How Do You Handle The Anticipation Of A Trip To Walt Disney World?

Think about the question posed in the title. How do you handle the anticipation of your next Walt Disney World visit? I hope for your peace of mind that you are not as nutty as I am every time there is another trip in the works. Let me tell you what I go through and then you can decide just how crazy you might be.

We generally visit at least every other year, more if we can fit it in. The most basic planning and therefore anticipation begins as we board the Magical Express bus at our resort to head for the airport for the trip home. Believe it or not we actually begin discussing the next trip on the plane ride back to Arizona. We already know that as we head home in October we will be deciding approximately when we will be visiting and where we will be staying and that by the time we land in Tucson it will be locked in. That is the easy part.

Things remain fairly calm until we start to approach 500 days out which is when we make our room only reservation and from then on the excitement of the upcoming trip drives me to do odd things. A lot of time is spent on Disney Discussion Boards and setting up my Tour Guide Mike account for the trip in question. On the Discussion Boards I can get any of my questions answered and also help others on the boards by answering whatever I can for them. Now I have a new outlet for the Disney Mania, writing for Chip and Company. That helps not only the planning but keeps me current on all the latest Disney news – very helpful. As other deadlines approach decisions have to be made whether or not to go with a package plan or get an Annual Passport and a Tables in Wonderland membership. Not only that, Advance Dining Reservations (ADR’s) need to be pre planned. Whew!!! Then, the least crowded park charts from Tour Guide Mike have to be merged with potential ADR’s and ADR’s made at 180 days. As you can see, I get so tied up with planning and my other outlets that anticipation flourishes from the time we head home from our current visit until we catch the bus in the opposite direction, from the airport to the resort on the next visit.

That’s how I handle the anticipation, how do you do it? I almost hesitate to say this but the thought process in already in place for visits after 2011. That’s right 2013, 2015, and 2017 and we are also thinking about trying to squeeze at least one more in there somewhere. As always, enjoy your visit to Walt Disney World!!

Ken

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