princessjojo
07-12-2007, 10:55 AM
This may be a little drawn out so please bear with me....
Well, my sister's MIL had asked me earlier this year to help her plan a trip for my niece, one of her other grandchildren and her sister to WDW. I was excited and jumped at the opportunity. She was planning a no holds barred vacation, wanting to stay at Poly or GF with DDP and good restaurant choices. But she never called or came by, even after I left her a couple of messages. I knew she wasn't in the best physical condition and assumed she had decided to postpone the trip. Last I heard she hadn't made the first plan.
Well, 2-3 weeks ago, sis calls me and says guess what....She told me all about the plans an "agent" made for her, for what I thought was an obscenely great cost. It really sounded too good to be true (13 people, 2 FW cabins, all with DDP for 8 days/park hopper = $4500). I questioned the validity of the agent, but her MIL was determined so I backed off. It really didn't fall into her original plan for 4 (Grandma, 2 kids, and her sis), but but she agreed initially. Now she had decided to keep reservations (2FW cabins) but is only paying for the 4 original guest. All others paying their own.
Anyway, as of last Sunday, she had made no ADR's or any kind of plans for anything other than BBB for my niece. She has all of these incredible plans in her head as to what they will do......THEY LEAVE IN 2 DAYS!!! I'm afraid they will be so disappointed and discouraged while they're there and really hate that for them.
Why do I feel guilty? Because my sister and her family along with my family are planning to go next June. We are currently planning "Planning Dinners" once or twice a month to decide on small things about the vacation, the first being this weekend to confirm actual dates and give her restaurants and menus so she can gather thoughts for our next planning dinner. I look so forward to next spring because I know that this way, with a little more planning, but not obsessive, that my niece will have a much better time than she will with Grandma. I tried to give her hints and suggestions for her upcoming trip, but it's really hard with so little time. The guilt is that I know she will have a better time when we go than when she goes next weekend and I sorta hate that. I hate that that is what her first Disney experience will be. But I can't wait to show her Disney in a better light, showing her that there is no way she will do it all, but she can do a lot of what she wants to do and still have a great time. I know that our trip next year will be a better trip, with less stress and I can't wait!!!
Am I a bad person for feeling guilty about this. I really am excited about having the opportunity of to show her Disney this way rather than her Grandma's way. I get to show her the trip that will be more fun. They just have too many things planned that I'm afraid will fall through and they'll all be disappointed when they get home. It feels so wrong, but so gratifying at the same time.
Well, my sister's MIL had asked me earlier this year to help her plan a trip for my niece, one of her other grandchildren and her sister to WDW. I was excited and jumped at the opportunity. She was planning a no holds barred vacation, wanting to stay at Poly or GF with DDP and good restaurant choices. But she never called or came by, even after I left her a couple of messages. I knew she wasn't in the best physical condition and assumed she had decided to postpone the trip. Last I heard she hadn't made the first plan.
Well, 2-3 weeks ago, sis calls me and says guess what....She told me all about the plans an "agent" made for her, for what I thought was an obscenely great cost. It really sounded too good to be true (13 people, 2 FW cabins, all with DDP for 8 days/park hopper = $4500). I questioned the validity of the agent, but her MIL was determined so I backed off. It really didn't fall into her original plan for 4 (Grandma, 2 kids, and her sis), but but she agreed initially. Now she had decided to keep reservations (2FW cabins) but is only paying for the 4 original guest. All others paying their own.
Anyway, as of last Sunday, she had made no ADR's or any kind of plans for anything other than BBB for my niece. She has all of these incredible plans in her head as to what they will do......THEY LEAVE IN 2 DAYS!!! I'm afraid they will be so disappointed and discouraged while they're there and really hate that for them.
Why do I feel guilty? Because my sister and her family along with my family are planning to go next June. We are currently planning "Planning Dinners" once or twice a month to decide on small things about the vacation, the first being this weekend to confirm actual dates and give her restaurants and menus so she can gather thoughts for our next planning dinner. I look so forward to next spring because I know that this way, with a little more planning, but not obsessive, that my niece will have a much better time than she will with Grandma. I tried to give her hints and suggestions for her upcoming trip, but it's really hard with so little time. The guilt is that I know she will have a better time when we go than when she goes next weekend and I sorta hate that. I hate that that is what her first Disney experience will be. But I can't wait to show her Disney in a better light, showing her that there is no way she will do it all, but she can do a lot of what she wants to do and still have a great time. I know that our trip next year will be a better trip, with less stress and I can't wait!!!
Am I a bad person for feeling guilty about this. I really am excited about having the opportunity of to show her Disney this way rather than her Grandma's way. I get to show her the trip that will be more fun. They just have too many things planned that I'm afraid will fall through and they'll all be disappointed when they get home. It feels so wrong, but so gratifying at the same time.