Your favorite Mom memory at Disney

[Alice28]

In honor of Mother's Day coming up, what is your favorite memory of being at Disney with your Mom. Or, if you are a Mom, what is your favorite Disney memory with your kids? Or, answer both!!

With my Mom, there are so many. We have been to Disneyland at least 15+ times together. The year Fantasmic premiered, we had no clue what it was about. We tried catching a glimpse of it over on the Mark Twain docks, which was NOT a good vantage point. This is so catty, but this woman was there, and she was saving like 15 seats- we tried squeezing in where she didn't have her stuff strewn all about and everywhere we moved, she would say, "no, not there...that place is saved too." It was literally like she was saving the whole dock! So finally my Mom is disgusted, and in her own, dry, witty kind of way she goes and plunks herself in the corner. The woman said some type of snide comment like "Good, you found a spot," and since all my Mom could see was this woman's rather large frame she said, "Yeah, the view is just spectacular" in the most deadpan, dry way...I know you had to be there, but I had to leave because I was laughing so hard. Usually my Mom is NOT the type to make waves and this was just so out of character for her, I was dying. (I was about 20 or so, so I got the humor). We also had many enjoyable lunches at Casa Mexicana, French Market, and getting many good laughs just people watching.

My favorite memory with my own kids- wow. I think with Sam it would have to be when we took him to DL when he was almost 4. He was so dumbstruck, my chatterbox hardly spoke the entire day. Then we saw the "Club Buzz" show and he was giddy- did all the handmotions, sang along- it was darling. With Josh, we were at WDW and were waiting in this hideous line to meet Minnie. I was tired, hot and getting impatient- the line was NOT even moving for Minnie and friends, and people were flying right by to meet Pooh and Tigger. Well, when we finally get into the room, Josh just squealed and laughed and gave her 10 kisses (he was 20 months). It was so worth the wait!!

 

[nhmomx2]

My favorite "being a mom" memory is from our trip last August. My eight year old had saved a lot of money to bring on this trip - my dh and I thought too much, but we relented because he did save it to bring on the trip. That aside, my memory goes like this. About day 5 of our 12 day trip we went to see Illuminations . My DD and I were waiting for DS to come back with my nephew and neice. DH was hunting down a beverage. Well, they returned and when Illuminations started he said "Mom, I bought something for you". He then handed me a little bag with a Jiminy Cricket commemorative coin. I'm a JC collector of sorts. I balled!! It was the sweetest thing. Then I turned it over and was shocked. It was $25!! My neice & nephew said he saw it and didn't hesitate. He told them "I don 't care how much it is. I'm buying it for my mom!" It was such an unselfish thing for him to do and it just brought tears to my eyes - and a lot of them!! It really made me feel like I was doing something right in raising him!

 

[AspiringCindy]

Last summer we visited WDW with our 3 DD's(age 9,8 and 14 months). We had just gotten off the Winnie the Pooh ride at MK and had to walk through the strategically placed store to exit. When we entered the store, the baby went berzerk! She squealed with delight and started grabbing as many Poohs as her little hands could hold(It was like a scene from Wonderama!). It gave us such joy to see her yell his name and get sooo excited. Luckily the huge Poohs were up high, otherwise DH would have been suckered into buying it for his little sugar!

 

[dvcfamily41801]

Nice thread, I think there might be quite a few tears

Last year we were at WDW on Mother's Day and I wore the T-Shirt my then 2 1/2 year old made for me at daycare. It is stamped BEST MOM and has his 2 hand prints on it and there is a really cute picture of us that DH took at All Star Music in front of some bushes. We then went over to OKW to check in and our room was ready and it was a perfect location We went to MK that day and I got my pink carnation and then we went to Whispering Canyon Cafe for dinner, our first time there. It was a GREAT day!! They had gotten me a massage and french body polish at the Disney Institute which I did a few days later. I wanted to be with my son and husband on Mother's Day

My favorite memory with my mom at WDW as when we went in February 94, it was for a business convention with her and we stayed at Port Orleans. She surprised me by upgrading our rental car to a convertible and of course, it rained most of the days but we still drove around and with the top down and I just held an umbrella up Also, the lady that we shared the room with snoored something awful and I could not sleep at all and one night I actually went down and sat in the lobby and my mom came walking in around 5 am totally petrified becuase she had no idea where I was LOL. She went out that day to Crossroads Plaza and bought me a Walkman so I could put the earphones on at night.

