I think I was around 9 years old (about 20 years ago) when my family took our first trip to Disney World. My most vivid memories of the experience are of Space Mountain, the Indy Speedway and Star Tours. I also remember my dad was selected as one of the extras at the Indiana Jones stunt show, which at the time my brother and I thought was pretty much the coolest thing ever.
What's your earliest Disney World memory?
I remember my Dad taking my brother and me to Disney World shortly after it opened. We drove up from Miami and spent a great day in the Magic Kingdom. I think I liked the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ride the best, but also remember the Haunted Mansion. We saw Goofy and Pluto too. At the end of a long day, we were tired and then drove further north to my grandmother's house in Eustis. The next morning my brother and I woke up with spots all over us -- we had chicken pox. So, either we caught it at Disney World and we infected a bunch of people while we were there. Yes, it was a very memorable trip.
TickleMe Plant at tour of the land
I almost cried when I found the TickleMe Plant at Epcot on the behind the seeds tour of the land. I remember tickling the plant my Grandma had when I was a kid. Back then, they called it the sensitive plant. It was such a treat to see Grandma, and watching the leaves close on the TickleMe Plant was more fun then any modern day video game. The TickleMe Plant, is a real plant that suddenly closes it's leaves and lowers its branches when Tickled. It is so animated you won't believe your eyes. It even produces sparkling pink flowers.
You can see the video and grow your own at
http://www.ticklemeplant.com I can't wait to give away the TickleMe Plant Greenhouses for the holidays. I found a coupon code to take off $2.oo It is such a unique gift.
Spring of 1973 we went to Magic Kingdom on Vacation before moving to S.FLA for good in July. I was remember that first ever ride on a monorail and how "cool" it was that it went through the Contemporary (which actually WAS contemporary then). The other main thing was getting the a-e tickets for the rides....That is how i judge someone's age now, whether they remember what an "E" ticket ride was.
But the main thing?? How WAY out in the STICKS Disney was! LOL.
OPENING DAY BABY! We all sat in line at the entrace gates in my Dad's big old Pontiac Catalina impatiently waiting for them to open. I can remember bouncing in the car seat I was so excited to get into that park. It didn't disappoint - we used every ticket in the 12 adventure ticket books we bought. And we looked to find all the characters and live musicians we could. That was way back when the characters roamed the park and they had a piano player outside the hotdog corner on Main Street. I remember eating at the Crystal Palace too but I'm not sure if that was the first trip or the second. I just wish my ticket book would have had more E tickets in it! And I still LOVE taking a ride on the 'highway in the sky' - nothing beats going through the Grand Canyon Concouse in a monorail!
Waking up in my mom's arms at the Transportation and Ticket Center after a long first time at the Magic Kingdom and saying "Bye bye Mickey Mouse" then falling right back to sleep. I was 24 at the time.
No, wait...I was probably around four.
I am a Brazilian cartoonist and a Disney fan like we all here. But I resisted visiting Disney World because I had no idea the parks best attraction is excellence, so I went to Orlando back in 1983 to discover my laughing place! I remember I was leaving Adventureland area and strolling by the lake in front of the castle, when I saw at a distance the Main Street Electrical Parade. The floats were really floating, and the distant music seemed to bloom from another dimension. Suddenly I didn't feel my legs, like I was sent to another plane of reality. It was a beauty stroke, something that only occurred years ago when I first saw the small Nossa Senhora do O church (Sabara, Minas Gerais, Brazil). I had to lean on a Disney lamp post or I'd fall flat on the floor. I keep coming back regularly to this wonderful country called Orlando, in the middle of another wonderful country called USA. But this magical moment is still living in my mind.
Marching down Main Street USA in spring of 1982 with my HS band. That was when you actually led the parade.
My first memory of Disney that REALLY COUNTS was walking down Main Street USA as a LOST Cast Member trying to find my way to the Jungle Cruise to begin my first day on the job...Obviously I was lost! But the feeling of accomplishment I felt was amazing, like I really made the big time, kind of like being the only one in your family to ever go to college! That's how I felt!
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