BrianL
Doom Buggy Driver
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- Jul 24, 2013
You don't have to answer here, but to think about for yourself: are you alone or are you lonely?
Being alone on a trip can be perfect.
Being lonely on a trip is hell.
I have been lonely in both WDW and on a Disney Cruise. Part of the remedy was to just stay in bed, scroll on my phone, for a day. It was halfway through my trips and fatigue was setting in. Fatigue doesn't help when feeling lonely.
I cancelled my character dinner because that was (to me at that moment) something you really want to do with someone to create memories. I was definitely not feeling Disney at the time. The next day I took it slower and did a day with only things I loved. No new or so-so things.
What might also help when feeling lonely is keep in contact with people at home who love Disney. Live sharing what is happening can improve your mood.
Whenever the voice in the back of your head starts to argue "why are you doing this?" Best is to answer "because I like Disney, now shut up."
thank you for that - it's a very interesting bit of advice. I would generally say that I am not a lonely person, though I am alone a lot. Others judge me more harshly for that, though I am pretty good at not letting that bother me (pretty good, but sometimes it gets to me, you know?). You are right though - being alone isn't a bad thing, and I would be keeping the trip short, which helps.
I don't really do any live-sharing etc. with the phones - in fact I try to look it as little as possibe (good luck!). You definitely have me thinking here though.
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