Back home blues...what do you do?

[Amy]

Does anyone stock up on candy and non perishable food to make the transition back to home food easier?

We usually pick up a little candy to share when we get back. Other than that we really don't buy a lot of the food since it is a little pricey, and then it looks too cute to eat, then we end up throwing it out anyhow

[Len90]

Does anyone stock up on candy and non perishable food to make the transition back to home food easier?

We thought about bringing back a bag of Mickey Pretzels but ended up not doing it. We feared that they would not survive the flight back. We had no carry-on space left for the bag and they would have been destroyed in our suitcases with the way we packed.

[mindflipper]

Does anyone stock up on candy and non perishable food to make the transition back to home food easier?

We thought about bringing back a bag of Mickey Pretzels but ended up not doing it. We feared that they would not survive the flight back. We had no carry-on space left for the bag and they would have been destroyed in our suitcases with the way we packed.

Could always mailed it back to yourself. I think every resort now has a "business center" in it from which you can mail things from WDW. (Conversely, as I have recently discovered, it is now a gigantic pain to mail things to someone staying at WDW...)

[Amy]

Could always mailed it back to yourself. I think every resort now has a "business center" in it from which you can mail things from WDW. (Conversely, as I have recently discovered, it is now a gigantic pain to mail things to someone staying at WDW...)

That's interesting! I wonder if they make it easier to mail out so you will purchase things there and send them out. And make it harder to mail things in so you'll still have to buy things there?!

[Mousekedude]

We definitely take advantage of that! We've had stuff shipped home, and it's well worth it. Definitely saves suitcase space!

[mindflipper]

Where is that thread that mindflipper posted when we got back from our trip last Dec. It described really well what people feel when they get back! He even had a name for it!

Ask, and you shall receive:

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5985

RECAP: You could be suffering 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.

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.

[Amy]

...There are even those caught slumming at Universal Studios trying to generate the same thrill but, again, it's a poor substitute.

This has to be my most favorite part of PTTS

[boilerbabe]

That's it!!! Thanks mindflipper!!!

[figmentaholic]

We definitely take advantage of that! We've had stuff shipped home, and it's well worth it. Definitely saves suitcase space!

As much as the close to 9 hour drive is a bit crazy, it is nice to have as much room as you can cram two people and all their belongings into it. Plus, due to personal experience, I am kinda afraid to fly anyways. And it is nice to be with my husband for the long drive. He makes it bearable. I have had to do it alone. NOT FUN.