goofy4prez
A guy can love Disney and still keep his man card!
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2008
Spoke to a Disney dieheart yesterday. For the last 10 years they have flown from CLE to WDW at least once and some years twice. They told me they are done and forgoing any DVC purchase. They have decided to halt their WDW addiction and start traveling other places for far less dollars for the deluxe accommodations, meals, tansportation etc. they have come to enjoy at WDW. (Not comparing using cost of APs when looking at other vacations). I was very surprised they are going to Hawaii instead of WDW for Christmas. Another frined ready to buy OKW and rethinking. And me - being tied to tech to get a meal or use a fastpass type program....... UGH! We have DVC at GF and are not adding on. It may be time for American Cruise Lines, AAA trips, and ABD via Costco.
I also fly from CLE to WDW and also think we are near the breaking point as well. We have a WDW trip coming up in Feb (may still cancel) and have a feeling it will be our last in a long time to WDW. I splurge when it comes to vacations, so cost is not really a problem for me, but I hate to keep paying more and getting less. I guess I will make the camp happy that says, "Good, that's fewer people when I go." We started looking at cruises, but this pandemic put a kibosh on the three cruises we had booked the last year and a half and were all canceled including an Alaska cruise and land package we were really looking forward to.
We also owned at the VGF and sold our points last spring and actually made a profit on the sale. This year we stayed close to home. With not going to WDW and our Disney cruise cancelled, along with two other cruises, I took that money and bought a new boat. I discovered how much fun Lake Erie can be in my own backyard. Once this pandemic is over and if life ever gets back to normal again, we will certainly be looking at other places and adventures to spend our vacation money on other than exclusively WDW as we have over the last 15 years. Never thought I'd say that. I have had some great times and some great memories. Perhaps I'll feel different in the near future, but right now it's where I'm at with things.