When Was Your First TIME at WDW?

[jaredjohn4]

November of 1975, I was student teaching in Ft. Lauderdale. I rode a motorcycle from western Illinois to Florida. On a weekend I jumped on my bike and rode up to Disney. I pulled into Fort Wilderness and asked if they had a site available. They said yes, so I stayed for the weekend. It was a great time. College kid, limited money, motorcycle and a backpack tent. After that I knew I had to come back.

 

[badeacon]

April 1973 on spring break in Bradenton from college and drove over for the day.

 

[leebee]

March 1999. DD was 5, so I was 42. DH had a conference in Orlando, so we decided to go along with him. My sister, BIL, and 1yo niece came along, too. We stayed offsite, didn't do any Disney sit-down meals, and I am not sure that FastPass even existed. I didn't know about TheDISboards or any other planning site, although I had a copy of the Unofficial Guide. I am sure we did everything wrong, but we were hooked, and here we are all these years later, still going to Disney at least once, if not more frequently, every year. I'm guessing I'm up to trip #36 or something like that. In fact, my next trip starts in 23 days! DD (now 32) and I will be at Coronado Springs for three nights. She has to go home so I'll then be at ASSp for an additional 3 nights, SOLO!

 

[zebrastreyepz]

Summer 1972. I was 5.

 

[zippy2]

Sometime in the late seventies my high school band marched in the parade! What a great trip.

 

[Dulcee]

Summer of 1987, I was 6 months old.

Fortunately, my mom was hooked, and we returned more or less every summer for the rest of my childhood.