Farewell

[WondersOfLife]

Hey guys, I thought I'd post this, linger for a couple of days, and then call it quits.

My house totally decked out in Disney, with posters, dvds, collectibles, Bob Gurrr/Rolly Crump/Paul Germain/Margaret Kerry autographs, Disney kitchenware, Disney bathroom, 50s Disney diner... It's all coming down. I've been obsessed since I was a kid, to teens, to now... And I think it's become an unhealthy obsession and it's time for me to grow up. Being surrounded by Disney at home, on this website, and on vacation, was supposed to be my "escape?" I guess. To help fight my depression. I believe it has just been making it worse, especially with the direction the parks and the company have been going now since I was a kid.

I'm 23 now. I have a fiancee, I work with my 72 year old dad doing a touring children's theatre company and at our local theatre, and I'm trying to stand on my own two feet. In the words of my father, I'd say it's time for me to "grow up." Time to move on, and finally close this huge, immense, enormous... Unhealthy obsession. Not closed off completely... Still enjoy Disney films, do my yearly trips to theme parks, ect. But focus my time on enjoying my work, my fiancee, and my future... Time to stop living in the past.

Posting this here not only for attention, but just in case anyone else out there is in a similar boat. You're not alone. This all would sound ridiculously stupid to anyone else in the world, so I figured the people here would understand how hard this kind of transition would be for a "Disney adult."

The community on these forums is absolutely fantastic. I joined these forums when I was a kid, and I've been consistently lurking on these forums ever since. It was nice to find other people out there with the same interests as myself. The endless debates, rants, and conversations between users over the past decade have helped me all the way through college having people to relate to.

I've finally found me a partner that gets me, though. So I can finally move on, and grow up just a little. Take care everyone, have a magical day.


Cranium Command...... I am letting you go from my heart. Be free LOL.

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

It's very odd to me that someone would think they cannot have a deep love for Disney and be an adult at the same time.

 

[eliza61nyc]

wishing you much love and joy on your journey. only one caveat, I find "grow up" is not really some thing we humans do. We simply grow. We change, we evolve. Don't let someone else's standards dictate what is and what is not acceptable.

Find your joy some times it will be disney and some times it won't but wishing you all the best.

 

[flynnibus]

Where you spend tour time will always evolve as you move through different life stages. Don’t think of it as having to walk away from something, its just changing how much time or energy you can put into something.

just make sure you find the balance that works for you, your family, and where you want to go.

 

[MinnieM123]

Best regards to you, @WondersOfLife , as you move along to new opportunities. May I kindly share one thought, though. Perhaps just take an interim break from the forums (leaving the door open to return at some future point), versus a full departure. Life is continually evolving and changing, and possibly, you might want to return here in the future.

 

[eliza61nyc]

It's very odd to me that someone would think they cannot have a deep love for Disney and be an adult at the same time.

lol I hope they can or else I'm in deep doo-doo

 

[Figgy1]

Best regards to you, @WondersOfLife , as you move along to new opportunities. May I kindly share one thought, though. Perhaps just take an interim break from the forums (leaving the door open to return at some future point), versus a full departure. Life is continually evolving and changing, and possibly, you might want to return here in the future.

^^^^x2 and you may find yourself back here maybe not as often if/when you have children. Life ebbs and flows. Be well and enjoy your new adventures

 

[networkpro]

Its not as if you were limited to the number of things you can enjoy. The amount of time spent may change at various points in your life, but there's no need to abandon anything. You may choose not to remember random statistics (like complete ride cycles, character lines in shows, ingredients of various dishes, or how many hidden mickeys are in each land) but you can remember if you liked it or not.

People change over the years, I've spent years away from Disneyworld due to various life things: education, career, and family. Yet here I am five decades later still enjoying what Disney was then and is now.

 

[WondersOfLife]

Thank you for the kind words, guys! Adieu.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Hey guys, I thought I'd post this, linger for a couple of days, and then call it quits.

My house totally decked out in Disney, with posters, dvds, collectibles, Bob Gurrr/Rolly Crump/Paul Germain/Margaret Kerry autographs, Disney kitchenware, Disney bathroom, 50s Disney diner... It's all coming down. I've been obsessed since I was a kid, to teens, to now... And I think it's become an unhealthy obsession and it's time for me to grow up. Being surrounded by Disney at home, on this website, and on vacation, was supposed to be my "escape?" I guess. To help fight my depression. I believe it has just been making it worse, especially with the direction the parks and the company have been going now since I was a kid.

I'm 23 now. I have a fiancee, I work with my 72 year old dad doing a touring children's theatre company and at our local theatre, and I'm trying to stand on my own two feet. In the words of my father, I'd say it's time for me to "grow up." Time to move on, and finally close this huge, immense, enormous... Unhealthy obsession. Not closed off completely... Still enjoy Disney films, do my yearly trips to theme parks, ect. But focus my time on enjoying my work, my fiancee, and my future... Time to stop living in the past.

Posting this here not only for attention, but just in case anyone else out there is in a similar boat. You're not alone. This all would sound ridiculously stupid to anyone else in the world, so I figured the people here would understand how hard this kind of transition would be for a "Disney adult."

The community on these forums is absolutely fantastic. I joined these forums when I was a kid, and I've been consistently lurking on these forums ever since. It was nice to find other people out there with the same interests as myself. The endless debates, rants, and conversations between users over the past decade have helped me all the way through college having people to relate to.

I've finally found me a partner that gets me, though. So I can finally move on, and grow up just a little. Take care everyone, have a magical day.


Cranium Command...... I am letting you go from my heart. Be free LOL.

