That one moment **TISSUE ALERT**

[Robindianne]

Our one moment also happened to be our first moment.

Our DD5 had a fair number of health complications from Type 1 diabetes, including many hospital trips starting around her first birthday. We saved our money and wanted to take her and her younger brother on a Doosie of a Disney vacation, her first. So we booked 10 days at the Beach Club and hoped for a relaxing vacation during a slow first 10 days of November. We also hoped for some magic but didn't have any particular expectations. The rides, atmosphere and "escape" were all that we were looking for.

We arrived midday to beautiful weather and decided to head to Epcot through the International Gateway. As we scanned our tickets, our DD saw Snow White a few paces away and ran to her. Snow White talked with our daughter, got to know her and, well, you know... No one else was around... it was about 10 minutes worth of hanging out with Snow White.

Our DD talked about how she recently was a "townsfolk" player in the local high school production of "Beauty and the Beast." - "Oh really?" said Snow White, "Then I'd like you to meet my friend." Snow White took my daughter's hand and they skipped all the way over the bridge into France, where Belle was in her courtyard and my daughter was in heaven, just beside herself and talking as fast as she could. Belle was happy to "finally meet someone else from my village!"

We spent about $6000 on that trip. It was all "paid back" in the first 15 minutes.

Amazing.

I just got goosebumps. Literally! On my arms and legs

 

[Bagheera23608]

This thread is helping me to keep in mind that the REALLY good stuff is not planned!

 

[Birdrav]

My moment was almost 10 years ago. My daughter was 5 years old, and all she wanted was to meet Cinderella. I had tried to get into CRT for breakfast with no luck. We had breakfast at 1900 that day, which was great, but "Cinderella wasnt there" my daughter says to me.

We went to the afternoon parade later that day, and the Cinderella float stops right in front of us, and we see that she is getting off the float. She walks right to where we are, and holds her hand out to my daughter! She takes her away, and my daughter is IN the parade dancing with Cinderella AND The Prince.

I was so happy, proud, excited, and relieved that her Magic had happened after all!

 

[Muse83]

I have 2 moments that happened while in Disneyworld in may.

1. Sitting on the curb on Main Street USA, it had just rained a little and it was dusk. I had just gotten back from Casey Jones with a hot dog, cracker jacks and a coke fr my wife and I. We were sitting there eating and wating for spectro Magic when suddenly I just got extremely teary eyed. It just all kicked in all of a sudden, I just all of a sudden was engulfed in the moment of how magical this place truly is.

2. Leaving Hollywood Studios on our second to last day there, It was around 9pm once again I teared up bad as I slowly walked backwards (so I could still see everything) out of the exit as Star Wars music lightly played over the speakers ( Star Wars weekend). There is truly no place like Disneyworld.....im getting a little misty just typing this haha

 

[my2boysrtwicethefun]

My moment, that I will never forget, happened during the last day of our May trip. My family & I were on Splash Mountain & it was to be our last ride before heading home. My 2 sons sat together in the front of the log ride and my husband & I sat directly behind them. As we passed by Brer Rabbit my youngest son began crying. When I asked him what was wrong he said "This is my last ride. I'm going to miss Splash Mountain. I'm going to miss Disney World. When our we going to come back." I of course cried with him. We had a terrific time with many memories but I knew that I would always remember that moment. It was at that moment that I knew that he was hooked & that I would always have someone to share Disney trips and memories with.

 

[Stephanator]

I found this thread today, read the whole thing and now I've got lots of tears and smiles. Keep the magical stories coming.

 

[Disney Spaz]

I have 4;

The first is when DS was 11. We had not been to WDW in several years and I was coming out of a really bad marriage. DS had lost a lot of the magic feeling. Well Christmas was coming up and I asked him what he wanted. He said it didn't matter. I pushed and said if you could have anything what would it be. He sarcastically said I want to hang with Donald Duck on Christmas. Well that was it I planned a suprise trip right then. First I suprised him on the drive down telling him we weren't really going to visit family in VA. He was almost in tears when I handed him the confirmation for two weeks at WDW. But the best was Christmas eve. That morning I was purposly dragging me feet leaving the resort. DS was quiet. I asked him what was wrong. He said it was going to be hard not being with his Grandpa on Christmas for the first time. At that moment out of the corner of my eye I saw my father arrive on the ME bus. I told DS we could call DGpa and DS went for my cell. I said no, call his name. DS looked at me like I was nuts but called Grandpa outloud. My father was right behind him at that point and answered. DS instantly began crying and hugged his Grandpa.

