Have you ever considered...?

[US 192]

Life is short. We all know this. If one has such a love for WDW, why not just move to Orlando, get jobs, and make the parks a part of your everyday life? This move would be more ideal to people who don't have kids or kids in school. Just imagine, strolling Epcot after a stressful day. Taking advantage of all the wonderful seasons WDW has to offer. Knowing what you love the most is now your backyard. I'm considering it.

 

[Pocamahontas]

Life is short. We all know this. If one has such a love for WDW, why not just move to Orlando, get jobs, and make the parks a part of your everyday life? This move would be more ideal to people who don't have kids or kids in school. Just imagine, strolling Epcot after a stressful day. Taking advantage of all the wonderful seasons WDW has to offer. Knowing what you love the most is now your backyard. I'm considering it.

I say go for it.
It's a brilliant idea and I'm sure you'd love the result.
As a CM who really does have Disney in her backyard...it makes any crumby day dissapear...and even if I've been on a ride a million times, it's still amazing.
One of my favorite passtimes is to just go to the parks and observe all the new comers. It's the best to watch people who've never been before experience the magic.
::sigh::It really is the happiest place on earth,

 

[myhappyplace]

i don't know. everyone who knows me tells me that i should move to orlando because of my love of wdw. i just always tell them that as much as i love it, getting to go only once a year or so makes it that much more special to me. but that's just me.

 

[EPCOT.nut]

YES.

But.... One thing I love more than WDW is my land. I have 5 acres in the country and I can do whatever I want there. I have a lot of privacy and can even go in the back yard and shoot my guns. I love the freedom. Orlando has so much but it doesn't have that, and I don't think I would survive in Orlando. My spirit would die.

Sorry about the DRAMA. I have told my husband if something happened to him I would sell it all and move to Orlando and work for WDW. He sleeps with one eye open...:ROFLOL::ROFLOL::ROFLOL:

I think at 2-1/2 hours I am close enough for now. You may want to seriously scope out the area and maybe not move too close....then again it depends upon where you live now. If you live in some nasty northern city maybe Orlando won't seem so bad.

 

[mikeymouse]

I would love to, but I'm afraid I won't make enough money. Anyone have any input for me. I would work at WDW and get a home within 20 min of the property. Wouldn't I need a 2nd job to keep up with things? Doesn't WDW offer you more hours with another position on your off time?

 

[sbkline]

I don't think I would like it at all.

It seems to me that once something becomes part of your everyday life and becomes part of your "backyard", then you get tired of it and take it for granted and no longer appreciate it.

It's like when we're kids and you think your friend's house and his toys are the coolest things you've ever seen. But those toys that you think are so awesome probably haven't been dug out of the closet for months before you came over and dug them out, and your friend probably doesn't see what is so neat about his boring old house.

Then he comes over to your house and thinks your place is the coolest place he's ever seen and you're wondering what he's smoking that makes him think your boring, humdrum house and yard is so neat.

Same thing goes for your town. You might think your town is the most boring place on the map, but if a friend comes up to see you, he thinks you live in Heaven and notices all the neat places to eat and shop in your town, but most of them are places you've never stepped foot in, even though you drive by them every day.

That's the way we are as humans. We have a blast doing something that's not part of our ordinary routine and environment, but for those people that live there and have that as their everyday environment, it's the most boring thing around, because it's not special to them. It's part of their everyday life and they don't appreciate it the way an outsider does.

I look forward to my trip to Disney. I like coming up to the 6 month mark and planning my meals, mapping out my itinerary, thinking about what to do on day one, day two, etc. It just wouldn't be the same to live down there and be able to drive over anytime I want. For one, since I have my own house down there, then I wouldn't be looking forward to packing up the van and roadtripping down to WDW for a week and staying in one of their cool hotels. Secondly, instead of getting excited about planning another trip, I would just be thinking about going over there next Sunday after church and spending the afternoon. And frankly, after a couple months or so, I think that would get quite boring. WDW would no longer be a neat getaway to look forward to once a year. Now it would be part of my everyday routine and would get boring pretty quick and I would no longer appreciate it the way I do now.

So would I want to move down and live right in the middle of it? No thanks. I'd rather live far enough away that I appreciate the times when I can take a week off work and go down there for a week. That's not to say that I wouldn't want to live a little closer such that I could drive down in one day instead of two (and even that's questionable since I enjoy the road trip, not to mention the fact that as much as I like WDW, I don't want my entire life to revolve around it, including deciding where to live), but I definitely don't want it in my backyard.

