Dinning at Disney making a plan

I have become a Disney Dinning Manic

I just spent the entire day refreshing my pages on my laptop in hopes of getting ADR’s for our Disney world trip for the days and times I want. I have called and stocked forums in hopes of seeing a cancellation but so far I am just refreshing. I think this may be the job in planning that no one wants I never understood people waiting all day continually checking to see if there is an opening, until I started planning out trip.

So what are these magical reservations I just have to have; Well the must see Be our guest for dinner because I really want a photo with Beast , a 1900 Park dinner so I can see the step mother and sister, and finally a breakfast at Cinderella’s table because what is Disney without princesses. Now I know I should have been up at 180 days out trying to get these, and I was the fool who waited thinking I am sure I will get the reservation I want, this is my Disney dream vacation how could I not.

Here is one of the issues; I have OCD that really comes out when planning and this trip is a lot of planning things need to go the way I want and have pre planned. The thing about vacation planning is that it not always happens how you plan and so the stress begins. I find that I am getting what reservations I can for the days I still need, while checking nonstop to see if there is any chance of a cancellation. I have become one of those people that I use to think was nuts. Maybe it is Disney, maybe it is just hoping to make the perfect vacation for my family, but I have become less go with the flow and enjoy and more if I do not get this I am going to lose it.

Now here is the guilty confession my children could care less they do not care about the princesses not even my daughter, my son just wants food and the rest of my party just plans on going with what I plan. There is no real need outside my desire to plan what I see as the perfect trip for me to be continually be trying and hoping. I know there will be other vacations in time but this vacation has me wanting to make it perfect. Perhaps because we have already spent so  much more than our budgets by thousands, or because I know my children are getting older, or that my in-laws will not vacation WDW with us again, whatever it is I have gone over the bend and I realize and accept that I have become a Disney manic.

So if you find yourself doing the same things as I am understand you are not alone. The continually looking and hoping, the stress that no one in your vacation party understands well there are people who understand so take a deep breath and keep refreshing the worse that can happen is you end up with something you did not fully plan on. You and your family will still have a magical vacation regardless if you get to eat in the castle or meet the step sisters.