Favorite "Little" Disney Things

[ZebraDomeCrazy]

Other than the obvious "big" things, these are my top ten (in no particular order) little things, that I cannot do without: :banana:

1. Zebra Domes at Boma
2. Tomorrowland Transit Authority
3. Animal Kingdom Acrobats
4. Magnetron (shop at West Side PI)
5. Safety Announcement in several languages on the Monorail
6. Giant torches lit at night around World Showcase
7. Inside Mexico at the beginning of ride
8. Fish and Chips at UK
9. The first "unofficial ride" - monorail at Orlando Airport
10. The "heat" room on Test Track, (my DH's is the cold room that follows)

Anybody else?

[Happy Birthday Cat]

Here's my list:

1. Por favor mantangase alejados de las puertas
2. Mickey Bars
3. Riding through the Disney World gate
4. Watching the DVC commercial on TV in our room
5. Tonga Toast
6. Seeing the cigar store Indian on Main Street
7. Wishes
8. The International Gateway entrance to EPCOT
9. The Wed Way People Mover (sorry but I still call it that)
10. "Fire at Will" on Pirates (our youngest son's name is Will)

HBC

[justplaingoofy]

#1-10.. Being told to have a MAGICAL DAY :wizard:

[stitchfan18]

1.) The whole Mexico Ride - So simple, yet it's still one of my favorites.
2.) The amazing Krystos at Epcot - I wish I was that flexible.
3.) The pre-ride video for Soarin' - That guy cracks me up!
4.) Mickey Waffles - Mmm, now if I could get myself to spend the money to get one of my own.
5.) Refillable Mugs - There my favorite souvinier.
6.) Disney Promos on the resort TV's - I love seeing the parks even when i'm not in them.
7.) Candy Store on Main Street - Best candy apples, ever!
8.) "There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shinning at the end of every day..." - so catchy!
9.) "Paging Mr. Morrow, Mr. Tom Morrow. Your party from Saturn has arrived, please give them a ring."
10.) Add me to the list of spanish monorail warning announcement lovers!

[santonucci]

1.) The Shield by the door of the AKL (good luck/passage to rub it- and we all rub in and out of the AKL)

2.) second floor fireplace at the WL

3.) Going inside Space Mountain on TTA after a long day at MK

4.) the smell on main street USA in the morning (even though it's fake...)

5.) the simple act of sitting on a bench with a Mickey ice cream bar

6.) the Jammitors

7.) Andrew in Epcot carving traditional African items

8.) the guy that yells at you to close the door in the Boneyard...

9.) The glass floor in Spaceship Earth (which may no longer be there...) - my son couldn't walk on it until he was 7 and his legs would lock up and he'd fall to the floor and crawl.

10.) the fact that every day is celebrated with parades and fireworks.

Steve

[CrazyChik]

1. driving around disney
2. seeing blue skies-i live in wales
3. the theming of the value resorts
4. the wake up call
5. the bed by the wall
6. the safety warning on the monorail
7. the happy feel
8. walking around the resorts
9. refillable mugs
10. water balls

[GoofyNKansas]

Columbia Harbour House
The smells in the lobby at AKL
"Golden Dream" at the conclusion of the American Adventure.
Boulangerie Patisserie in France at World Showcase
British Invasion in the UK at World Showcase
Tinkerbell's flight during Wishes
The Dapper Dans at Tony's Town Square restaurant.
Living With the Land
Dole Whips
Tomorrowland Transit Authority

[TCKK]

Tomorrowland Transit Authority
Chocolate Chip Cookies with Ice Cream in the middle
Opening Act (Janitors) at Beauty and the Beast (love these guys)
Carousel of Progress
Swiss Family Robinson
Mexico Ride
Norway Ride
Just being there is the best part, it's such a happy relaxed kind of feeling :goodvibes

[the john]

spanish monorails warnings

[Michelina]

1) The monorail ride to baggage claim @ MCO. That's when I really feel like I'm on vacation.
2) The fire smell in Spaceship Earth
3) All of the different types of pavements in Animal Kingdom
4) People Mover
5) Seeing the balloon sellers on Main Street U.S.A.
6) The sound of the torches being blown out before Illuminations. It always gives me chills!
7) Watching DH enjoy Mickey pops
8) The jumping fountains at Epcot
9) Walking over the sparkley sidewalks & under the twinkley trees on my way out of Epcot after Illuminations
10) There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow!

