Originally Posted By CMDad Well - my late December trip is taking shape ... we now have our first dining reservations for that trip ... So far we will be eating at Via Napoli and La Hacienda de San Angel. Now the wait ...
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 December is so pretty, but I just don't think I could handle the crows again. Your pick of resturants sound good. Tell us how they are. I din't know that La Hacienda was taking ressies?
Originally Posted By MPierce Bristmas at WDW is something I've always wanted to do. I take it you go this time most years CMDad. A great time to spend with your daughter also.
Originally Posted By CMDad Disneymom443 - One of the benefits of having a daughter who looks after me when it comes to WDW trips - not to mention she wants to eat there as well ... on my dime. LOL! MPierce - yes, we have gone there often at this time and usually have not minded not being able to do much, as we have either had APs or - more recently - have gotten in on my daughter's pass. This year the blocked out dates for her pass cover the whole week so for the first time in years we will have to actually buy admission. That may actually affect our desire to come down that week in the future. Christmas at WDW is something special, even if - like me - you don't celebrate Christmas.
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 I plan on going towards the end of December next year. This year I am taking the girls out from school next year I would like to not have them miss 2 much school.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 We are going later in December also (12-19 ?) Are the crowds a little smaller this year due to the sorry state of the economy ? Does WDW visits count as a need or a want while checking your budget ?
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Does WDW visits count as a need or a want while checking your budget ? << Sometimes both.
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 Out of curiousity how would it be a need? To me these are needs. Food, Water, shelter, clothes, family, and friends. Everything else is a want. Just wondering.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey For me, the thought of not going to WDW with my family once a year is fairly depressing. I'd say it's a need. For my mom, it's definitely a need. At nearly 82 years old, she says it's the one thing (besides her family) that she really, truly enjoys. She looks forward to it every year and was just saying yesterday at lunch that she wishes we could get on a plane right now and go. What makes it even better is that we get to go as a family. We have truly memorable, wonderful trips when we visit. I love spending time with my mom and my sister when we're here at home - getting to spend a week with them at WDW is the best thing in the world, in my opinion.
Originally Posted By dshyates KatieKate, those needs are sooo last century. The new needs are Food, Latte, iPhone, Facebook (Farmville).
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 LOL dshyates. Are those needs last century? I never thought about it like that. I guess being the stupid young naive girl that I was when I was 18 and moving in a house with a bunch of mexican guys that I barely knew taught me a lot about what I needed and wanted. Working at Target making only about 100-150 dollars a week taught me what I truely needed and wanted. No I didn't have to pay rent, but considering I hadn't grown accustomed to mexican food yet. I did have to buy my own food, and clothes, and cat food and litter. SO I went without a lot. Long story short. I actually made those guys into a family and I am married to one of them. We are so close I couldn't imagine being any closer. They are like my brothers well this changed on how we help eachother out and everything. For many years we had money and blew it. Going into the recession hit us hard b/c they are construction workers you know whats funny when we had money we never went on vacation. Now that we don't have a lot of money we are going to Disney World, and on a mini vacation for Thanksgiving. Anyways I am just telling you this b/c even though we are doing these things it was something we wanted to do well I wanted to do and I usually can talk those guys into anything. which makes this a WANT.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 For me sometimes the wants out weigh the needs. I need my job. I WANT to go to WDW
Originally Posted By disneydad109 I need my vacations cause it's really hard to earn a living playing golf.Everyone thinks that it look so easy but it's really hard work .It looks like one is just outside having fun but that's my office.If I don't get the job done ,I don't get paid.
Originally Posted By MPierce Most fans want to go to WDW. Sometimes you really NEED to escape from everyday reality, and you NEED to go to WDW to do that. When the stress of life is getting you down that want starts becoming synonymous with need.