 

[DisneyLeo18]

after thinking about coming home from work and going to MK to relax for the night, that sounds like a great idea and im packing now. actually me and two of my friends have decided to move down to florida summer 08 for this reason

 

[mousefan1972]

I don't think I would like it at all.

It seems to me that once something becomes part of your everyday life and becomes part of your "backyard", then you get tired of it and take it for granted and no longer appreciate it.

It's like when we're kids and you think your friend's house and his toys are the coolest things you've ever seen. But those toys that you think are so awesome probably haven't been dug out of the closet for months before you came over and dug them out, and your friend probably doesn't see what is so neat about his boring old house.

Then he comes over to your house and thinks your place is the coolest place he's ever seen and you're wondering what he's smoking that makes him think your boring, humdrum house and yard is so neat.

Same thing goes for your town. You might think your town is the most boring place on the map, but if a friend comes up to see you, he thinks you live in Heaven and notices all the neat places to eat and shop in your town, but most of them are places you've never stepped foot in, even though you drive by them every day.

That's the way we are as humans. We have a blast doing something that's not part of our ordinary routine and environment, but for those people that live there and have that as their everyday environment, it's the most boring thing around, because it's not special to them. It's part of their everyday life and they don't appreciate it the way an outsider does.

I look forward to my trip to Disney. I like coming up to the 6 month mark and planning my meals, mapping out my itinerary, thinking about what to do on day one, day two, etc. It just wouldn't be the same to live down there and be able to drive over anytime I want. For one, since I have my own house down there, then I wouldn't be looking forward to packing up the van and roadtripping down to WDW for a week and staying in one of their cool hotels. Secondly, instead of getting excited about planning another trip, I would just be thinking about going over there next Sunday after church and spending the afternoon. And frankly, after a couple months or so, I think that would get quite boring. WDW would no longer be a neat getaway to look forward to once a year. Now it would be part of my everyday routine and would get boring pretty quick and I would no longer appreciate it the way I do now.

So would I want to move down and live right in the middle of it? No thanks. I'd rather live far enough away that I appreciate the times when I can take a week off work and go down there for a week. That's not to say that I wouldn't want to live a little closer such that I could drive down in one day instead of two (and even that's questionable since I enjoy the road trip, not to mention the fact that as much as I like WDW, I don't want my entire life to revolve around it, including deciding where to live), but I definitely don't want it in my backyard.

Couldn't have said it better myself. If I lived close enough to go to WDW anytime I wanted to, I know I would start taking it for granted and it would lose at least some of it's magic.

Plus I would miss the change of seasons we have up north, and I'm married to a guy who won't leave New England (which I knew when I married him).

 

[Erika]

There was a time when I would have considered it. But I have a lot of other interests besides WDW and I moved somewhere where I could explore them instead. As much as I love Disney, I prefer hiking somewhat more natural surroundings so I moved to a state that is very outdoors-y with a very diverse climate. Not that FL doesn't have beautiful wildlife itself (I know that it does), but where I am now is just a better fit for me.

I think you'll find that even among die-hard fans, people will be fairly divided between fear of losing the magic and excitement of having it so readily available. If this is something you've been thinking about for a while, I say, go for it!

 

[LoriMistress]

I don't think I would like it at all.

It seems to me that once something becomes part of your everyday life and becomes part of your "backyard", then you get tired of it and take it for granted and no longer appreciate it.

It's like when we're kids and you think your friend's house and his toys are the coolest things you've ever seen. But those toys that you think are so awesome probably haven't been dug out of the closet for months before you came over and dug them out, and your friend probably doesn't see what is so neat about his boring old house.

Then he comes over to your house and thinks your place is the coolest place he's ever seen and you're wondering what he's smoking that makes him think your boring, humdrum house and yard is so neat.

Same thing goes for your town. You might think your town is the most boring place on the map, but if a friend comes up to see you, he thinks you live in Heaven and notices all the neat places to eat and shop in your town, but most of them are places you've never stepped foot in, even though you drive by them every day.

That's the way we are as humans. We have a blast doing something that's not part of our ordinary routine and environment, but for those people that live there and have that as their everyday environment, it's the most boring thing around, because it's not special to them. It's part of their everyday life and they don't appreciate it the way an outsider does.

