When does the magic wear off??

[KatrinaJ91]

My view...

If you rely on money for the magic, it will wear off.

If you rely on Disney to be soley responsible for supplying the magic, it will wear off.

If you allow the actions of other to tarnish the magic, it will fade

But, if the magic is in you. If we use the surroundings, the cast members, the guests, and all that is Disney to come together, the magic will always be there.

But it's up to us, it's up to our attitude, it's up to our willingness to participate, it's up to our ability to see the delight in the eyes of a child of any age, and it's up to the pixie dust in each of us to be a part of bringing the magic to others, and in return to embrace the magic we see.

WOW....you brought a tear to my eye! My sentiments exactly!! I don't think the magic will ever fade for me. I miss being there about an hour after we leave!! Sometimes I start to miss being there while we are still there!! haha

[AdventurerKim]

The magic never wears off because it's always about family and fun whenever we're there! I try not to let others' lack of decorum and patience interfere with the "family and fun" magic of the trip, although that can be difficult sometimes. Still, the magic glitters on...

[Giggy]

I'd agree that it's probably a case of the magic wearing off ONLY if you let it. The effort by everyone working there to keep it magical will do so as long as you go with the right attitude.

Admittedly we don't go often: 1998, 2001, 2004 then hopefully 2010 (if I keep saying it then it WILL happen!) so it isn't a risk for us. We had previously gone every 3 years and if we go 2010 it's a 6 year gap since our last visit. I think the fact we don't go often helps in some ways as even though we have been before the long wait means it stays feeling new and exciting rather than being at risk of becoming routine.

[LoriMistress]

Rude guests can ruin the magic, but normally the magic wears off when we're leaving the park and going back home. Knowing we're leaving a magical place, and going back to reality does the trick.

[Disney Doll]

My view...

If you rely on money for the magic, it will wear off.

If you rely on Disney to be soley responsible for supplying the magic, it will wear off.

If you allow the actions of other to tarnish the magic, it will fade

But, if the magic is in you. If we use the surroundings, the cast members, the guests, and all that is Disney to come together, the magic will always be there.

But it's up to us, it's up to our attitude, it's up to our willingness to participate, it's up to our ability to see the delight in the eyes of a child of any age, and it's up to the pixie dust in each of us to be a part of bringing the magic to others, and in return to embrace the magic we see.

Could not have said it better!

[castlelady36]

Gosh no!! Never seems to...the second I get back I want to go again and wish that I could get there more then once or twice a year!! Sometimes I might get annoyed by someone or something but generally it is forgotten within minutes.

[starflyer59]

Rude guests can ruin the magic, but normally the magic wears off when we're leaving the park and going back home. Knowing we're leaving a magical place, and going back to reality does the trick.

Rude guest ruins it for me. Christmas day 2007 was the worst trip ever. Crowds were shoulder to shoulder and while waiting for wishes to start there was several pushing, shoving, yelling, cussing matches.

Trying to get out of the park was horrible. More pushing, shoving, yelling, cussing guest.

Disney cast members was no where to be found to settle things down and direct people out of the park.

[johnO]

Rude guest ruins it for me. Christmas day 2007 was the worst trip ever. Crowds were shoulder to shoulder and while waiting for wishes to start there was several pushing, shoving, yelling, cussing matches.

Trying to get out of the park was horrible. More pushing, shoving, yelling, cussing guest.

Disney cast members was no where to be found to settle things down and direct people out of the park.

Exactly why we don't go when it's so extremely crowded.

[2Epcot]

I would also say the magic never wears off. I spent most of this morning talking to one of my coworkers about Disneyland and Walt Disney World the resorts, parks, attractions and everything else. When I was done he said, sounds like you're ready to go back ... I told him I'm always ready. Though, something in the park that ruins it, is always the person, or family trying to squeeze in at the last moment for a parade.

[alex61821]

My view...

If you rely on money for the magic, it will wear off.

If you rely on Disney to be soley responsible for supplying the magic, it will wear off.

If you allow the actions of other to tarnish the magic, it will fade

But, if the magic is in you. If we use the surroundings, the cast members, the guests, and all that is Disney to come together, the magic will always be there.

