Well after reading all these planning trips today,people wondering have they done this,done that,got this,got that.Do you find planning your trip Stressful or Stress free.? ..I must admit I love the planning stages,so come 4 weeks before we leave,it's done and dusted..How do you find it.?
I feel your pain!! I think I am more PO'd as well. My in-laws are inviting themselves, and the MIL always wants everyone doing exactly what she wants them doing. Pretty much everyone around her (except me) is conditioned or brow-beaten to give in b/c it is easier. But this time, instead of staying silent, I will be crystal clear as to how this trip is going, i.e., not her way. I keep hoping they will just decide not to go. I do not want what might be my dad's only trip to be ruined by her.All of our WDW planning is stress free, unless someone in my family decides to invite themselves several months after we made our ADRs and all other plans. Not sure if Im stressed or PO!!!
Also the herding cats aspect of this trip. Just getting my husband and parents to realize the importance of planning more than a month in advance has been stressful. Although at least my parents do not really care about the planning. They are pretty content to just let me do it all and tell them where and when.The only thing we plan is our resort and ADRs, veryyyyyy stress-free!Well after reading all these planning trips today,people wondering have they done this,done that,got this,got that.Do you find planning your trip Stressful or Stress free.? ..I must admit I love the planning stages,so come 4 weeks before we leave,it's done and dusted..How do you find it.?
If you are going to get to the park early, I suggest you rent each day. If you rent offsite, you have to worry with it all the time. Getting it on and off busses and finding a place to keep it. You also have to make sure and charge it each night etc. During busy times, they do run out of scooters, so be aware of that. So many people who don't need them rent them, so they go fairly quickly. Also, nothing will make your dad feel like a burden than having to have someone push him in a wheelchair all day. I strongly recommend the park ECV.I feel your pain!! I think I am more PO'd as well. My in-laws are inviting themselves, and the MIL always wants everyone doing exactly what she wants them doing. Pretty much everyone around her (except me) is conditioned or brow-beaten to give in b/c it is easier. But this time, instead of staying silent, I will be crystal clear as to how this trip is going, i.e., not her way. I keep hoping they will just decide not to go. I do not want what might be my dad's only trip to be ruined by her.
The few other times I went to WDW, I would say mostly stress free planning. Mostly b/c I was blissfully unaware of anything. This time I around, in doing research - and finding this forum - there is so much I need to do! Particularly the ADR aspect. This forum has been a blessing and a curse!
I am also a bit stressed trying to plan for my parents physical condition at the time of the trip and how to deal with that. My mom's is static, but she is in denial about it. My dad's is still evolving and so I do not have any idea how he will be by then. So rent scooter(s) ahead, or at the park each day? Just get a wheelchair? I just cannot decide. I also am worried he will want to ride some rides that maybe he should not be at this point.
Packing makes me stressed. I have to pack for two, and my husband is just la-te-da, through some stuff in a bag five minutes before.
I have been going back and forth on this, but I currently thinking that renting in park will be best. At this point I think he should be ok getting to and from parks (although that could change). The idea is to be at opening (get in there and then leave for the afternoons). And dragging it around to and from that park would be a real hardship. Plus we are doing a split stay, so we would need to get it from one hotel to the other. Planning on USF first, so that will be a dry run for WDW.
