What is your absolutely I will never forget moment at Disney?

[HollyJoy]

Being in the AK parade this past December!! Sometimes I still can't believe that we were picked to do so!!!

 

[Paul in CT]

My most memorable moment at WDW happened on our first trip to WDW in 1989 with DW, my DD (8) and DS (11). It was our first morning at EPCOT and my DD was waiting patiently in line to get autographs from Chip & Dale. They had been backed up against a wall by a crowd of mostly older kids pushing by my DD for pictures when Chip broke free from the crowd, ran up to my daughter, grabbed her hand and lead her away to an open area to give her his autograph. She was thrilled and I got my best pictures ever of her with Chip!!!

I know that the characters are probably trained to do such things, but I thought it was just great and it set the tone for the rest of our trip (and many more like it since then).

 

[S. C.]

 

[TLC371]

The moment I will never forget was my boyfriend proposing to me in the France Pavilion at Epcot on Sept. 21, 2006--one of the best moments of my life!

 

[DisneyDadFaNaTic]

We were at MK in July of this year (2006). We were sitting up by the castle waiting for the Spectromagic Parade to begin. My DS (8) had been going since 6:00am that morning and he had really worn himself and his voice out during the day. He had literally screamed himself hoarse. When the parade started he was yelling for his favorite characters as loud as he could, which wasn't to loud because he had pretty well lost his voice. It was a wonderful moment, one of the sweetest things I have ever seen. A child who has no voice left, screaming as loud as he can, over other children, over other adults, over the Spectro music to get the attention of his favorite characters. It was beautiful!

 

[jeepgirl30]

So many great memories of Disney. On our first trip together as we pulled up to CSR and DH said "wow, this is our hotel, you did a great job". I had been worried it would be too tacky but it turned out to be a great pick.

Same trip DH and I watched the fireworks from the observation deck at CG and DH said how amazing it was and how someday we'd be there with children.

Another trip I had planned a sales meeting followed by an incentive trip and DH flew down to meet me. I had a lagoon view at the GF. He walked in and was totally floored by the view.

My last trip was with DD6 and I. When we checked in at CRT the hostess said "oh YOU are here" and called someone over who took DD straight to the front of the line. We were seated at a window table. DD was so wide eyed I asked what was wrong. She said "well mommy it is all a bit OVERWHELMING"! I'll never forget the sweet innocent look on her face as she closed her eyes and held the wand tight for the wishing ceremony!

 

[BFIrrera]

We were online to get on Splash Mountain. In the queue ahead of us, on the log just before ours, a little boy and his parents got on. He was being assisted from a wheelchair and was bald (probably a Make a Wish Foundation or similar situation child, most likely with cancer). Our entire ride, we could hear him giggling from the log ahead of us.

As the logs came to the disembark area, they had Brer Fox and Brer Bear waiting to greet him. His parents got out of their log to help him, but the cast members told them to wait...Brer Fox and Brer Bear got into his log with him and he got to ride again with the characters!

I'll never forget his beaming smile and how the Disney magic took him away from his current situation and was able to make him happy again!

 

[javaonline]

My only trip as a dad (last week). My little 2 kids were able to sit in a row in front of us in IASW. (It was near close, so we had the boat on our own). IASW was my daughter's (2yo) favorite ride. We were able to sit back and relax and just watch her enjoy the ride. She would point and turn around to us and say "ook Mommy...DaDa ook!" (look)

During one part of the ride she just watched the dolls dancing around and it must have struck her funny, because all of the sudden, she just cracked up laughing.

My wife usually remembers everything, and I dont remember anything...but I asked the good Lord above to burn that image in my mind forever....

All the money, all the saving and scrimping, all we had to do to get to Disney World was worth it in that one moment.

 

[BamaFan121s]

When DD was 3 and newly facinated by the Princesses. We somehow managed to be 1st in line to see them in Toontown (before they did ANYHTING special during opening) and Cinderella came out, took her, and carried her in, sat on the ground and stayed with just her a good bit of time.

 

[Sabbie]

When Peter took my hand, in the middle of Fantasyland, and asked me to go to Neverland with him.. and we skipped off around Fantasyland for a little, before he gave a thimble!

 

[Daydreamer]

Mine would actually be 4 moments that seem to roll into one. I can always remember holding each of my children (3 DD's and 1 DS) on their first voyage through IASW. Each of them has started out sitting on my lap and ended the voyage standing on my legs in awe of the sights and sounds. When I think back on those trips I can still feel each of their tiny legs in my hands as we sail through.

