Three Trips in One Year...Insane?

[Susan Savia]

If you can afford to go 3 times in a year and have the time to do it, go and have fun! We are planning 3 trips beginning February 2012.

 

[dixiegirl]

Not insane at all!! We've done that been 3 times within a year....every trip it was great! But if we do an extra trip here or there whether its due to left over Southwest credit which oh well we will use it to go to disney or if we're down in Orlando because of a cruise , There are people I won't even tell....Not worth listening about it....Recently I heard from a client of mine, "I gotta ask how on earth can you afford to go there a couple times a year with two kids I mean are'nt we in a recession?"? I tried to go into how we're DVC members AP holders and such but to be honest sometimes I just feel like I'm wasting my breath! Not worth going into the detail if you know they really don't care.

Hay we all have something we enjoy, and to many of us its Disney World !
(and for the record I'm with you as well listening to theme park music..My fav is drivining around listening to the old Resort tv loop with the "tip of the day"! )

I say go and have a great time.....People are just jealous!

 

[RichS]

We got 4 trips out of our last annual passes. April 10, Oct10, Dec10, April11. We usually get 3. Next trip is Oct 11.:wave: Most don't even ask where we are going.

 

[Merman]

lol I have already been 7 times this year:shrug:
planning at leat 3 more trips:sohappy:

 

[Coach81]

We went three times in a year in 2009.. what a great year that was!!!

 

[OurDailyGruel]

Wow, that makes you an Olympian in my eyes. I have nothing but respect and admiration for your feat not envy. I would totally do that if I could make the numbers work!

 

[PhoenixSpirit]

Some of my friends and family all seem to have a huge issue with my WDW obsession and such. Aside from always listening to audio I've collected from the parks, CDs, records, tapes, mp3s, etc., they all REALLY seem to take an issue with my frequenting WDW (particularly the Magic Kingdom). I've talked about it at legnth with some of you on here in the past. I don't really understand it, but they seem to be at the end of their rope with my current plans. Let me explain.

I went down there last June with my sister, and decided I had to go again, so I paid for she and I to go again in January. Stayed on-site, all that stuff, had a blast. Then I had always planned to go down for the 40th Anniversary in October, and I was going to go alone, but recently I've met the woman of my dreams and she and I decided to make an entire vacation out of it, (She's never been, so I'm pumped to show her the World of Disney!) so we have a trip ready to book for a week at the end of Sept/Beginning of October. Cool.

Then yesterday some very good friends of mine called me to inform me they were driving down to Florida from Pittsburgh and said they wanted me to go with them. Of course I can't pass up an opportunity to go, especially with these friends. They have some awesome deal with a time-share too, so we're staying practically for free, which is awesome (too bad it's not ON-property, but oh well).

All I hear from my immediate family (minus my sister) and my cousins and aunts etc is that "Wow, why do you have to go so much? Dont' go again." Some of my co-workers and friends too act as if I've personally harmed them in making plans to go to Disney World. I understand that it's not for everyone, and that for those who don't get it, never will. But the amount of hate really bothers me.

So I suppose I'm asking if you, my fellow Disney-obsessos, think I'm insane for going THREE TIMES in one calendar year, which is also four times in just over 15 months. I live in Philadelphia, so it's not like I'm anywhere close to Disney World, but I just don't understand why people have an issue with it. I'm not hurting anyone, it's my own darn money, and guess what? It's what makes me happy! What's the big deal!?

Has anyone been down to WDW multiple times within a year and caught heat for it from friends/family? How many times have you been in one year when coming from a long-distance?

You're not insane, you're lucky! I would love to be able to do that, but it's expensive and thousands of miles away :'( I'd swap places with you in a heartbeat!