[tlcintheberry]

Hedges and greenery cut out into mickey ears.

[LuluLovesDisney]

Some of my favorites:

1. The first glimpse of the castle!

2. The fiber optic sidewalks in Epcot.

3. Seeing couples with bride/groom ears and smiling as I imagine that to be me someday.

4. Throwing coins into Cinderella's wishing well each trip, making my wish!

5. The smells! Cotton candy, cookies, sunscreen, and that unmistakable DISNEY smell that is just everywhere!

6. Seeing Mickey! It reminds me of being 3 years old again.

7. Surprises! There's always something on each trip that surprises me happily- whether it's a gifted fastpass, towel animal, or a helpful CM, or a "something" extra.

8. The lobby at the Poly and the torch lit paths.

9. Tonga toast at Kona cafe.

10. Adventurers' Club song!

11. Conversations with magical guests and CM's. I always have a few that make my trip!

12. Fiesta Margaritas!

13. My first ride- whatever it is, it feels amazing that first moment my feet leave the ground!

14. Monorail ride- passing by everything I love, my heart just pounds!

15. Disney's Boardwalk- I love walking around there!

16. Seeing a little kid who is bursting with excitement and happiness.

17. My first step onto Sunset at the Studios. It reminds me of when I worked there and I usually end up crying. It always feels like I'm 19 again and I've never left and the past 7 years haven't even happened.

18. Coming back to a clean, quiet, peaceful room to sleep and dream of my next day.

[Disney Girlie-Wirlie]

-Getting on Magical Express and watching the welcome video with all the characters-it's so cute and gets you so pumped!
-Ditto the person who said the Monorail at MCO (when I'm on ANY monorail, I'm in Disney mode-although it's depressing when you go on that thing AFTER your vacation is over)
-Resort TV
-SpectroMagic (especially the very beginning with those loveable clowns and Mickey Mouse!)
-A Margarita in Mexico and Kier Royale in France
-Dole Whip
-A ride on the monorail (ditto: Por favor...)
-Listening to all my Disney music at home and on the plane until we get there
-A picture of the castle (even though they all look the same)
-The backgroung Music (like Sunset Blvd, Main St USA, Frontierland,...)
-The view from California Grill
-A little break on, and the scenery and sound from, Tom Sawyer Island
-The little quiet areas of the World (such as Tom Sawyer Island, the International Gateway to Boardwalk, The deck from California Grill where you can see eveything but not hear it, the walking paths at the hotels,...)
-Also, ditto the TTA
-Jellyrolls
-my digital/video cameras
-merchandise such as pins and ornaments
-BUT MY #1 LITTLE THING OF ALL TIME IS...Getting off the monorail to THE Magic Kingdom and seeing the train pull into the station ringing it's bell. It's this most welcoming introduction into a world that seems so peaceful and happy, and so far from your everyday life. It just takes you away from everything and makes you smile and gives you goosebumps (and if you're like me, gets you a little teary-eyed). Walking off that monorail and seeing the the station and Main St USA and seeing the castle behind it while you're on the monorail is such a surreal moment. It's like your entering another world,going back in time to this wonderful ,magnificent happy place, just as Walt intended it.
Ok, the list can go on and on, so I'll end it on that note.
:tinker:

[disneyfan6301]

Wed-Way People Mover (TTA for some of you)

Paging Mr. Morrow, Mr. Tom Morrow, Your Party from Saturn has arrived.
Please give them a ring.

Por favor mantangase alejados de las puertas.

Mickey head rice krispie treats--with and without chocolate coating

Mickey head ice cream bars :mickeybar

Wake-up calls for my DS

The fife and drum corp at American Adventure

There's a great big beautiful tomorrow....

Watching Disney Resort TV

The feeling that the "real" world is a million jillion miles away.....

My DS and I made up our own getting ready to go to WDW song that we have sang for the past 5 years. Wouldn't be a trip without it. :crazy:

[LuluLovesDisney]

My DS and I made up our own getting ready to go to WDW song that we have sang for the past 5 years. Wouldn't be a trip without it. :crazy:

Ok, you knew this was coming:

Post it! :Pinkbounc
Post it! :cheer2:
Post it! :bounce:

[santonucci]

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17. My first step onto Sunset at the Studios. It reminds me of when I worked there and I usually end up crying. It always feels like I'm 19 again and I've never left and the past 7 years haven't even happened.

