What is your Disney shameful secret?

[married2mm]

I'm finally finished this thread & it is simply fabulous..
I hope it runs forever.

Aside from my more recent tot shame-(above)

These are mine :
I didn't want to even go to wdw

First trip was postponed and I was secretly happy (dd2 cried)

When I was younger I didn't even know wdw existed

I had no idea how large wdw is

Did no research at all

Had no idea there were Disney resorts

Knew nothing of emh

Did not know what an ADR was until our 4th visit

Had no idea young children would still be out at MK at 3am & I didn't want them to be.

 

[Stacy's a freak]

I didn't want to even go to wdw

So what turned you around? What was it that made you want to go back multiple times? I always wonder what makes a Disney fanatic like us. I have my own reasons but wonder about others. TIA!

 

[married2mm]

So what turned you around? What was it that made you want to go back multiple times? I always wonder what makes a Disney fanatic like us. I have my own reasons but wonder about others. TIA!

Stacy,

I had visions of an amusement park with scary rides-I'm soooo not a thrill seeker
Obviously it's nothing like that!

It was an instant connection; lets just call it love as soon as we had gone through the turnstiles at MK.
I just thought-this place is amazing & as my ds has said previously-it simply felt like home.

The incredible smells, the customer service, the attention to detail,and a thousand more reasons which folks simply don't understand until they've got the bug.

I knew we had to come again & again & again & again....

 

[keahgirl8]

Stacy,

I had visions of an amusement park with scary rides-I'm soooo not a thrill seeker
Obviously it's nothing like that!

It was an instant connection; lets just call it love as soon as we had gone through the turnstiles at MK.
I just thought-this place is amazing & as my ds has said previously-it simply felt like home.

The incredible smells, the customer service, the attention to detail,and a thousand more reasons which folks simply don't understand until they've got the bug.

I knew we had to come again & again & again & again....

I love DL, and I am a Disney history freak, so it has special significance. However, WDW is so immersive. In some ways, I prefer it, and I never thought I'd say that.

 

[Shrfleen]

I've convinced myself I'm not going to ride TOT until Chris Evans rides with me lol It's not the "falling" I'm afraid of, it's the fear of how I'll feel on/off the ride

 

[Anitsirk24]

I just thought of one more. I horde soaps and shampoo from my resort and when I start to feel depressed with the grind of daily life I put one in the shower. I'll usually stand there with my eyes closed in the shower and sniff the soap.

I do this...Glad I'm not the only one.

I cried when I found out they were stopping Celebrate the Magic. I chocked up during that show everytime I saw it. I'm glad I videoed it when I was there in April. I boycoted the new show when I went in December.

 

[DaisyDuck001]

I enjoyed Maelstrom far more than Frozen Ever After.

 

[OatsZoo]

I watch Disney Park Bench at night to go to sleep, it calms me down, puts me in a relaxed zone and I usually fall asleep within the 5 minutes, faves being Club Cool, Future World-Innovations Plaza and Polynesian Resort Lobby

I cry every time I see Illuminations

I love Epcot and Animal Kingdom and really don't enjoy Magic Kingdom

I love the music from Soarin' and listen to it on loop sometimes cause I love it so much

 

[OatsZoo]

Not big on the parades. From New Orleans, so I'm a parade snob I suppose.

I'm in medical school, and when I have to study for long periods of time, I listen to Spotify/YouTube playlists of music played at the Disney parks--rides, resorts, Magical Express, ambient music, all of it.

I too love the music from Disney, Epcot is my fave park so usually I listen to that music. Also, I love the music that plays at Sunshine Season's in Epcot though it is hard sometimes to find that music loop.

 

[Moxiepup]

I don't get the whole "princess" thing. When I was little, the princesses weren't played up (marketed) any more than any other Disney characters. I feel sorry for parents having to wait in long lines for all the meet and greets, unlike in days of yore, when characters roamed the parks. On the other hand, all those folks waiting in "those" lines are that many less waiting in "my" lines, so I shouldn't complain!

I can handle all rides except the dreaded teacups. Only ride that made me nauseous as a child!

