The nice thing about going quarterly is that you could go in all 4 seasons:
- Hot and humid
- Hot af and rainy afternoons
- Hot and humid and hurricanes
- Maybe perfect or possibly cold and/or rainy
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I have gone in Dec and Jan and it’s been 85 and muggy. Winter is like the roulette wheel. ;-).
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Or maybe all 4 seasons in one day!
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So, I said annually, but I think that’s more of an average for me. I want to visit at different times, but also want to go other places. @Jeff_AZ said money wasn’t a hinderance but kids school schedules, work vacation, hockey, life, all get in the way of me travelling as much as I’d like.
We typically go every 2 years, or so, and that seems about right to balance all of the other pulls. If I were retired and single, I could go more often - but still maybe only 2x a year.
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I agree with every word
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As a CM I used to be in the parks before or after every shift, it felt like. I never, ever got tired of it and I really miss it tbh. Not enough to go back to that wage mind you, but maybe if I get bored in retirement and they let me work the hours I want.
Hehe, stay tuned…T-21 days.
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I am with you here. For me it is every 1 to 2 years (2 is max). So 1 is probably my best choice because 2-5 is just too long.
Can I include DLR visits in my count?
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Whichever way you’d like!
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Disney is Disney… .right?
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I enjoy the anticipation of a Disney trip and voted semi-annually. My husband is ready to retire. He is fully onboard with a move to Florida so I can be closer to WDW. I prefer to live far enough away from the parks where I can’t just pick up and go for the afternoon. Yet, close enough to plan a trip to happen within a few weeks. Florida real estate is tricky, though. I’m in Indiana where the cost of living is golden. A 300k house here is fabulous. Not so much in Florida. Demographics are important as well. For obvious reasons, I prefer a diverse community. 
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Yeah if you’re going to have to double your house payment to move, you have to start considering whether it would be cheaper just to fly. Tricky balance.
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I’d love to do a “long weekend” once a month, with a 7-10 day trip in there once or twice a year.
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We usually go once per year for 9-10 nights. I’d love to squeeze in 2-3 trips per year but it’s hard with work/school schedules. And we’d need more DVC points 
To those of you that go multiple times per year - do you get tired of explaining why you go so much? I’m already sick of it and we’ve been averaging 1-2x per year 
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Nope.
My time. My money. My choice.
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No one has asked why I went twice this year but I did feel super self conscious about it cause I overshare at work so of course everyone knew and I may have imagined the judgy eyes. (Ok one person did mock me a little.) But it wouldn’t stop me from going again.
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When someone gets judgy about how much I Disney, I personally welcome the opportunity to say “here, hold my dole whip”.
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That’s what annoys me - the mocking! Usually from people who have never been, too 
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Years ago a former co-worker would snidely tell people that they could call me from WDW, describe where they were, and I could direct them to the nearest bathroom.
Then she started thinking about their first (only?) family trip to WDW and asked me to help her plan. We sat down over lunch a few times, I walked her through a bunch of stuff, gave her my TA’s info, and they had an AMAZING time.
She never made fun of me and my love of Disney again. 
I have been sharing with co-workers that I will be taking three trips in 10 months and before they can make any kind of comment, I just say I am a huge Disney geek and it makes me happy. No push back yet at all.
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None of their business……
When you smile at people and tell them quietly and calmly that “I am a Disney freak”, it scares them and they quickly back away, never taking their eyes off of you….
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If I didn’t have obligations I’d be there more than once every 2 - 5 yrs. There is so much I want to see and yet we’re limited to kids’ school breaks. Ugh. Of course, in 4 yrs kids start getting old enough for college or jobs…eeek…not sure what life will be like then. 
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