Not to be missed on every trip

[Masonmj84]

versus can live without doing on every trip (or once was enough).

Not to be missed on every trip (assuming the attraction is running):
RSR
Splash
Big Thunder
Indy
Pirates
Soarin'
Cali Screamin
Grizzly River Run
Space
Star Tours
Toy Story Mania
Haunted Mansion
Tower of Terror
Peter Pan
Alice in Wonderland
Jungle Cruise (sort of a tradition for us)
Small World (sort of a tradition for us)
Little Mermaid (almost always a short line and DD loves it)
Winnie the Pooh (same comments as Little Mermaid)

Can live without doing every time (but will always do some on every trip):
Matterhorn (too bad it's so uncomfortable, otherwise it would be on the first list)
Nemo Subs (too slow of a loader for the overall quality of the attraction)
Fun Wheel (same comment as Nemo Subs)
Mater's Jamboree (same comments as Nemo and Fun Wheel)
Autopia (at least in a few years when DS outgrows it)
Roger Rabbit
Buzz Lightyear
Monsters Inc.
Tarzan's Treehouse
DL Railroad (although we'd try to fit it in every trip because it's so iconic)
Aladdin show (but definitely worth doing at least once)
Anything in Bug's Land
Mr. Toad (although we'll probably always hit this if we get to Fantasyland at rope drop)
Snow White (same comments as Mr. Toad)
Pinocchio's Journey (same comments as Mr. Toad and Snow White)
Dumbo (same comments ad Mr. Toad, Snow White, and Pinocchio)
Storyland Canal Boats (nice attraction, but slow loader)
Mark Twain Riverboat
Goofy's Sky School
Golden Zephyr
Jumpin Jellyfish
Silly Swings
Tom Sawyer Island
Nap with Mr. Lincoln
Turtle Talk (although we usually plan to hit this as long as we have kids in tow)
Muppet Vision 3D (but we like it)
Anything relating to Frozen
I'm sure I'm forgetting some others

 

[chrisaman]

Lol. Nap with Mr. Lincoln

 

[GatorChris]

This one is hard because my favorite, Splash MT, seems to be down often when I visit DL or WDW. That's because many of my past trips have been Jan/Feb. Of course, this years refurb on Splash was particularly long and ugly. And I didn't think I could do a trip to DCA without hitting Soarin', but again with this year's Refurb Extravaganza, missed that one. And I learned that I could live without these rides....though it made for less memorable trips, that's for sure.

Can't Miss:
Splash Mt
Tower of Terror
Soarin'
Space Mt
Star Tours
Pirates
RSRs
Heimlich's Chew Chew Train (cracks me up!)

 

[maltdizzy]

Not to be missed on every trip (assuming the attraction is running):
RSR
Splash
Big Thunder
Indy
Pirates
Soarin'
Cali Screamin
Grizzly River Run
Space
Star Tours
Toy Story Mania (if the line is short)
Haunted Mansion
Tower of Terror
Peter Pan
Alice in Wonderland
Jungle Cruise
Small World (this is an incredible ride at DL, especially "Holiday," and yet one of the worst rides at WDW)
Matterhorn
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters
Roger Rabbit
DL RR
Mr Toad
Pinocchio's Journey
Muppet Vision 3D
Little Mermaid (almost always a short line and DD loves it)
Winnie the Pooh (same comments as Little Mermaid)

Can live without doing every time (but will always do some on every trip):
Nemo's Subs
Fun Wheel
Autopia
Tarzan's Treehouse
Aladdin show
Anything in Bug's Land
Snow White
Dumbo
Storyland Canal Boats
Mark Twain Riverboat
Goofy's Sky School
Golden Zephyr
Jumpin Jellyfish
Silly Swings
Tom Sawyer Island
Nap with Mr. Lincoln
Soaring (I don't hate it, I just think it's neither all that nor offers great repeatability)

Almost always skip unless nothing else around
Little Mermaid (hate dark rides that just follow the movie plot)
Monsters Inc. (see directly above)
Nemo's Subs (once was enough)
Mr. Lincoln (once was enough)
Winnie the Pooh (WDW version ok, DL horrible, with little story or fun)

 

[peterpanandwendy]

Funny,

my son LOVES Buzz Lightyear and we do it like, 4 or 5 times/day.
I love Aladdin show and can sometimes watch it twice in a trip
I love ALL the scenic slow stuff (Mark Twain, Columbia, Train, Main Street Street cars) and will try to hit them all up at least once.
We usually spend half a day on Pirate Island playing in the caves. My son, again, LOVES pirates and just loves running around the island.
This is a must do for us.

