Anyone here ever regretted taking off a year of your life and going to WDW? Or, not necessarily 'regret', but is there anything you missed back home, because you were at WDW? For me, no regrets at all, but I did miss the very first year of my nephew's life.... I missed his first steps and his first words...and he was the first grandchild in our family, so it was upsetting to miss that (but my family did send video tapes for me to see... internet wasn't common back then). Any one else have any 'sad' feelings about having gone to WDW?
yeh i still feel totally guilty for going out to wdw cos whilst i was there my grandad died. i came home for a week for the funeral...... cant get rid of the guilt but some days are better than others
Same for me, my gran died during my last week at Disney so I felt guilty about that. And then my grandpa died while I was on the cruise too. Then sadly my mum passed away just a few short months after a quit the cruise so at least I was here for that. Can't help thinking something brought me home to be with her. Anyway, if I've learnt anything from these experiences, it's life is way, way too short! Have as much fun as possible!!!!
I feel some regret for going but there's two ways for me to look at this. I was nicely settled at home, making more than twice as much money than at Disney. But I achieved a lifelong ambition when I went to WDW. I also made some wonderful friends from everywhere, and got to Volunteer. Plus working on New Year was amazing at Epcot. That's what I don't regret. However, I had arguably the most difficult year of my life there too. I was amazed i made it, especially as it seemed everything would, and did go wrong. My whole family moved at that time too, and it was very unsettling. I was ill from the weather, under so much pressure at times due to my timid nature (ended up on a stretcher once) and so I look at that, and sometimes wonder whether it was worth it. The pros outweigh the cons, it toughened me up no end. Sorry to hear about those guys who lost relatives whilst over here. I can't imagine what that feels like, but I'm sure they were proud of you for going and doing what you wanted to do. Dan
