If I can divert people temporarily away from the loss of magic thread … reading that thread has me thinking of my most magical WDW moments/experiences/memories over the past 40+ years. Here are my Top 10, not necessarily in order. What are yours?
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Riding the Epcot extension of the monorail for the first time shortly after Epcot opened. I was so excited to explore all I could see from above. Epcot in the 80s was so unique, and seeing it today, it is hard to imagine how amazing it was back then.
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RD’ing Dumbo (the things we do for our kids!) and the CM letting everyone stay on for a second ride in a row. DD (then 4 years old) turned to me and said “Pixie Dust”.
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Riding in the front portion of the monorail with the driver. Bummed that you can’t do that anymore.
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The first time my parents let my brother and I go alone to MK at night. Towards the end of the evening SM was walk-on. We rode over and over.
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DD (then 3 years old) accidentally hit her head on the Chef Mickey’s buffet (the metal part where people put their trays). A CM saw DD crying and ran over with the light up pin of Tinkerbell (along with a Buzz pin for DS).
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Being picked to ride on the back of the Honey I Shrunk the Kids Bee during the Backlot Tour at MGM.
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EMH at DHS back in 2012. ST was walk-on. My Dad, my brother, my niece (then 8 years old) and I rode again and again.
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Walking into SW:GE for the first time. I had been waiting for a Star Wars Land at a theme park for over 40 years.
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A 1 night WDW visit for my 1 year anniversary. Dinner at Cali Grill, Custom Cake for dessert, and then MVMCP. [Confession: We were at Universal with my brother’s family for 4 nights before DW and I stayed an extra night for our anniversary and MK visit.]
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The first time my kids were at WDW, the first attraction for us was the Tinkerbell meet and great. When it was our turn, DD ran up to Tinkebell. I was holding DS (then 13 months old) because I thought he would be scared. Instead, he indicated he wanted me to put him down, he crawled up next to Tinkerbell, and started spinning in circles on his tush with a smile on his face the whole time.