Return flight depression (Group is in session)

[montyz81]

High, my name is David and I landed at MHT Airport yesterday at 4:00.......

Anyway, We are back from a fantastic week. Don't see us going back for at least another 3 years. Depression has set in. We had a fantastic time too. Even though the lines were long the days were mostly broken up by doing fun little things like playing with the Remote Control boats in Adventure land, or getting all the stamps in kidcot with my Son. Add in a day at Kennedy Space Center and Sea World and what a fantastic week it was! (I wouldn't stay at Summer Bay Resort again though).

 

[NewfieFan]

Hang in there... it's not so bad! I once had to wait 14 years between trips!!! Now when I leave I have a smile on my face because I know I'll never have to wait that long again!

Look at all your pictures, make a scrapbook, journal your trip, etc. there's so many things to do to keep the memories alive and remember the good times you had!:wave:

 

[montyz81]

Hang in there... it's not so bad! I once had to wait 14 years between trips!!! Now when I leave I have a smile on my face because I know I'll never have to wait that long again!

Look at all your pictures, make a scrapbook, journal your trip, etc. there's so many things to do to keep the memories alive and remember the good times you had!:wave:

I agree, it isn't that bad. I too waited from 1983 to 2000. Then I managed to get back most every year up through 2005. Small gap between 2005 and last week and now I have no plans to go back until my second child is 3 or 4. (#2 hasn't been conceived yet). So it's the fact that we had a good time and the unknown of when we are going back that gets me. Oh well, hopefully these weekly group sessions will also help get me through :animwink:

 

[bgraham34]

THe only time Im not depressed coming home is what my feet are covered with blisters and they hurt so much that I cant even sit.

 

[kcw]

when I moved down there for my CP, I started crying when I left my family and continued through about half of the flight.... when I came home, I bawled the entire way because I didn't want to leave... heck, I still haven't stopped... haha ironic though.... and the Disney store inside MCO? It's like it's there to just rub salt in the wound. I hate it!

 

[Jellyfish]

I sometimes feel a bit depressed when i come on here because i don't know when i'll next be able to go.

Though i got dragged to Kennedy Space Centre. We had no idea but the day we went was the day a shuttle was due to land, so we heard that come throught the ozone layer or what ever makes that big bang as the shuttle comes through. Its good if your interested in that kind of thing.

But yeah post-Disney blues are not good

 

[JxnMan20]

It's a depression that all of us go through (at least those of us who are reading and replying to this post :ROFLOL. My flight home last week I spent listening to the weekly edition of one of my favorite Disney podcasts. It made the transition a little bit easier.

As I spend time at home enjoying these boards and all the other fan sites, I'm not sure if it makes it better or worse! At least it keeps us in touch and gives us a little glimpse and piece of the Magic every day.

 

[mickeypal1]

Post trip blues are the worst. We drive, and let me tell you this is the longest drive home to the Chicago area. Sometimes I wonder if flying would reduce the depression as opposed to the two day drive.

Kinda like ripping the bandage off in one quick rip, or the slow methodical removal. Which is less painful? They both hurt.

 

[lac628]

(I wouldn't stay at Summer Bay Resort again though).

Why not? I am asking bc my friend lives in Orlando and her BF works there.

 

[Disney_Belle]

The flight home is usually bittersweet for me. I'm very sad to be leaving, but I get homesick easily. The homesickness doesn't set in though, until I leave WDW (while I'm there, I don't have time to think about it lol). So on the plane ride home, I think about seeing my family, my dogs. Actually my dogs are the ones that make me cry when I leave to go to WDW lol. We have 2 dogs, Belle who is 1 1/2 and Smudge who is 10 months. Well when we left for our honeymoon in November, Smudge was only 4 months old, and we hadn't left her for a long period of time, I bawled my eyes out before we left to the airport, saying how I was afraid she would forget me, and think we weren't coming home, I was a total wreck lol. But then when we got to the airport I was ok.

Coming home makes me sad, but it also gives me a reason to start planning again. We are going in January, and I think it is going to be my last hoorah for a bit, because DH and I want a to have our first child hopefully next year so we will see!!!

 

[DiPSU224]

I literally get sick to my stomach when it's time to leave. I remember on our last trip home on our magical express bus, the goodbye video that they show was broken and it was only playing the welcome video. It was painful having to listen to that usually happy, exciting video, knowing that the only thing ahead of us was the airport. I feel your pain, I have no idea when our next trip wil be

 

[JustPlainBill]

I feel your pain.
Our trip last summer was our first in 17 years, much too long a wait. Like everything else the longer you stay away the easier it gets. After our trip last summer shortly after returning home a dark, deep depression set in. I imeadiately, in a subtle tone lobbied for another trip this summer. Me being the "spender" in the family it was easy to do. My wife is the saver and a formidable obsticle. Being the Disney fan she is it wasn't all that hard convincing her that with the 17 year absence we experienced just one vacation back wasn't enough, there was a lot we didn't get to see. We have another vacation planned this summer, it is our first back to back WDW vacation ever. We have gotten some grief from friends and family who think it is frivolous and too expensive but I think it is more jealousy on their part. Not necessarily because they can't go themselves but my wife and I have "the passion" and they don't understand, and I think they want very much to. After our trip this summer we may have to wait a few more years like yourself before we go back. It will be hard to deal with but we'll tough it out.
Stay strong!

 

[princessmommy]

High, my name is David and I landed at MHT Airport yesterday at 4:00.......

Anyway, We are back from a fantastic week. Don't see us going back for at least another 3 years. Depression has set in. We had a fantastic time too. Even though the lines were long the days were mostly broken up by doing fun little things like playing with the Remote Control boats in Adventure land, or getting all the stamps in kidcot with my Son. Add in a day at Kennedy Space Center and Sea World and what a fantastic week it was! (I wouldn't stay at Summer Bay Resort again though).

Not a big summer bay resort fan here either. It was alright, but def., not as nice as the website makes it out to be. Needs a lot of updating, and I would like to be closer. Did you use afvc or just find it on your own?

 

[brdgebldr]

I am also curious about Summer Bay Resort....We are staying there for 7 days beginning this Saturday. How far is it from the parks? What about the shuttle?