I've been a few times, but it's been so long ago that I haven't established a routine. My upcoming trip will be my first with a clue, the rest were as a child or otherwise clueless. On my last trip, the first thing I did was try to get oriented. It had been years since my previous trip so my mental image of the park was based solely on an old promotional video that must have been from the early 90's (with women wearing those big stop sign sized eye-glasses). When I actually laid eyes on the park, I might as well have been on Mars. Next time, we can skip the orientation and just get started, and we'll get to start a new tradition of doing something more meaningful.
Splash Mountain if it's warm out, BTMRR if it's not. That was in my old life. In my new Grammy life, with DGD age 2 on our next visit, I suppose we'll beeline for Dumbo, then hit Pooh, the carousel etc. We went in May when she was 16 months and rode what WE wanted to ride, thinking she didn't know any better but after a trip to Mall of America and Camp Snoopy, and seeing how much she loved those rides, our next trip will be all about her.
Depending on whom I'm with and my mood, either head directly to Fantasyland and Dumbo (followed by the rest of Fantasyland) or book it all the way over to Splash and BTMRR, get a FP for one and ride the other.
First thing I stand and stare at the castel for a few minutes, then we head over to HM, and BTMRR. HM was the first ride I ever rode at Disney and my last trip it was first and last. Kinda of a tradition with us, now.
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