The Non-Disney Friends we have?

[DivineMadness7]

My father in law thinks we are nuts for going every year.....but this is the same guy who swears that Walt Disney hated children. *rolls eyes* We havent tyold anyone we will be in Disney on Xmas...the sparks shall fly!!


I love the people who go CAMPING and don't understand why I HATE camping for a vacation.....Ok yeah sure, you go ahead and sit in your hot sticky tent eating a half burnt hotdog while I go get a dole whip and sit in my nice air conditioned room overlooking bay lake.

WOW, yeah, that will be interesting for sure! But GOOD FOR YOU. We have only been once over Christmas and my dad's family was sort of perplexed. "But what do you mean you won't be here for Christmas?"
"Well, let me try to explain this simply...I would rather be in sunny Florida, eating a dole whip than stuck in snowy, freezing PA with no dole whip."
the next question of course would be, "what is a dole whip?!" :lol:

There are two types of people: those who get it and those who don't. Doesn't mean we can't still love the people that don't, but we can question their sanity as much as they question ours!

And AMEN to the camping. Wilderness Lodge is as rustic as I get, thanks.

 

[dixiegirl]

What really confuses me when I get the "you're going there AGAIN?" response is when it comes from people who visit the same beach for a week every summer. Don't they get tired of going to the same beach?

THANK YOU!!!! I could'nt have said it any better myself!!
My hubby and I constantly get busted on about our contant trips to disney....I'm at the point now that I just have to let it go in one ear and out the other!!!! Yes we get the " oh god your going there again!!??" or Oh thats such a waste of money, don't you want to go anywhere else?" We're DVC members and so with that we're able to go 2 or 3 times a year...Try explaining DVC to non disney people.....Thats a joy... then try telling them you can go every where being as member....even more fun!!!! Last January hubby and I had a chance to go to Disney , just the two of us for a long weekend, yes of course we got the question of " why there it's just the two of you, why not go somewhere else?"....God we had soooo much fun just the two of us, no kids ....lots of fun.....Not thats its now when we're with them ..just a totally different experience!!!!..Although our kids are "seasoned" disney vacationers... both girls have been every year since they were born at least once or twice a year...they are 8 and 4 ,,,,,,they have no idea how spoiled they are.....Did I mention that we did a disney cruise in April!!!!! poor things!!!

 

[LaughingGravy]

My company will be exhibiting at a trade show in October with the hotel being the Marriott World Center, just SE of Epcot, a mere stone's throw away.
I've already asked to please book me for another couple of nights, hopefully one at each end so I can do Disney. That would give me a nice start and end of the week.
They ask if I'm taking the family. Too pricey, I say. Plus taking them out of school at these ages is more difficult in October with too much going on.

They look at me confused as to why I'd do WDW solo. Little do they know!
Luckily, my brother and his family will be at WLV for their annual trip, so that's my excuse to give them, not that I really need one.
In reality, I'll meet brother and family for a bit, but they sleep late, so I'll be doing most of what I'll be doing solo.

 

[Green Lantern]

Most of my family think it's a bit werid I vacation there with my wife all the time, but we don't care. My friends think it's pretty cool, and we love it, we're a Disney couple so we are happy.

 

[WDW 3]

Camping!

Hey, don't slam camping. We actually do both. A little camping at the lake in the summer and an extended Disney vacation too. We don't go to Disney every year (yet) just every 2 years. Camping we can do every summer. We pull the camper to the lake, do a little fishing and a little tubing, eat some s'mores, yum. It's all good

 

[xsupaxmanxsfnex]

I am lucky to have found a couple of friends that are obsessed with Disney like me. Some of my friends had never been before and always thought it was weird how much I talked about it. But this year my high school band took a trip to Disney for a week and they Loved it. Now they understand and like when I talk about it.

 

[jsfra209]

I've met people who are unimpressed with WDW but love their local Six Flags parks. Although I understand the roller coaster aspect, how could anyone prefer an amusement park full of chipped paint, local teenagers, and almost zero theming?

