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Strangest reason for a Disney trip

Konor

Konor

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I am looking to book for early next year but I don't know if my reasoning of wanting to go "just to walk up Main Street" justifies the trip. I know that asking this question on this site is like asking a room full of children if candy is a reasonable food for dinner but I am asking anyways.

What is the strangest reason you have gone to Disneyworld? We all have gone to Disney for the rides, the atmosphere, the nostalgia, etc. but have you gone just to see a certain character? To ride the ferryboat? To see if they have painted that wall yet?
 
KCheatle

KCheatle

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Well, I can't say I've gone for any of the reasons you've specifically named. But, I guess the circumstances under which we go are probably strange to many people. My DH has struggled in his finance-related job ever since the 2008 crash, and so things have been tight for awhile. Month-to-month we budget our income and expenses to the dollar and are very strict with our spending. I'm sure an outsider looking in would tell us we're nuts for going to Disney every year given our tight budget. But, we go to escape. It's our one week of the year where we don't worry about what we spend or eat or how late we're up or how late we sleep in or if we take naps. We just let go for a week. And, then after that week, we're back on with the budget.

We've traveled many places, but for some reason the only place where we truly feel a disconnect from the real world is Disney. So, we make room for it in the budget (somehow) every 12-18 months.
 
LAKid53

LAKid53

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KCheatle said:
Well, I can't say I've gone for any of the reasons you've specifically named. But, I guess the circumstances under which we go are probably strange to many people. My DH has struggled in his finance-related job ever since the 2008 crash, and so things have been tight for awhile. Month-to-month we budget our income and expenses to the dollar and are very strict with our spending. I'm sure an outsider looking in would tell us we're nuts for going to Disney every year given our tight budget. But, we go to escape. It's our one week of the year where we don't worry about what we spend or eat or how late we're up or how late we sleep in or if we take naps. We just let go for a week. And, then after that week, we're back on with the budget.

We've traveled many places, but for some reason the only place where we truly feel a disconnect from the real world is Disney. So, we make room for it in the budget (somehow) every 12-18 months.
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We all need a break from the daily struggles and stresses in our lives. As I mentioned in my post, I went after the death of a family member. Some might raise their eyebrows at this, but it's what I needed to cope - escape somewhere to forget for a couple of days. So I won't judge you - it sounds like the perfect medicine for the two of you, just like it was for me.
 
lebeau

lebeau

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The trip we just returned from was taken primarily so I could write about the Fantasyland Expansion in its entirity on my blog. After years of posting rumors and updates, I wanted to be able to experience the whole thing myself and report on it at the site. Feels like I have closed a chapter.
 
SagamoreBeach

SagamoreBeach

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Konor said:
I am looking to book for early next year but I don't know if my reasoning of wanting to go "just to walk up Main Street" justifies the trip. I know that asking this question on this site is like asking a room full of children if candy is a reasonable food for dinner but I am asking anyways.

What is the strangest reason you have gone to Disneyworld? We all have gone to Disney for the rides, the atmosphere, the nostalgia, etc. but have you gone just to see a certain character? To ride the ferryboat? To see if they have painted that wall yet?
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I booked a trip to WDW because I missed the wonderful aroma in Animal Kingdom Lodge. It was a good enough reason for me! And I remember checking in and sitting in the lobby for at least two hours just watching people, enjoying the Christmas Decorations, and just taking it all in.
 
SagamoreBeach

SagamoreBeach

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LAKid53 said:
After the death of a family member, when I got home, the only thing I wanted to do was to escape somewhere to be happy and forget, so off I went to WDW for a few days. The escape was exactly what I needed at the time.
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Exactly what happened with me this year. After the death of my wonderful dachshund, Nickie, I just needed to get away for a bit. This past winter was doing me in and losing Nickie on top of that was just a bit too much for me to cope. Nickie was 18 &1/2 years old and had been with me since she was a baby.
 
seahawk7

seahawk7

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SagamoreBeach said:
I booked a trip to WDW because I missed the wonderful aroma in Animal Kingdom Lodge. It was a good enough reason for me! And I remember checking in and sitting in the lobby for at least two hours just watching people, enjoying the Christmas Decorations, and just taking it all in.
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My second trip to WDW I stayed at Animal Kingdom Lodge and it was the hardest trip to leave for that exact same reason! I loved the lobby and the smells of it. We go back every year and visit it since I can't afford to stay there.
 

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