 

[blewits]

My wife usually remembers everything, and I dont remember anything...but I asked the good Lord above to burn that image in my mind forever....

All the money, all the saving and scrimping, all we had to do to get to Disney World was worth it in that one moment.

It's too much, I can't take much more. My husband and I were going this week for 4 days alone, and after reading all of these, we are taking the kids afterall. We just can't stand it!

 

[momofprincess]

I have two...
DH surprised me with a Wishes Cruise on our anniversary. We were the only ones on the boat (besides the driver).
and the other is DD4 (who was 2 at the time), turned around in her chair at 1900 Park Fare, Prince Charming took her hand and kissed it and she turned around and looked at us, her little jaw dropped to the floor in surprise and awe.

 

[dman11]

During MVMCP the Sunday after Thanksgiving 2005 my DW, DS11 and DD10 decided to get a good seat for the parade by sitting on Main Street USA and waiting. I took my DD2 for a walk around the shops on Main Street USA to keep her occupied. We came out of one of the shops and turned to see Cinderalla's Castle in full view and we just started walking towards it hand in hand. Then she asked me to pick her up and carry her. It was wonderful because there wasn't a large crowd and we were basically just strolling along killing time. What a way to kill some time! We then came across a CM taking pictures and we go our picture taken in front of the castle with our hands out holding tinkerbell.

I'll always have that memory and the picture. I loved that time more than anything else we did at WDW.

 

[tardin1964]

It was during the Fireworks at MK. I was holding my DD age 5 at the time. When Tink comes "flying" out of the castle, my DD's eyes opened wide...she turned her head towards me and with a beaming smile on her face she said "see Daddy...I knew she was real". I get teary eyed thinking about it

 

[disneychickforever]

since my first trip, I always wanted Donald's Autograph, but I never could find him

The last time I went with my family...I was in the 7th grade I believe...We were just about to leave MK to go home, and I was sad, my mom asked why and I said "well, I never get to meet Donald Duck, and I was really hoping to this time..."

At that point, something covered my eyes, and I started to freak out....I felt the hands and they were furry...I lifted the hands off my eyes, and turned around, and there was Donald! I started pinching myself, saw I was awake, and gave him a big hug. I just met Donald Duck! My mom was so happy she started to cry..

I will alway cherish this memory...

 

[jarrdisney]

We were online to get on Splash Mountain. In the queue ahead of us, on the log just before ours, a little boy and his parents got on. He was being assisted from a wheelchair and was bald (probably a Make a Wish Foundation or similar situation child, most likely with cancer). Our entire ride, we could hear him giggling from the log ahead of us.

As the logs came to the disembark area, they had Brer Fox and Brer Bear waiting to greet him. His parents got out of their log to help him, but the cast members told them to wait...Brer Fox and Brer Bear got into his log with him and he got to ride again with the characters!

I'll never forget his beaming smile and how the Disney magic took him away from his current situation and was able to make him happy again!

If this isn't a tear jerker I don't know what is. (yes, I'm aware that was a double negative and no I haven't thought of my moment yet. There are just too many!)

 

[brocklesnar69]

One of my friends who was much older than me (27), was with me and we were in line for Thunder Mt. While in line he puked his guts up all over the place. Everyone saw it.

 

[tc]

I've been to WDW a number of times, but never with small children. We took our girls for the first time when they were in middle school. This past May I was blessed to be able to take my two grandaughters (well, three, but on was still "in womb") on a girls only trip with my two daughters. We were trying to cheer up my daughter Kimmi whose husband just went back for his second half of tour in Kuwait.

Ireland was 18 months old, and many told me that she was much to young to enjoy WDW. Ireland is not a movie or tv watcher, but she loves books. So, I've read her plenty of Disney books. She also has many Disney toys.

We entered Tomorrowland on our first morning, and to our surprise, Buzz was walking out, all alone. Ireland was so excited. She got short of breath, and kept say, "Buzz, Nana, that's Buzz!" He was the first character she ever met. He was so gentle with her, touching her and hugging her. I was crying like a baby. She talked about Buzz all day.

