Most Magical WDW Experience

[DisneyDiver]

Not sure if it is in the right thread, but I thought it might be quote entertaining to see what everyone reckons is their most magical WDW experience ever.

It can be anything at all to do with a trip, memory, or event that is related to WDW, just tell all!

I'll set the ball rolling:

When I was a wee boy, I was a bit unwell, and had been off school for about a week with flu like symptoms. I was not happy. a couple of weeks previously, my dad had told me about a present he'd bought me, but that I couldn't have it till the summer holidays (about a fortnight after I started feeling rubbish). I was bouncing off the walls trying to find out what it was.

Anyway, one morning, I was lying in bed asleep, and my mum and dad came into the room and turned on the lights - told me to wake up, and opened the curtains. It was pitch black outside.

I looked over at the clock on my table, it said 4:30... I couldn't remember ever being awake at that time in my life. I asked "why have you woken me up so early? I don't feel well enough to go back to school yet"

MY mum told me to look under my pillow, and I'd get the present I'd been promised - I reached under, and pulled out a single Disney Dollar. My response was one of confusion, so my dad posed the question "where can you spend those?"

Being a bit slow on the uptake, I continued to be puzzled, until my dad dropped an American Airlines ticket onto my head.

"Get your Gameboy and your music ready, we're flying to WDW in 3 hours"

As you can imagine, I was over the moon - getting to leave for the last week of school to go on a dream trip - I plan to do the same to my kids some day - finding the crisp piece of paper under my pillow truly was the single happiest moment of my life so far!

 

[pennyplanner]

What a lovely story! I thnk the Disney Dollar under the pillow ia a great idea but I have such a hard time keeping the secret that long!!!

--penny

 

[Chip126]

I could never keep a secret like that from my kids!!! But, I do have a story about my most magical experience at WDW!

In December of 2001 we had breakfast at Cinderella's Royal Table. We met all of the princesses inside and in the lobby was the wonderful Fairy Godmother. My kids chatted with the Fairy Godmother prior to us leaving and off we went for a wonderful day at the Magic Kingdom.

Later on in the day we were all watching the afternoon "Share a Dream Come True" parade when along came a float with the fairy godmother.

In no time, the Fairy Godmother looked down at my son (amongst all the kids in the parade) waved to him and said "Hi Justin".

Immediate tears came to my eyes. Of all the children she saw that morning at CRT and of all the children she saw in the parade, she still was able to pick out my son and call him by name.

To me that is true Disney Magic at its finest! Thank you, Fairy Godmother, for creating a magical moment I will never forget.

 

[Scratch42]

The most heart warming was this past January Trip for DD's 11th Birthday. We did the 4 land/3cruise! Kept it a surprise for as long as I could but let the cat out of the bag! Anyways, when we were watching the Christmas Day Parade, I saw the Birthday Cake Hat and knew that I just had to have it for DD when we were there. Long story short, when we got to MK they could not find one. But one CM made the MAGIC happen, 'cause after seeing DD's look of dissappointment, she brought out the Pixie Dust! They did manage to find one! We have great pics of her in that hat at MK on her birthday! The hat proudly sits on display and DD shows it off to anybody who happens by! I still catch her wearing when she thinks I'm not looking!LOL

Scratch

 

[DisneyDiver]

BuMp!

 

[WilmaBud]

It was our last night at WDW when we had taken my son who was 18 months old at the time. We decided to catch the evening parade. We got great seats on the curb. As the parade was starting, we looked up and saw an enormous rainbow in the sky. It was very cool!

Another magical moment was last time we were there. My son was 5, and my daughter was 2 (almost 3). We went to the character dinner at 1900 Park Fair with the Peter Pan characters. When Wendy came to our table, she asked my daughter's name. I told her it was Jolie. She looked puzzled and asked, "Jolie? J-o-l-i-e?" And I said yes. Then, Wendy got really excited and said "Why that's the name of a VERY close and PERSONAL friend of mine!!" It was her real name, and she had never met another Jolie. She showered my little one with hugs and kisses. My daughter was over the moon (even though I didn't tell her who the actual "friend" was)! Now, my daughter is almost 7, and she still talks about that (now she knows who Wendy's "friend" was). Wendy is still her favorite character.

 

[Disneymoon04]

Awwww.... you guys have me crying with happiness these stories are so wonderful. Great thread! Keep the stories coming

 

[Wade Shrader]

I've posted this before, so bear with me. We have (now) 6 year old triplets, 2 boys and a girl. They were born very early, and my 2 boys have cerebral palsy. When they were 4, we took them to WDW, and the first morning, our daughter wanted to eat at CRT.

Our "oldest" son's (being the one with the most severe CP) favorite character at the time was Aladdin. All he talked about was getting a "lamp" for his souvenir. Well, Aladdin himself was at CRT that morning, and spent a TON of time with us. He excused himself for a minute, and came back saying that he had just spoken to his special friend the Genie, and that sometime during our stay a lamp would magically appear. Well, we were a little apprehensive, but when we returned to the room (at DxL) that night, our room was filled with Aladdin and Genie things, and yes, a "stuffed-animal" type lamp was there for Benjamin!!! Later that week, we were Aladdin's special guests in the parade, and all the characters spent so much extra time to make our kids feel special. That won us over for Disney for life...there is so much in this world where our 2 boys can't do everything that other non-disabled kids can....but that is not the case with all the magic at WDW.

