Originally Posted By ThinkTink1987 Okay, I have been craving to return home (a.k.a. Disneyland) for awhile now. My husband said that we have been there too much and we need a break from it, HA! a break? was a serious? Anyways, how can I convince him that we need to go in MArch with our friend, because she is taking her daughter for the first time and I wanna go with her, she is my best friend!!!! WHAT DO I DO?????
Originally Posted By MickeyMommy Ahh, this is something I have considerable experience with! LOL! Do you have annual passes? If so, maybe the "we have the passes, might as well get our monies worth" ploy might work. For me, getting a really great AP rate or HoJo rate helps too. The more economical the trip, the easier it is to talk him into it. Do you have kids? Bringing up the wonderful memories they will have from these trips are helpful too. The trick is to be persistant, but without nagging. You can do it!!! Good luck!
Originally Posted By fkurucz I had an idea, but I don't think it can be mentioned on a family friendly forum ;-)
Originally Posted By ThinkTink1987 <<I had an idea, but I don't think it can be mentioned on a family friendly forum ;-)>> LOL! I'll try it! MickeyMommy: We don't have AP's but I wish I did, and our son went 3 times this past year, I REALLY WANT TO GO!!! I am homesick. I am just gonna try and find out what his reasoning for NOT going is.
Originally Posted By Shiva >>I had an idea, but I don't think it can be mentioned on a family friendly forum ;-) << boy was I slow getting that one. fkurucz, I've always felt you were one of our finest minds. My respect has just gone up a couple of notches ThinkTink1987, you didn't give any dates but if it's near the beginning of the month, you can try the davewasbaloo angle. Tell DH that this really special family is coming out from England and you've wanted to meet he and his family for soooo long and you know this will be your only chance (don't be afraid to lay it on a little thick because we DH's can be a little thick between the ears sometimes). If that doesn't work you still have fkurucz's excellent suggestion as a back-up plan.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains You should also think about the fact that Easter is in March this year so if you are planning the later part of the month you will be in the heart of spring break...
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Talk to your husband and find out why he doesn't want to return. He says you've been there too much, but try to find out why he feels that way. I had that experience with my wife. We had been to WDW twice and I thought that both times my wife loved it. Then I started to plan the third trip and my wife said she didn't want to go to WDW any more. I couldn't believe it. We had a discussion and I found out that while she really enjoyed WDW, she could not stand a week of getting up early, going to the parks and staying there until close. She was tired of my Theme Park Commando ways. I promised her that it would be OK if we didn’t get to the parks until 11:00 AM. I told her that if I wanted to go earlier I would get up and let her sleep while I went myself. I would either come back to the room about noon or meet her in the park at noon. I promised that during the week we would have two days when we did not go to a park at all, but just enjoyed our resort or shopped at Downtown Disney or whatever. Needless to say, it worked. She is a HUGE Disney park fan and we go to WDW or DL at least once a year. We now have annual passes so we generally are in the parks for at least a short time every day. We typically end our day by watching Illuminations at Epcot while having a glass or two of wine. Sometimes that is the only time we will have been in a park that day, so we still have our days when we just hang out at the resort for the most part. With annual passes we don't need to worry about "wasting" a day on a short park visit like we did when we had hopper passes. I'm not saying this will work in your situation, but it may be worth a try.
Originally Posted By Shiva >>She was tired of my Theme Park Commando ways.<< RoadTrip. you and I must be related! Actually, I'm really impressed. I'm lucky that Tinkeroon is a bit of a commando herself but it has been getting a little harder for her as we've gotten older. I love the way you communicated with your DW and then did everything you could to make your Disney trips something that allows her to enjoy, not only the park, but the whole vacation experience. ThinkTink1987, when we were younger, I was usually the one who resisted the trips to the park. It was that I didn't love DL, I was just more focused on things like finances, the long drive with small children, worrying about the dependability of our car and a dozen other excuses. Once I was there, I was fine. RoadTrip is right, you need to find out why you DH feels the way he does. It may be something you can work around or compromise on. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Gee, my wife just tells me what to do and I do it. You mean its not that way in every marriage?
