Living in Florida...Does the Magic ever wear off?

[BMan62]

I live in Ft. Lauderdale, so the world is anywhere between 2 1/2 to 3 hours away (depending on traffic). My wife and I go up monthly and stay for 2-3 nights. For us, it naever gets old. The other great thing is I can suprise my wife by saying "Lets go to dinner". 3 hours later, we are dining at some place in World Showcase then watching illuminations. Things are gonna get even better since our first child was born 10 days ago. I can't wait to enjoy his first experiences at the world.
As for the costs, we find its really no different then doing things in South Florida. We have the Florida Resident Seasonal passes, so after the first visit, the other 30-45 days we spend there, admission is free. We have the after 2pm water park passes, which more than pay for themselves. And we can always fond great deals on site. Its funny when we call, and at fitrst they think we are kidding when we tell them we've been there over 100 times, then I guess they see it in the computer system. Well gotta go make some resi's!!!

Congrats on the new mouseketeer!!

[joanna71985]

I can't see it ever getting old with us. We'll find out soon. We will be living there in about three weeks.

Awsome! Maybe I will get to meet you down here.

[Melanie]

We've lived here about 3 months now, and I still can't believe we can be on property about an hour after we leave our house. Amazing!

I've done a lot of Disney travel (not just WDW) in the last five years, and it doesn't get old for me. Like someone mentioned, you do get a bit more accustomed to it, but it's still exciting!

I agree with whoever posted that it's kinda a bummer when you have to go home though and everyone else is headed back to their resort hotel.

[Daisy'sMom]

We go every chance we get. We just spent a week there the last week of Sept and went back and spent yesterday at MK.
Renewed our annual passes and glad we did. Three extra months means many more visits.
We are going back 11/14 for the day and then heading over for a few days Thanskgiving weekend.
It is sad when we are heading home and everyone else is headed for their resort. Something about waking up with the magic.
It always is wondeful for us.

[ibrowse17]

Having grown up in Florida, I can say the magic never wore off for me. As an adult living in another state, the "want" to be at Disney is as strong as ever

[Ten of Hearts]

I was born in FL and have lived here most of my life. Remember when I was 9 or 10 and Disney World had just opened. I first went when I was 12 and was just GIDDY with excitement.
Have been to WDW- Epcot or MK- about 8 times now and look forward to more trips!

[malip]

We have lived within an hour of the parks for a long time and have had ap's off and on. When we start to feel that the "World" is losing its luster for us, we just take a break and do other things. What we find out is that it doesn't take long before we are missing wdw and everything about it. Just renewed ap's in August after a nine month break and are so glad to be back. We have ap's to the "other" theme park up the road, but it can't hold a candle to the most magical place on earth.

[sagitarius]

I myself have gotten sick of Disney world. It has, for me, been on a downward progression. I was the proud owner of an annual pass for 5 years. That ended 2 years ago when I started to see the decline in magic. The imagineering that the foundations are all built on is taking a back seat to profiteering and business suits.

Maybe someday there will be a revolution in decision making, but the golden age of WDW is gone to history.

[pox24]

Never... we are DVC members and drive up.. (about 21/2 hrs.) at least 4 to 5 times a year usually for 3-4 days at a time. We never get bored. This year I got a DVC golf membership and will return just to play on Nov. 19th. There were some trips when we never visited any parks, just sat by the pool, hotel hopped, shopped and tried new places to eat. We love the special events... ESPN Week end, Food and Wine Festival, International Flower and Garden Show, Miracle Childrens Network PGA golf etc. Next year we 're gonna dive with the dolphins at Nemo and Friends ( our kids think we are too old for this one),and do the behind the scenes tours of the parks.