18. Coming back to a clean, quiet, peaceful room to sleep and dream of my next day.

Well, if you get more than 10, so do I!

11.) Armadillos in the grass

12.) Mickey totem pole at the WL (we take a picture with the kids every year to show how much they've grown)

13.) talking garbage cans and fountains

14.) parkhopping!

15.) making myself sick eating a whole turkey leg or rice crispy treat

16.) gliding over Half Dome in Soarin (I'm hiking it in two weeks-woo hoo!)

17.) the "Polynesian Room" in IASW

18.) "Show 'em yer larboard side..." "We wants the redhead"

19.) hidden mickeys

20.) finding something new that's always been there 15 trips later-always happens!

steve

[LuluLovesDisney]

Well, if you get more than 10, so do I!

11.) Armadillos in the grass

12.) Mickey totem pole at the WL (we take a picture with the kids every year to show how much they've grown)

13.) talking garbage cans and fountains

14.) parkhopping!

15.) making myself sick eating a whole turkey leg or rice crispy treat

16.) gliding over Half Dome in Soarin (I'm hiking it in two weeks-woo hoo!)

17.) the "Polynesian Room" in IASW

18.) "Show 'em yer larboard side..." "We wants the redhead"

19.) hidden mickeys

20.) finding something new that's always been there 15 trips later-always happens!

steve


lol

Didn't that feel good? :goodvibes

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

The cold blast of air that i get when i return from the parks to my resort room

The HUSTLE in the lobby at the POP

Checking in at POP and seeing the same lady that checked us in when we were there for our wedding and then when we came with our first DD and now this year when we are there with our son!!

[okthanks]

This is my first post! :wave2:

Here are some random things I always enjoy:
(1) the bongo music in Adventureland
(2) A nighttime boatride from Port Orleans to the Marketplace
(3) A window seat in Pinnocchio's restaurant overlooking Small World.
(4) the Transit Authority
(5) Pocky sitcks

[disneyfan6301]

Ok, you knew this was coming:

Post it! :Pinkbounc
Post it! :cheer2:
Post it! :bounce:


Okay, Okay. :dance3: Josh's Getting Ready to go to Disney song..

We're goin to Disney World (tomorrow/today--whichever fits). We're goin to Disney World (tomorrow/today--whichever fits). We're as excited as we can be....cause Mickey Mouse we're comin to see..and Donald Duck too!!! :Pinkbounc

:rolleyes1 Corny, I know, but he made it up at age 4 and it is how I wake him up the day before and the day we leave. I love :love: the smile that spreads across his face before he opens his eyes!!


And of course, it has a twin song...

We're leavin Disney World. We're leavin Disney World. Just as sad as we can be....cause Mickey Mouse we had to leave. :guilty:

[yaksack]

My 10:

1. The monorail
2. The grand concourse mural in the Contemporary
3. Having a drink in the Polynesian's lobby near the waterfall
4. Warm pool water
5. The topiaries
6. The backround music at the Wilderness Lodge
7. The UK in EPCOT
8. The huge troll in Norway (EPCOT)
9. Seeing the look on my DD6's face when she sees Mickey.
10. Knowing that I am creating memories and creating Disney traditions that will span generations.

[Swimnoid]

I have to think some more to get 10. I ahve to go to work in a minute so I'll think of them there. :rotfl:

1. Boat ride from FW to MK first day of trip
2. Dapper Dans
3. Liberty Singers
4. Wishes
5. Art Store and Christmas store at DTD
6. Lifetime Movie channel---we love those cheesy movies and never had it at home. Our cable station added it 2 days ago and everytime I flip past it I think of the "world" :goodvibes

DD19's list
1 Dole Whip
2. Getting Cotton Candy the very last thing leaving MGM at night
3. driving through the gate and seeing the WDW signs
4. Dapper Dans
5. being on a dark ride and seeing the "invisible stamp" on the back of your hand under the black light--a thing of the past :p
6. Walking down main street through the stores especially the sweet shop
7. Trying to stare down Cast members at HM and TOT
8. Looking for hidden Mickeys
9. Hearing "Now is the time, now is the best time!" on the background music in Tomorrowland
10. Walking back to your bus stop and having the bus just be pulling up!

