Is this normal?

So don't laugh at me...I have been planning our family's trip to WDW for well over a year now (reservations were made in August of last year). The trip is less three weeks away I have been feeling very disinterested.

Maybe its the fact that after stalking this any every other website for tid bits of information has finally led to burn out, I didn't think that could happen. Who knows?

On top of this feeling of disinterest I decided to look at the planning calendar that I had put together over the last year. What I once thought was full proof is now full of holes that I didn't notice before. There's not a whole lot that can be done now since I am locked in with our dining reservations, Lord knows you won't able to pry the BOG reservations from my cold dead hands.

Anyways, for whatever reason I am not as excited as I thought I would be at this point. Has anyone else ever gotten this way prior to a trip?

 

[onesandzeros]

I've been to WDW many, many times and I always get bummed out a week prior to departing. Do I really want to go, there are other things I should be doing, etc. etc. But once I exit the plane in Orlando all the excitement returns BIG TIME! Enjoy every minute of the stay and can’t wait to return once I’m back home. Yet another angle on those of us who should be committed.

 

[LivFreeorDisney]

I get burned out the last week or so but I never really not want to go (except when my in laws come).

 

[Britt]

Absolutely YES!!!! I did the SAME thing. I had planned for over a year and by the time the trip came up, I was sooo burned out on all things Disney!

I recommend putting away all movies, get OFF this site for sure, put all schedules and stuff into your carry on and leave it all alone for a good week, 2 weeks. Dont worry about the holes in it, there is ALWAYS room for error, you just gotta leave a bit of wiggle room for error.

As almost impossible as it is, try to not think about it. I know some go the opposite way and throw themselves into it, hoping it will fix it, but for real...try and remove yourself and see if it helps <3

 

[rsoxguy]

I must say that there have been vacations in my life where the anticipation exceeded the event. I hate it when I do that to myself. I would advise you to back away mentally immediately in order to purge your mind a bit. WDW is too much fun a place to do this to yourself.

 

[wiigirl]

Yes...yes it is.

 

[thomas998]

I think you spent too much time planning... I've done that in the past when our trips turned into Bataan death marches where I made sure everyone woke up early enough to be there at the rope drop, where we stayed in the park until it closed, we moved on a schedule to insure that everyone had as much fun as I had planned.... And then I took a trip to Disney at the spur of the moment with no planning... we woke up when we felt like it and just did what we thought sounded fun on any given day.... Guess which vacation was better... You can over plan and if you do your enjoyment will suffer. Go throw away all your plans except the reservations and just have fun.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

I think I do it b/c I fear the trip won't live up to my expectations. So, a few weeks out I start feeling down about it...like oh- it's just another trip I have to perk up for tomorrow b/c we're surprising our girls, but now I'm even fearing that they won't enjoy the surprise. I don't know why they wouldn't...they've been begging to go back...pleading actually, but I think even for this- I don't want to get my hopes up too high. The reality- letting myself get down about it like this usually makes for an even better trip.

 

[kimberlymautz]

Don't worry about it, everything will fall into place and I'm sure you will have a fantastic trip. Mine is only three weeks away and I'm already starting to worry my boyfriend (not a huge Disney fan, never been there though) won't enjoy our trip. He's paying the majority of it, and let me choose where we're going, so now I'm getting worried to the point I'm not even really excited. So I know just how you feel. I'm almost positive I'm going to be a miserable person about it until we get on our first flight... Then I'll be back to being SUPER excited! Hahaha.

 

[Joshua&CalebDad]

I've been to WDW many, many times and I always get bummed out a week prior to departing. Do I really want to go, there are other things I should be doing, etc. etc. But once I exit the plane in Orlando all the excitement returns BIG TIME! Enjoy every minute of the stay and can’t wait to return once I’m back home. Yet another angle on those of us who should be committed.

Committed huh, I think thats the nice way of putting it.

 

[Joshua&CalebDad]

Absolutely YES!!!! I did the SAME thing. I had planned for over a year and by the time the trip came up, I was sooo burned out on all things Disney!

I recommend putting away all movies, get OFF this site for sure, put all schedules and stuff into your carry on and leave it all alone for a good week, 2 weeks. Dont worry about the holes in it, there is ALWAYS room for error, you just gotta leave a bit of wiggle room for error.

As almost impossible as it is, try to not think about it. I know some go the opposite way and throw themselves into it, hoping it will fix it, but for real...try and remove yourself and see if it helps <3

I don't know if I could go cold turkey. I'm starting to twitch just thinking about not coming on this site. I'm done with the fixing. It is what it is and if anyone doesn't like it they can stay home. However, I don't see my wife and/or 3 and 5 year old DSs staying home.

