Originally Posted By 73baloo I use Disneyland to recharge my battery. Does anyone else? I can just walk in and feel the stress melt away...probably one of the reasons I do not mind lines or crying children. Just "my happy place". I live in Washington State so do not make it as often as I would like. In fact, I buy an AP and then go 3-4 times during the year. It has been 15 months since I was last there...leave in 73 days but who is counting? LOL!!! People at work always ask when the next time I am going is. Go to WDW every 3-4 years but just do not get the total relaxation feeling.
Originally Posted By ABBY I know what you mean. I went at the beginning of May after a 4 year hiatus and I don't know how I ever lasted that long...from now on one of my goals is going to be to go at least once a year, twice if possible. I have been to WDW once and there is just soooo much to do it is hard to relax. I wish I could go more often but I have too many animals at home to be gone for very long.
Originally Posted By SleepingBeauty82 Oh AMEN to that! There's nothing like the feeling like walking through the tunnels onto Main Street and knowing I have no cares or worries for the next 12-14 hours. I think I smile more times in one day at Disneyland then I do in three or four days at home. Not that I'm depressed or anything! I'm just a very low-key kinda unexcitable person. But when I walk through those gates, man. I become a little kid. People are always suprised to see it.
Originally Posted By 73baloo So nice to hear from others that feel the same way. Ditto on the WDW...must be so the many places to go, I always feel rushed. Disneyland is like an old friend, I can sit, watch people and just smile.
Originally Posted By danmcmartin We went for the first time with our kids in 2002 for 4 days. We went again the next year for 5 days and we all felt a little burned out on DL. The next year we went to San Francisco and it just wasn't the same. Of course it wasn't like DL, but the way we felt was different. We were in a real city with real traffic. We sat in a few traffic jams and ate at resturants we could eat at her at home. We all talked about how Disneyland felt like a real vacation. No traffic, different food and a real escape for the reality of daily life. We don't get burned out on DL anymore. We thought that any vacation would be the same and its not.
Originally Posted By Main Street Dad I'm exactly the same way! Kinda funny sidenote. I had to be in Ontario, Ca. for business for one day a couple of years ago. My flight landed at about nine pm and I rented a car and drove the 40 mins to the resort even though I knew it was closed. I actually felt better just walking around DTD and sitting on a bench in front of the main entrance enjoying a cup of coffee and listening to the DL music over the sound system. I got problems, I know.
Originally Posted By 73baloo Main Street Dad...not problems at all...if so we would all be in therapy of some sort. Actually, Disneyland probably keeps me out of therapy.
Originally Posted By KCCHIEF I also live currently in Washington state....I think all the rain keeps me somewhat bummed.(still not use to the rain)...anyway I use my DL trips as a way to escape everyday problems...I know that for me ...just the planning alone can bring my spirits up..
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf Main Street Dad, I do the same thing! I travel quite a bit for work and anytime I go to Southern California I make sure I have enough time to at least get near Disneyland. Even if I only have time to drive around the perimeter a couple of times it's enough to make me feel better. Anyway, I'm glad to know I'm not the only freak out there! Maybe we should start a support group. I guess the next post should start off "My name is XXXX and I am a Disneyland-aholic!"
Originally Posted By Main Street Dad lol! It actually makes me feel a little better too knowing other people do goofy things like that. I told a co-worker where I had gone when I back to work and he looked at me like I was nuts.
Originally Posted By 73baloo I like the idea of a support group; actually this website fits the bill in most ways.
Originally Posted By sdlovesmickey I totally feel the same way and that is why I frequent Laughing Place...to share my love of Disneyland with others who love it. My family makes fun of me for returning every year. I am in the process of moving (bought a house this week) from South Dakota to Wyoming and now I will only be a 12 hour drive away instead of 20 hours away. I plan to buy an AP and try to go at least twice a year. We return for five days in the park in a few weeks. Once I enter the park I also feel the stress melting away and it just makes me happy to be there. The saddest time of the year is when I know I am looking at Cindy's castle for the last time on that particular visit as we leave the park. I always have to pause and take a good long look.
Originally Posted By Grumpy Pete Isn't a 12 step program supposed to help you kick a habit? I don't want to be cured of Disneyitis or my Disneyaholic "problem!" Noooo! I won't go!
Originally Posted By Main Street Dad sdlovesmickey, I live in Casper. You must be moving close to Rock Springs to be 12 hours away? Anyway, I'm glad to have a fellow Wyo on the boards. I've been the lone Wyomingite for quite awhile...
Originally Posted By ilvdland <--needs battery charging ASAP!!!! As a fellow Washingtonian, I too feel as though I need DL to feel better. My boss says it's my therapy.....
Originally Posted By tiki tiki tiki tiki If I had the option to be able to visit DL as often as some APers, I admit I would totally be a much happier and easy going kind of gal.
Originally Posted By ChurroMonster When I first moved to Southern California eight years ago, Disneyland was my only friend and we spent a lot of time together. Disneyland was familiar and comfortable and I always had a place that felt like home. In the subsequent years I have been lucky enough to find a group of friends who made me feel loved and important and I found the need to go to Disneyland wane over time. I still have an AP and I still go as often as I can but, in truth, it's only a few times a year now, and always with someone I care about. Nothing can replace the love and attention from loved ones but Disneyland will always have a special place in my heart for providing me sanctuary at a time the world felt hostile to me. May Disneyland be as good to others as it has been for me.
Originally Posted By 73baloo I am lucky that my entire family loves Disneyland (my ex didn't). We spent 2 weeks every summer at the Disneyland Hotel when I was growing up. My Dad did not go the first year we went but did the next. He is a civil engineer and fell in love with the atmosphere, the buildings and views it all as an engineering marvel. He is 79 and still loves to go. At Disneyland's 50th he was missing, we had all met at Hungry Bear; anyway the Mark Twain goes by with the band playing music and there is my Dad on the top deck with a big smile on his face...he had been following the band around the park.
Originally Posted By danmcmartin ChurroMonster hit it on the head. Disneyland feels like home away from home. I don't feel like a visitor, I feel like I belong there. I understand the comment about Disneyland being your only friend. It does feel like a member of the family.
Originally Posted By ni_teach 73baloo I go to the park all the time to just recharge. Even if I do not go on any attractions, just entering the park makes me feel good.
