Do you get choked up or cry during fireworks?

[MissyPrissy]

Every single time I see Wishes I cry...by the end of it, tears are streaming down my face. My DH always says "Okay Puddles do I need to ban Wishes?" I watched it every single night I was at DW for my honeymoon. No matter where we were, we'd book it over to MK for Wishes. I love it so much, even if it does make me cry. It's just so hopeful and happy and pure Disney. ACK! CRYING!!!

I didn't cry at Illuminations...mostly b/c the man next to me was smoking like a chimney and I couldn't breathe! I'll have to try Illuminations again next time we are there...this time I'm bringing a Super Soaker with me!

 

[Dan Murphy]

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

I really got choked up when we saw Wishes from our resort room every night.
To say it bluntly, my dh and I went thru quite alot with my dd, with her medical needs since her birth. DD got a wish granted to go to WDW via Make-A- Wish a couple of years back. The vacation was the best ever! Our wish granter from MAW asked if we wanted to stay at GKTW. We said no, we would rather stay at an on-site resort with the monorail access if possible. We did request the CR, which we had no idea we were going to get to stay there! I had requested a month before the trip if we can stay at the towers of the CR, overlooking the MK so we can see Wishes every night from our room. At first, dd's wish granter wasn't sure if MAW could do that. When we checked in to the CR, the CM upgraded our room to the 11th floor, MK view! We were floored!! This was the first time our kids had ever been to WDW, so we wanted to make it very special for them. I literally cried every night from our resort window watching Wishes. We did have the tv on to the certain channel that had the Wishes music on it, that went with the fireworks. I think the combination of all hte years I went thru with dd and her medical stuff, being there for our MAW trip, and hte music w/ the Wishes fireworks made it very, very special! I'm crying now as I think about the Wishes music

Me? My eyes are getting watery just reading your story. Thanks for sharing.


I love Wishes, and always get a big lump in my throat when we see it. Fantasmic and Illuminations are OK, but they just do not affect me the same way.

 

[JenniferAtl]

Oh my, yes! I cry every time.

I can't help it - I am very emotional. I cry at everything.

I even cry listening to my best of Disney cd's in my car.

 

[NanaDarling]

Fireworks and parades always make me misty. Disney fireworks and parades make me downright tearful!

 

[erikthewise]

Illuminations (my favorite) and Wishes get me everytime. But it's not the fireworks, it's the music. I still get tears just listening to the CDs at home or in the car. But last year when we went to MVMCP and had the "Holiday Wishes" version with equally good fireworks but different music --- nothing. I didn't care for it at all.

 

[flortlebap]

Spectro, Wishes and Illuminations (to a lesser extent)

I don't know what it is. Just the end to a great day, knowing I'm SO happy to be there.

 

[NancyIL]

Illuminations (my favorite) and Wishes get me everytime. But it's not the fireworks, it's the music. I still get tears just listening to the CDs at home or in the car. But last year when we went to MVMCP and had the "Holiday Wishes" version with equally good fireworks but different music --- nothing. I didn't care for it at all.

I agree about the music. I LOVE the music for Illuminations, and that alone is enough to make me teary-eyed.

 

[jordancej]

Yup, gotta say Wishes makes me cry everytime. Its the music (words) with the fireworks.

 

[lbgraves]

What is it about Disney's spectacular display of pyrotechnics during Wishes and Illuminations that gets to us? Is it the music combined with the location and the moment that brings us to tears?

Do you get choked up like I do?

I can get goosebumps listening to the Wishes CD at home. I think that it is a combination of the music and the memories I have of the movies when watching them for the first time. It's the magic of Disney.

 

[El Tel]

Hell no...it's just the smoke from the fireworks nomatter where I stand around World Showcase
Haven't seen Wishes yet - it sounds like it is smokey too

 

[MickeyNicki]

I totally do!!!

 

[Ride Junkie]

It's the music that gets me too. Disney uses such dramatic & beautiful music, I get all misty every time. Then again, even the lively music gets to me -- I always get teary at the end of the Disney Electrical Parade at DCA. (You should have seen my sister and I during the farewell season at Disneyland - we both bawled!) Soooo happy they brought it back.

 

[mmluvr]

I get choked up but for me its because all those years of watching The Wonderful World Of Disney every Sunday night growing up, seeing it all in person and watching Tink fly down its like I'm a kid again. Its very overwhelming, exciting and beautiful. I also get choked up on our last day

I couldn't have said it any better!!!!

I get so emotional at Disney World I burst into tears at the drop of a hat.

I visited Disney World 4 times as a kid; the last time was in 1978. I returned to Disney World as an adult in 1995 and I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown. I couldn't stop crying-I was overjoyed that I finally returned to the place that made me so very happy as a kid.

On the last day of our trip I was so sad; Dh agreed to let me visit the MK for one last goodbye and then we had to go home. On the way out we discovered Mickey Mouse signing autographs and posing for photos. I couldn't believe my good luck-Mickey is my favorite and I was overjoyed he was the last character I would see on the trip.

I patiently waited in line hoping I wouldn't break down. My turn finally came and I got my photo taken and then I broke down sobbing and I turned to Mickey and said "You're my favorite and I have to leave and I am so sad." (BTW I was in my early 30s at the time...) Mickey gave me such a big hug and patted me on the back and gave me another squeeze. I turned to leave and was still crying when a lady told me to turn around to look at Mickey-Mickey was blowing me kisses and waving to me.

It is moments like that and other stories I read on these boards that bring me to tears. Watching the fireworks-the shows-enjoying the rides, I can't help but think that Disney World is such a special place.

 

[Philadisney]

only once, during wishes when i was watching it from the california grill with my parents this past july. honestly, i ALWAYS cry when i hear "a dream is a wish your heart makes"!

 

[SteveN73]

I get chocked up at Illuminations and Wishes

 

[HodagCatLady]

The sweet little girl's voice singing in Wishes gets me every time.

 

[loveswdw]

We haven't gotten to Wishes yet but Fantasmic makes me cry! When all the characters come out on the boat I just bawl. Go figure. My DSisIL told me on our last trip that I had become a big sap since having my DS! And maybe that's it. I'm so happy that my DS can be a lucky kid and experience WDW. I didn't take my first trip there until I was 25. He's not 3 yet and he'll have his 3rd trip to WDW in December. I guess I just feel so lucky to be there.

 

[DisneyFan06]

The sweet little girl's voice singing in Wishes gets me every time.

Agreed!

 

[Katems]

Yes, I cry, however, I've NEVER seen anyone ELSE crying!!! And here we have four pages of criers....where are you all in August???