Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. The last time we went I spent a lot of time learning how to arrange for my Fast Passes and getting on the phone at the crack of dawn(on my first day of eligibility) to reserve my sit down dining. If I had to learn the Genie + / LL that would maybe take me additional time?
It was convenient in the past when we stayed multiple days to just walk out of whatever theme park and then have a Disney bus take us back to Pop Century...or All Star Music...or whatever. Yet I only expect to pay for parking at a hotel if I'm in Toronto or Atlanta, etc. Paying for underground parking garages in a very populated city IS to be expected....that IS reasonable. Paying to park at ground level next to your Disney Resort Hotel bothers me. Others may shrug it off and that's fine.
I will (I assume) be a grandfather in the next few years. My daughter and her boyfriend are talking about a hypothetical future marriage.
Yet until my wife and I have a grandchild to spoil, as adult travelers who have been to Disney World 5 times already, now we'd rather see other places. Ireland(2022)....then Switzerland(2023).....then South Korea(2024)
Sometimes "It's A Small World After All"...but mostly not.
The Earth is huge!
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There is so much I have not seen yet.
But this is just me talking with you @Goofyernmost . Note: I finished teaching yesterday and today I have loads of free time and I'm enjoying "shooting the breeze" with you.
This post should not be taken as being critical of anyone else.
God made us all differently. To each his or her own.
I suppose it is easier for me to be dismissive of what was once something that I looked forward to each year, sometimes more than once for 48 trips in 39 years. I haven't seen all the new ones and would like to see, but not enough to submit to the incredible restrictions that Disney has placed on doing business with them. Just not worth it anymore to me.
I think WDW is a great place to see, but my obsession hasn't been rewarded anymore. I too waited until my grandkids were, at least, 6 years old which happened in 2008 when I took everyone there. my daughters both assured me that their family producing plans were complete and It was still worth it back then. I have one granddaughter that was born in 2011 that I can no longer afford to do the same thing for her. Her parents lack of planning not mine!
I have had the good fortune of seeing 35 of our 50 states. When in college I was able to take a two week tour of Lisbon, Madrid, Rome, Paris and London. Then off to Vietnam, Tokyo, Osaka, Guam, Canada more times than I can count, After college and Asia I focused mostly on domestic travel mostly WDW. One to the Bahama's, In 2015 I made a trip to Europe for over 30 days which brought me back to Paris, Venice, Rome, Pompeii, Tuscany, Florence, Barcelona and a few other places along the way on the Trans-Atlantic cruise from Rome to Fort Lauderdale. I started to have back issues shortly after that final trip and have stayed pretty close to home since then. To me that highlights the importance of doing this stuff whenever you can and not to wait for an ideal time. Go when you can because we honestly never know what tomorrow will bring. If I recall you are heading for Ireland soon, that should be a really fun time.
