The one's you leave behind....

[CarolinaWDWFan]

How about those friends and family members you leave behind when you go to WDW? Do you ever call them while waiting in line for an attraction or send a free email from Epcot, etc.? They are left at home while you are in the MAGIC! For some reason, souveniers just don't do the trick. With the advancement in communications, we like to reach out an touch someone--- I know my motivation to do this, so what is yours?

I like to send emails and make the occassional phone call. Especially to my mother who has been hooked since DL opened and has since alligned herself with WDW. I like to call her at work from an attraction. I also send her text messages with photos from inside the attractions. Before you flame me for being the "mean" son, let me tell you that she repays the favor when she has gone to the World when I have not been able to go. I get it back ten-fold.

What do you do to share your experiences with those you have left behind?

[BriarRose0708]

Ha, good question. My mom and I do the same thing you do. I call her from my vacations, and she calls me to brag about her adventures. Mostly I call family back at home and close friends while I am standing in a long queue line, mostly Splash Mountain. I also like to take some time during lunch or down time in the parks to text message friends, etc.

[LizLovesDiz]

We will be at WDW tommorrow also! I call my best friend about 20 times a day,so she can hear everything in the background,she loves it!!!

[biodtl]

We send the cool email postcards and photos from Innoventions and Imagination.

[Dawnya]

We do the video email from innoventions and phone calls. Now that we have camera phones, we'll have more to send them!

[Figgyluv03]

I like sending the e-mails from Epcot, however I'm horrible at remembering everyone e-mail address. I called my mom a few times on my senior trip but basically everyday when I was a CPer.

[DVC2004]

On the first few trips we sent postcards to work and school and some friends. I call my mom when we are there because she watches my cats while we go and also wants to hear about what we are doing and talk to the kids. No one else cares anymore! My DH always wants to buy that postage paid coconut they sell at the Poly and Adventureland, but my answer is always who will we mail it to? Oursleves?

[angedeaile]

We do the video email from innoventions....

I loved doing that! We sent a cute one to my mom from MS's pavilion and she was just in heaven. She called us that night to tell us about the wonderful email surprise of us on the moon!

[ihavealipfreckle]

I send emails from the interactive area at the end of Imagination. Also, once I called my best friend when I was on Test Track. I didn't say a word, I just let him listen to figure out what I was doing. It was great!

12 days!!

[LoriMistress]

DH has to call his dad while waiting in line for a ride, though his dad prefers if we call during the line of The Jungle Cruise. I just normally call my parents when we come back from one of the parks.

[Red Randal]

I called one of my best friends while she was in the library working on a senior math honors thesis. As if spending a beautiful summer day doing that wasn't bad enough she got "guess where I am!?! (phone placed up to speaker on Spaceship Earth.)"

I've brought a laptop so that I could IM some people from the hotel and check in with all of you here on ICot. Does that count?

[Marker]

Last trip I used my cell phone to send a short (but effective) video clip while I was riding It's A Small World.

[Sean Riley Taylor's Mom]

The kids call their grandparents a few times to tell them how much fun they are having.

I then call my sisters and brag about the fun we are having!!

[CandleontheWater]

Since my DH is currently deployed, he's been really sad to miss my recent Disney trips. The last time I went I took one of those mini tape recorders and "talked" to him throughout my day. He got running commentary about my experiences, and he got plenty of ambient "park noise". It wasn't as good as being there, but he did appreciate it.

[indytraveler]

I've tried to conduct business ONCE in the MK. Didn't work. (imagine that) I've only called people that wanted me to call them. I've called some 1st timers who I gave them an itenerrary to see how they are doing. Nothing mean

[homeschool mom]

There is one family I call as soon as we step onto Main Street. I just like to rub it in that we're there and they're not. It's all a matter of lovable teasing. On our last trip I called my brother's girlfriend a couple of times. Her family is part of DVC and go every other year. I call her so she can "hear" the Magic. In turn, she called me on her trip when she was in small world because she knows it is my favorit ride.

[Spaceship Tigger]

A friend of mine e-mailed me with a Blackberry while he was standing in line for Soarin' a few weeks ago. I was sitting at work and it was quite a surprise. He was lucky that we have a trip planned soon so I didn't have to hurt him.

[darthmacho]

No. While I'm at WDW, the rest of the world does not exist, no friends, no foes, no family...

[TKSax]

We have sent postcards, called people in inovations, and send the e-mail post cards.

[jpcns50]

I love to make phone calls when I am in the World. I usually save them for when I am taking a short rest on a bench, or at night when I get back to the room. Unless something extrordinary happens, I try not to even think about my cell phone when I'm in the middle of a day.