Originally Posted By davewasbaloo It is frustrating. My dad treats my Disney addiction as if it were a drug habit. And my mom things we are stupid for not changing our dining room table every few years or wanting a bigger house instead (sadly the house I want is three times the value of ours, or about 70 international Disney trips). It does break my heart as my mom is the one that started my addiction. And now, they don't even want to hear about our trips, see our pictures or go with us.
Originally Posted By disney pete sorry to hear that Dave mums are strange my mum hated the Beatles after they left for london and tried to stop me playing their records around the house she didnt succeed but we had many an argument over it,btw dude posted a few questions in DLP SECTION ON YOUR THREAD woot KIERAN HAS GIVE ME SOME GOOD INPUT I WOULD APPRECIATE YOURS TOO BIG GUY thanks
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I have answered briefly, but a load of my posts in the last two days have been on the mobile between appointments. Yesterday was a 16 hour work day. Soz mate, but check the thread again.
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE That's o'kay....we like Disneyland...we have a refreshing feeling every time we go, seeing the funny expressions, the laughter, the simple smiles , the fun, and sheer enjoyment of all the surroundings of everything that Disney has to offer is so much appreciated by our Family, some people may not see Disney in the same light as we do, that is o'kay... it is a fun place for all to forget the everyday struggles that come upon everyone from time to time, for those who face none of these trials, and come to Disney, a place of fun and laughter, filled with a magical atmosphere of Good Times, awaits them too, we all have are reasons for coming to Disney some quite different from another...but I say to you all , in light of all of the reasons.....Welcome To This Magical Place hope your day is a day filled with Fun and Laughter , hope you meet some of Disney's Best Friends and leave with Smiles, smiles, and more smiles : )
Originally Posted By u k fan Worse than knowing someone who doesn't like Disneyland is going with someone who doesn't like Disneyland. This happened to me at WDW. I went with a friend who basically spent most of her holiday in our room because she hated the parks that much. She ended up selling her 10 day pass with 7 days still on it. Converseley, when we visited Universal I was ready to go by lunchtime and she was having a whale of a time. She's since been to Florida on 3 other occasions and loves it, but she's never been back to WDW once!!!
Originally Posted By LadyKluck llanatoye, my mom is 55 & the older she gets the more she wants to be left the heck alone. I've noticed a lot here lately she doesn't even want to see the kids. Normally she takes them the first Thursday of every month so DH can go to his union meeting - she's got them for maybe 3 hours - lately she has even been grumpy about taking them when she used to be excited to have "her day" with them. Villians I totally respect her decision to not want to go but my mom is becoming the type of person that even when we come back and show her pictures and videos she'll still be complaining about how could we spend the money, the kids are too young to remember, etc. I know it because she's been complaining about it since we told her we were taking the kids this year. Sorry to derail, just had to vent it a little.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice The only person I'm aware of who doesn't want to give Disneyland a try (he's never been, so he can't yet say he doesn't like it) is my hair stylist's husband. She really wants to go because Mr. Alice and I regale her with all of our fun trip moments every time we go. Her husband's mother ruined it all for him by being a Disney animation maniac. She played the movies constantly when he was growing up and he became completely fed up and sick of them. Now he compares everything Disney to those childhood moments being drowned in the animation. Bummer. Needless to say, we feel very fortunate that the folks closest to us love Disneyland. They may not be as crazy about it as we are, but they really enjoy the experience. With my parents, it's the memories - they haven't been in years. I think we could have gotten them to join us (they may come to DTD this December for dinner with us, though until my mother had a stroke last July. She couldn't handle all the walking, but wouldn't feel comfortable in a scooter. It's a drag, really. Mr. Alice's mom is 10 years older than mine and she had a BLAST there with us two years ago. Our friends and coworkers (and one of Mr. Alice's baccarat teammates is as nutty about Disneyland as we are) come to both of us for trip planning advice - it's neat!
Originally Posted By disney pete kieran you have strange friends my friend yeah i think we all know someone who pullsa face when you metion DISNEY hey their loss
Originally Posted By llanatoye LadyKluck, I know exactly what you're feeling, it's very frustrating and not to make it worse but my Mom was in her late 70's when she started that behavior. Your Mom seems kind of young to be feeling that way but it's not that unusual. Just very hard to deal with. If you need to vent my email is my profile. I took care of my Mom long distance (well 85 miles) and know the kind of frustration you deal with. Hey what are you going to do? You try and raise them right and they end up having their own darn opinion
Originally Posted By kari12177 I was raised right, my parents have been taking me to DL since I was 2. And we still go together every year.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I think sometimes it's "Disney fans" more than the parks themselves that freak people out a little. Think about something you don't particularly follow or care about (NASCAR, sports teams, Star Trek, Longaberger baskets). The people who are fans of those things tend to get a little crazed when the subject comes up. And, they seem a little bit weird to people who aren't into that stuff. Ursula said it best way back in the thread -- there's no point attempting to convince people like that to give Disneyland a try. It just isn't everyone's cup of tea, and that's okay. Doesn't stop me from enjoying the place.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Wrong? Heh, heh, why nothing... not a thing at all... heh, big NASCAR fan myself, yup... cars going round and round, what's not love?... heh, heh, yeah, I'm saying that some OTHER people don't get it. OTHER people. But not me, I am totally down with the NASCAR. Totally into it! I'm nutty for NASCAR. I should start a thread about it... or something... heh heh.... uh, yeah.... <---- keeps talking while backing towards the door, then bolts....
Originally Posted By LadyKluck At least now I know why he won't accept my friend requests on myspace and facebook.... ~;>
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan <--- begins creating flowchart to determine where exactly this thread took a horribly wrong turn...
Originally Posted By Waistcoated Rabbit My best friend hates Disneyland! :{ Its horrible.. she doesnt even have a real reason for hating it.. I think it might be because her parents never took her and her brothers?? They always went to Knotts Berry Farm instead.. I mean I know that they had the money for it.. I've known her since we were 5.. and they would always vacation to different places.. Anyways I got off topic haha.. My point here is that she hasn't even been on space mountain.. Or Indy! and shes saying that Disneyland is a "baby" park.. and is "freakishly happy" I say who doesn't want to be freakishly happy and relive thier childhood?! geez..
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