one small victory....

Wow how great is that. The magic of Disney strikes again!

Oh boy! (in Mickey voice)

Great! The same thing happened here. Seemingly no interest before our September trip, then he got a little emotional when he walked into magic Kingdom for the first time! To say I was amazed would be an understatement.

I'm very happy for you!

That's great news! The first time I went, I didn't really know what to expect. I bet you'll find he'll get even more invested once he's here. One thing my wife (girlfriend at the time) did that was really great on my first time was she kind of dialed down what she wanted to do and made it really relaxing. She saw it as an investment: If I liked Disney World we'd get to go back a bunch. So we took a really relaxed pace, which isn't her usual style, and I loved it. Of course I was an easy sell.

When DH and I went on our Honeymoon I thought I was going to have to sell him on the idea of a Disney honeymoon. It wasn't going to be "cool" enough to tell his friends about. He bought into the idea with little effort. We had talked about going as a vacation for awhile. So we started looking at resorts and I had little input from him. So I chose what we could afford. He was really into the restaurants and picking our ADR's. His only real request. One steak restaurant. he's a huge football fan, I showed him Shulas and BAM he was sold. But still, he never wanted to talk about Disney with me. Then...one day...I found him asleep on the couch with his laptop on the coffee table. I moved it and noticed it was on Netflix. what was he watching you ask? All the disney documentaries. When he woke up from that nap I asked him about it and he started rambling off facts I didn't even know. he started saying how excited he was to go considering he had only been to the magic kingdom once over 20 years ago. He started telling me how he was researching the F&W fest and what items he couldn't WAIT to try. He had lists of rides he wanted to go on, shows he wanted to see, and things he wanted to see. The look on his face when he went on ToT for the first time was worth it all for me. The sheer joy he got from being the Grand Marshall (something I thought he would find lame). How excited he got in the MK and when we would see random characters walking around. I think we laughed until we cried so many times I lost count. He let me be disney nerdy and he got that way as well. I have sold him forever. We may not make it a yearly trip because he didn't travel a lot growing up and there are many places he wants to see. We do know however, we can not wait to go back and we can't wait to take our kids there. I show him things from this site from time to time. Restaurants I didn't know about, resorts we didn't check out while we there, shows we missed, upcoming attractions etc. And he gives me this look that says "I know my love, we will go back and it will always be magical."

Awesome! So happy to hear about this! Its always nice for us (Jess and the kids) to be able to go every year because of DVC. If we didnt have DVC, we would still be going every 4 years and not every year. So I highly recommend DVC.

This thread is absolutely uplifting!

You all have restored my happiness! Yes, Virgina, there are hidden Disney lovers!

My DH was the same way. He was excited to go the first time we went but not like I was..after a few trips to the World I realized that the planning and anticipation just isn't really his thing he just gets super excited when we are on our way there. It is a good balance though because I love to plan and even though he seems kinda "ehh" I know he'll love all the plans when they are happening.

The way we looked at it is you need to pick your "Home". Once you decide on your "Home", then figure out how much it would cost you a year to go. Whether its 6 days, 14 days... so on, and what time of the year you want to go. Then figure out your points on that. The thing you need to realize is where ever your "Home" is, thats where your points will be the best value. You can go elsewhere, but it could cost more points.

My father and I payed for 39 years at AKL, and we bought enough points for my parents to go twice, and us once a year, but were debating about buying 20-30 more though. We payed up front, and the amount we payed is what it would roughly had cost us to stay at AKL for 5 years in that format. So there will be a period of time where your paying into it and such, but sooner or later, it will become a SUPER VALUE. Now... you will also have maintenance dues every year. I can't remember how much it is. My Dad covers that for now.

Other perks you get are discounted annual passes, discount on certain restaurants, ummm... can't remember everything, but those are the ones that come to my head. The other is the just announce Tables of Wonderland without having to buy an annual pass.

Just a note emmaanne: never buy based on the perks, because they are not guaranteed and can go away at any time.