Too obsessed?

jvattes · Mar 28, 2014

So I have been spending a great deal of my free time on the DIS and planning the details of our trip in July. I'm thinking I'm spending too much time...

Last night I was watching the Bruins game and it was getting toward my bedtime

and I started to nod off. It had been some time since the B's had made a goal and in one of those nodding-off-twilight-dreams I thought, "Maybe they should have got a FP+ for that."

I need an intervention....

CNYDisneyFan · Mar 28, 2014

You're not the only one. I have 51 days until I go and I can't stop thinking about my trip. I also can't stop talking about it.

MyMagicKingdom · Mar 28, 2014

I'm not sure that's even possible. I don't have a current trip planned but I'm still mentally planning for the next one. Planning is half the fun!! :banana:

Also, hey CNYDisneyFan, I graduated from Liverpool!!

buggy2727 · Mar 28, 2014

Same here... with the addition of Elsa & Anna FP, SW dining and waiting for SDMT and BOG FP+ for lunch.. I've planned, replanned, stalked, replanned and planned again!!! Now I'm afraid to "step away from the DIS boards" because I may miss some big announcement!!!! :coffee:

butterfly71076 · Mar 28, 2014

I'm with you! We just got back 3/9, and I am already planning our next trip, June 2015!

Moonwolf · Mar 28, 2014

I've been planning my Aug 2015 trip since last year. I've dreamed about different ropedrop situations. I have at least half of my ADRs already planned (restraining myself on planning the other half so my brother and who ever else is coming with us has a say). I'm fascinated by all the changes in FP+. Every time something is changed I immediately think about how that will effect my trip (I also have a lot of the FP's planned though I'm preventing myself from thinking about times). I've taken in so much information that I've become the Disney expert in my family even through my trip last year was my first time back to Disney since the year AK opened.

I can't wait until my family decided if we are going anywhere for the summer so I can hopefully find something else to fixate on. (Though one of the options I proposed is going to CA and if that happens I'm definitely hitting DL)

JZCubed · Mar 28, 2014

My family is off to Disney next week.

Less than one month later, we're 180 days from start of winter holiday festivities. We already have an outline. Planning is half the fun. :banana:

ArwenMarie · Mar 28, 2014

They say it's very healthy to think about and plan travel. The effect doesn't last long once you get back to work though

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/how-vacations-affect-your-happiness

CinderElsa · Mar 28, 2014

ArwenMarie said:
They say it's very healthy to think about and plan travel. The effect doesn't last long once you get back to work though

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/how-vacations-affect-your-happiness

Clearly, the solution is to make sure you have a trip booked at all times!

DRDISNEYMD · Mar 28, 2014

jvattes said:
So I have been spending a great deal of my free time on the DIS and planning the details of our trip in July. I'm thinking I'm spending too much time...

Last night I was watching the Bruins game and it was getting toward my bedtime and I started to nod off. It had been some time since the B's had made a goal and in one of those nodding-off-twilight-dreams I thought, "Maybe they should have got a FP+ for that."

I need an intervention....

~LOL. Yes, you do!!! This sounds like those Disney youtube commercials that show the family trying to use their magic bands at home to open the door and stuff! :lmao:

I'm totally obsessed, too!

ArwenMarie said:
They say it's very healthy to think about and plan travel. The effect doesn't last long once you get back to work though

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/how-vacations-affect-your-happiness

~Thanks for the link. I totally agree with this. I think the best corporation are the ones who value and force their employees to take a vacation. I know, they are rare! It's sad, how the US is the only advanced economy that doesn't require employers to provide paid vacation time for their employees.

~Anyway, I especially love planning Disney vacations! For me, it really is half the fun! :cool1:

jenne · Mar 28, 2014

My DS3 asks every night at dinner how long it is until we go on Haunted Mansion again. He dreams about it at night. :thumbsup2

NicholeB630 · Mar 28, 2014

My husband thinks I am a nut job because I am looking at Disney stuff every night and our trip isn't until December! :yay:

chrismb22 · Mar 28, 2014

NicholeB630 said:
My husband thinks I am a nut job because I am looking at Disney stuff every night and our trip isn't until December!

Welcome to my world. I text my BFF the countdown every day. The best part is, I have to spell everything to my husband because my son doesn't know about the trip yet. Only problem is, he can spell Mickey!!

my4girls10 · Mar 28, 2014

Add me to the list of nut jobs!! We are heading down in December, and I'm constantly in planning mode! We plan to tell our girls this weekend! We were trying to hold out until the day we left, but my mom let the cat out of the bag. They are all getting suspicious and asking questions!

Any ideas for a quick reveal?!?

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wuzzy6 · Mar 28, 2014

I never stop planning. :confused3

ML_LovesDisney · Mar 28, 2014

ArwenMarie said:
They say it's very healthy to think about and plan travel. The effect doesn't last long once you get back to work though

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/how-vacations-affect-your-happiness

I love planning, it is half the fun for me. I obsess before every vacation, so you're not alone :goodvibes

ArwenMarie · Mar 28, 2014

CinderElsa said:
Clearly, the solution is to make sure you have a trip booked at all times!

ML_LovesDisney said:
I love planning, it is half the fun for me. I obsess before every vacation, so you're not alone

Yep, it's part of the escape!

jvattes · Mar 28, 2014

chrismb22 said:
Welcome to my world. I text my BFF the countdown every day. The best part is, I have to spell everything to my husband because my son doesn't know about the trip yet. Only problem is, he can spell Mickey!!

For these sorts of situations - as my daughter can spell now too! - my husband and I often use big words and long sentences to communicate. EG:

"During the familial expedition to the abode of the beloved rodent, the offspring can anticipate obtaining products of intake at 20th Century Large Public Green Area Nutrition."

jvattes · Mar 28, 2014

my4girls10 said:
Add me to the list of nut jobs!! We are heading down in December, and I'm constantly in planning mode! We plan to tell our girls this weekend! We were trying to hold out until the day we left, but my mom let the cat out of the bag. They are all getting suspicious and asking questions!

Any ideas for a quick reveal?!?

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As a family one Sunday after lunch, we watched one of those shows on Travel Channel about WDW, knowing the kids would ask when we could go again. When they asked - we told them

my4girls10 · Mar 28, 2014

jvattes said:
As a family one Sunday after lunch, we watched one of those shows on Travel Channel about WDW, knowing the kids would ask when we could go again. When they asked - we told them

I like that! I may have to pull out old trip photos or the planning DVD.

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