends with us. I planned a 7 day trip which turned into an 8 day trip once Disney put out a 7 nights for the price of 5 offer. Half way thru our trip I caught dad saying "the next time we come I want to . . ." and knew I would get more trips out of him. Maybe not every year but hopefully every other year.

simbarel · 02-16-2005, 12:50 PM

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He keeps saying it is just for me, but I catch his little grins and excitement whenever we talk about it.

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That's my DH, too. In fact, to get me out of bed this morning he looked up his schedule, saw that he'd be in Florida mid-March and suggested that we go down a few days early!

I $till have worrie$ but said "too bad we didn't get those annual passes!" and he said "you're the one who needs one. The one who needed to get them for US!"

But after I finish this post, it's off to Orbitz to check out their flights.

Goofy'sGal · 02-17-2005, 12:00 AM

Lots of

for Rachel and Melissa - in the job department (and of course, in making those trips realities).

Add my DH to the list of converts although I think he's still sort of a closet Disney fan. He'd never been to WDW until he was 27 and went with me and my sisters. After we married and had the girls, I figured since he'd never gone as a child, he'd never agree to go to WDW til the kids were old enough to appreciate all of the parks. Well, he surprised me 2 yrs ago suggesting we take our 1st family trip (girls were 5 and 2.5 at the time) AND then surprised me by suggesting we stay onsite too. Once we were there, HE was the one who made the appt with DVC and he was the one who suggested another trip so soon. It's nice, isn't it?

Nala · 02-17-2005, 01:13 AM

Add my DH to the list of conversions too. I had to beg, cry and down right threaten to get him there for our first family trip in 2001. He was not happy about it and that is how he earned the nickname Grumpy. But as soon as he hit FW he started to like it. He was impressed with the campground and our cabin "in the woods". One trip on SE and he admitted he felt the magic. Now, he gets almost as excited as me to go!

Mariposa · 02-18-2005, 08:17 PM

DFiance is a convert too.. I managed to get him hooked before we even got there.. I'd read him little snips of guidebooks, show him a hint of planning video, that kind of thing.. Before I knew it, he was stealing all my planning materials, and I'd say he's just as pumped about going back as I am.. and I keep having to remind him that this is for DD's BDay.