1st cruise, will we miss WDW?

[mikewdw]

We have been 15 times total, 5 or 6 before kids. We LOVE WDW! My wife has wanted to take Disney Cruise for a few years and finally talked me into it now that our kids are 8, 6, 6. I am worried we might miss WDW. Any park lovers have experience doing both? Did you miss WDW or was the cruise a great enough experience? also never done any cruise before so a little anxious about it all.
mikewdw

 

[DisneyDebNJ]

We have taken over a dozen cruises and over two dozen trips to WDW and, while I won't say I actually "missed" WDW, I did find myself comparing the two here and there while on the cruises. For me there is such an intense feeling of nostalgia on my WDW vacations that can't be felt on the best cruise. The familiarity, smells, certain foods and the things you know will be waiting for you at WDW and can't wait to get back to. I've enjoyed every cruise I've taken and will probably take another in May, but as I sit on my pool chair with my Pina Colada on the ship, I'll be thinking about my WDW trip coming up in September. I'm sure you will have a fabulous time on your cruise and you won't regret it for a minute but just know that it isn't WDW and will be a totally different vacation experience.

This ^^^^ my dream vacation is a week's cruise followed by a week at the Polynesian, and as God as my witness (in my best Scarlett O'Hara voice) I WILL do this someday!!!