Aren't You Tired Of Disney World?

[DSNYKID]

If I may ask, I make a decent living and I can't afford to go more than once a year (though we do stay in the deluxe resort , do the dining plan, etc).

How do you all swing 2-5 trips a year there?

Ok... here is how we try to do it. I'm giving away a huge secret here. Lately, we have been staying at a Disney Vacation Club Resort during off-peak times. If you can swing a Sunday through Thursday stay, you can stay at a DVC resort for 5 nights for around $500.00 tax included. We book through existing DVC members and get the price break. You can book these same resorts direct through Disney and pay about $300.00 per night. We get the meal plan as well. 2 adults and 2 kids. We have also been purchasing the annual pass which saves you money on the second trip and entitles you to some nifty discounts for shopping and such. Depending on what part of the country you are traveling from, you have to consider the best options for air travel. There are more tips and techniques but if I give them all away here... the parks will be to crowded when we go back! LOL!

One more thing... you cannot by anything else except food, clothes, and utilities in your life at home! Im kidding!

 

[Choya]

I've been getting this question for several years, but everyone thought I had crossed the line when after a December trip, I responded to the Annual Passholder preview invite to Everest and flew from Texas with my son for a day and a half visit (hitting all four parks for "Mountains-Coasters-and Soarin") to ride Everest 7 times when it opened. Even I thought it was crazy, but seeing the thousands of others that did the same thing pack into Animal Kingdom from all over the country, I felt much more comfortable about the decision. The $500 I spent on this trip (total) bought me a father/son memory he will remember long after I'm gone. Now everyone asks me WHEN instead of WHY. Many of them have been calling me for advice on THEIR own upcoming trip. It's like going back to a favorite restaurant and ordering the same thing. You know what you're going to get and you know you're going to like it. I wish I could retire and work there.

 

[drp4video]

We (DD and I) go between 2 and 4 times a year. Had an AP until last year when my daughter started college and I figured we would not go as much...so I got a 10 day hopper, no expiraton, and then we went three times last year.

I used to use AP disccounts, now AAA on rooms, and the pass saves money on entry to the parks. (whether it be AP or 10 day). I watch for codes on rooms as well. As for airfare, we fly from Michigan, I watch several airlines like a hawk. I love when SPirit as their absurdly low fares. last time we were able to fly for $8 one way. I do rent a car, but I get codes from mousesavers for that. I also charge everything on my Disney Visa to get the points, and I redeem them on the room. THis helps quite a bit.

Disney has been our main vacation place for the past 7 years, (before that we went to disneyland) so while other people spend a lot going elsewhere, we spend it going to DIsney. Visit my family in Phoenix, but that only costs for airfare as I stay with my mom.

THis year tho, I am scared. We did not go at Christmas and my DD, now age 19, uttered the words I dreaded to hear when I asked her if she wanted to go for 5 days over spring break this March...I am getting sick of disney.......:brick: SO we are not going..... Is she becoming one of them?

 

[Sailor Mouse]

THis year tho, I am scared. We did not go at Christmas and my DD, now age 19, uttered the words I dreaded to hear when I asked her if she wanted to go for 5 days over spring break this March...I am getting sick of disney.......:brick: SO we are not going..... Is she becoming one of them?

That's horrible... Try just giving her some space from Disney. Don't mention anything to her about Disney, or vacation. Just drop the subject. And then plan a private trip without her. During a time when she can't go, like Finals Week, or Midterms. Then call her from an attraction. Preferably one she hasn't been on before, or one of her favorites. Just have her listen to the sounds of the attraction on the phone.

My parents did this, twice, during my first year of college. I wasn't sick of Disney (I never have been) but it made me want to go back even more. It sure stirred up jealousy.

We didn't get to go this January, and we won't be able to go this year. So I started planning my first solo trip with my bf, for my 21st birthday (2008 yay!). Of course, my parents weren't about to let us have all the fun - and it's turned into a family trip

Good luck with getting her back to WDW!

 

[drp4video]

Thanks for the advice (altho there isn't aride she hasn't been on, lol). Anyhow, I thought we were going to go March 4 during her spring break because I told her about the suite in the Castle, and emailed her a picture I saw on line as to where in the castle it is located, and the view from the inside of the suite, and she got real excited, and said she wanted to go. Then, she came home this weekend, sick, and I aksed if she still wanted to gob because It is gettingi close and I need to make reservations, and she said no. I thought about just making them anyhow,and when she comes home on break, I just tell her she is going. lol Because, I know what will happen, she will get home, be bored and it will be cold and snowy and she will most likely wish she was in Florida . Altho, yesterday, she asked if I would help her make reservations for her and her friend to go to Miami in May, after school is out. I said I would, but I am NOT thrilled with that idea...they are only 19, am I too overprotective?????

