Post Trip Blues

[LeafsFanNL]

Hi,

Does anyone/everyone get these after a trip ? It looks like I won't be back until August of 2012, and I am really bummed about it. How common is this amongst us Disney Nerds?

 

[mickeysshoes]

I am in one right now I sit at my desk listening to Disney Tunes and reading this board....I am planing for ADR for our trip that is 219 days away. I just need a good DWD fix and QUICK. Working hard at getting this trip paid off is helping..because once its paid in full I know the trip will happen. Tried to make a payment last night but the system was down...will try again in a little while.

 

[ddbowdoin]

It comes very, very hard the week after you return... especially if you're back in the office. What is worse than being away from the world, being stuck in the stress of the adult working world... plain and simple

 

[HopLow]

I haven't even left yet for my trip (next week) and I'm already dreading that feeling! It helps to start planning for another trip in the meantime or distract yourself with some other event coming up. I know "the blues" are definitely a common thing with me.

 

[smk]

Same thing here. I always look forward to my trip by thinking "oh, next week at this time I will be in MK". Once the trip time starts I almost always start thinking about the same thing in reverse..."oh no, next week at this time I will be back to work". I find it very sad indeed.

Planning helps, dreaming of a trip is more my reality these days. I feel silly planning a trip I know I can't afford to take and even sillier when I say it out loud to my husband who is always the voice of responsibly financing everything! If he only knew how often I look at pricing a trip, he would be shocked! I justify it by telling myself I will know a good deal when I see it and then I can sell him on what a good deal it is.

 

[smk]

I haven't even left yet for my trip (next week) and I'm already dreading that feeling! It helps to start planning for another trip in the meantime or distract yourself with some other event coming up. I know "the blues" are definitely a common thing with me.

Have a great trip!

 

[PHSCoach]

My post trip down usually starts halfway through my trip. Once we start on the down side it gets tough. Was supposed to be leaving for a week at WDW tomorrow but had emergency back surgery last week and had to cancel. Just look at my JetBlue flight for tomorrow and it has already been cancelled. That would of really been a downer for me. Hurry up February 27th.

 

[ddbowdoin]

Same thing here. I always look forward to my trip by thinking "oh, next week at this time I will be in MK". Once the trip time starts I almost always start thinking about the same thing in reverse..."oh no, next week at this time I will be back to work". I find it very sad indeed.

Planning helps, dreaming of a trip is more my reality these days. I feel silly planning a trip I know I can't afford to take and even sillier when I say it out loud to my husband who is always the voice of responsibly financing everything! If he only knew how often I look at pricing a trip, he would be shocked! I justify it by telling myself I will know a good deal when I see it and then I can sell him on what a good deal it is.

I hit the boards hard, I'm a newbie and I only joined this forum after my blues set in, the day after I came home from my last trip (May 2010). That trip was my first trip to WDW as an adult and it completely changed me and my idea of vacationing... I instantly loved everthing about it and by the last day of my trip I was thinking about strategies for the "next time".

WDW has also impacted me in a financial way, I find myself putting my wallet away for things that are relatively useless and saving more and more. I have a seperate account that I feed here and there just for a WDW trip... and when the account starts to get up there I'll book. The one thing I can't do is book way out in advance, to me that is torture. I usually book 60-80 days out, sure I might miss a free dining plan or a small discount but I can't wait a year... thats killer.

 

[wdw4brits]

Yes! It's horrible, usually lasts for a few days and then dies away. Best thing to do is start planning the next trip!

 

[mickeysshoes]

We always book ATLEAST a year out...I need that much time to save for the kind of vacation we want...then on top of the WDW $ I have to pay for air!! and that is never cheep! THen once all that is paid for I have to save spending cash!!! I do agree that planning and saving for a vacation that you dream about and love tends to put other spending in a different light! Somethings become not so important!!! I am always looking for new offers and calling to check to see which is a better deal!!! I love doing all the planing its half the fun of the vacation.

 

[forevermickey]

You poor thing Yes, it is almost like a true depression, Disney Depression

It eventually will subside as times goes on, you will have other tyhings to distract you, birthdays, holidays, work related things. But I truly feel for you, hang in there.

 

[lebeau]

Yes, it's very common.

I'm actually staring down a 4-year wait between trips. (2014 - WDW or bust! only about 3 1/2 years left!)

There's lots of things you can do to make things better. But mostly, I just try to be practical. The primary reason I'm not going back for 4 years is that my kids are very young. In 2014, they will be old enough to really appreciate the trip.

If I go between now and then, sure they will have fun. But I've been down that path and I'm in no hurry to do it again. Any time I think about going sooner, I reread my trip report from our last trip. That puts me off the idea pretty quickly.

Instead, I'm planning to go back in style when the kids are old enough to remember it and hopefully we won't need to wrangle any strollers. When I think about the practical benefits of waiting, it's a pretty easy decision to make.

Plus, by 2014 Disney will actually have built some new attractions. I'm hoping they will have build even more than the things that have already been announced (buy with Disney you never know).

In the meanwhile, I read books, watch shows on the Travel Channel, plan, post here, listen to park music, make recipes from WDW and basically just drive my non-WDW-loving wife crazy with my obsession.

It gets easier.

 

[captainkidd]

I always just plan my next trip before leaving for my current one.

 

[ABigBrassBand]

Yes, I am suffering through post-WDW depression as well! Around halfway through our trip (which was the day after we arrived) I alway get sad to see the DME envelope with our departure information

As for dealing with it, I bought plenty of souveniers/music to keep me company until we plan for next year (release the 2012 deals, Disney!).

 

[kadesha]

I am a teacher so I go at the beginning of summer. When I get home I just want to lay in bed. I'm so depressed! I start feeling better though, but I have to avoid the message boards until I have another trip in the works. I finally booked a May trip, it's been almost 2 years and I'm so excited. But I know the "Disney blues" all too well.

 

[ddbowdoin]

I have a little shrine in my cubicle

1.) picture of my gf and I, dated with 2010, of us standing in DHS with TOT in the background. Framed in a cherry red frame with mickey ears all around the border.
2.) Lotso Vinylmation figure
3.) A little plaque that reads: "Doing the impossible is fun ~ Walt Disney"