Lesley Wake
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2017
So I just needed someplace to vent without my family seeing! Apparently, even though I do all the planning and go to DL all of the time (10 times already this month), I still do everything wrong.
A couple months ago my mom said, why don’t we do Thanksgiving at Disneyland rather than a whole dinner (we live about 45 min away). Everyone was on board, including my anti-Disney brother. There are 6 of us, Mom, Dad, brother, sister, sister’s boyfriend, and me (the last 3 of us have APs); the kids are in our late 20s/early 30s. So I made sure to get online 60 days out and got us Blue Bayou Fantasmic reservations, which I was super excited about!
First sign of trouble-a couple weeks ago my sister whines-Do we haaaave to eat at Blue Bayou? Turns out she’d prefer Plaza Inn. And she is still boycotting Fantasmic since they took out Peter Pan (never mind that she has been to DL once since getting a new AP and that was for a Halloween party) Thankfully my parents, who are paying, said they wanted BB, as well as Fantasmic. She also complained about the time (4:30), saying she’d rather be going on rides then; I tried to point out, 4:30 is great-little to no wait to be seated even for a water table, hottest part of the day when we can be inside in AC, and if we wait til normal dinner time it’s too crowded. Anyways, that was finally given up on and we are keeping the reservation.
Then I also tried reminding my family multiple times to buy tickets online so we can skip the ticket booth. Well they didn’t get around to it until yesterday, and when they saw the possible 24-hour delay, they decided to skip and we will need to stop at ticket booth after all.
Then last night, my mom and I were trying to decide when to leave. Park opens at 8; typically when the APs are going for just a few hours we don’t even get there until after lunch, but know with crowds we want to get there earlier. So Mom and I decide-we should leave our house by 8. Brother then said he wanted to go later so will drive himself. Sister/boyfriend are fighting (again) so she’s in an especially *****y mood, and she complains again about the early time. So I basically said-look, Mom Dad and I are going at 8. You do you.
My mom was so frustrated that everyone was crabby at each other that last night she almost cancelled the whole thing.
Well finally this morning rolls around, and surprisingly everyone is up early! So we start to get everything collected. Sister is still being *****y and some people (mainly her boyfriend) are still delaying, but whatever. I’m thinking, ok, this will be fine!
Spoke too soon-I just ask my sister for her and her BFs passes so I can connect them for MaxPass (we all have it on our APs but they haven’t visited yet to use them; I’m an active user though). She then says-no, Mom and Dad don’t want them. Well, thanks for telling me earlier! I try to explain its benefits-don’t need to ping-pong across the park, different times, etc. Then she starts going off on me about how they want this to be a relaxing trip, and don’t need me micromanaging everything. They are already spending so much money, including on my “stupid dinner”.
I finally lost it. I’m just tired of being criticized and made fun of constantly. It’s like everyone is good taking advantage of any pre-planning I do, but no one appreciates me! We (sister and I) just got back from a 11-night trip to Disneyworld, where I paid for the hotel in full, as well as other fun stuff, and did all the advance planning, while she was along for the ride. She still owes me $700 for her tickets and food and merchandise. So of course I end up crying in my room (oh, have I mentioned, all 6 adults live together).
So now it is 8:50, we are finally getting in the car. I have decided I’m not making any other decisions today. I will just follow everyone else.
Oh and as we drive off my brother asks-do they serve alcohol at Disneyland yet? Um, no. Do they have wine at Blue Bayou. No-only Club 33. I’m going to ESPN Zone then...
Anyways, rant over. I hope this trip goes ok.
A couple months ago my mom said, why don’t we do Thanksgiving at Disneyland rather than a whole dinner (we live about 45 min away). Everyone was on board, including my anti-Disney brother. There are 6 of us, Mom, Dad, brother, sister, sister’s boyfriend, and me (the last 3 of us have APs); the kids are in our late 20s/early 30s. So I made sure to get online 60 days out and got us Blue Bayou Fantasmic reservations, which I was super excited about!
First sign of trouble-a couple weeks ago my sister whines-Do we haaaave to eat at Blue Bayou? Turns out she’d prefer Plaza Inn. And she is still boycotting Fantasmic since they took out Peter Pan (never mind that she has been to DL once since getting a new AP and that was for a Halloween party) Thankfully my parents, who are paying, said they wanted BB, as well as Fantasmic. She also complained about the time (4:30), saying she’d rather be going on rides then; I tried to point out, 4:30 is great-little to no wait to be seated even for a water table, hottest part of the day when we can be inside in AC, and if we wait til normal dinner time it’s too crowded. Anyways, that was finally given up on and we are keeping the reservation.
Then I also tried reminding my family multiple times to buy tickets online so we can skip the ticket booth. Well they didn’t get around to it until yesterday, and when they saw the possible 24-hour delay, they decided to skip and we will need to stop at ticket booth after all.
Then last night, my mom and I were trying to decide when to leave. Park opens at 8; typically when the APs are going for just a few hours we don’t even get there until after lunch, but know with crowds we want to get there earlier. So Mom and I decide-we should leave our house by 8. Brother then said he wanted to go later so will drive himself. Sister/boyfriend are fighting (again) so she’s in an especially *****y mood, and she complains again about the early time. So I basically said-look, Mom Dad and I are going at 8. You do you.
My mom was so frustrated that everyone was crabby at each other that last night she almost cancelled the whole thing.
Well finally this morning rolls around, and surprisingly everyone is up early! So we start to get everything collected. Sister is still being *****y and some people (mainly her boyfriend) are still delaying, but whatever. I’m thinking, ok, this will be fine!
Spoke too soon-I just ask my sister for her and her BFs passes so I can connect them for MaxPass (we all have it on our APs but they haven’t visited yet to use them; I’m an active user though). She then says-no, Mom and Dad don’t want them. Well, thanks for telling me earlier! I try to explain its benefits-don’t need to ping-pong across the park, different times, etc. Then she starts going off on me about how they want this to be a relaxing trip, and don’t need me micromanaging everything. They are already spending so much money, including on my “stupid dinner”.
I finally lost it. I’m just tired of being criticized and made fun of constantly. It’s like everyone is good taking advantage of any pre-planning I do, but no one appreciates me! We (sister and I) just got back from a 11-night trip to Disneyworld, where I paid for the hotel in full, as well as other fun stuff, and did all the advance planning, while she was along for the ride. She still owes me $700 for her tickets and food and merchandise. So of course I end up crying in my room (oh, have I mentioned, all 6 adults live together).
So now it is 8:50, we are finally getting in the car. I have decided I’m not making any other decisions today. I will just follow everyone else.
Oh and as we drive off my brother asks-do they serve alcohol at Disneyland yet? Um, no. Do they have wine at Blue Bayou. No-only Club 33. I’m going to ESPN Zone then...
Anyways, rant over. I hope this trip goes ok.