The second is also about my DS, now 18, at the time 15. We have always gone to Crystal Palace for breakfast because DS and I are such huge Pooh fans. Well on this trip he swore he was too old for the whole charater thing. He even went so far as to say it is just some guy in a costume. Well the morning of our breakfast I asked DS to just take a picture of me and Pooh becuae i still believed. Well DS almost knocked Pooh over hugging him. Afterwards i said I thought he was too old for charaters. He said he couldn't help it he saw Pooh and the magic hit.

The third involves my DD. she had just turned 1 and we had early ressies for Crystal Palace so we were let in early to the Magic Kingdom before it opened. She slowly waddled up mainstreet waving to everyone as if she was greeting her loyal subjects. I couldn't help but sob as I video taped it. Even now when I watch it I cry.

Finally DD has had to have surgery twice to place tubes in her ears so she could hear. I knew her speech had been affected but I didn't realize how much until this past trip. We brought a close family friend with us that had never been to WDW. Before we left we had been showing him our home movies of our previous trips before DD's surgery. In the video you could see how hard she struggled to speak and be undrstood. We watched as she would get frustrated and sign instead of try to speak. But when we arrived in MK last week she took DFF hand a walked him down mainstreet clearly telling him everything about "her castle". She was so clear in her speech and so quick to talk I just cried. She has come a long way.

 

[a*lil*bit*goofy]

My "moment" was the Sunday after 9/11. I was ticked that the UT/UF football game had been cancelled and was just sick of the endless loops of the two planes smashing into the towers being the only things every single television station was airing, so at like 10 pm Saturday night I just snapped and told my wife we were going to EPCOT the next day (she was ecstatic, she had never been). So, early the next morning, we jumped in the car and made the drive down from Gainesville. There couldn't have been more than a couple thousand people in the park that day. It felt as if we had the whole park to ourselves. My moment came at the American Adventure. We were standing in the rotunda, listening to the Voices of Liberty perform before the show started. As they started the Star Spangled Banner, an old man sitting in a wheelchair next to me attempted to stand. He was having a difficult time getting up and his wife was doing her best to keep him seating. He kept beating her protests away and finally I had enough and just grabbed him under his arm and lifted him. We stood there, two complete strangers, listening to our National Anthem at the end of one of the worst weeks in our history and we wept like little babes. At the end of the song, he looked at me and just said, "Thank you." I nodded and he was back in his chair and off into the theater. It was a moment I'll never forget.

I made it thru the autistic kids speaking, and all the other wonderful stories, but this one got to me. Lovely story

 

[dobtia]

We have been to Disney five times so far. We have had a lot of magical moments. We only have one child, so we find a lot of small things magical. It can be almost anything.

The one I remember the most happened this trip. We are in EPCOT near the end of our. My brother, sister-in-law and two nieces have been with us for most of the trip. This day we had one the World Showcase, our first ever trip to Biergarten, tons of characters and fun, and first time ever for Illuminations.

My nieces had told me how much they loved me and how much fun they were having. They headed off to the monrail. Me, my wife and son take it slow heading out. We are just talking about how great our trip has been. Holding hand and looking at the lights. Our son is a very caring young boy. He pulls us close. We do this thing called Group Hug, Group Kisses. He then just simply says....."Thanks for bringing me here. Yall are the best."

Great trip.

 

[Fairyntraining]

This broke my heart, but I am so glad that he was finally able to meet his "Chip and Dip"! Priceless

 

[Fairyntraining]

My moment is going to happen next week...

