auntlynne
Aunt Lynne
- Joined
- Sep 2, 2008
I think I could mark each of these reasons with “Like.”
Lots of people are invested in Disney, be it
1. Financial
a) DVC ownership
b) APs
2. Emotional - childhood / lifetime / or adult-onset memories / Disneyitis.
I was thinking this is like asking why we go back to Disney - World, Land, Cruise, Aulani, ...
Or why we travel.
I had no plans to go to WDW anytime soon. I went in Mid-September, bought a 6-day ticket, as I had a timeshare certificate for a $99 rental (total for 7 nights at a Marriott property. I randomly check trade options and noticed that one was expiring in early October.)
I had an illness-induced travel hiatus for four years and had just returned to (monthly) travel in December 2019. I was in Hawaii in March just as they were shutting down.
April. May. June. July. August. Home, not working (that was the Next step in recovery).
We had airline tickets and a week booked for St Kitts in early May. Nope.
We had airline tickets, hotel points booked in San Juan, and a DCL Cruise in November. Cancelled.
”I can drive myself now, be in Orlando in about 12 hours. Nice lodging. Don’t need a companion, as I am safe at Disney as a solo traveler.”
Now, my cruise people had already gotten time off for the November cruise, so we decided we would go to WDW instead - decision made before my September trip. Another good (not quite) value on the timeshare (but a nice 3 bedroom), we can all ride together and get a dose of Disney. We are taking my nephew-in-law, who is enthusiastic about Disney (my family is just happy to be on vacations, not WDW fanatics - we are more DCL fans, as evidenced by days at sea v. Days at parks).
I’m an “Other.” Because it’s there and I’m here and want to be somewhere different from here.
Lots of people are invested in Disney, be it
1. Financial
a) DVC ownership
b) APs
2. Emotional - childhood / lifetime / or adult-onset memories / Disneyitis.
I was thinking this is like asking why we go back to Disney - World, Land, Cruise, Aulani, ...
Or why we travel.
I had no plans to go to WDW anytime soon. I went in Mid-September, bought a 6-day ticket, as I had a timeshare certificate for a $99 rental (total for 7 nights at a Marriott property. I randomly check trade options and noticed that one was expiring in early October.)
I had an illness-induced travel hiatus for four years and had just returned to (monthly) travel in December 2019. I was in Hawaii in March just as they were shutting down.
April. May. June. July. August. Home, not working (that was the Next step in recovery).
We had airline tickets and a week booked for St Kitts in early May. Nope.
We had airline tickets, hotel points booked in San Juan, and a DCL Cruise in November. Cancelled.
”I can drive myself now, be in Orlando in about 12 hours. Nice lodging. Don’t need a companion, as I am safe at Disney as a solo traveler.”
Now, my cruise people had already gotten time off for the November cruise, so we decided we would go to WDW instead - decision made before my September trip. Another good (not quite) value on the timeshare (but a nice 3 bedroom), we can all ride together and get a dose of Disney. We are taking my nephew-in-law, who is enthusiastic about Disney (my family is just happy to be on vacations, not WDW fanatics - we are more DCL fans, as evidenced by days at sea v. Days at parks).
I’m an “Other.” Because it’s there and I’m here and want to be somewhere different from here.