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Songbird76

Songbird76

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Goofyernmost said:
I realize that is a legit excuse, but I always find it amusing. Perhaps it is because driving has been, and still is, a big part of my life I just feel that the imagination the people use to determine how bad it is, is not a reality. Yes, I have seen some pretty stupid car tricks in that area, but, all that is required is maintaining space and staying alert. It really isn't all that bad to me. At least it never seemed like one to me. Driving around Jacksonville was far worse then near WDW. And it is so much fun to drive into WDW under the banner via World Drive every day not just when I get their the first time or the 'See you real soon' on the way out. I also have to realize the very many people do not have the driving experience that I have, but New Jersey/New York City area is one of the scariest places in the world to drive through.
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Driving for me is anxiety-inducing. I have never liked driving, and I get very tense. For the past 10 minutes, I've been arranging my driving lesson schedule for when we come out of lockdown, and rescheduled my road test. My stomach is upset. Just the thought of getting behind the wheel makes my stomach cramp and my heart race. When I go on vacation, I don't want to do "chores". I want it to be enjoyable, and for me, driving makes it not enjoyable. I get worried about getting lost, taking the wrong turn, getting in an accident, finding a parking spot...it's just...it's too much for me. I didn't mind not being able to drive here because it was actually a relief not to need to. But if we go back to Disney and there's no shuttle option and we have to pay up the wazoo for a car rental, I'd rather stay off property....most of those have shuttles to the park anyway. I guess we'll see how it all plays out.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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donaldtoo said:
All the years we went before DME, we always just hired a Tiffany Towncar, to and from MCO. Easily fit all of us and all our luggage, and was always a smooth and enjoyable experience...!!! :)
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Never heard of that, but I looked it up and that's a pretty good option for most people, but I'm betting you have to provide your own carseats if you need them, and that's a pain to travel with them when you aren't using them. I remember when we flew in and out of Dusseldorf and you weren't allowed to take the luggage carts outside of the airport, so we had to walk with all our luggage, 2 small children and their strollers and their car seats from the longterm parking lot about a kilometer to the airport entrance. We couldn't make it in one trip. We had to each take our own suitcase and a kid plus a stroller, then my husband had to go back and get the car seats and carryons while I stayed with the kids.

In 2019 at MCO we weren't allowed to take the luggage cart beyond a certain point. We had to pay to send the luggage up from that point and then get another cart there, OR carry all the luggage ourselves through the airport...we didn't have enough arms, and we didn't even have carseats then. Traveling with littles is rather difficult, I know you know...ME made at least that much a bit easier. One less thing to juggle.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Songbird76 said:
Driving for me is anxiety-inducing. I have never liked driving, and I get very tense. For the past 10 minutes, I've been arranging my driving lesson schedule for when we come out of lockdown, and rescheduled my road test. My stomach is upset. Just the thought of getting behind the wheel makes my stomach cramp and my heart race. When I go on vacation, I don't want to do "chores". I want it to be enjoyable, and for me, driving makes it not enjoyable. I get worried about getting lost, taking the wrong turn, getting in an accident, finding a parking spot...it's just...it's too much for me. I didn't mind not being able to drive here because it was actually a relief not to need to. But if we go back to Disney and there's no shuttle option and we have to pay up the wazoo for a car rental, I'd rather stay off property....most of those have shuttles to the park anyway. I guess we'll see how it all plays out.
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Everyone has there own fears and anxieties , yours happens to be driving. I had a friend once who out of the blue developed a fear of driving on the interstate highway system. Why? Not because of high speed traffic, but fear that one of the long bridges would fall as she drove over it. She was in her 40's when that developed and it took her an easy five years of driving more and more extra miles on far less safe two lane highways to avoid interstates before she finally got tired of being a slave to her emotions and forced herself to use the highways again. It took a little while but she did eventually figure out how much easier life was without that fear and overcame it.

I'm not saying you should overcome it or even that you should try. I just saying that sometimes these things can be overcome and a whole new world opens up to those that were able to make it happen. When you think about it the fear of flying is the same type of anxiety. I've had many fears in my lifetime, flying does cause me a bit of angst due to having a WWII airplane mechanic for a father. One who couldn't be forced on a plane at gunpoint, because he "knew what could go wrong with them". However, I have flown all over the globe and even though boarding I feel anxious, once airborne I don't even think about it again, I just enjoy the adventure. I was lucky that my first flight was a nighttime one that approached Portugal just at sunrise. We were over a mass of clouds and every one was snow white and the rising sun caused the tops of them to have this beautiful golden border. I had never seen anything so fantastic in my life and haven't been lucky enough in the past 50+ years to time it just right to see that again. Am I a better person for having seen that? Probably not, but it is a memory that is still vivid in my mind a half a century later. If I hadn't decided to face the fear, that is a memory I never would have had.
 

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