I miss WDW...depressed after returning home...

[ThinkTink721]

We have only been home for 1 wk. since our WDW trip.
I miss it so much!
I have been working on our scrapbook, so that has kept my WDW "feeling" alive.
I am already counting the days until our next trip.
I am in the process of choosing our dining options too.
Our next trip can't come soon enough!

Does anyone else feel this way?

 

[mousefan1972]

You aren't alone, Tink! Hang in there. I felt the same way after returning from our trip this past spring. Look at your pictures, come on this website, play some Disney music... I know it's not the same as being there, but it will help hold you over till next trip.

 

[ThinkTink721]

O.K. ... I'll try!

 

[Craig & Lisa]

We have three trips planned already, Nov. 07, March 08 (Grand Gathering), and another in Aug. 08. We may just...., just sqeeze another in there somewhere. But for now we wait for Nov., I CAN'T WAIT!!!

 

[LoriMistress]

I think we all know that feeling. At least you have another trip planned. We have 76 more days.

 

[Disney05]

I hate that feeling!

 

[Jesùs_Carioca]

Two months ago, I moved from Orlando to Florida State University so i could undergo my freshman year of college. It was the first time that i knew i had to leave Disney behind for long periods of time and finally make the transition from "casual goer" to the many people on this forum who count down the next time they get to go to Disney World.


But...as sad as a feeling as it might be, I'm finally happy to be one of the "day counters" that gets to share how long it'll be before the next trip!

The weekend of November 10th, I'll get to go to Disney World with my fairly naive and amazing girlfriend who's jaded more than me to... and my roommate with his girlfriend, tentatively. And well, for the first time in the history of going to Disney, I just can't wait!


And to think i just visited it last weekend when i went back home for the month. hahaha, you're not alone Tink :animwink:

 

[DisneyGigi]

Me too ThinkTink! We came home a few weeks ago and I have been in a total funk! I think it is the cool fall weather mixed with terribly missing WDW. I have looked at my pics a million times, fixed all my new frames and am in the process of planning our Februrary trip, maybe when it is final and I have the dates I will get over it! :hammer:

 

[NewfieFan]

This may not help but there are a lot of people who can only afford a WDW once or have to wait many many years until they can return. You do have a trip planned for next year. When I was a teenager my parents took me to WDW and it was a very big deal. It cost a lot of money (we had to travel from Canada) and I knew that it would be years before I could go again. And it was years before I went again! My last trip was with my own family (husband & two children) this time. As much as I hated to leave and go home I knew that I would be returning in just over a year - and that was a wonderful feeling compared to the last time I had to say goodbye to WDW. I'm thankful that my family is in a financial situation that we can afford a WDW vacation once a year and next year I plan on taking my parents with me. The roles have been reversed and I can't wait to show my parents all things I now enjoy at WDW with my own children. So that keeps me happy while I wait...

 

[macsmom]

I just got home yesterday. Oddly enough, I'm not feeling as blue as I thought I would! I think it is because I have already figured out when I am going next year and am already planning things to do! Like where to eat. :lol: I enjoyed Chef Mickey's and The Crystal Palace so much that those two places will be on my list again. And, the CMs were all great. I had a great time.

danna

 

[Dragonrider1227]

Yep, I think we all do. That's how Disney GETS YA!!
Gotta give my props to NewfieFan however for that he/she? speaks the truth. My first trip was in 1990 and because of our financial issues for a long time, we couldn't get back until '05 but since then have been able to do it at least bi-yearly and i'm grateful for that considering how few people can even do THAT much

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I think we all know that feeling. At least you have another trip planned. We have 76 more days.

For me on the other hand...5 Days and 1 Year to go..370 days as of this post

 

[doop]

Ugh I know that feeling all too well, and the worst part is... we don't even have another trip planned

 

[mermaid1]

