Lupeix
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jun 21, 2013
Everyone is different, but if he is like most husbands it may just be that he wants a "vacation" like my DH, you know the kind in which you sleep in and not rush anywhere. That is not easy at WDW, but it can be done with planing.
We went last year with DH and DS over the 4th of july, and he hated it, his statement was "it's not a vacation". It was hot and crowded and I insisted on doing rope drop since DS is an early riser, he felt he was always rushing around and staying in line. I am determined to make our trip next April a real vacation for him, we are also staying at WBC.
This is what I found helped DH get exited about going again:
- Pick a time of the year with lower crowds and nice weather, which you already did.
- Take grandma and grandpa to babysit but make sure there's enough room to be comfortable and no one is sleeping in the living room. To us this allows DH to watch late night TV is he wants, which makes him deeply happy. A WBC 2 bedroom deluxe with 4 adults and 3 kids is borderline tight. If possible have grandma and grandpa sleep with the older kids on the second bedroom and keep only the baby with you in the master.
-Take 1 or 2 days off
- Even then, try not to plan too many early mornings and let DH opt out of them if he wants. WBC has a shuttle, so the couple of days we are going to be doing rope drop, he is staying in and joining for lunch. He may decide to join us early when the time comes but having the choice is what matters to DH.
- If your DH likes to sit down for a meal, make sure you have ADRs. I planned at least one per day.
- Make sure you never stand in line for more than 15 minutes. It can be done. I find a subscription to touring plans well worth the money.
-Leave him out of the planning. Enjoying WDW requires planing, but DH doesn't have to know, and it will feel like magical pixie dust when things go smooth. I only ask him minimal questions about his likes and dislikes and take care of planning everything myself
Last, vacationing with young kids is always a lot of work and sort of stressful. Make sure you take advantage of grandma and grandpa babysitting more than one night. It makes my DH feel like he is not taking a second seat to DS knowing we will be going to a couple of adult only meals during the trip.
DH is starting to look forward to the trip. Thinking about spending the mornings in the lazy river and dining in Victoria and Albert's, as opposed to spending 50 minutes in line for Peter Pan.
We went last year with DH and DS over the 4th of july, and he hated it, his statement was "it's not a vacation". It was hot and crowded and I insisted on doing rope drop since DS is an early riser, he felt he was always rushing around and staying in line. I am determined to make our trip next April a real vacation for him, we are also staying at WBC.
This is what I found helped DH get exited about going again:
- Pick a time of the year with lower crowds and nice weather, which you already did.
- Take grandma and grandpa to babysit but make sure there's enough room to be comfortable and no one is sleeping in the living room. To us this allows DH to watch late night TV is he wants, which makes him deeply happy. A WBC 2 bedroom deluxe with 4 adults and 3 kids is borderline tight. If possible have grandma and grandpa sleep with the older kids on the second bedroom and keep only the baby with you in the master.
-Take 1 or 2 days off
- Even then, try not to plan too many early mornings and let DH opt out of them if he wants. WBC has a shuttle, so the couple of days we are going to be doing rope drop, he is staying in and joining for lunch. He may decide to join us early when the time comes but having the choice is what matters to DH.
- If your DH likes to sit down for a meal, make sure you have ADRs. I planned at least one per day.
- Make sure you never stand in line for more than 15 minutes. It can be done. I find a subscription to touring plans well worth the money.
-Leave him out of the planning. Enjoying WDW requires planing, but DH doesn't have to know, and it will feel like magical pixie dust when things go smooth. I only ask him minimal questions about his likes and dislikes and take care of planning everything myself
Last, vacationing with young kids is always a lot of work and sort of stressful. Make sure you take advantage of grandma and grandpa babysitting more than one night. It makes my DH feel like he is not taking a second seat to DS knowing we will be going to a couple of adult only meals during the trip.
DH is starting to look forward to the trip. Thinking about spending the mornings in the lazy river and dining in Victoria and Albert's, as opposed to spending 50 minutes in line for Peter Pan.