Bucket Lists

[LauraLynn]

So even though the apps for Fall haven't come out yet, I thought maybe creating a bucket list might keep me calm until they do, lol.

So who has any bucket list ideas?

Since I'll be in the fall program, I want to:

See the Christmas Parade (I know it's pre-taped)
Be in the MK during NYE
Ride every single ride 10 times!
Character Breakfast
Take a picture with every character and get every autograph
See the inside of Cinderellas Castle
Swim with the Dolphins at Epcot
Ride the Hot Air Balloon in Downtown Disney.
See Blue Man Group at Universal
See La Nouba by Cirque du Soleil,
Drink around the world at EPCOT
Eat something from every country in EPCOT.
Become a VoluntEAR.
Visit all 23 resorts.
Trade pins.
Have a Disney movie marathon with my roommates.
See all of the parades.
Go to Disney Night of Joy
Go to all Cast Previews (hopefully there's a lot of them)
As many Backstage Tours I can do
Do Ellen's Dance Dare with one of the Characters
Group shot with my roommates in front of Cinderella’s castle
See/Meet a Celebrity
Buy as many Disney Suvioners as Possible!


So I came up with a lot so far, but I want as many as possible! I don't want to waste any opportunities, lol. I don't care how crazy they are either. lol.

 

[RogerRadcliffe]

Interesting goals!

In all honesty, my one goal is to spend the Holiday at Walt Disney World. It will happen soon enough!

A close second would to get everything with Walt Disney, Take a Picture of Every Ride, and get a few pictures of the Partner's Statue with Cinderella's Castle in the Background.

I've got a lot of recommendations for you for quite a few of those, but as far as merchandise goes you'll love the discounts. The best places I've heard are Cast Connection, the nearby Goodwill and a few other places.

Have a Magical Day!

 

[HyperionDreamer]

Let's see if I can post my last program's bucket list from memory...

Eat a turkey leg
Order a citrus swirl at the Sunshine Tree Terrace (didn't get to do this until one of the last days on my program... their hours are weird)
Get a drink from every country in Epcot
Go to the Food & Wine Festival
Get drunk at a Disney park (not hard to do if you've done the above...)
Ride the balloon at Downtown Disney
Rent a bike at a Disney hotel
Check out all the hotels... including Shades of Green (only open to cast and military members)
Rent a boat on Seven Seas Lagoon
Meet a Disney princess off duty (bonus points if on a date... which didn't happen *le sigh*)
Go horseback riding at Fort Wilderness
Ride the Liberty Belle Riverboat at night (hard to do since it closes early)
Explore Tom Sawyer's Island (have never done this)
See the utilidors
Get a Jungle Cruise tour to myself/my party (we ended up just talking to the cast member, also a CP)
Explore every trail at Animal Kingdom
Go to the Halloween party at Magic Kingdom
Volunteer to be onstage at Indiana Jones
See a famous person at WDW (Neil Patrick Harris and Marty Sklar, and I actually loaded Cake Boss on our ride )
Preview a ride (got to preview both Little Mermaid and the new Test Track)
Go to a cast member's night at House of Blues
See Cirque de Soleil: La Nouba
Go to both water parks multiple times
Go to both Universal parks
Call in for a day to go to the beach (ended up not having to call in... several of my friends did though)
Eat the famous holiday sandwich at Earl of Sandwich
Eat at Via Napoli
Order a Kitchen Sink Sundae at Beaches & Cream
Eat at San Angel Inn

I ended up doing all of this except the balloon, the biking, and the nighttime Liberty Belle ride. We actually showed up for the parade taping, but it took absolutely forever, and it was so hot standing there in the open sun for so many hours so we sort of gave up and did rides instead.

Another fun one I've never tried (only possible on some days, but I knew some friends that did it) is to see all three nighttime spectaculars in one night - Wishes, Fantasmic and Illuminations. The viewing times all have to match up just right.

 

[leeg229]

My bucket list from my program

See cirque du soleil la nouba - Nope
Drink around the world at epcot - Done (Sake.... never again)
Eat around the world at epcot- Done (Not recommended to do at the same time as above)
Stay a night at the contemporary - Done
Golf at one of the golf courses- Nope
Go to at least two beaches- Done
Have a turkey leg- Somehow I failed to do this
Have a guest write a complimentary letter about me or compliment me to Guest Services- Done both
Work Star Wars Weekends - Done
Make friends from at least 5 Countries - Done
Learn Spanish- I made progress
Memorize and recite the entire haunted mansion spiel in time with the ride- Done
Start a pin trading collection- Done and then some.
Have Ariel fall in love with me- Failed miserably
Haunted mansion backstage tour- Nope
Date a girl from another country who speaks another language- If puerto rico counts then Done
Drink around the monorail- Done
Eat at Ohana- Done
Get every available character's autograph- I filled a book and a half
Visit both Universal Parks- Done
Collect every Sorcerer's card- 51/70
Work in every park- 2/6
PARRRTAY WIT APT 509!!!! - Inside joke, Done
Survive Toy Story 3 drinking game- Done
Go on a cruise- Nope
Ride the balloon Downtown- Nope