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<boy was I slow getting that one. fkurucz, I've always felt you were one of our finest minds. My respect has just gone up a couple of notches >> It wasn't really any manifestation of genius here. I just asked myself what would an attractive lady have to do to cajole me into doing something I kind of didn't want to do. The answer popped into my head in approximately 0.0927 seconds.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<It wasn't really any manifestation of genius here. I just asked myself what would an attractive lady have to do to cajole me into doing something I kind of didn't want to do. The answer popped into my head in approximately 0.0927 seconds.>> In my opinion you NEVER want to start that. If she figures out she can get something she wants by giving, it won't take her long to figure out that she could gain even more power by withholding. NEVER, EVER let them think that way. Keep nookie totally unrelated to anything but love (and lust). It is the only way to assure a consistent long term supply.
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD <<Gee, my wife just tells me what to do and I do it. You mean its not that way in every marriage?>> DVD Dad - You just ignore this thread. They are just making this up to mess with you. So just back away from the computer now before you get any other ideas.
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD I am a bit of a comando on vacation myself. You just never know exactly when you will be back to the same place so you need to make sure and do everything humanly possible. I always need a vacation after a vacation. I have had to promise my DH though that I will take it easy when we go to DL in March. Since we were going to take it easy, I got to book 5 days in the park instead of 2 or 3 so that works for me.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd OK, stand back and let the expert take over. The quickest way for me to get a Disney trip is to throw in something my husband wants to do. "Sure honey, you and DS can go skiing for spring break. No I'll have to work, but you go and have fun." A week after he gets back. "You know it's really great that you got to spend some quality time with DS. I found some cheap airfare to Anaheim. I'd really like to take DS out to visit my family <muffled> and go to Disneyland" "Oh honey, you know how you wanted to go sailing for a few days in Santa Barbara? <muffled> and then five days at Disneyland." "Yes dear I booked the flights for our trip to the Virgin Islands in May, but guess what? The airfare was a lot cheaper if it included a 5 day layover in Orlando." It may take a little research but these are actual examples that I have used successfully in the past nine months. In my husband's world, he took a weekend ski trip, a vacation to Santa Barbara to sail around the Channel Islands and next year will be taking a trip to the Virgin Islands. In my world; two Disneyland trips this year and a WDW trip next May!
Originally Posted By Shiva sherrytodd, you never cease to amaze me. I've known some women who were good at nudging their DH's down the path that they wanted them to go but, when you can convince the DH that it was his OWN idea, that's genius!
Originally Posted By ThinkTink1987 WOW! Thanks for everybodys advice, I will def try to use some of these tips, although, I did talk to my husband last night, about it and he says the reason he doesn't want to go is because we got a speeding ticket on the way home last time, but it was our fault the cop snapped someone elses MPH and we got the ticket! GRRRRR He also says that we can't afford either, but I know we can, we totally could.
Originally Posted By Shiva ThinkTink1987,I wasn't too far off then in my post #8. If he's being completely truthful with you, you might want to show him that you can afford it. A DL trip doesn't have to be prohibitively expensive, especially if you are an AP. Oftentimes off-site hotels can be had for about $50.00 a night and you don't have to eat every meal in the park. Typically, Tinkeroon and I look for hotels that offer at least a continental breakfast and although we do tend to eat in the park, there are many good offering outside. Mimi's, just across the street would be a good example. The manager there once told me that many nearby hotel guests frequently eat more than just meal a day there. The same goes for souvenirs, although some are very cute and hard to resist, just set a budget for them before you go. I think that if you do a little research on hotel prices (Expedia, Cheap Hotels, Travelocity, ect) and watch where you eat that he might see just how affordable it is. You might even tell him, if you were thinking about going for the Christmas season, that he wouldn't have to get you a major Christmas present as that would be your present. Tinkeroon and I used to do stuff like that when our kids were small and money a lot tighter. One last thing, even your DH should realize that getting a speeding ticket like he did was a fluke and not likely to happen again, especially if he follows the posted speed "suggestions" fairly closely. Any others out there have suggestions on how to do DL on a budget???
Originally Posted By wendebird Why not just go with your friend & leave hubby home? I've done it before & it would save costs if you guys could split a room & possibly share travel expenses like gas, etc. If he protests, suggest he needs a weekend away with the boys. ;D