I never understood that! How could you be more enamored with six flags than WDW?!?! Six flags is an amusement park, whereas Disney is a totally immersive experience. Every detail is thought out...it makes for an amazing vacation. Actually, I find it very difficult to visit six flags or any of those other amusement parks. It actually makes me uncomfortable watching them TRY to be like Disney...to no avail.

 

[Jodileigh]

Oh yes. But mine can't make up her mind! She used to tell me how she enjoyed it when she went the one time while she was pg. Then she totally changed her story and tells me how she hated everything. The castle, SE, ALL OF AK, on and on and on. Oh, and how she didn't think FP was right b/c after all, if she has to wait, so should everyone else. I asked why she didn't just get one and she informed me that she wasn't paying $50 for it! WHAT??? Since when?? But, she swears up and down that she was told FP was $50 and EVERYONE in her group of about 30 asked EVERYONE they could find in EVERY park and EVERY Disney CM told them $50 for FP. WHATEVER! Now, why on earth she would choose to argue Disney with me of all people, I don't know. There are SOOOO many topics I know nothing about to choose from! But she is always making nasty comments about my trips and my "wasting money" and "wasting time by all the stupid planning and reservations", etc, etc, etc. I guess she doesn't see how her shopping every single weekend for more clothes for her and her kids is wasting money at all. After all, don't we all need a different outfit for every single day of the year? That's not wasting money at all. However, I guess it would save time on laundry!! HAHAHAHA!! I'm sorry! I just get so annoyed with her b/c I would never bash her likes or whatever. But she bashes mine all the time. Good thing I'm changing locations!!

Jodi

 

[DivineMadness7]

Hey, don't slam camping. We actually do both. A little camping at the lake in the summer and an extended Disney vacation too. We don't go to Disney every year (yet) just every 2 years. Camping we can do every summer. We pull the camper to the lake, do a little fishing and a little tubing, eat some s'mores, yum. It's all good

I didn't mean to "slam" camping. That's fine if you like it. It's just that I don't like it Different strokes for different folks. Some people like camping, some people don't just like some like WDW, some don't. I'm happy your family enjoys camping. I hope you enjoy your tent and while you're in there, I'll be in my nice hotel room without bugs and with a comfy bed :lol: hopefully not a combination of the two words, though, that's for another thread. :lookaroun

 

[Erin_Akey]

We have a lot of friends and family who don't understand our love of it either, and say by going back year after year, we are depriving our children of seeing the rest of the world.

What they forget is that my children also just got back from Myrtle Beach, go to the local beach all the time, have been to the Smokey Mountains, etc. This year we gave the kids a choice and they decided as a unanimous group of five they wanted Disney.. So off we go from Dec. 24th thru Jan.4th and we are celebrating each one's birthday one night etc.

For my family, this is our little piece of heaven where my husband and I can be kids with our kids for a week or two and forget the stressful ad demanding jobs we have. I cannot tell you how much our family bonds when we are in Disney. The same kids who usually want to kill each other laugh and play and it is lke a dream!!!!

I find it funny that the same people who tell us these things are the people who blow their money in casinos once or twice a month. (now there's a way to make memories), or only go to beach locales, or take a cruise every year, (looking at the same water for a week), or go motorcycle riding in the woods somewhere, etc. How is that different?

We do what we like and no one is harmed. My clients LOVE coming into my iffice and browsing all of the Disney photos from past years that line my office walls and book cases etc.

People we know now lke many of yu have taken to asking us for advice on panning a trip which we gladly give.

I just wish more people understood that Disney world is WAY ore than a place for kids 10 and under. Sometimes I think there is more for adults to do than kids!

Those non-Disney people just do not know what they are missing!!! Let them stay away and keep the crowds down!!!!

Ok- off my soapbox now!!!

 

[MicheleK]

I too have plenty of friends/family that "just don't get it". My brother-in-law had me plan a Disney World trip for him and his family a couple of years ago. I got him a beautiful pool home (at his request), tickets to the park, car, etc. All he could say positive about the trip was "Beautiful house you got us, thank you." As for the parks, "It was HOT, the lines were too long, I don't see the big deal there, etc, etc, etc) :hammer:. Anyway, needless to say I still hear from EVERYONE, "We don't understand why you go there............" To each their own I say. We'll vacation how we like and let them vacation how they like. His idea of a WONDERFUL vacation is leaving his kids home and going to Vegas and dropping a grand a day, again, to each his own. I would NEVER tell him that his vacation is a bad idea (even though that's what I'm thinking :lol.