That's all I can remember from my program. It was fun and I managed to do most of the things I wanted. The hardest one was trying to get the tour of the haunted mansion. I think you have to know someone to get the tour. One amazing thing I got to do that wasn't on my list because I didn't know about it was Canoe around tom sawyer island in the magic kingdom. That was amazing!!

 

[Hollsey]

I started my official list from my first program about a year and a half before I actually went down there and then forgot about it until a few days ago. Since I posted it on my blog, I dug it back up again and here it is.

Go to Beaches and Cream and devour The Kitchen Sink with my friends/roommates. (Did this with my friends!)
Explore Tom Sawyer Island. (Nope.)
Take a ride on the Mark Twain. (Nope.)
Take a ride on the train. (Nope.)
Enjoy a showing of The Enchanted Tiki Room while eating a Dole Whip. (Nope.)
Find every Hidden Mickey in Hidden Mickeys (Hahaha. I forgot about this!)
Eat at the Sci-Fi Theater restaurant in Disney's Hollywood Studios. (Nope.)
Explore every single resort. (Yes!)
Eat at the quick service restaurant in each resort. (Nope.)
Participate in the World Showcase Players' show of King Arthur and the Holy Grail. (Nope--I got too scared.)
See La Nuba, the Cirque du Soleil show. (Nope--but I still want to do it for my second program if I get it!)
Eat at the Contemporary. (Yes!)
Eat at the Polynesian and watch the fireworks. (I did this so many times and I highly reccommend it! Since I always worked nights, fireworks were a major treat for me, and I bet I did this at least 5 times.)
Take a boat cruise to watch the fireworks. (Nope. But I saw them while on one of the friendship boats, if that counts?)
Take a ride in the front cab of the Monorail. (I don't think you can do this anymore--I made the list before the accident happened a few years ago.)
Participate in an after-hours party, such as Pirates and Princess Party (At the time I made this I wanted to do the Spring program. I DID do both MVMCP and MNSSHP)
See a show in each Pavilion at World Showcase. (Yup!)
I can't "drink around the world", but I sure can snack! (I did both--I made this list before I turned 21, hah.)
Ride in the first car in Rockin' Roller Coaster. (Yup!)
Actually ride Tower of Terror! (Oh yeah--I fell in love!)
Play Putt-Putt golf at each of the courses on property. (Nope)
Go down Summit Plummet in Blizzard Beach (Nope)

If I had to add for the next program, I'd do all of the things I didn't do above, plus...

Eat at Jiko
Stay at the Grand Floridian for a night
Fantasmic, Wishes, and Illuminations all in one night (I did the first two in one night)
Take pictures with each of the Citizens of Hollywood
Attend at least one networking event (like the Alumni Speaker Series)
Go to Grocery Bingo (I worked nights so I never got to go)
Volunteer at Give Kids the World at least once
Finally eat a turkey leg!
If I'm off, spend New Year's Eve INSIDE a park (I did my last NYE at the Boardwalk--fun, but not as epic!)

And my second list is really short because there are things I did on my last program that blew me away, like a character breakfast on Christmas morning.

 

[LauraLynn]

Thought of a new one... Learn the 'Perfect Cast' and dance with Goofy lol.

 

[TerdFerguson18]

In no particular order:

Do the Monorail Bar Crawl
Pictures with every princess possible
Go to all the cast previews of anything and everything
go to at least 1 housing event
get very tan
Make AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE!!!!
Ride It's A Small World without getting stuck(still never done that)
Check out Universal (again, never been able to do that, Disney was always a priority)
Buy a crap ton of merchandise
See if I can ride all the rides in a park in 1 day
Food and Wine Festival
Spend NYE at one of the parks
Cirque du Soleil
Downtown Disney Bar Crawl
Spend a day relaxing at the Polynesian beach
Walk through Cinderella Castle like you used to be able to
Character Breakfast
Do attractions I've never done before (Tom Sawyer's Island, Maharaja Jungle Trek, etc.)
Stuff my face at Be Our Guest
Have a weekly Turkey Leg
Horseback Riding
Ride the Downtown Balloon
Get a written compliment from a guest
Get a photo from every ride possible
Have fun every single day!!!!