Back in 2005 my mom decided to take a spur of the moment trip to Disney with my son for his 5th birthday, she wanted him to experience the magic when he was young and the plan was to go back in 5 years when his sisters were older. My mom, my DS Ryan, me and my sister took off to Disney for a 4 day weekend and had a great time together watching the magic being created through my son's eyes. I have such fond memories of sharing Disney again with my mom as an adult and with my little boy.

Well here we are 5 years later, Ryan is 10, his sisters are 7 and 4, it is the time my mom was waiting for to go on a Grand Gathering with her, my dad, me and the kids, my sister and her husband. My mom told us of the idea to go in March 2009 last September and that we were going to keep it a surprise from the kids until they got to the airport.

We booked the trip and had just started secretly planning when my mom died suddenly of a heart attack on October 31.

The past few months have been horrendous .. but never once did we veer from our plans to do this trip, as a surprise, for her grandchildren, in her honor. She so wanted to be here to see their faces and I know she will be with us in such a special way on this trip.

So, the children think they are going to fly to the beach next week, they have no idea we are taking them to Disney ..we will get to the airport and find Grandpa and their aunt and uncle waiting for them .. then they will find this letter addressed to them from their Grandma.


Dear Ryan, Emily and Caitlin,
I know it has been hard for you all since I have been gone. I miss being with you and sharing all of the special times together. I didn't know I would have to leave you so soon, there were still so many things I wanted to do with you. I was planning a special surprise for the whole family before I went to Heaven, and I hope you will all still go and have the time of your lives. I hope you are as surprised as I wanted you to be!
I miss you every day, but I'm still with you – always watching over you.

So have lots of fun and make lots of memories together, as a family.
Love Forever,

Your Special Angel

Grandma
P.S. Say "Hi" to Mickey for Me.


and that's when they will realize we are going to Disney and that it's a gift from Grandma.

I hope that this trip brings with it many unique experiences and lasting family memories. Thank you for sharing this story and honoring your Mother's memory in such a wonderful way!

 

[disneydreamgirl]

I'm exhausted after reading this entire thread...so many terrific stories...DH came in from work and asked me what was wrong because I look like a wreck! Thanks everyone for sharing.
We're looking forward to our upcoming trip with DGpa, DGma and Dniece...some of my happiest childhood moments were at WDW and the scrimping and saving that went on was formidable for us to be able to go. I really want to create some terrific memories for all of us.

 

[Fairyntraining]

Like everyone, there are lots of 'disney moments'. But the one that will stick with me forever is when my son was 17. We were leaving MK via the ferry after the parade and fireworks. We always do this on the last night, stand at the back, watching MK for as many moments as we can. I looked over at him and he was crying. I asked him what the problem was and he said "this is the last time that I'll ever be here as a kid". I just hugged him and started tearing up too. Matt knew that we wouldn't be going again for a few years because we would be focused on paying for 2 kids in college. I did tell him that no matter what, whenever he comes to disney, he'd always be a kid! The best part is that Matt got married last Oct. and their honeymoon was to wdw!! His wife hadn't been there since she was young, and having 'non-disney' parents, she really missed a lot! My son planned everything for them!! He kept saying "Mom... I'm just like you!!" He started planning over a year before they went! He had note cards and the whole bit! During the honeymoon both my ds and ddil called me every day and texted me with lots of pics! The best one was a pic of wishes! He wrote "you were right. I'm a kid again!" So cute!

What a sweet story! I love having Disney kids and hope that they continue the tradition when they are older.

 

[BABY_EINSTEIN'S_MOM]

Oh wow...you must wear waterproof mascara when reading this thread!!!
Well, let me see , I have a few magical memories! The most vivid is on our first family trip. I remember standing in Frontierland with a decent view of Wishes. My two older kids were in the pin store with their grandmother and my dh. My youngest was with me(dozing off in the stroller)..it is here that I remember first getting teary eyed and falling in love with Disney! The street was almost empty..it was just me watching Wishes and watching my youngest fall asleep! Sweet memory.

I also have great memories of Crystal Palace with my youngest on that trip. I still use the pic of him grabbing Tigger's nose for my computer wallpaper sometimes! He was 18mo.old at the time! He loved the characters!!