 

[Tinkerbella16]

We have a lot of friends and family who don't understand our love of it either, and say by going back year after year, we are depriving our children of seeing the rest of the world.

What they forget is that my children also just got back from Myrtle Beach, go to the local beach all the time, have been to the Smokey Mountains, etc. This year we gave the kids a choice and they decided as a unanimous group of five they wanted Disney.. So off we go from Dec. 24th thru Jan.4th and we are celebrating each one's birthday one night etc.

For my family, this is our little piece of heaven where my husband and I can be kids with our kids for a week or two and forget the stressful ad demanding jobs we have. I cannot tell you how much our family bonds when we are in Disney. The same kids who usually want to kill each other laugh and play and it is lke a dream!!!!

I find it funny that the same people who tell us these things are the people who blow their money in casinos once or twice a month. (now there's a way to make memories), or only go to beach locales, or take a cruise every year, (looking at the same water for a week), or go motorcycle riding in the woods somewhere, etc. How is that different?

We do what we like and no one is harmed. My clients LOVE coming into my iffice and browsing all of the Disney photos from past years that line my office walls and book cases etc.

People we know now lke many of yu have taken to asking us for advice on panning a trip which we gladly give.

I just wish more people understood that Disney world is WAY ore than a place for kids 10 and under. Sometimes I think there is more for adults to do than kids!

Those non-Disney people just do not know what they are missing!!! Let them stay away and keep the crowds down!!!!

Ok- off my soapbox now!!!

I couldn't agree more with everything you said in your post! You actually took the words right out of my mouth. That is what I try to tell people everytime they have something to say about us going to WDW every year. Very well said!! :sohappy:

 

[Senderella]

So for those of you familiar with facebook, this afternoon I set my status to "planning my next Disney World trip."

I get this on my wall from someone who is an acquaintance from high school, who, until now, I had some respect for.

"Go ahead and throw your money to the giant facist machine of Disney World! be like that! They aren't hurting for anyones dollars. Why not go to a national park out west or something instead? They could use the revenue, and you will get more out of that then you will some hyper-marketed park that sells a fantasy of they dictate the ideal America and the ideal world should be. Give your money to the lie."

I was pretty stunned. He is a pretty dry sarcastic person, so I posted back on his wall: "I sincerely hope that rant was at least partially facetious."

He writes back:
"It's up to you to determine what and was not a joke. Watch out for thee parades down there. I hear they like to goose-step.

Really though, try out a national park or something. That's real adventure. Anamatronic birds that sing to you, and spinning tea cups, you know what you are going to get, how fun is that?"

I really want to write my heart out but for now, I've decided to not respond to this sort of buffoonery.

Wow.. I think that "friend" of yours wasn't loved or hugged enough as a kid or SOMETHING. That's insane.

We've got some friends who were kind of teetering on that mentality though not that bad. My sister and her idiot husband are about on par with that.. ok just her husband but that's besides the point. When we were on our last trip in May we called J from AK. It was our first park day. DH got a beer and I got an Oasis (or 2) from the bar there. Anyhow, we called J and INFORMED them they're coming with us next trip. He shrugged it off as "ya ya see how much they remember". We were the ones to tell his wife when we got home. She looked like she was about to cry.
I think we've finally converted them to the cult. They've become super excited. She's actually excited about something which I've never seen before and I was a bridesmaid in her wedding. He's still trying to act like the cantankerous anti-Disney tough guy he thinks he is.. trying to draw my dh into it.. but he'll sit there and put in his 2 cents on wanting to go to Biergarten and getting on that ride. :hammer:
My dh won't play with the tough guy act. LOL He will willingly wear the ears and be a Goof like every other sane person at the parks. As soon as J sees my DH genuinely is into it rather than just humoring me, I think he'll fully come around to the Mouse Army. **Drink the Disney flavored Kool Aid..everyone's doing it** :lookaroun

 

[Dragonrider1227]

Shan the non-believers. SHAAAAAAN!