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Welcome Back From Disney World! But First....

Posted: Dec Thu 17, 2009 9:22 pm
by mindflipper
Welcome back, boilerbabe, Boilerdude, Mouseaholic, and Mousekedude! We hope you enjoyed your vacation at Disney World!

We would like to take a moment to warn about a possible serious medical condition you could be suffering called PTTS.

What's PTTS? Post-Trip Traumatic Shock. When vacationing at Disney World, the joy of being at the parks creates elevated serotonin levels in the brain. Longer trips over several days exposes the brain to prolonged periods of higher serotonin levels. However, when the trip ends and the serotonin levels return to normal levels, the brain suffers "reality crash" - the realization the trip is over is the first-phase the PTTS. One condition of PTTS is WDW (Withdrawal from Disney World), where the brain goes "cold-turkey" from addictive elevated serotonin levels generated by the theme-parks.

To give you an idea of how serious this can be, let me tell a case study of "anonymous" Disney fan who once suffered PTTS. He had an immediate WDW attack on the morning of the last day of his vacation before returning home. His PTTS was so severe that his family had no choice to force him into the car trunk with the luggage in order to get him to the airport. This is the side effect to being at Disney World for eight days.

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Other side effects of PTTS besides WDW is fatigue, sore legs, increased credit debt, decreased fiscal assets, weight gain, depression, increased consumption of chocolate, and at least one reported case of uncontrollable mouseketinkling.

There are those who engage extreme past-times such as skydiving and bungee jumping from bridges, but brief exhiliration is a poor substitution of the joy from a Disney theme-park. There are even those caught slumming at Universal Studios trying to generate the same thrill but, again, it's a poor substitute.

There are safer methods of therapy to deal with PTTS. Planning for the next trip to Disney World is known to relieve PTTS.

Also sharing your trip with friends or family members is known to help relieve PTTS; however, studies have shown that after the 1,568 photo of your first day at Disney World, there's a 68% chance that the friend or family member will commit homicide or suicide to avoid seeing photograph #1,569.

A safer course is sharing your trip experience with other people who have also had PTTS as they are withstand 20,000+ photographs you have taken on your trip and are actually excited to hear in detail your trip experience. Luckily for you, there are plenty of those people right here on the Subsonic forum.

So, in other words, welcome back and we're dying to hear your trip reports...and remember, those trip reports are vital to your health. The life you save may be your own.

Posted: Dec Thu 17, 2009 9:39 pm
by Len90
Great story, but not exactly true. This was the result of betting my brother Mark86 that I could fit in the trunk of the rental..... I won :D

Yes, we would definitely like to welcome the boilers back from their trip and eventually to the board. I hope they had better luck with the weather on this previous go around and enjoyed their stay at my beloved Yacht Club!

Posted: Dec Thu 17, 2009 9:52 pm
by mindflipper
...aw, Len90, it was suppose to an "anonymous" case example! You had to spoil it! :roll:

And thanks once again for being a guy with a great sense of humor about it... :wink:

And I love the Yacht Club, too. :D

Posted: Dec Thu 17, 2009 10:28 pm
by MmeLeota
Yes, PTTS is a very dangerous disease. Just letting y'all know I'm here if you need anything...and more than happy to help in your recovery! ;)

Welcome back double boiler and mousekecouple! :wave:

Posted: Dec Fri 18, 2009 11:39 am
by Future Guy
Len90 wrote:Great story, but not exactly true. This was the result of betting my brother Mark86 that I could fit in the trunk of the rental..... I won :D
C'mon Len, who are we supposed to believe here? The guy who uses big science-y words like "serotonin" or the guy scrunched up in the trunk of a rental car? I think you know the answer :D

I, too, am eagerly awaiting the rash of new trip reports!

Posted: Dec Fri 18, 2009 12:00 pm
by mindflipper
I think Future Guy is trying to say, Len90 - don't be ashamed of the fact you had a bad case of WDW when you had PTTS. We all have suffered from the withdrawal from being at the parks, and the PTTS does really hit hard on the first day back to work! Be proud, Len90, you're a WDW nut - and having PTTS is just a part of being a WDW nut! :lol: :wink:

Posted: Dec Fri 18, 2009 12:12 pm
by Len90
mindflipper wrote:I think Future Guy is trying to say, Len90 - don't be ashamed of the fact you had a bad case of WDW when you had PTTS. We all have suffered from the withdrawal from being at the parks, and the PTTS does really hit hard on the first day back to work! Be proud, Len90, you're a WDW nut - and having PTTS is just a part of being a WDW nut! :lol: :wink:
Okay maybe you are right. This picture was actually taken when we went off property to eat at a chinese restaurant on International Drive. Place is called Ming Court and they have AMAZING food. Yeah I have PTTS and I am a Disney nut. It does make for a great story... if only that was the truth!

Posted: Dec Fri 18, 2009 12:39 pm
by mindflipper
You're not out in business world yet, Len90, so you haven't learned: the "great story" is more popular than the truth! :roll: :wink:

Posted: Dec Fri 18, 2009 1:13 pm
by Bullwinkle
When the legend becomes fact, print the legend

Posted: Dec Sun 20, 2009 12:21 pm
by mindflipper
I see boilerbabe is back - I wonder when we get our first trip report?? :D :D :D

Posted: Dec Sun 20, 2009 12:22 pm
by boilerbabe
I needed that laugh mindflipper, thanks! Thanks for the warm welcome back everyone. DH and I are in severe PTTS. I'm back on the boards b/c I missed all of you, I need the support. But, I can't listen yet. I will post my trip report later today. It was a magical trip, we LOVED the YC, Len! We met up with the mousekecouple and hit it off great! More to follow later.....we're back and not very happy about it. It's been snowing here. This is not very magical. :mickey:

Posted: Dec Sun 20, 2009 12:27 pm
by mindflipper
Check the "SNOW" thread - there are some fellow unhappy snow bound subsonic people in the snow too....

Posted: Dec Sun 20, 2009 12:34 pm
by Jacca5660
Welcome back Babe OK Boilers!!

After seeing with my own eyes Len and Minnie, well I can't believe hes doesn't have PTTS! I'll have to check with DUDE to find out if there is any talk at WDW about LEN and MINNIE! Len with all that studying and all those test well where do you find the time to chase Minnie's tail?

OH, THE SHAME!!

And I thought GOOFY was BAD!!

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Posted: Dec Sun 20, 2009 1:21 pm
by mindflipper
Hmmmmmm, ever thought, Jacca5660, than the LEN and MINNIE being together and then breaking up - creating a heartbreaking WDW for Len - was the start of his PTTS? I didn't bring up Minnie because I was trying to make it "anonymous" and to spare his feelings... :cry: :wink:

Posted: Dec Sun 20, 2009 1:38 pm
by Jacca5660
OK it's Minnie, I'm starting to see the pattern! I always thought it would be Daisy!!