Originally Posted By Jenn31 I thought this would be fun to do since Disney Magic means something different to each of us. So lets share! How do you do Disney? What are the MUST DO'S on your trip? What food(s) do you have to eat? Store you have to go in? Or what's that special thing you just have to buy each trip? I'll start. Every trip I have to go on Peter Pan and Alice In Wonderland everyday. If those rides are closed we reschedule our trip. I have to eat at the French Market and drink a mint julep, I just love the ambiance there! And EVERY TRIP I have to buy a pooh's hunny pot apple! Yummo! What's yours?
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones I always go on Mr. Toad because I'm paranoid it will be closed forever suddenly.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin I MUST be able to say at the end of the day that I rode the entire Disney Mountain Range. Matterhorn, Splash, Space and Big Thunder.
Originally Posted By utahjosh I always hit as many of my favorite rides as a I can. I always see Fantasmic. I always eat a churro. (but not everyday of the trip) I always see Billy Hill and the Hill Billies. I always see the fireworks.
Originally Posted By MomluvsDisney <~~Raises hand...My name is MomluvsDisney and I am a Mr Toad junkie (don't ask...I am still not sure why...) so a trip is nothing without a least on go around with the toadmeister! And.. (hangs head in shame) I too love the mint juleps, and I have loved those since I was a small child...So much so that my sister and I have recreated them outside the park...BUT...nothing is as good as getting a julep and then getting in line to ride the Haunted Mansion. MMM with the cherry and lime slice on the sword and the sprig of fresh mint...~~sigh~~ <~~Am now craving a julep....terrible... MMMM.....I must ride POC because the sights and smells in that ride really bring back great memories from all the years I have been going... MMMMMMM.....must stop this..I am craving my disneyland visit now!!!
Originally Posted By Jenn31 ^^^I think that's part of what makes them so special is that they're so hard to recreate. When I went to New Orleans a few years ago I got a Mint Julep expecting the Disney Variety and was very dissappointed that they put bourbon in mine! :::shakes head::: I'll take my Disney version any day thank you!
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove I'm learning that I cannot always do my "musts" and I've learned to "forgive" myself and not obsess. I used to always *have* to walk into the park using the left tunnel. Now, more often than not, I use the right. In a perfect day at the park, when everything is just sprinkled with pixie dust, here are my fondest wishes (I could just list everything, but I'm trying really hard to pare it down to the bare essentials): Go through the turnstiles and think to myself, through tears, most of the time: I'm home. Singing (and just a little skip now and then) my way down Main Street. I ♥ the songs! Peter Pan. The rushing air and dipping pirate ship and sparkling stars......mmmmmmmmmagic. New must: the canal boats at night, because the Duckzillas warm my heart more than I can say. I try to ride Jingles, if I can, on King Arthur's Carousel, because Julie Andrews IS supreme. I would be her if she'd let me. Pirates. Always and forever, amen. Saying hi to "my" Indian in Frontierland. Billy Hill and the Hillbillies. 1st row, Soarin', DCA. Food: Any combination of these, because the ambience is so wonderful at each location: Carnation Cafe (baked potato soup), Riverbelle Terrace (breakfast), Gibson Girl (chocolate mint ice cream), Rancho del Zocalo (anything...I love the little birds there and the bouganvilleas). Apple pie apples...a food group in and of itself and most yum-worthy. <--Note to self: must try Mint Julep. Fireworks. And, in December, the snow. Once around the park in the train. <--Note to self: gotta do the Lily Belle! Look up at Club 33 and think, "I've been there." Sigh heavily with joy. Watching Brother Yusef in Downtown Disney. Seeing the flowers at my "secret place". xoxo
Originally Posted By ssturgeo Must do...gosh, would be easier to list those I do not mind missing!! I guess absolute musts are Peter Pan, Pirates, Indy, Buzz, HMH to see Jack at Christmas time, Splash, ToT, Soarin', Star Tours, Space.... Must see the Billies, must have a Dole Whip, a corndog from the Main Street corndog cart, a Mickey Mouse ice cream bar, and at Christmas a gingerbread man. One walk thru, at least, Downtown Disney with and a walk thru the DL Hotel grounds (if I am not staying there).
Originally Posted By Ursula Since I got a lot, I don't have any must-haves. I enjoy POTC, but I don't have to ride it all the time. I try to avoid Indy. Why you ask...I love it so much. If I rode it each time I went, it would water it down. I do however try to go in the Jewel D'orleans or whatever it is called. I LOVE that shop. I wish I liked what they did to the watch shop better, but I don't. I miss the one-of-a-kind shop and I was hoping that Disney would recreate that on Main Street. I enjoy Fantasyland and I love watching the castle.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney >>>New must: the canal boats at night, because the Duckzillas warm my heart more than I can say. <<< Me too! Casey Jr. at night too because I love the lights. Oh, and ditto on the apple pie apple. YUM!