Not really interested in watching the parades or most of the shows. DP has instructions that before we sit down to any she's interested in, that I am happily supplied with a Starbucks or other yummy offering first.

 

[OatsZoo]

Speaking of being stuck on a ride, my secret is that I am terrified I will get evacuated from a ride and see it with the lights on. I know that this is a bucket list item for a lot of Disney fans, but not me! I don't want to spoil the magic!

I've done Rockin Rollercoaster with the lights on and it was extremely disappointing. I hated it. It is so much better in the dark. I had to go back around and do it again in the dark cause it sucked that bad

 

[Stacy's a freak]

I can handle all rides except the dreaded teacups. Only ride that made me nauseous as a child!

I have never been on the teacups because I just know that I will be sick for hours after. But I kinda want to do it just to say that I did it. I can't think of any other WDW attraction that I have not been on at least once so I feel like I have to do it so I'm not missing anything and I can honestly say that I've done them all. I have also avoided the spinny side of Mission Space and have only done the green side. So I can honestly say that I've done it even though I know in my heart that it was half-butted. :/

 

[mrswillson]

I HATE Fantasia, and have never seen Pete's Dragon.

 

[keahgirl8]

I HATE Fantasia, and have never seen Pete's Dragon.

I only like the Sorcerer's Apprentice part. The rest is boring to me. I have seen Pete's Dragon, but I was very very young.

 

[mrswillson]

I only like the Sorcerer's Apprentice part. The rest is boring to me. I have seen Pete's Dragon, but I was very very young.

I tried watching Fantasia (because I'm supposed to be a Disney fan, so how could I NOT have seen it?!) and because my husband insisted it's his favorite movie. Thirty minutes into it I was falling asleep. Definitely not a favorite, or even a watch-again haha.

 

[OatsZoo]

I have never been on the teacups because I just know that I will be sick for hours after. But I kinda want to do it just to say that I did it. I can't think of any other WDW attraction that I have not been on at least once so I feel like I have to do it so I'm not missing anything and I can honestly say that I've done them all. I have also avoided the spinny side of Mission Space and have only done the green side. So I can honestly say that I've done it even though I know in my heart that it was half-butted. :/

You could do the sea and just go on the teacups and just don't spin it. It still moves around but doesn't go crazy enough to make you sick. My hubby gets motion sick but doesn't on the orange of mission space but I think it's cause you don't see anything. I think it's when you actually see the world whirling by that makes you sick.

 

[Sir William]

Speaking of being stuck on a ride, my secret is that I am terrified I will get evacuated from a ride and see it with the lights on. I know that this is a bucket list item for a lot of Disney fans, but not me! I don't want to spoil the magic!

I've had this happen twice. Once on Space Mountain when it stopped for a few minutes, then we slowly returned to the loading/unloading area and had to get off. CM said to wait a few minutes, which we did, then we got back on and enjoyed the ride. Never did hear why we stopped and the lights came on. Another time it was Haunted Mansion. Someone just behind me freaked out and tried to get out of the car, so CM had to walk in and escort the person out. (I also saw someone completely lose it when they "saw" the ghost in their car and hysterically scream to be let out.)

 

[Nakkira]

I am always tempted by Disney World cupcakes but know I should never buy one. Cupcakes with too much icing Gross me out (I like sweets but have a low tolerance for them). I would take two bites love them and then be overwhelmed by the cloying sweetness by the third note and have to throw the rest away. Yet, Still I look longingly at the cupcake pictures on trip reports and drool over the Displays when there.

 

[Nakkira]

I am always tempted by Disney World cupcakes but know I should never buy one. Cupcakes with too much icing Gross me out (I like sweets but have a low tolerance for them). I would take two bites love them and then be overwhelmed by the cloying sweetness by the third note and have to throw the rest away. Yet, Still I look longingly at the cupcake pictures on trip reports and drool over the Displays when there.

One these days I will break down and buy one, then be mad at myself when I throw away the better portion of an expensive cupcake.

 

[mikedoyleblogger]

On Soarin', as long as there has been a Soarin' on either coast, I have to give the little kid the thumbs up back along with Patrick. Every. Single. Time. It used to be a thing at DL. At Epcot, people just think I'm crazy. I don't care.