zackiedawg
WEDway Peoplemover Rider
- Joined
- Aug 5, 2008
I did my first solo trip unplanned, when a friend I was going with had a family incident and was unable to come down the day before the trip...since I live nearby and didn't want to deal with trying to cancel everything, I decided to go anyway. Ended up having one of the most relaxed, chilled Disney vacations ever. That was some 25 years ago, and I've mixed in solo trips 1-2 times a year every year since. I still tend to have one or two 'family' trips and one 'friend' trip each year, plus 1-2 solo trips.
Mostly, it comes down to having no obligations, no schedule, no worries about disappointing someone else, no feeling that I'm hindering someone else's trip with my love of photography and stopping all the time to photograph things...I can spend a day in a park and go on 1 ride...or 10. I can spend an hour just sitting on a bench with a drink and watching people pass by. I can go to the parks at 1pm and stay until an hour after close. I can spend 4 hours just hopping around resorts and taking boat transportation to different resorts and hotels to photograph them. Back at my villa, the whole place is mine, no one else is in the bathroom or shower when I need it, no one is playing the TV too loud in the morning out in the living room, no one complains when I crank the AC down to 65 to sleep. I love solo trips now, and find myself occasionally grumbling when I'm with family or friends - I have to stop myself and think 'next trip will be solo, this one is for family...grin and bear it!'
Mostly, it comes down to having no obligations, no schedule, no worries about disappointing someone else, no feeling that I'm hindering someone else's trip with my love of photography and stopping all the time to photograph things...I can spend a day in a park and go on 1 ride...or 10. I can spend an hour just sitting on a bench with a drink and watching people pass by. I can go to the parks at 1pm and stay until an hour after close. I can spend 4 hours just hopping around resorts and taking boat transportation to different resorts and hotels to photograph them. Back at my villa, the whole place is mine, no one else is in the bathroom or shower when I need it, no one is playing the TV too loud in the morning out in the living room, no one complains when I crank the AC down to 65 to sleep. I love solo trips now, and find myself occasionally grumbling when I'm with family or friends - I have to stop myself and think 'next trip will be solo, this one is for family...grin and bear it!'