MellieC
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2016
Anxious enough that I actually made 10 test posts, found a pic and secured an avatar! I know, I know. Where's my blankety-blank cookie. Anyway, I've been living here in Lurkerville for at least 5+ years but have spent enough time on the boards that I feel as if I know many of you. Not creepy at all, right? Chalk it up to a high level of introvertedness (introvertism?) and the fact that the Dis is my internet equivalent of a big ole bowl of mac and cheese. Internet comfort food, passively consumed. My husband introduced me to Disney when we were seniors in college. Spring Break 1998. Those were the days. When Tower of Terror was a 10 minute wait in March. When two broke college kids could afford park tickets. When we were footloose, fancy-free and had no idea there were cameras on the dark rides. Fast forward nearly 20 years and two kids of our own and we still love Disney. We took a couple of adult trips before they came along. Our son has been a few times and our daughter once (most recent trip was last December) This brings me to the opinion part. We rarely go out without the children on date nights, let alone overnight trips. In fact, I've only been away from my daughter once and my son twice. We have decided for the sake of our sanity to take a quick getaway (3 nights) to Disney. This will likely be our one and only trip of this nature. There is no one on my side of the family capable of any form of childcare and - as we are older parents - this is asking a lot of my in-laws. Basically, I doubt there will be another parents only trip until the kids are grown. So, 10-15 years. Not that I'm putting any pressure on the trip. Not me with my Type-A, must plan everything, 0 or 10 personality. You probably read the sarcasm here. So help me wise ones of the Disboards. I have our 3 FP booked per day with park hoppers and one ADR. We're going the first week of February, scheduled to land around 8am. So arrival day will be a mostly full day. Then, there's two full days with a later flight out on Day 4. Previous trips have always been commando but I know one of the joys of parent only trips is just taking time to slow down and smell the roses. Realizing there is no way we will even scratch the surface of everything we want to see or do.. is there some kind of middle ground? Should we rope drop to close and just come home exhausted? Should we go slow and possibly regret later that we didn't ride as many rides as possible together (which we haven't been able to do in at least 6 years)? Is anyone able to weigh in who has done something similar? I thought about posting this in Disney for Adults and Solo Travelers, but that's heavy on the solo and kind of light on the parent-only posts. Most of the ones I've seen are from folks like us with no advice to offer. If you made it this far, thanks for reading!!! And even if you didn't, thanks to all who make these boards what they are. They've carried me through more than one dark day