Originally Posted By KCCHIEF I am such a creature of habit..this is what I do on the first day..I walk down Main Street smiling and run (well, kinda run) over to Pirates.....I always ride it first.......then to Haunted Mansion and on to Splash..and then to any ride I feel like it..I always eat at Blue Bayou.......for ambiance only...and I always leave when the park is closing........
Originally Posted By DyGDisney We usually do Space Mountain first, and last, on our trip. Always eat breakfast at Carnation Cafe at least once.
Originally Posted By Jenn31 There is just something so incredible about a Disneyland caramel apple! Pooh Corner store, that is my first shop of the day for a delicious apple. OOOh! I CAN'T WAIT! 17 days!!!
Originally Posted By Grumpy Pete Must Do's? Oh my. these are not necessarily in order. The Tiki room and a Dole Whip Thunder Mountain Pirates Haunted Mansion Pin Trading Billy Hill & the Hillbillies The Ragtime Piano The Flag Retirement Ceremony Splash Mtn. Mark Twain Space Mtn. Clam Chowder in a Bread Bowl, and many more Last and most important: Silently thanking Walt for all the enjoyable times in the past, the present and for those in the future.
Originally Posted By ophellia it's been 2 years (sniffle)...but as an AP for 8 years I did have a routine... first you take the pulse of The Park, ride the Train all the way around to check the crowds or lack of in various areas... then take the 1rst MS transport you see down to the end... go in the direction of the fewest people... making sure to do Tiki, POTC and Haunted... Do Casey Jr if the lines not too long... get something at The French Market... Always ride Jingles... try to on Canal Boats or Splash during Fireworks... Go on anything with almost no line... try to be the last people in TT at closing... so you can slowly stroll up through FL and be the last ones at The Shooting Gallery after you pet the Bears... Slowly stroll up MS and get an ice cream cone, a balloon and maybe a pin... take a pic by Flower Mickey, get your hand stamped even though it's closing time... I Miss Disneyland...
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne I've only been once for five days (and seems unlikely I'll get there again anytime in the next 20 years) but must do's Peter Pan- we would line up three hours if we had to Space and Splash mountain A photo with as many different Mickey's as possible Mozzarella Sticks Fantasmic! Pirates Disney Princess Storytime (though sadly its closed) Indy..over and over and over and a Dole Whip Float! and of course.. Dumbo would be the first ride of any trip because thats the one ride we had all always dreamed off (sadly IASW was closed when we were there..I'm sure it would have made the list though)
Originally Posted By MomluvsDisney Ursula-"I do however try to go in the Jewel D'orleans or whatever it is called. I LOVE that shop." I enjoy the shop as well, although I usually could not afford anything there..The shop I miss the most fomr New Oleans square is the perfumery..where they custom made your own perfume and you could even order it when you ran out and they would send it to you...I also miss the villians shop that used to be by the castle...
Originally Posted By danyoung My routine depends on the time of day. If I'm there at opening, I race to Fantasyland to do all of the dark rides in about 30 minutes! Then I hit Tomorrowland and enjoy the rides like the Autopia that I wouldn't normally do if I had to wait in a long line. By then the crowds are coming in, so I just bounce around and hit whatever looks good. If I arrive in the afternoon, I always get on the train and do a once around, sorta soaking myself in the Disney vibe and checking out the crowds. If evening, I always head over to the Uva Bar in Downtown Disney to greet my friend bartender Justin and have a martini or three, and then into DL for Fantasmic!, fireworks or whatever combination is showing that night. And then of course stay till well past closing and enjoy the vibe of my favorite place with almost no one in it!
Originally Posted By ncnike7 My kids pick how many times they want to go on Pooh in a row and we do it. (11 times in a row is our record) Must get an oatmeal raisin cookie from the Blue Ribbon Bakery. If my mom is with us we have to do Alice everyday. Last time my two oldest kids were old enough to love the churros and just about every time we past a churro cart they wanted one, of course they didn't want an actual meal after that but hey, it's Disneyland! I think my favorite thing is letting my kids buy whatever they want because I have been saving every penny of their allowance, birthday, Christmas, etc money and after months of telling them to "wait until after Disneyland" to spend their money they have a blast letting loose in those shops!