I would love to do another mom & me trip, I think it would be fun especially now that I am a mom. I know I would miss home something awful, but it would mean the world to her!!

 

[sue Z]

One of my best memories is finally getting my mom to ride Splash mountain!!!

 

[padisneylover]

My favorite Mom Memory was 5 years ago and the last trip anywhere I was able to take with my mom. We rode the train for the first time just the two of us to WDW and spent 7 wonderful days there. At the time my mom was unable to get around so I used a wheelchair and even today the pictures and memories I have of that time bring many warm smiles to my day. I have some of the nicest pictures of my mother taken on that trip with the characters that will never be able to be repeated and as I said the mother and daughter time we spent will last me my life time. Yes, my mother passed away just two years later unexpectedly so this is the reason why it is such a special trip for me.

 

[philaround]

My mom memory goes back to May 1986.
My DW and I w/DD went down and took my mother with us.
The day we went to the MK I was able to make a reservation for dinner at King Stephan's Banquet Hall in the castle. Back then costumed characters would make an appearance in the Hall while you where eating. Well about half way thru our meal in come Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy. Our DD [along with all the other kids in the place] go nuts and start to get up to run to the characters. An annoucement is made for parents to please keep the children in their seats as Mickey, Minnie, & Goofy will come to them.
Well they wend their way thru the dining room and work their way to our table. Mickey & Minnie proceed to make a fuss over DD [6yo at the time] but Goofy spots my mom and comes up behind her and plants a huge kiss on top of her head. Well I was 46yo at the time and this was the first time I ever saw my mother blush. It was grand.

 

[eeyore0062]

My favorite Mom Memory at WDW was on our 2nd trip. Only MK was open at that time.

My mom couldn't pass up any of the restrooms... I have never seen someone have to go the bathroom (no, she wasn't sick), so much in my life.

She earned the name "The Official Walt Disney World Bathroom Inspector". I swear she could tell you which ones flushed by themselves, which ones didn't and what colors each were by the time we were ready to go home.

We never let her forget it, either!

 

[KBFinFan]

Before my brother was born I was about 4/5, and my parents wanted to take me to DisneyWorld one last time before my brother would disrupt the 'perfect' family chemistry. My mom was pregnant with him at the time, and I remember her being miserable, but she hung in there and we had a great time. Mom's are so truly wonderful and selfless.

As for my grandmother, it would be the time about 7 years ago when I got her to on Splash Mountain. My brother and mother didn't want to make the journey, but knowing that my grandmother can't say no to me I asked her. She loved the ride (except for the drop) and still brings it up to this day.

Happy Mother's Day!!

 

[CamColt]

This isnt really sentimental if thats what you are looking for, but it was very "Disney".
On our last trip we were at Mama Melrose. I looked up at my DM while she was talking to me and she was a Hidden Mickey. There were 2 black plates on the wall behind her, but the wall wasnt directly behind her(like it was across an aisle). She was at just the perfect angle to make herself a HM. It was so funny.

 

[mrslane]

Originally posted by sue Z
One of my best memories is finally getting my mom to ride Splash mountain!!!

Funny, my mother never said an ugly word to me until I tricked her onto Splash Mtn.! I was old enough not to take it personally.

Once I won a free wkdn at the GF and took my Mom as a guest. We ate at Vic. & Albert's, went to the Christmas Party @ MK and had a ball. It's the most recent memory, but we had great fun on the Gardens of the World tour at EPCOT when I was a CM.

 

[kinlaw6450]

Back many years ago you used to be able to stand on the walls outside Journey Into Imagination and play in the jumping water...My BEST mom memory is my mom standing there with the video camera in tears because she was laughing so hard at my sisters and me getting hit with the water...

before that memory it was when I got to "drive" my indy car while mom pressed the gas...she had more fun watching me than driving the car!

Now we are all going back (me, my 3 sisters, brother, their spouses and the 11 grandchildren and MOM) on October 28th. I am SO hoping to make some more mom memories!

 

[Disney Panda]

A memory that really sticks out is my mom taking me to the California Grill for a birthday dinner.