I look forward to my trip to Disney. I like coming up to the 6 month mark and planning my meals, mapping out my itinerary, thinking about what to do on day one, day two, etc. It just wouldn't be the same to live down there and be able to drive over anytime I want. For one, since I have my own house down there, then I wouldn't be looking forward to packing up the van and roadtripping down to WDW for a week and staying in one of their cool hotels. Secondly, instead of getting excited about planning another trip, I would just be thinking about going over there next Sunday after church and spending the afternoon. And frankly, after a couple months or so, I think that would get quite boring. WDW would no longer be a neat getaway to look forward to once a year. Now it would be part of my everyday routine and would get boring pretty quick and I would no longer appreciate it the way I do now.

So would I want to move down and live right in the middle of it? No thanks. I'd rather live far enough away that I appreciate the times when I can take a week off work and go down there for a week. That's not to say that I wouldn't want to live a little closer such that I could drive down in one day instead of two (and even that's questionable since I enjoy the road trip, not to mention the fact that as much as I like WDW, I don't want my entire life to revolve around it, including deciding where to live), but I definitely don't want it in my backyard.

Agreed. Every two years DH and I go to either DLR/DCA or WDW. It just keeps things interesting.

 

[Blackie Pueblo]

I live about an hour from Disney and have seriously thought about it. My wife and I even both applied years ago. And we were offered jobs on the spot working in the same department. But they broke my heart with what they offered me. And I have over six years working in theme parks. They told me they don't pay for experience. Honestly, it broke my heart. I moved down from Illinois with my family after school and Disney was my first choice for a job. But was never able to make it out there. When I did I was finally married but my dream wasn't to be. Plus sadly, my wife has a medical condition that already limits my financial intake.

Sorry about the sob story but the point is I would love to move out to Orlando and get a job there... but there is no way I'd make enough money to survive. We want to have kids maybe someday... and we just bought a house. Would we be able to afford another one on a Disney salary?

"I could never convince the financiers that Disneyland was feasible, because dreams offer too little collateral."
---Walter Elias Disney

 

[Monty]

I've often considered the possibility of moving to the area when DS has graduated and I have no strong ties to any one place. I would have no problems with going to the parks daily.

For me, the move would be conditional on some major factors: Being able to buy a small house outright and being able to afford to maintain a vehicle and live day-to-day without worries [food/clothes/health+life+home+car-insurance all covered] and still have enough to be able to go to the parks and enjoy the dining on occasion...

Not too big a checklist! :lol:

 

[DisneyGigi]

I would love to move closer, it is something we talk about not just because of WDW but because we would love to live where the winters are milder. ( we hate cold weather)
I would love to see my kids take part in the CP too, we heard great hings about it our last trip and online... so who knows?! I don't think it would kill the Magic for me to be able to go whenever I wanted.

 

[Dragonrider1227]

I've seriously considered it. Those 100 degree summers though made me reconsider though. I still however want to join their intern program after collage.

 

[Tiggerfanatic]

Sounds good in theory, but the reality is no way could I do summers in Florida. The older I get, the less I can stand the heat (I guess that explains my aversion to kitchens!!)

 

[jmvd20]

So would I want to move down and live right in the middle of it? No thanks. I'd rather live far enough away that I appreciate the times when I can take a week off work and go down there for a week. That's not to say that I wouldn't want to live a little closer such that I could drive down in one day instead of two (and even that's questionable since I enjoy the road trip, not to mention the fact that as much as I like WDW, I don't want my entire life to revolve around it, including deciding where to live), but I definitely don't want it in my backyard.

I feel the same way, well said.

 

[philsfan2185]

I always thought it would be great to live 5 minutes from WDW and go to the parks whenever I had free time, but the routine kind of got repetitive and boring when I did my CP in the fall of 2005. I'd rather go once a year and look forward to it because to me, that is more special. You will appreciate it more. Don't get me wrong, I didn't get tired of going to the parks, but I kind of took it for granted. Plus, the humidity in the summer is pretty bad.

 

[Ravenclaw87]

I think about it pretty much ANY day... and I was going to do the CP in the spring just to get a taste of it.

But, the one thing that means more to me in the world than WDW is school--- and, since I'm a double major, I can take one of my senior seminars next semester, even though I'm a junior. So, I have to jump at that chance so I don't get overwhelmed my senior year.

Will I move to Florida after grad school? Perhaps, just perhaps... and will I do a CP program in the summer if they offer it this year???

HECK YES!!!

 

[lunarsquid]

i've often heard from people who used to live there that Orlando was very scary and a huge ghetto....

although i personally would enjoy living somewhere in the central florida area, i'm not too keen on scary ghetto cities...

can anyone who lives nearby confirm/deny?

 

[coasterphil]

Orlando really isn't the greatest place to live when you look past the theme parks.