TinkerBelle_325
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 21, 2001
With my next trip to WDW fast approaching (we leave for Buffalo Thurs night and fly out bright and early, 6:50am, Fri morning!) I started thinking about some of my favorite *WDW* things:
The first few aren't technically WDW, but nonetheless:
- hearing "Welcome to Orlando" from the flight attendant
- feeling that first blast of Florida warmth and humidity as I step off the plane and onto the jetway
- the first "ride" on the Orlando International Airport monorail
- seeing the first on many Disney billboards on the drive to WDW
- driving under the WDW gates and realizing "We're home!"
- seeing my first Disney bus of the trip (even though we don't take them )
- the first sight of my resort for that stay, usually CSR (this stay) or Poly (next trip)
- the first "Disney smell" (you know it exists...some combination of air conditioning, water, cleaning solution and pure magic )
- turning on the WDW Today channel for the first time! The music irritates my parents but I love it!
- For the past 3 years (since age 21), my traditional first night Lapu Lapu
- The wonderful feeling that is an early morning at Disney...stepping out the door at CSR, that beautiful early morning sunlight, the slight humid dampness in the air, the warmth and quiet...
- The first monorail ride!
- The MK Welcome Show!
- Walking under the "Here you leave today and enter a world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy" sign
- Seeing the castle at the end of Main Street USA
- Making the mad dash to Splash Mountain
- Enjoying the emptiness of a post-rope drop park
- The first time I see Illuminations..
Wow I could go on and on but I'll leave a few for the rest of you to post!
The first few aren't technically WDW, but nonetheless:
- hearing "Welcome to Orlando" from the flight attendant
- feeling that first blast of Florida warmth and humidity as I step off the plane and onto the jetway
- the first "ride" on the Orlando International Airport monorail
- seeing the first on many Disney billboards on the drive to WDW
- driving under the WDW gates and realizing "We're home!"
- seeing my first Disney bus of the trip (even though we don't take them )
- the first sight of my resort for that stay, usually CSR (this stay) or Poly (next trip)
- the first "Disney smell" (you know it exists...some combination of air conditioning, water, cleaning solution and pure magic )
- turning on the WDW Today channel for the first time! The music irritates my parents but I love it!
- For the past 3 years (since age 21), my traditional first night Lapu Lapu
- The wonderful feeling that is an early morning at Disney...stepping out the door at CSR, that beautiful early morning sunlight, the slight humid dampness in the air, the warmth and quiet...
- The first monorail ride!
- The MK Welcome Show!
- Walking under the "Here you leave today and enter a world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy" sign
- Seeing the castle at the end of Main Street USA
- Making the mad dash to Splash Mountain
- Enjoying the emptiness of a post-rope drop park
- The first time I see Illuminations..
Wow I could go on and on but I'll leave a few for the rest of you to post!