Anyhow, maybe I will go myself after her break too. That is possible. SHe sang with her choir at Epcot 2 years ago, and I flew down (the choir drove), and as I was not chaperoning, I had a lot of time in the parks on my own. I missed having her there to share the experience, especially as I was able to do Soaring at the AP premier, and she could not cuz she was with the group, but on the other hand, I could do things she doesn't like to do that much. I will bring it up again when I take her back to school later today, using your suggestion about how I might take a solo trip after she goes back to school, and see what she says.
Thanks!

 

[TheDisneyQueen]

you can expirience a new ride or show because there is always somthing newthere. you can relive your childhood memories again... thats awesome

 

[DSNYKID]

you can expirience a new ride or show because there is always somthing newthere. you can relive your childhood memories again... thats awesome

and there is a chance you get to stay in the castle!

 

[Harry456]

-you can swim @ 11:00 at night (sry i'm from ohio, its impossible to do that!)
-you are repeatly get scared out of you butt on the ToT
-you can repeatly beat your family at Buzz Lightyear!
-you can hear your screaming teacher on Space Mountians
-EAT DISNEY ICE CREAM SANDWICHES!! (mmmmmmmmm....ice cream)
-you can drink pop around the world until you puke

 

[pintraderpayee]

I get this question on a daily basis! Just because DH and I travel with high school students every Easter break on a school bus from Louisiana, people think we are crazy:shrug: DD(13) and DS(19) always accompany us so it is a family trip as well. It is great to see my children showing other kids the magic! The memories are priceless. DS is visually impaired and WDW is the most understanding and helpful of anywhere, including the National Parks. To see my 6'2" 285lb, visually impaired, DS guiding my students through the parks because he practically has WDW memorized......



53 days until we are ºoºrlando bound with 21 teens on a school bus for 930 miles of smiles:hammer: :sohappy:

 

[Teenchy]

Most of my family really like WDW but there are a few who I'm sure think...ok you go every year..please...and then there is my wifes family...most of them thought here they go again...off to Disney.

But all that changed this December (Just got married at WDW 12/16/06) See link in my signature for full report.

I was able to see what magic Disney can really provide...how it makes people feel and act differently. Our Officiant Rev.Jack Day said this in our wedding "Here we are in a place where people get married, where some people become better friends and where others fall in love all over again. I witnessed all off these things over our wedding weekend/week. 2 families become good friends, couples who have had some recent issues, holding hands, smiling and falling in love all over again and others who thought "Whats so great about Disney" asking so many questions and telling us it was one of the best times of their lives. And one of the great things is we have it all in photos and now just got our video. Our families got together again this past Sunday to watch it, some drove over 8 hours, and we all relived the true magic that only Disney could have provided.

Now if I ever hear that question ...."Your going to Disney World again"...I have a DVD I can pull out and change their minds forever!

 

[mgraef]

We just have fun every time we visit.

 

[Since1976]

THis year tho, I am scared. We did not go at Christmas and my DD, now age 19, uttered the words I dreaded to hear when I asked her if she wanted to go for 5 days over spring break this March...I am getting sick of disney.......:brick: SO we are not going..... Is she becoming one of them?

I'll admit it. I rarely thought about WDW between age 14 and 19, probably because 1) I was too busy thinking about growing up and "acting like an adult" and 2) some of the unpleasant aspects of going to Disney on a very tiny shoestring budget were too fresh in my mind.

It wasn't until I struck out on my own and started making a decent living that I considered going back to Disney again, "the right way" this time (as opposed to sleeping in the back of a pickup truck). Not that I didn't appreciate getting to go as a kid, mind you -- I just wanted to be able to see Disney on my (and my wife's) own terms.

Now, I can't imagine going more than two years without a trip to either park. If the stars align right, we may even go every year. I expect that our kids will probably go through their sick-of-Disney phase, but I know tha tthey, like me, will come around.

 

[jedimaster1227]

THis year tho, I am scared. We did not go at Christmas and my DD, now age 19, uttered the words I dreaded to hear when I asked her if she wanted to go for 5 days over spring break this March...I am getting sick of disney.......:brick: SO we are not going..... Is she becoming one of them?

If she is, you will have to accept that because it isn't fair to try to change the mind of someone. If she feels that she doesn't want to go, suggest an alternative, such as Universal here in Orlando, and then plan for a day or two here at Disney.