But it's up to us, it's up to our attitude, it's up to our willingness to participate, it's up to our ability to see the delight in the eyes of a child of any age, and it's up to the pixie dust in each of us to be a part of bringing the magic to others, and in return to embrace the magic we see.

WOW....you brought a tear to my eye! My sentiments exactly!! I don't think the magic will ever fade for me. I miss being there about an hour after we leave!! Sometimes I start to miss being there while we are still there!! haha

glad to see i wasn't the only one no wait i think its smoke in my eye ya that's it smoke.

[KAJUNKING]

i don't think it wears off, but as others have stated we try to change our trips up a bit just so they don't get routine, i also think keeping the magic fresh by passing some magic on to other guests (giving fast passes,giving someone your rented stroller when your done, taking a picture for other guests) is a very important part of the magic. I'm not saying we don't have our meltdowns or bad moments but we usually move on past that quickly

[iheartdisney]

As we're packing the car and we settle in for the long ride home........I hate going back to reality!

[disneykid@hrt]

For me, the magic never wears off...

It hit me on my last trip pretty much as soon as we got to the airport... I was a bit rosy from being in the sun all week and I was in the bathroom. Maybe its just me, but the guests at Disney are more friendly than in the "real world." Heck, we're all in the Happiest Place on Earth- literally for me- and everyone is chattier, laughs a little easier, etc.So I made a comment about my sunburn in the bathroom to a woman standing next to me in the mirror. She gave me the craziest "why is this strange lady talking to me" look I've ever received... That's when I realized... I'm not in Disney anymore.

Even my saddest moments in the park... Our last visit again 2006... We were at Epcot on our last night and for some reason we weren't going to be able to ride Soarin'. Neither of us had EVER ridden it and it was the ONLY ride that I'd never ridden... Needless to say I was pretty disappointed. So out of nowhere, a young lady came up to us and says... Hey, I've got these Fast Passes for Soarin' and we're not going to be able to use them, do you want them?

I could have kissed her!! Seriously. I think I teared up! I'll never forget that.

[JabberJaws]

Well I've worked at WDW twice (once in the parks in 2002 for 7 months, and once in convention marketing out of Celebration for 10 months) so I went to the parks on a daily basis during those times. I can say that things in the parks do become more commonplace so you do notice little things here or there, mostly because you have more time to linger in the parks, therefore more time to notice things like that.

Obviously all those times I went weren't as magical as say when I used to only go every 2 years as a kid, but they were still magical none-the-less, just in a different way.

On the flip side, having all the time to spend in the parks, did allow me and my wife to enjoy and appreciate lots of the small things at WDW that otherwise you wouldn't have time to appreciate.

So I don't see it as less "magical," just different.

[Mousemates]

i don't think it wears off, but as others have stated we try to change our trips up a bit just so they don't get routine.

We have taken a similar approach to keeping it fresh by altering the time of year that we go...most of our early trips when our kids were younger were summer trips that were done in late may and early june.

When the kids got older and riding the thrill rides was more important to them we switched over to fall break trips around the first week of october when the crowds were lighter and you could pretty much ride all you wanted.

Now (with both kids in high school but having rode the rides mulitiple multiple times) we actually like to go during the super busy week between Christmas and New Years...we get to the parks early and ride until lunch time....then during the late afternoon we will usually go back to the resort for a nap or to lounge around the pool (if its warm enough) or perhaps visit other resorts and take in the decorations...before heading back for the tail end of which ever park is doing evening EMH.

That, by the way, is still the plan for this year and next year...after which things will change again when DD goes off to college and we have new scheduling parameters to deal with...could be we end up going in the late spring at that point.