 

[aunties]

Years ago, they had a Birthday party bus that rode down Mainstreet with birthday celebrants on it to a special birthday party. It was a separate ticket, but worth every penny. We were taking our niece to celebrate ending her three years of chemo. So, I called, explained the situation (after all we have 364 unbirthdays) and they gladly let me make reservations. We put her, her little brother, and my sister on the bus by the Fire Station. We ran down Mainstreet so we could take pictures and videos as the bus approached. Heather, who still has not learned to whisper, could be heard yelling over the crowd, "I love you Aunties and Uncle Ed. This is so awesome". She had told me many times that she thought about our trip when she wasn't having good days and that helped her get through it. So, seeing her face light up as she waved to everyone along the way, was definitely magical.

 

[phyllis1966]

A thread this enjoyable needs to be bumped again...

 

[SnowWhite33]

Bump!!! I love these stories!!!

 

[Aubrey]

I don't know if this is the same sort of story but it is meaningful to my family... In 1998 my terminally ill husband and our two young children made a last trip to WDW. He was able to get around for just a few hours each day on a motorized wheelchair and the kids remember every detail of every day we spent there. My family had gifted us the treat of a waterside room at the Poly where we could enjoy the water parade, the ducks on our patio, and the tropical atmosphere without DH expending much precious energy. Four months later, he was gone. The magical part comes in where I called my mother (the most intuitive person in the family) to tell her that he had passed and she stopped me even before I said a word. She said "half an hour ago, I was in the garden and I thought I heard his voice saying "Thank you for DisneyWorld". I turned around and of course, no one was there but I knew that he had gone."

 

[seastar]

WOW, Aubrey. Awesome story. I am so sorry for your loss.

 

[Aubrey]

Thank you, Seastar. That was some time ago and remarkably life has once again righted itself and the kids have bonded lovingly to their new stepdad. I never know what to think about my mother's intuitions. I am a skeptic by nature but she does seem to percieve some amazing things and is uncannily accurate. Perhaps the combination of love, intiution, and Disney magic won through here.

 

[montessori]

Wonderful stories!!

DisneyDiver,
You are in the Dis Class Yearbook!!!
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?threadid=385337&referrerid=28080
Your yearbook picture is on page 81.

 

[Eeyore1954]

My most magical experience started out as a particularly terrible day at Epcot. I had reserved a spot for Dolphins in Depth months earlier for Monday morning. Arriving at Guest Services bright and early, I watched as other tours formed and left. Finally, I sat on the bench alone. A CM who was coordinating the tour groups came over and asked which tour I was doing. I told her and she began making phone calls.

Long story short version -- that day's dolphin tour was cancelled because the CMs were at an off-site training that 1 day. The tour was unfortunately booked full for the rest of our stay.

I walked into Epcot to find my DW who decided to wander around; we planned to meet at the Land for lunch. We ran into each other near the Living Seas and she practically dragged me over to a CM (Joe). He seemed quite excited and hurriedly escorted us into the exhibit. We bypassed the pre-show and took a backdoor (CM) entrance ending up near a CM only elevator. He told us to wait there for a few minutes.

Soon Kellye (CM) came off the CM elevator, greeted us and apologized for the mix-up. She told us she would take us on a private backstage tour of the Living Seas! We went through each of the floors, learning how the CMs take care of the different fish and animals in the exhibit. We arrived at the food preparation lab area in time to watch them prep for the next feeding. We couldn't participate in cutting up the food -- no great loss there! -- but it was fascinating to watch them put together all the different items for "lunch."

We saw the area where they performed the necropsy on Toby -- the dolphin who died -- and as we talked to the CMs there you could see how this still affected them months later.

We toured the backstage area where Bob & Ranier (the dolphins) can "hide" from prying eyes. Alas, we weren't allowed to meet them hands-on, but it was clear they were as interested in us as we were in them. They volunteered a couple of flips and jumps!

Next we toured the DID tour area and got to see the exhibit from the top. While we were there we watched them feed the sharks in the exhibit. Finally, we wandered over to the manatee area and watched them get lunch.

To top things off, the manager of the Living Seas gave us certificates to do DID in the future (I already paid, but my DW got one for free) and dinner at Coral Reef.

When we got back to our room at the BC, our mousekeeper had left a little "present" for us -- a towel animal dolphin! I am not sure how she knew, but it was the perfect end to a really magical day.

 

[Chicago526]

This isn't the "best" memory but it's the most recent and rather funny so here goes.

My parents, brother and his wife with their two young boys, and my single brother and I all went this past May. We had a blast. About a month later we were all out to dinner and I was sitting next to my nephew, aged 3. He started talking to me about our trip and all the things we saw. After chatting for a minute, I asked him if he ever thought he'd go back to Disney World. He said "No, you only go to Disney World once." I sat there, amazed, I have no idea where he got that from! I turned to my sistner in-law, and told her she was getting off cheap! Knowing my brother and sister in-law the way I do, I turned back to my nephew and told him "Well, your little brother (about 1) won't really remember going, so I'm sure you'll get to go again. I'm not sure he belives me...

Great topic, keep it comming!

 

[DisneyDiver]

montessori:

Good call with the picture!

 

[Pooh67_68]

I first went to Disney in 1983 and had been wanting to go back ever since. So i thought when i got married 3 yrs later we might be able to go, but my husband had a fear of flying. Then one day in July of 2000 he finally decided to face his fear and we went down sept. 2000 That was the best and most magical time- even better than '83

 

[Camping Griswalds]

In 1999 my then 6 yo son and I went on one last trip on Spash mountain. He and I had left daddy and baby brother in the camper so it was a special night from the beginning. As we were rounding the corner on the left before you get to the top of the mountain the fireworks started going off. In the background was a full moon over the castle. Something straight out of a story book to be sure. I leaned down to my son and said, "See that?? That is Magic. Remember this night Ben. I will always remember this night and this magic and how much I love you." He's 11 now and we're going back in a week. He just asked me if I still remembered that night and the ride and how the Castle was purple. A very special memory for mother and son!! Guess that's why its the Magic Kingdom!!!