[ZebraDomeCrazy]

Oh My Goodness!! I know I started this with my list, but as I read your list I am amazed!! I know exactly what you mean on every one of yours! Thanks for sharing a smile and a memory! Jane

[ZebraDomeCrazy]

Other than the obvious "big" things, these are my top ten (in no particular order) little things, that I cannot do without: :banana:

1. Zebra Domes at Boma
2. Tomorrowland Transit Authority
3. Animal Kingdom Acrobats
4. Magnetron (shop at West Side PI)
5. Safety Announcement in several languages on the Monorail
6. Giant torches lit at night around World Showcase
7. Inside Mexico at the beginning of ride
8. Fish and Chips at UK
9. The first "unofficial ride" - monorail at Orlando Airport
10. The "heat" room on Test Track, (my DH's is the cold room that follows)

Anybody else?


Ok - after showing this to my DH and DD - I have more, also.

1. Appliance Direct Commercials (ah, white porcelain)
2. Surprises in your room after a day out (once the stuffed animals were watching T.V. with the remote in hand!)
3. Sparkling sidewalk and trees at EPCOT
4. There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, waiting at the end of every day!
5. De-Vine at Animal Kingdom
6. Being picked to participate in a show or parade
7. "Magic" bar stool at The Adventurer's Club
8. Sitting in a Jacuzzi at AKL with Margarita in hand, seeing giraffes in the distance - doesn't get better than that!
9. Zippa-dee-do-dah - song in Splash Mountain
10. Turkey legs - one of the great mysteries of our time.

And hat's off to all of you who actually know the words of the safety announcement on the Monorail. When my DD was about 5, she would repeat it like this - "Por favor, Montatenga, Es pala, blah blah blah." And that is how we say it everytime to this day. I think I like our version better - Oh what fun!!! Jane

[santonucci]

And hat's off to all of you who actually know the words of the safety announcement on the Monorail. When my DD was about 5, she would repeat it like this - "Por favor, Montatenga, Es pala, blah blah blah." And that is how we say it everytime to this day. I think I like our version better - Oh what fun!!! Jane

:rotfl2:

I think we can all do the speech phoenitically, but I couldn't spell a word of it!

"Please stand clear of the closing doors...", comes back to me the first time I hear it...

Some more of my favorite things:

1.) "Four for a Dollar "

2.) The flora that goes by so unnoticed everywhere my the minions...

3.) the careful selections I make at 50's PTC so that I don't get stuck eating lima beans (yes, I actually pick my food based on the sides...)

4.) watching the planning video over and over again even though I know every inch of the parks...

5.) not knowing what day it is...

Enough for now...

steve

yes I get my hair cut in the MK (Michal did the one in the pic IIRC)

[Disney Girlie-Wirlie]

This is my first post! :wave2:

Here are some random things I always enjoy:
(1) the bongo music in Adventureland
(2) A nighttime boatride from Port Orleans to the Marketplace
(3) A window seat in Pinnocchio's restaurant overlooking Small World.
(4) the Transit Authority
(5) Pocky sitcks

Those are good ones too!
Especially the Bongo Music in ADventureland-I love that!

[Swimnoid]

:bounce: bumping! I want to hear some more! :sunny:

[adreamisawish]

1. First glimpse of Main Street
2. Accomplishing DUMBO without a wait
3. Shopping
4. Meeting Snow White (39 years old and it never gets old!)
5. Being able to wear a tiara for a straight week
6. Monorail, monorail, monorail, monorail!! (chant we used to do when we were little)
7. Any snacks Mickey shaped
8. Rockin Roller Coaster
9. the feeling I get during the parades
10. Never having a dull moment...always something to discover!!

14 days and we're there!!!!

[jimmalru80]

1) The mini-monorail at MCO.
2) Arthur the Greeter at the BC.
3) Raspberry lemonade slush at Enchanted Grove in the MK.
4) Margaritas in Mexico.
5) TTA.
6) The British Invasion and Off Kilter.
7) Resort TV.
8) Wake up calls from Mickey.
9) Onion "volcanos" at Teppanyaki.
10) "We Go On" after Illuminations.

[Teacher03]

1. Dole Whips
2. Move your body to the dead center of the room
3. The pretzels with the cream cheese in the middle
4. The first ride on ToT
5. Aerosmith music on RnRC
6. Hidden Mickeys
7. The Mexico Ride
8. Screaming on Dinosaur like they are real
9. Getting excited to meet Cinderella
10.Rice Krispie treats