One more memory from that first trip..my dd(who gets very moody and upset quite easily) was upset about something in a store at MK I believe. A CM came over to her and said "What's wrong princess..you can't be sad at DisneyWorld"! DD perked up a bit after that! THAT was dd's first of many times to be called a princess at Disney!LOL

Can't leave out my oldest ds here! On our trip this month our oldest ds seemed to "get bored" with WDW and I think he thought he was too old for some of the characters, etc. So, we go to see Chip and Dale..ds had on a shirt that says "come to the dark side, we have cookies"(Star Wars fan).They played around with my ds (wanting those darn cookies!!) until the people behind us were all laughing it up!! They kept moving around trying to find the dark side in hopes of getting cookies! Eventually they just moved ds into the corner and left him there! They finally took his autograph book and wrote "false advertising"!!! LOL! Finally!! some laughs out of ds!!! It was just what he needed!

I cannot leave out how excited my ds(4) was on our trip this month...about fireworks!!!! He absolutely loved them! While attempting to film Wishes, I could not help but turn the camcorder on ds instead! He shrieked with excitement and clapped while yelling "fireworks are soooo pretty"!!! It was the sweetest thing ever! I brought the dvd home to show to my mom and she said "these are the moments that I love to see"!!

There are so many magical moments!! Those are just a few that stick out in my mind right now!

 

[flowergirlbecca]

This thread is so beautiful.. *sniffs* I am only half way through page 10 but I can't stop reading.. these are the reasons why Disney is our home away from home.

 

[BABY_EINSTEIN'S_MOM]

Even though I already posted my moments above, I just had to add this! During our trip last month my dd and I were shopping on Main Street when I saw the cutest thing. A pregnant woman was holding up a cute tiny "my first disney trip" t-shirt to her belly and her dh was taking her picture! AWWW, I thought I was gonna cry!!

 

[Fairyntraining]

We have many memories with the Dkids, Dgrandparents and Dextended family. More than I can type but the magic for me starts at the turnstyle when I swipe my ticket for the first time at MK and continues to build with the anticipation of seeing the castle when I walk through the train station. We here on the boards have all experienced that "moment" on main street when the castle comes into view and you see it for the first time ever or on that particular trip. Emotions well up and tears stream down my face, then I thank my DH for understanding that Disney is more than a vacation, it truly is home away from home where family memories are to be made and cherished year after year. Needless to say...I cry when we arrive and I cry when we leave. Gotta love the magic!!!

 

[Disneyliscious]

Im a nutcase after reading the first 3 pages of this thread. Im bawling like a baby. Wow.

I am SO looking forward to my 8 year old DS's first trip in October.

 

[~EverAfter~]

Thank you everyone for the beautiful stories. I feel so blessed right now.

 

[Amanda_the_awesome]

great stories everyone I was balling my eyes out from the first post.

I have 3 moments
First was when we took my bf on his first trip to the World. He thought that it was just going to be another amusement park but with all the convincing we got him to go. First thing when we get to the MK when he sees the castle he just had this look of wonder on his face like that of a young child being there for the first time. It was just wonderful to me and my mom. I guess that proves that everyone is a kid again when they go to WDW.

Next was in 2008 when I was there with my bf and mom we were watching the Mickey's Jammin Jungle Parade (happens to be my bfs favorite parade because of the drummers that according to me and him look like Phil Collins). There was a little girl in a wheelchair that had an oxygen tank next to us. She was celebrating her birthday and she was just so happy to be there any time a character passed by she would be screaming their name and getting all excited. I just looked at how happy she was and I started to cry just made me think that people should be happy with what they have and I can tell you that this little girl was one of the most happy thankful people that I have ever seen in my life.
sorry if this makes no sense when I get emotional I have a hard time writing.

last one
we were not planning on doing a Disney trip this year because were a little tight with money but this all changed when my bf (the newly made Disney fan) asks my mom so why are we not going to Disney this year. I knew he was a fan but I wasn't sure if he was as much of a an as me and my mom are. Well he wanted to go back so bad the he offered to help my mom pay for half of it. That is why were going this year and I am so thankful for him and my mom and just being able to go to the one place where we are all happy.
There is a reason why Disney World is called the happiest place on earth.