Many of us have made a large number of changes throughout our lives. When you get to my age the passages I have gone through are plenty. I can remember laying on the floor in front of our black and white TV anxiously awaiting the beginning of the Mickey Mouse Club while enjoying a Fluffernutter and singing along. Then hating the ending M I C K E Y M O U S E "See ya real soon". But we cannot hold on to the same things forever. We expand our minds, we add responsibilities to our lives that require our undivided attention. In my case my childhood obsession with Disney had to take a break.

I had an education to get, a war to go too, a social life to incorporate, a wife to spend quality time with, children to nurture and do our best for. There was no time for a cartoon mouse. Then as an adult I reintroduced myself to Disney by bringing my children to WDW and became a fan again. (by then I was 35) I had stepped deeply into life and career and took time out to plan one trip to my escape world after another. I never had a room dedicated to the place, but I spent years dreaming about how I could become more involved with Disney. I took a course in becoming a Travel Agent and became certified with thoughts of how to organize groups of interested people in how to have a good time and save money in the process of visiting WDW. I had written a small travel story (speech) about our first trip to WDW in 1983. I later escorted handicapped (challenged) people there on a regular basis. None of which had any connection to Disney other then that was were we went. I also got my CDL with the secondary intent to move to Florida and drive bus for Disney when I retired. Life changed that as well, but now I see it was for the best.

Now at 73 my obsession has changed again to accommodate my physical ability to tour the parks and my lack of connection to the place. In the process of the past 38 years I have visited WDW 48 times, Disneyland 1 time and Disneyland Paris 1 time. and I spend countless hours per week on more then one Disney discussion board just keeping up without any ability to know when or if I will really be going again depending on my physical status. I still love it and it is still a large part of my life, but I wouldn't call it worship or obsession anymore, I call it escape from reality and the one place where even at my age I can feel like a child again.

You will find your own compromise, what I highlighted of your posts is what most of us do now. We go when we can, we allow ourselves to enjoy even the thought about going or the memories of when we went in the past or as I am doing right now, sitting here with my Mickey Mouse Crocs on just enjoying the company of people that like one of the things that I do. There always room for any variation.

 

[MarvelCharacterNerd]

I'll add my 2 cents to not get rid of your Disney stuff just because you're declaring yourself 'done'. If it doesn't please you right now, box it up and pack it away. You may be surprised to find that in a few years you can open those boxes - perhaps with your own children - and it will again make you - or them - happy.

But for right now, if you need the break, take it.

 

[jpinkc]

I agree dont throw it away, someday you may have someone (ie a child or someone else special) in your life, that those things might speak to. My 99 year old aunt, and I had a talk about all the times she went to WDW and Disneyland. It was one of the things she thought she missed most was to go to those places. She was a Disney fan her whole life. She loved the pictures of her and her children and grand and Great grandchildren in the parks.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I learn that lesson painfully when I used my Mickey Mantle rookie baseball cards for motor sounds on the spokes of my bicycle wheels. I basically vroomed my fortune away.

A Mickey Mantle rookie card sold for a record $5.2 million. I got them free in a 5 cent piece of bubble gum.

 

[1HAPPYGHOSTHOST]

Hey guys, I thought I'd post this, linger for a couple of days, and then call it quits.

My house totally decked out in Disney, with posters, dvds, collectibles, Bob Gurrr/Rolly Crump/Paul Germain/Margaret Kerry autographs, Disney kitchenware, Disney bathroom, 50s Disney diner... It's all coming down. I've been obsessed since I was a kid, to teens, to now... And I think it's become an unhealthy obsession and it's time for me to grow up. Being surrounded by Disney at home, on this website, and on vacation, was supposed to be my "escape?" I guess. To help fight my depression. I believe it has just been making it worse, especially with the direction the parks and the company have been going now since I was a kid.

I'm 23 now. I have a fiancee, I work with my 72 year old dad doing a touring children's theatre company and at our local theatre, and I'm trying to stand on my own two feet. In the words of my father, I'd say it's time for me to "grow up." Time to move on, and finally close this huge, immense, enormous... Unhealthy obsession. Not closed off completely... Still enjoy Disney films, do my yearly trips to theme parks, ect. But focus my time on enjoying my work, my fiancee, and my future... Time to stop living in the past.

Posting this here not only for attention, but just in case anyone else out there is in a similar boat. You're not alone. This all would sound ridiculously stupid to anyone else in the world, so I figured the people here would understand how hard this kind of transition would be for a "Disney adult."

The community on these forums is absolutely fantastic. I joined these forums when I was a kid, and I've been consistently lurking on these forums ever since. It was nice to find other people out there with the same interests as myself. The endless debates, rants, and conversations between users over the past decade have helped me all the way through college having people to relate to.

I've finally found me a partner that gets me, though. So I can finally move on, and grow up just a little. Take care everyone, have a magical day.


Cranium Command...... I am letting you go from my heart. Be free LOL.

come back.

 

[MorphinePrince]

Do not think of this as the ultimate goodbye, perhaps a "see ya real soon!" I lived in Orlando for five years and crisscrossed every theme park in town that I just about know them better than my home town But last summer, I moved back to said hometown and my "obsession" with them has dwindled a bit. It doesn't mean I love them any less, its just my priorities are different now. I'll be back in town for two weeks starting Monday and I am beyond thrilled, and I know that passion will re-ignite again. And, for what its worth... I just moved into a new place and my Disney paraphernalia was the first things I unboxed and put out. You will circle back to this love eventually.

 

[SpoiledBlueMilk]

It's all about balance. My wife and I are what observers would consider type A high stress/high achievers. Those observers don't realize our basement is decked out in Disney and we make yearly trips to WDW. Find your balance between the serious "grown up" stuff and the "never grow up stuff." Remember - Einstein said that logic will get you from A to B but imagination will take you everywhere.