The next day we met Jessie, and, oh my, what a meeting. There was no one around, and those that were there, wanted to meet Buzz and Woody. Ireland has a Jessie doll that she plays with all the time, and couldn't get out of the stroller fast enough to run to her. Jessie got down, arms outstretched to hug her. Then proceeded to play with her for a long time. Each time Ireland walked away, she'd turn back and run to her and play some more. What a great memmory.

We return to the World in a little over a week with both daughters, their husband and three wonderful grandaughters. I'm sure I'll have a ton more memorable moments!!!!

 

[TravelMom]

When I was 6, my parents dropped me and my little sister (4) off at my Aunt's in Wisconsin while they did a cross country drive to Disneyland with my sisters aged 8 & 11. We were happy to stay at our Aunt's until we found out, at the end of the week, where they had been. As they lorded it over us on the car ride back to IL from WI, describing the glories of the park, and showing off their ticket books, I decideded right then and there I was someday going to visit the mouse.

Flash forward to high school, and a senior trip to Florida - none of the other 4 girls wanted to go to WDW because "they had been there too many times already". (GRRRR!) When I was briefly married right out of college, my husband's family gave us tickets to visit them in Naples, FL a couple times - but Orlando was "too far away to bother with".

It wasn't until I was in my 30's and a friend invited me to visit some folks out in California that I actually got to Disney! I arranged for us to spend a couple days at DL before heading to Rancho Cucamonga, and we had a blast. Years later, when I had my children, I decided that WDW would be a good way to travel with them (my life's dream - to travel!) in a fairly easy environment. And it was. I could take one of them, fly to Orlando, shuttle in to All Star resort, and bus it the rest of the week. Easy peasy! (Generally, I travel with one or the other at a time, as it leads to 100% less pinching and fighting!)

I took DD when she was 6 and also when she was 8; DS when he was 9. Wonderful trips with my little daughter and I; and an equally terrific time with my son, as I was able to get the tour company that we were traveling with (for flight and offsite hotel) to offer a free trip to my son's best friend (who is disabled) and his Mom. In recent years we have cruised or taken land based vacations to various parts of the US or Europe. Now, next fall my entire family (Oh my! including the sisters who got to go to Disneyland without me!) is going and staying at Shades of Green. We have older kids now, teens and twenties, but my little sis had her first 2 years ago so we'll have an 'almost 3' with us!

So...after that long intro, here's a few memories I have from those trips a few years ago:

Just the fun of being along with my DD, little things like one day she had a banana split for breakfast! Or pushing her in those old fashioned strollers, even though she was 6 - she couldn't keep up all day and loved to be pushed! Once we were at a nighttime parade at EPCOT and she wanted a glowing rose, and I didn't have the right change (or probably, considering those years, enough money); I was digging around and the CM said "That's OK, she can just have it".

When I went with DS and his best friend (BF), we had many wonderful interactions because of his obvious disabled status and wheelchair use. (And believe me, you appreciate it, because it's an enormous hassle to get from any point A to point B with a wheelchair! Going to the front of some lines really helps!) Characters were especially kind to both boys.

One night, we were heading out on the ferry back to T & TC, and we happened to pass the Water Pageant, which I had never even heard of. We had 'front row' seats as the pageant passed us by, seemingly just for us!

The funniest part of that trip for me was that at the end of the week, we asked the boys what their favorite part of the week was. My son answered the typical "Star Wars" (CMs let them ride it 6 times in a row because it was such a hassle getting BF in and out of the special restraints he needed to ride) and other thriller types of things - son's BF said his favorites were American Adventure, Hall of Presidents, and some other kind of egghead thing - it was so cute, he had been wined and dined and petted over for a solid week and his favorite things were the most educational, simplest things there!

The story that we tell in my family is this one (and it warms my heart because DD will be 16 when we go next fall, not the 8 years old she as when we went last, when this took place): She was a doll lover, and brought a very realistic baby doll to WDW with her. Usually it stayed in the room, but one night she brought her dolly to EPCOT with her. We were in France and a very handsome French boy (about 20 years old) who was working there came over and said to her "Eez zat your bebe?" and fussed over her. He also kissed her baby doll and kissed her too. She was over the moon and talked about it for weeks (heck, we're STILL talking about it)! I thought it was hilarious because she was small enough to believe in and love dolls, but she was still old enough to enjoy having a handsome Frenchman kiss her! (She was crazy about boys from Kindergarten on, and it hasn't abated, now that she can actually go on 'group dates'.)

We still have the dolly, but I bet she won't be coming with us next fall!