Can you remember your first time to WDW

[jjpenguin]

Yep! It was 1974 and I had just turned 11. My Mum and I were staying with my aunt & uncle & nephew and we had driven down from Pennsylvania. We stayed off site and I can clearly remember being in awe of the huge parking lots & the trams! I had never seen anything like it in my life.. We went over to the MK by boat and saw Donald Duck water skiing!!!
I remember I was so impressed by how it was all done on the one hand and in a make believe world on the other.
I remember Pirates and going down the drop an seeing this huge ship, rising above us
I remember Haunted Mansion and the Hitchhiking Ghost and thinking how do the do that?!?!?!?!
I remember my nephew being terrified of the characters
I remember meeting Peter Pan
I remember the monorail going THROUGH the hotel!
I remember it's a Small World and seeing the English/UK dolls and the Indian and German ones
I remember Mission to Mars and the shaking at the launch
I remember 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea and how the seats moved so that you really felt you were submerging, yet looking up and seeing the water surface.
I remember wanting a treehouse like the Swiss Family Robinson's
I remember wanting to take an Elephant from the Jungle Cruise home with me, and the corny jokes and the temple with snakes and jewels.

Why did it take me so long to go back again...! It wasn't till '96...
Still, I've been almost every year since then, and still have the same sense of wonder and admiration every time I'm there.

 

[Bexx]

Wow Aruna - you've got a good memory!! You've also reminded me about going on 20,000 Leagues. Although my memories of it are hazy, I'm glad I got the chance to do it.

 

[maureen4200040]

Hi,

When: 17 November 2001

Where: Quality Inn International

First Park: The Magic Kingdom

Best Memory: My First Glimpse of Main Street and seeing the Castle in the distance.

I'll never forget this trip as I was 39 yrs old, first time on a Plane, first holiday abroad, first time staying in a hotel. And as you can see below I quite like it at Disney.

Maureen4200040

 

[KayleeUK]

Seems like Magic Kingdom is a popular 1st stop

 

[natalielongstaff]

i couldnt imagine going anywhere else 1st !! main street in the magic kingdom is the best place in the whole world

 

[KAC2005]

When: 10th July 2004

Where: All star Movies

First Park: The Magic Kingdom

Best Memory:Walking along Main Street and seeing the castle! (Kathryn)
Tower of terror when the woman beside screamed and we were only moving forward. Tried to explain there was worse to come!!!(Colin)

Excellent brother and sister trip. But we're both looking forward to taking ANdrew (8), think it will be even more magical!!

KAC

 

[luvtinkerbell]

.....and how you felt?!

I just cannot believe that at 34 I am finally going to WDW...this has been a dream of mine since I was Millie's age......I get all teary when I look at Millie...I can't wait to see her face that first time she see's Cinderella's castle!!



Now I just wish those paranoid "what ifs...." would stay out of my head!!!!

when 2000 stayed all stars movies 2nd time stayed port orleans 3rd time going in march staying pop century fondest memory get teary just thinking about going just luv it all jillxx

 

[Firestorm]

Easter 1993,first time to the States as well.Stayed at the Contemporary.Arrived in a taxi just as it was getting dark.I remember the twinkling lights in the trees outside and seeing the Magic Kingdom across the way and hearing the sound of the klaxon on the railway in the distance.

Once settled in I went to the shop to purchase drinks and stood in awe at the huge atrium above me.The I heard a humming noise and looked above the shops to see the monorail glide in and stop.Rush back to the room like an excited kid myself,then it was a short walk along the path to the Magic Kingdom and the first real look at the castle.The look on the kid's face's is something I'll never forget.

 

[KayleeUK]

twinkling lights in the trees outside

That is lovely outside the Contemporary