Do you need a map?

[Dallas_Lady]

On our last trip, DH was driving me crazy with his need to stop and consult the map before we headed to a new attraction. He didn't believe that I could possibly have the location of all the rides and eateries in all 4 parks memorized. But I can get just about anywhere in any park without a map. DHS doesn't have a good "wheel and spokes" design like the other ones do, so sometimes I do need to peak at the map to get my bearings.

So, how about you? Can you navigate the parks map free?

 

[ryrysmom14]

I can for the most part get around all 4 parks without a map. I know MK and Epcot like the back of my hand and never need one. Occasionally, I have to pull one out at DHS and AK b/c we don't got there as much. Makes life soooo much easier not to have consult a map at every turn. Now I just have to navigate around the people who stop in the middle of the walkways to consult theirs!

 

[suzimar57]

we can get around the parks without a map

but DH likes to have one on hand, as something to look at when he's standing on a line somewhere....

 

[DisneyEG]

I always have one handy just in case. Don't know where ALL the restrooms are.

 

[Nemo32]

Besides DHS, I we don't use a map. But I find DHS a little confusing sometimes.

 

[CinderellyCinderelly]

I had a season pass to Cedar Point in OH one year and knew where everything was. I used to get so annoyed with the people who would stop in the middle to read theirs! Now I feel bad because I do that in Disney LOL and everyone has to walk around me!! Sorry everyone!!

 

[dbarker]

I am directionally challenged whether I have a map or not.

I don't need a map...I just follow DH (who doen't need a map.)

However, I do consult the map for points of interest I don't want to forget to do / see. I also look for anything I haven't done yet or in a while. But, I don't stop in the middle of the walkway...I read while I am standing in line.

 

[Cool-Beans]

Only if I'm with a smoker. Don't know where all the smoking areas are.

I know where the attractions and bathrooms are, though.

 

[wilde_oscar]

don't need a map in any of the Disney parks, or Cedar Point or King's Island.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Once in awhile in AK.

 

[KorieDWnut]

On our last trip, DH was driving me crazy with his need to stop and consult the map before we headed to a new attraction. He didn't believe that I could possibly have the location of all the rides and eateries in all 4 parks memorized. But I can get just about anywhere in any park without a map. DHS doesn't have a good "wheel and spokes" design like the other ones do, so sometimes I do need to peak at the map to get my bearings.

So, how about you? Can you navigate the parks map free?

I have been to WDW 20+times and I still grab a map at every park, at every visit. I am just a map person. And while I do KNOW where everything is, for some reason it just makes me feel better to consult the map. Just my quirk, I don't know how to explain it. I don't need it but I feel secure when I have it.

 

[shocker]

I photo copy a black and white no frills map out of my guidebook. It won't have every detail but it will be about 4" x 4" so no re-folding!!! and fits in my pocket. I usually map out (pun intended) where we'll go next as we stand in line. (Always thinking ahead this one ) I keep the gianto map around just in case details are ever needed and I usually bring these pretty ones home to share with friends

 

[NurseJamie]

Only been 3 times and I am pretty comfortable without a map. I usually grab a times guide, and sometimes a map just in case, but for the most part I don't need to use one any more. Bathrooms are the only thing to find sometimes but I do think that there is more than enough signage in the parks to help point those out.

 

[mnasmom3]

We've pretty much got them etched in our brains here, too.

 

[SlightlyGoofy]

Dan, now I might have believed you if you had said you had trouble at MK or EPCOT but AK is so small and you are soooo tall that I am absolutely certain that you can just stand up and see just about everything.

Slightly Goofy/Linda

 

[mickeyluv'r]

No park maps. I sometimes grab them for others back home.

I do use the resort room locator map once to locate my room, and orrient myself around the resort.

I also know the basic layout of the Lake Buena Vista area, but do consult a street map when driving around. Otherwise that area can be downright confusing.

 

[goofygal531]

I don't need maps for MK or Epcot, DH likes to joke that I can give tours I know them so well! I often repeat the fun facts that we've discovered on previous tours while we past them. It's annoying, yet tradition!

AK and DHS I need maps. I'm seriously lost. I find DHS so confusing! Those side streets, I'm always discovering new things there. And there are a lot of dead ends!!

In AK, I had no idea there were walking trails to see the animals!!! We discovered them last trip. Just not my favorite park, I don't pay much attention. I will now! This trip I want to find the Dino Dig! My boys would love that! It's true, I know nothing about AK!! We go for the safari and pocohantas and leave. We promise to stay and see more this trip

I can't live without a set of all four parks show times guide (what do you call that sheet???) I have to have the most up to date and all four parks on me all the time during our trip. Just in case we want to hop over somewhere I need to know what's going on. Plus they list the EMH which I always forget! How did I survive before those time sheets??? I don't remember??

 

[CathrynRose]

Not - Even - Slightly.

I know where all the bathrooms are, too - wihtout 'em!

Ill even stop when I see someone REALLY struggling with a map, and guide them myself.

BUT - I still take maps. We've been collecting them since 1996!!!

 

[VBsHustla]

We never use maps (just take them for souvenirs, of course )! For some inexplicable reason, Leonard and Neil become completely disoriented upon exiting any and every building within future world in Epcot , so they should consult a map there, but this navigation-savvy third of VBsHustla always gets them through!

 

[tycopj]

I can probably navigate pretty good without one, but I'm sure I would miss a lot. I know the main attractions, especially in MK, but I need a map. My DS is a map nut, we spent a good 15 minutes looking at the map on Tom Sawyers Island, I have many pictures of him examining maps on our last trip. He is 5 and probably wouldn't need one, but I do