 

[tiffjoy]

Whatever my girls want to do is our not to be missed! I love watching them on the rides and at the shows.

I can't begin to include it all, but some of our must do's:

Animation Academy - my DD5 is a little artist in the making and can spend hours here, and little sister loves dancing her heart out to the music in the hall area, so it works for all of us.
Bug's Land water play area (in the warm months)
Ariel for DD3 - she likes to ride it over and over and over....
GRR for DD5
Aladdin for DH - he loves that show
Paradise Pier games for the girls. Wish they would get new toys! lol
Meeting Daisy, Minnie, or Stitch and getting out free Visa Card photo M&G
Monster's
Ice Cream from Ghirardelli
Sharing a chimichanga and sitting on the curb in the Hollywood area of DCA and people watching

IASW
Dumbo
Teacups
Carousel
HM, Pirates, Splash, MH, BTMRR for DD5 - she's my thrill seeker!
Splash
Railroad for DD3
Pooh - another one DD3 will do over and over and over...
Mickey's Magical Map so they can see their two favorites, Pocahontas and Mulan, who I wish did M&G's in DLR like in WDW
All the M&G's we can fit in because they love meeting the characters!
Riding in a Main Street vehicle
Playing in the firehouse
Listening at Snow White's well
Parade
Sharing corn dogs and enjoying the excitement and ambiance of Main Street

Skips:

Nothing really, except rides the girls don't like such as SM or ToT

 

[lorijohnhill]

Must do: (both of us)
RSR
POC
Hainted Mansion
BTMR
Train
Peter Pan
Meet as many characters as possible.
Boardwalk Games (I wish they would change the prizes more often. Until they change, we have fun giving the prizes away to children who didn't win.)

Must do: (my daughter)
CA Screaming (repeatedly)
ToT
Goofy's Sky School (repeatedly)
Splash Mountain
Tom Sawyer's Island
Tea Cups

 

[beachdreamr1229]

Not to be missed (with the kids):

• Peter Pan
• Pirates
• Haunted Mansion
• Little Mermaid
• train
• Monster's Inc.

Not to be missed (adults):

• BTMRR
• Matterhorn
• Space Mountain
• Splash Mountain
• Star Tours
• RSR
• Screamin'
• ToT

Never or Rarely Do:

• Lincoln
• Aladdin
• Mickey's Magical Map
• Toontown
• Buzz Lightyear
• Bug Land

Everything else is somewhere in the middle. We do it if we can, but aren't heartbroken if we can't.

 

[tanyaegangibson]

Nap with Mr. Lincoln

Gosh, I'm glad I'm not the only one. And I *want* to like it--I get why it's important both historically and in terms of Disney history. But I feel like I'm enduring a flashback to elementary school, when I'd just want a presentation or educational film to be *over*!

Our must-do's include, but aren't limited to:

Matterhorn (yes, it hurts, but the kids and I love yelling "Yeti!" at the yeti)
Big Thunder Mountain Rail Road(my favorite ride in the parks)
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (DD10 wanted to be called "Toad" when she was little, and everyone gets nostalgic just waiting in the queue for it)
CS (DD10's fav ride)
Pirates
SM
Star Tours (probably DS7's fav ride)
Monorail
Railroad
TSMM
GRR
Splash Mountain (fav ride for PP+ pics)
HM (especially NBC version, for DD10, who loves that movie)
Animation Academy

Things I'd rather skip (but I'll do them if the kids or DH wants to do them):
Lincoln (as mentioned above)
Pinocchio (really unfulfilling, and I've rarely met a dark ride I didn't like)
Tom Sawyer's Island (I like the idea of it, and I always do it for the kids, but during the actual execution of it, I usually just end up tagging after DS and DD into some very narrow cave and wishing I were not in a very narrow cave and then losing them and then finding them climbing some rocks and then hearing a CM ask them not to do something like jump off high rocks. Last time, DS7 was wearing a fuzzy white Olaf costume and slid all the down from the top of some rocks on his bottom--and then walked around the rest of the day with brown/grey fuzzy bottom.)
Jellyfish (you blink and it's over)
Autopia (don't like the long line or the exhaust smell, but DS, of course, loves the idea of driving a car!

Masochistic thing with which I have a love/hate relationship:
Mickey's Wheel of Death, Terror, and Barf