 

[Joshua&CalebDad]

I must say that there have been vacations in my life where the anticipation exceeded the event. I hate it when I do that to myself. I would advise you to back away mentally immediately in order to purge your mind a bit. WDW is too much fun a place to do this to yourself.

I appreciate the advice. I think the anticipation will start to grow while we are visiting family in Miami for Thanksgiving. We are headed there first and then back north to start the week off in WDW.

 

[Joshua&CalebDad]

I think you spent too much time planning... I've done that in the past when our trips turned into Bataan death marches where I made sure everyone woke up early enough to be there at the rope drop, where we stayed in the park until it closed, we moved on a schedule to insure that everyone had as much fun as I had planned.... And then I took a trip to Disney at the spur of the moment with no planning... we woke up when we felt like it and just did what we thought sounded fun on any given day.... Guess which vacation was better... You can over plan and if you do your enjoyment will suffer. Go throw away all your plans except the reservations and just have fun.

I don't think we will be doing a death march but I fdo have a type A personality which constantly has me going. I have a hard time not pushing to see it all. Hopefully that won't manifest itself on this trip.

 

[s&k'smom]

I always get a bit nervous and rethink a trip as I hate leaving our fur babies. Course no one can take care of them like there mama. Plus I try to get the other family members involved in planning and then way they are iffy about something I've planned I'm like well I asked you!! Once on the plane you'll be fine and you'll have a marvelous time.

 

[AndyS2992]

I lose interest frequently but it always comes back. The negativity seen on this board also ruins things to be honest.

 

[JCtheparrothead]

I lose interest frequently but it always comes back. The negativity seen on this board also ruins things to be honest.

It seems to have picked up on the boards lately too. My ignore button has been getting a lot of use.

As for the topic at hand I am two weeks out and took a few weeks off from thinking about the trip and am just coming back to finalize a couple things. The time off helped a lot. Not that I wasn't excited to go but thought about it way too much. Anyway I hope everyone that is going in the next few weeks has a great time and enjoys the next fantasyland.

 

[sam_disney]

I have felt this way! as you say- usually the week before. I think its a number of things, such as worry about having money, tickets and being on time. have I done everything? What am I going to pack?

As soon as I'm on the plane and know that next time I'm getting off, I will be orlando- I get very excited!

 

[Poofiesdream]

I'm a month out and feeling depressed. I'm at the point everything is done and I'm bored with waiting for the next few weeks. I was just there in October, my daughter got married there. It was a great trip. This one however is for just my husband and I to do what ever we feel like, when we feel like it. No ADR's nothing. Just looking forward to a relaxing time, but that leaves nothing to be excited about either. Just wanting to do some stuff we didn't get to do when we were there Oct. We go quite a few times every year since we live near by. Been there, done that, got the tee shirt kind of feeling.

 

[leaf44]

Thank you for this thread! It has made me feel a lot better about how disinterested in my trip I have been this week. We leave on Friday and all I am feeling right now is overwhelmed and like I'd rather stay home. I thought I would be freaking out with excitement at this point. I've been telling myself it will get better when I get to the airport and I hope that's true. Six months ago I couldn't shut up about all things Disney, now I'm just blah. Part of it might be that after all the planning it just doesn't seem real.

 

[Joshua&CalebDad]

I have felt this way! as you say- usually the week before. I think its a number of things, such as worry about having money, tickets and being on time. have I done everything? What am I going to pack?

As soon as I'm on the plane and know that next time I'm getting off, I will be orlando- I get very excited!

I'm a month out and feeling depressed. I'm at the point everything is done and I'm bored with waiting for the next few weeks. I was just there in October, my daughter got married there. It was a great trip. This one however is for just my husband and I to do what ever we feel like, when we feel like it. No ADR's nothing. Just looking forward to a relaxing time, but that leaves nothing to be excited about either. Just wanting to do some stuff we didn't get to do when we were there Oct. We go quite a few times every year since we live near by. Been there, done that, got the tee shirt kind of feeling.

Thank you for this thread! It has made me feel a lot better about how disinterested in my trip I have been this week. We leave on Friday and all I am feeling right now is overwhelmed and like I'd rather stay home. I thought I would be freaking out with excitement at this point. I've been telling myself it will get better when I get to the airport and I hope that's true. Six months ago I couldn't shut up about all things Disney, now I'm just blah. Part of it might be that after all the planning it just doesn't seem real.

It's nice to know that I'm not the only nut out there. I think we all know that once we get there we will all have a fantastic time. I think my problem right now is just getting through the next 2 weeks and everything that is going on during that time span prior to leaving for the Thankgiving holiday and our trip. Thank you all for being my support group.