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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like every vacation can be disappointed if that’s the mind set.  My last two vacations we had a tour I was looking forward to the most of the whole trip cancelled due to weather.  I was disappointed!  But tried not to let it ruin vacation.  Probably my most disappointing vacation was when we went to Ireland and foot and mouth broke out so they closed all the national historical/cultural sites anc all the national parks!  But we could still drive around and look at sheep. And drink beer.  I still hope to go back and see the archeological sites. [/quote]

This is OP. I had a tour cancelled on my last vacation also, and it was disappointing, but I am mostly okay with that because I didn't cause it and couldn't have predicted it, so we pivoted to something else that was also fun.

I think the thing that's bothering me about Disney is it seems like you theoretically can control it all, but then controlling it all is all on me. I don't want that pressure and stress. I travel for freedom from having to be so scheduled all the time and Disney seems like setting myself up for failure.

I know I could create a packed minute-by-minute itinerary for Chicago, for instance, but I never would because I'd be in a bad mood all the time. Maybe "in a bad mood" and "stressed" are what I really mean by disappointed.[/quote]

I posted above about winging it when we'd be in Orlando to see family. Schedule things up to a point, and then just be comfortable going with the flow. [b]My kids were just as happy at the hotel pool as they were in the parks, especially when it was hot out.[/b] [/quote]
Mine too.  I left feeling like why am I dragging myself around in the heat to wait in lines and spending $1K a day? [/quote]

My favorite memory from Disney is when we didn't do the parks and went resort hopping to see the Christmas trees and the huge gingerbread house from Disney Springs using the free bus and my kids loved the free cable car rides and we got to see fireworks from the hotel where the gingerbread house was. We spent the day between wandering around Disney Springs and resort hopping to see all the fancy resorts, had ice cream in one. Disney Springs was magical during the Holidays.[/quote]

I will tell you that it was horrific yesterday. My teenager was like, Mom I don't think I've seen so many people. And he visits Tysons often. [/quote]

Terrible week to go. Don’t go Christmas, New Years or President’s week either. Some of the busiest weeks of the entire year. No clue why people go this week.[/quote]

Not PP, but it's hard to find time off between work and school to go so everyone converges on those high traffic weeks of the calendar. 
We are trying to avoid crowds and have limited availability to go, so we are going to suffer through August heat this coming summer. We'll try to make the best of it and I'm sure the trip will be memorable one way or another. [/quote]

I agree it’s tricky to find a good time to go, but you can’t go one of the four busiest weeks and then be shocked it was extra crowded. August will be hot but significantly less crowded/far easier for lane lines and food. Other options to pull kids out of school. Or just go when it’s extra crowded. 
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Also do some small amount of research before you go. It's weird to try to buy the Lightning Lanes the same day then getting surprised there are none available. Everyone else bought them 3-7 days ago. You can't be both spontaneous and then disappointed that your lack of planning resulted in longer waits and frustration at peak times.[/quote]

For the prices they charge, I think it’s fair to question why one needs to reserve a place in line for an amusement park ride many days in advance.  It should not require that much planning.  [/quote]

This.  My kids are older, so our Disney days are over, but with the premium pricing, everybody should have a premium experience.  It shouldn’t be reserved for those that pay even more exorbitant fees.

Our Disney experience….   We went twice.  Our kids were younger, so we took them out of school and went during a non-peak time.  The trips were fun.  Seeing the kids have fun was the best part.  No desire to go back to Disney.  We have probably been priced out and if we have the urge to go to an amusement park- Hershey, Busch Gardens or King’s Dominion is preferred.  Don’t have to mortgage the farm and the rides are actually better.[/quote]

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