but that is all because I find it less stressful to have a game plan once we are there vs being like "what do you want to do?" "I don't know, what do you want to do?"
YES.
Doing all the research for the plan is more important than executing the plan itself.
Great way to say it.
But I can honestly say the remaining 4 days of our trip were so amazing and not having a plan was the best feeling in the world
He might have thrown out your work, but he didn’t throw out your knowledge. You still knew stuff, and it likely directed the decisions you got to make, or your expectations, for the rest of the trip. It helped make those last four days better.
Also, people have meltdowns. It’s not bc of your plan. It’s because you wanted the trip to be wonderful and the stress got to you. Even non-planners have them.
And once you’ve had it, even if a husband doesn’t throw out your work, you tend to feel better. Once you let out the tension of perfecttripperfecttripperfecttrip, you can breathe.
I also adjust TPs times to fit our touring personality.
Yep. And your whole post was perfection.
I planned a lot. ADRs and FPs for each park we were going to hit up. It lasted perhaps half a day in AK. It was so hot that we couldn't do half of what we wanted and just went back to the hotel to rest. The other days didn't fare well either. Usually either or mornings or afternoons were washed out. We did the
MNSSHP one day so that day, along with dining and pre-party FPs were kept but the next day was all by ear.
This was just a trip for the two of us but my wife has mobility issues and really could not take the weather for any long period of time. We just slowed it down and went where we wanted. It did help that we got 3 anytime FPs for our last day at MK and had EMH for the resort guests. That was the best time we had just going anywhere we wanted.
And going forward your trips will take those things into account.
My DW hates having to follow a plan. So we agree to do without.
So I make a detailed plan and don’t tell her. When she says “so what do we do next” I say something like “let’s go that way”. Magically, we end up hitting all our faspasses, and when she gets hungry we just happen to have an ADR right near where we are standing. She doesn’t follow any plan, but I follow mine about 80%.
Yes yes yes.
Our first day trip to
Disneyland I was mocked for my written plan.
Our second day trip to Disneyland o kept the plan in my pocket. And whenever my fellow travelers stopped in the path to pull out a map and say “what’s next” I always ALWAYS had an idea.
Funny, they loved that day!
Hah! I've been there. My sis once let her husband plan a trip to SoCal. He forgot which hotel we were all to stay at, just that it was a Marriott. How many Marriotts do you think there might be in LA?
Yikes!!
We learned from experience, trial/error, asking questions of CMs, then of course from this board.
It is astonishing what one gleans from doing that. I’ve learned more here than I have by doing a TP plan.
I consider reading here (and the unofficial guide and passporter) to BE a detailed plan. You can’t really unlearn it (under normal circumstances).
From reading I knew more about DHS than my relatives who grew up going to the parks. Because I was learning new info while they were taking well worn paths and not changing it up. (Now we’ll all be new to it)
