confess what is the dumbest/strangest misconception you ever had about wdw

[jann1033]

mine was that mvmcp was for cast members only... when we'd go in Dec and Mk would close for it , i used to wonder how many people worked there for them to need that many parties

 

[kangaroodle]

That it's just for KIDS! NOT! Kathy

 

[oogieboogie]

my biggest misconception was that I thought we could do all 4 parks, 1 water park, Disney Quest and PI all in 5 days during Thanksgiving week too, no less!

boy... was I wrong! 6 trips later, we still haven't done everything!

 

[DarthGoofy]

That one trip per year would be more than enough.

 

[GinaGrumpyDwarf]

I guess that my FIRST would be that i hated disney...lol...

Growing up my parents were DISNEY Crazed (kinda like i am now) and i really hated that. I guess it was just the "kid" in me being a rebel..Then DH took me on our honeymoon and now i guess it's just history

 

[candykisses]

That a Magic Kingdom resort was inside the Magic Kingdom!

Yep, I thought you could get off of a ride and walk right into your hotel.

 

[Disneynutbsv]

That Walt Disney World was Magic Kingdom. I had no idea how big it was until I went down in 1994, lol.

 

[Honeybehr1]

That Cinderella actually lived in the Castle

 

[Mariposa]

That you could just walk up to LeCellier during the evening during the F&W at Epcot. Uh no.

 

[Johnfish]

That my first trip would be a once in a lifetime trip. That was a laugh.. The day we got back last year I started planning the next one.


John

 

[Msslaydbug]

That we would go once - see everything there was too see and take a trip to the Bahamas the next year.

We are on 4 trips so far still planning two more for the future and aren't going to the Bahamas anytime soon !

 

[HaleyB]

That 8 park days were plenty to see everything... lol. There is no such thing as 'plenty' for me, I want to live there. I think DH still thinks I am kidding when I say that we will retire to Celebration... silly man.

 

[ptrbryant]

1. I would hate it.
2. That since it was so "fake" all the plants and flowers would be plastic
3. That we would just go once!!!


Karla B.

 

[ECurto]

That the Boardwalk area, was Downtown Disney.

 

[slk537]

That there was nothing "special" about staying on property.

Then we did and everything changed.

 

[Mykelogan]

That there was nothing "special" about staying on property.

Then we did and everything changed.

This was mine too, I completely agree!
Mike

 

[poohguys]

My husband, when he was little, thought that his head was going to get chopped off by the girders in Space Mt. So he would spend the whole ride ducking down.

I remember seeing the commercials for Space Mt. before we went in 1974 and was disappointed when I actually went on it that it did not fly through the air. In the commercials to me it looked like there was no track.

 

[camac517]

I've got the best one ever! When I went to WDW for the first time 4 years ago I was under the impression that EPCOT was in "the ball"! Everytime you see EPCOT on televison they show Spaceship Earth so I always thought that EPCOT was this huge golf ball looking park. When we pulled up to EPCOT that first day I said, out loud, "how do they fit everything into that ball. It sure is small" The three friends I was with asked what I was talking about and when I explained they laughed SO hard at me. I can't believe I was so silly!

 

[Mysteria]

I've got the best one ever! When I went to WDW for the first time 4 years ago I was under the impression that EPCOT was in "the ball"! Everytime you see EPCOT on televison they show Spaceship Earth so I always thought that EPCOT was this huge golf ball looking park. When we pulled up to EPCOT that first day I said, out loud, "how do they fit everything into that ball. It sure is small" The three friends I was with asked what I was talking about and when I explained they laughed SO hard at me. I can't believe I was so silly!

Don't feel too bad. A friend that came with me on my last trip thought the exact same thing! I planned out our days and when discussing them she couldn't figure out why I'd plan a whole day in the ball. We had a good laugh once she confessed she thought that's all Epcot was.

As far as myself it would be that staying onsite was so much more magical. I didn't think it wou ld be. Boy, was I wrong.

Myst

 

[champagnegirl26]

that we could walk from one park to another! Boy was I wrong!
Claire