 

[ehagerty]

I wasn't there to witness, but 4 of my brothers / sisters still shake their head in amazement that my mother enjoyed Humunga Kowbunga at Typhoon Lagoon - at the age of 63!!! She probably would have done Summit Plummet, but it wasn't built yet. Splash Mountain was her favorite.

 

[Feralpeg]

When DD was nine, she and I went to WDW. We went to e-night. We decided to go back to the hotel before it was over. As we made our way down Main Street, it was practically deserted. They were playing the usual music that they play on Main Street and I guess DD just got inspired. She started dancing. She danced from one end of the street to the other. It was so adorable! A couple were following us down the street and they got a real kick out of it. I loved it!

 

[allicat]

Not a sentimental memory but a funny one for our family.
On my Moms first trip, last Oct. we got her to go on Test Track. She honestly didnt know what she was in for and she doesnt really like rides.I was a bit nervous for her to go on but she was willing to try.
When we went out onto the track, she was screaming at the top of her lungs for my DH to please stop driving so fast. I guess she thought DH was controlling the car. Then she kept repeating : "Im dying" over and over! She wasnt too happy when she got off but now we all laugh about it!

 

[zoesmama]

My mom and I went to the Magic Kingdom for my 10th birthday way back in 1974. They were just building Space Mountain and still had real E-tickets. I wish I still had my left over tickets! The nicest part of the visit was the fact that my mom let me take the "map" of the kingdom and go on any ride I wanted to go on. She was so impressed that I could navigate my way around at such a young age.

But the best memory of that trip was that I was picked out of the crowd to participate in a parade through Liberty Square and wore a milk maid costume. My mother was afraid I was going to be kidnapped when the CM approached us to ask me to walk in the parade. I think she walked along the side of the parade route to make sure I wasn't going to be snatched.

We been back together, just us girls, about a dozen times after that.

This May I continue the tradition by taking my 2 1/2 year old. I couldn't wait another 8 years for her to turn 10 to introduce her to the Wonderful World of Disney.

 

[JetMom]

I remember my first trip to WDW in 1975 when I was 9. My DM and I were the only ones in the family to ride the tea-cups. My brother and sister were too small and my Dad doesn't do spinning thins. I still remember the two of us spinning and laughing and spinnning and laughing...... it was wonderful!

I have several favorite Mommy moments....but the best was in Typhoon Lagoon.. my youngest DS was 3 1/2 and had just spent 2 hours riding the same tube ride at Ketch-a-Kiddie Creek over and over and over. We finally got him to take a break and eat a hot dog, while he was eating he suddenly looked up and said, "Mommy, this is the best day ever in my whole life!"

I get teary just remembering it!

 

[Tarheel Tink]

My mother passed away in February- my priceless memories of the trip we took her on to WDW (her first) in December of 2000 are wonderful to have. DH, Mom and I wore matching lime green WDW 2000 shirts for our MVMCP photo and she had a blast all week. Dear friends of ours went with their mom the same week so we met up daily for a meal or show.

As you can imagine, the photos and video I have from that trip are so dear to me now. The characters would not leave her alone (we had her in a wheelchair to avoid tiring her) so we have numerous photos of her with many characters. At her memorial service 1 of 2 large boards for photographs was covered in Disney photos of her with her dazzling smile.

Everyone, enjoy every moment you have with your loved ones.

 

[Chicago526]

My family went in 1984 (my goodness, almost 20 years ago, yikes!). It was my Mom and Dad, my two older brothers (12 and 14), and my 8 year old self.

My mother does not like fast rides. POTC in MK is about as fast as she goes. At the time Epcot and MK were the only parks, and we were there for a week. Towards the end of the trip, after we had been on BTMRR about a dozen times, we talked my mom into going with us for "one last ride". Aparently, she thought that since it didn't look very fast when she was watching from the sidelines, that it might not be too bad. It didn't help that we all told her she'd love it.

Needless to say, she didn't love it. She screamed the whole way and was VERY upset that we talked her into it. 19 years later, we still can't talk her into any ride that she isn't 100% about. We all still laugh about it to this day.

We're going back this weekend. It'll be the first time all 5 of us (plus my sister-in-law and my two little nephews) have been back all on the same trip. That '84 vacation was one of the best weeks of my life, and I can't wait to recreate it! I'll report back on the Trip Reports forum. Wish us luck!