[renecat]

A fews years back my DH and I went for 9 days. The last night as we were leaving Epcot I told him I thought I was Disneyed out. Well it only took about a year and a half to get the itch again so last Dec. My sister & I took my two youngest granddaughters. We stay at th G.F. had a great time except two days before we were due to leave on of mu G.D got the flu. I kind of stayed in the room with her while my sister took they other G.D. to the parks. All in all
was a great trip, until I got home and tryed to use my Discover card at the grocery store.
Went home and called them found out there had been some Charges that I had not made at a Wal-Mart in Kissimee, a few other places like a gas station and a resturant. Come to find out someone that had access to our room went in and took three of my cards out of the safe and
had a great time. Then they returned them before we left the resort. At first we thought maybe someone had just stolen my #'s but all the charges where made on the same day Dec.11, 2008 with three differant cards. The magic sure wore off for me that year. Trying to get thing straightened out with the credit card companys and then I call the G.F. to let them know what had happened so they could check into it. That was no easy task either the first time I call they put me throught to this recording and when I left a message I never heard back. A few weeks later I called back and had to demand to speak to someone in security.
I never did hear if the ever found the person responsable for this. I must admit I got the bug again and I'm going back for my birthday in Sept. WON'T BE PUTTING ANYTHING IN THE SAFE.

[antngoof89]

A fews years back my DH and I went for 9 days. The last night as we were leaving Epcot I told him I thought I was Disneyed out. Well it only took about a year and a half to get the itch again so last Dec. My sister & I took my two youngest granddaughters. We stay at th G.F. had a great time except two days before we were due to leave on of mu G.D got the flu. I kind of stayed in the room with her while my sister took they other G.D. to the parks. All in all
was a great trip, until I got home and tryed to use my Discover card at the grocery store.
Went home and called them found out there had been some Charges that I had not made at a Wal-Mart in Kissimee, a few other places like a gas station and a resturant. Come to find out someone that had access to our room went in and took three of my cards out of the safe and
had a great time. Then they returned them before we left the resort. At first we thought maybe someone had just stolen my #'s but all the charges where made on the same day Dec.11, 2008 with three differant cards. The magic sure wore off for me that year. Trying to get thing straightened out with the credit card companys and then I call the G.F. to let them know what had happened so they could check into it. That was no easy task either the first time I call they put me throught to this recording and when I left a message I never heard back. A few weeks later I called back and had to demand to speak to someone in security.
I never did hear if the ever found the person responsable for this. I must admit I got the bug again and I'm going back for my birthday in Sept. WON'T BE PUTTING ANYTHING IN THE SAFE.

I really don't think there is any such thing as disneyed out, probably just exhausted that makes you think you are sick of it.

Things like stolen cards, stolen merchandise, bumped into by strollers, kids screaming, people being grumpy, these are are all variables in ALL situations, vacation or not. People say those things ruin a vacation, but really, in the world today, you have to expect these things to happen so you'll be prepared to handle them punctually and accurately and still keep moving on so it will not bring you down.

My last trip we had a terribly cranky person with us, she wanted to ride some rides that we didn't want to ride because of having to wait x amount of time for us while we were in line for other big attractions. She complained about everything and made some of us miserable at points of the trip, but in the end, we all still had a blast and the day I got back, I was ready to go again. I'm 20 years old and any vacation, anywhere will never replace how much fun Disney World is. There is something there for everyone.

I believe, and no offense to anyone on these boards, that if you feel "disneyed" out it's not because you're sick of the place, you may have just let the variables get to you a little too deep, or perhaps you're not as patient a person as you need to be to fully enjoy, not only at Disney, but a vacation anywhere in the US.

Again, I'm a young guy, but that is my opinion on the magic wearing off. I don't think it ever does, not even a little bit. The magic doesn't wear off on you, the bad traits of today's society wear on you and ruin your trip if you let it. For my family and I, it's all magic all day!

[Texas Tinkerbell Too]

My view...

If you rely on money for the magic, it will wear off.

If you rely on Disney to be soley responsible for supplying the magic, it will wear off.

If you allow the actions of other to tarnish the magic, it will fade

But, if the magic is in you. If we use the surroundings, the cast members, the guests, and all that is Disney to come together, the magic will always be there.

But it's up to us, it's up to our attitude, it's up to our willingness to participate, it's up to our ability to see the delight in the eyes of a child of any age, and it's up to the pixie dust in each of us to be a part of bringing the magic to others, and in return to embrace the magic we see.

Beautifully said, Mark! I am still smitten by the magic of Disney and hope to never lose that feeling.