I too know that awful feeling! This year was a bad one for us. After getting a trip to DL in, in January, I was geared up and planning, planning, planning our 1 month visit to WDW in May. That is my all time fave time to go and we do it every year. This year as it got closer I was so excited, then one of our beloved cats became ill. We took him to the vet and the worst news of all, he has cancer...This was in March and they said at that time he had 2-3 months to live. We waited until the very last minute and then cancelled the trip because he was still with us! And I would never have forgiven myself if he had passed while we were gone. Well, the BEST news is that this kittycat (really our "son" as my hubby calls him) is still with us! He is a fighter! The sad news we have not had a Disney trip at all since January and we try to get to DL at least 2 times per year and WDW once. I don't know that we are going to be able to do it again this yr and I am spitting nails because I have not been ANYWHERE since the first of the year. I am somewhat disabled and pretty much homebound, so I really have not gotten out of the house at all!
I was also in a financial place where I could not go for many, many years. I went last in 1969 with my family and knew when I was on my own that I would have a tough time affording it. It was not until I met my Disney Husband (who loves it as much as I do!) in 1995 that we were able to go again. My first trip back to DL since 1969 was in 1997!!!!! Now that is a looooooooong wait!!!! But the beauty is now since we are retired, we go whenever we can, when nothing is wrong with our kittys and we are good to go!!! We are "supposed" to go again to WDW in May, but it is hard to say at this point whether or not we will make it. So we really do not have a trip planned, except tentatively, and I am going NUTZ!!!!!!!!! I collect pins and Disney memorabilia, so I spend time at eBay getting more wonderful Disney items for my collection and my house is a shrine to the Parks! LOLOLOL! It still is not the same as going! I am very sad when we can't go. The Disney Parks whether, WDW or DL, are my favorite place in the world! I am happiest when I am there with DH; for me that means Disney Husband!:ROTFLOL
Susanne

 

[DisneyPirate85]

Hang in there Tink, Most of us suffer the same effect upon returning to this reality!
Plan the next trip, scrapbook and ALWAYS keep WDWMAGIC close. Its a little Magic to sustain us all :lol:

 

[ThinkTink721]

This may not help but there are a lot of people who can only afford a WDW once or have to wait many many years until they can return. You do have a trip planned for next year. When I was a teenager my parents took me to WDW and it was a very big deal. It cost a lot of money (we had to travel from Canada) and I knew that it would be years before I could go again. And it was years before I went again! My last trip was with my own family (husband & two children) this time. As much as I hated to leave and go home I knew that I would be returning in just over a year - and that was a wonderful feeling compared to the last time I had to say goodbye to WDW. I'm thankful that my family is in a financial situation that we can afford a WDW vacation once a year and next year I plan on taking my parents with me. The roles have been reversed and I can't wait to show my parents all things I now enjoy at WDW with my own children. So that keeps me happy while I wait...

You are are so right...I need to remember that...there's always next year! I feel better already!

 

[smk]

I am okay with leaving WDW IF I know when I will get to go back. Sometimes I have to trick myself into thinking I will be back soon, just so I don't cry. I was there last October and I won't return until November so it will be a little over a year since my last visit. I never thought I would wait that long to go back but time and money always get in the way when you have kids. It's all good now tho cause I know come November 30th I will be back! I just have to trick myself again when we leave for home because the next trip is not even in any future plans!

 

[ThinkTink721]

I am okay with leaving WDW IF I know when I will get to go back. Sometimes I have to trick myself into thinking I will be back soon, just so I don't cry. I was there last October and I won't return until November so it will be a little over a year since my last visit. I never thought I would wait that long to go back but time and money always get in the way when you have kids. It's all good now tho cause I know come November 30th I will be back! I just have to trick myself again when we leave for home because the next trip is not even in any future plans!

I almost started crying when we left the MK on our last night at WDW.
I did the same thing...I kept reminding myself that we would be back next year.
It helped a little that we visited Epcot on our last day.
The MK always gets me a little more emotional.
It's like leaving a good friend behind & waiting an entire year to see them again.

 

[macsmom]

I am wearing my light-up ears around the house. No one here but me, so no one to laugh at me, but I started feeling the blues today after all! You can't feel blue wearing the ears....and watching Peter Pan.....and listening to the "Wishes" cd in the car.

It's better than cleaning the house!!

danna

 

[faeryhollow]

I was really hooked by this topic title when I saw it today. I've been having an awful time since we returned from our 8 days at The World almost a week ago. We had a wonderful time with our 2 adult sons and their DGFs, although the rain and the MNSSHP wash-out did put a little damper on the experience. I've been having "a dose of Disney depression" all week, and on top of that, the credit card bill came today!

While living in Gainesville, FL, DH and I first went to WDW in 1972, the year after we married, and returned a few times before we had our first baby and moved to NC in 1975. We took our 2 young sons in 1981, 1982, and 1983, staying at the Poly and having a magical experience each time. Well, then life got busy, and we didn't return until 2004, with our now grown sons - 21 years later! I don't know how we stayed away so long, because we are hooked again, and so are the sons.

The worst thing is that we have no plans for a return trip. My DH and I have been there 6 times in the past 3 years, 3 of those with the sons and their girls. As much as I love WDW, since we both just retired this year, I want to travel to some other parts of the larger world (like UK, other parts of the US, etc.). Budget doesn't allow for unlimited traveling on this scale, but I want to do both. How do ya'll reconcile these conflicts, or do you spend all of your discretionary travel funds on Disney?