I understand a lot of you are way older than I am, married and have children...see, I'm only a teenager, but it feels like my life revolves around Disney World. I'm so stuck though! Normally, my family goes in January..but it feels like in that time of waiting, nothing's more hard.
Well, waiting for a year is hard enough on it's own, but my last trip was ruined and to top it all off, I have to wait another two years. My dad is the only person that goes, 'Yeah, let's go!' and really wants to get down to Florida again..but it's just impossible.
Waiting is the hardest thing in the WORLD! And I keep thinking, we have more than enough money and we're spending it on vacations to places that won't last in our memories forever like Disney will...it's just so unfair, I feel like I'm pushing a gigantic boulder that will NEVER move!
Can anyone else relate?
Because you are a teenager, I will say this as delicately as possible:
Throughtout your life, try to use the phrase "it's not fair" as
little as possible. Because there's always BOUND to be at least one person to say "You think THAT'S not fair? Let me tell you about MY life!" And then proceed to tell you a tale of woe that'll make you feel like you just complained to a homeless and starving man that your filet mignon was a little dry.
But I am sorry your last trip was ruined and now you have to wait so long for your next outing. My wife and I have agreed to try to switch it up, go to WDW one year (or, if we get annual passes, go as many times as we can within those 366 days, and it IS 366 because they give you till midnight one year after the date you activated the card and blah blah blah I'm such a nerd for knowing this), and then go somewhere else the year after that. And, if we cans wing the time and money, take a little weekend trip here and there. But WDW is what I look forward to the most, and she's coming round to that way of thinking, too. What was difficult for me was the 5+ year period between splitting up with my ex and meeting my love now. I dated a lot, and would have relationships that'd last a month or two or three here and there, but never got around to taking the trip to WDW with any of them. And while I'd travel alone for business or if I were just looking for cheap not-to-be-mentioned-to-a-minor thrills, WDW was neither of those things for me. So even as grownup with a job, I didn't go from 98 to 2004.
If we wind up having a kid, we'd probably not go for a year or two, maybe even wait for the kid to be a little more mobile. OR, we'd predominately spend time at resorts, use character meals to meet Mickey, hit the parks sparingly to acclimate the kid, and maybe once in a while one or the other will take advantage of early EMH to get our Tower of Terror fix.
Now having said that, any vacation is what you make of it. Wherever your family's next vacation is, do some research and see what there may be that piques your interest. One thing you can TRY to do is cajole your parents into going to a nearby theme park (of course, if there IS one), just to have a little fun. But there may be some cooler-than-usual museums, interesting restaurants or art houses, maybe even a band you like will be playing in an all-ages venue. I hope you always dig WDW, but some people spend their lives never going anywhere. Take advantage of the fact that your family wants to experience more than WDW & your local mall.
But if your vacation winds up being a total bust, well, that's why the good lord made mp3 players with video capability.
