Does anyone else cry during Wishes?

Spike-in-Berlin

Spike-in-Berlin

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erm...yes. During my last stay it was our first evening in the MK and we watched wishes (for the first times btw) and in the last part when the choir sings "When you wish upon a star" and you have these REAL large bursts in the sky my eyes filled with tears because I had this strong feeling that finally I am back, I am REALLY here again. It was a very disneyish moment.
 
zurgandfriend

zurgandfriend

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The only time wishes really got to me was watching it from the roof of the Contemporary.

It was my DS birthday, he had received the birthday treatment all day long. We went to Cirque du Soleil that evening then had dinner at the California Grille. Right before we walked out to watch the show he told me thanks he had a perfect birthday. That made the planning and saving all worthwhile.

Of course now he's a teen and if you look up attitude in a dictionary you'll see his picture next to the definition, but I digress.
 
forevermickey

forevermickey

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I haven't see wishes in a while because the last few years I have been there with my daughter who was very young and we were all exhausted at the end of the night. But this year we will be seeing it again and I can tell you now that I will cry.
While at Disney I get constant lumps in my throat and tears in my eyes- mainly in the MK. It is all the memories, def. the music brings it on, the sights and sounds and smells. As soon as I walk onto Main Street it begins.:cry:
 
twoweirdos

twoweirdos

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well i did cry at the TAPESTRY parade at EPCOT
and I am NOT a crybaby type at all
but life had been soooooo bad that year...(shudders) and had just been kicked in the face by random events
we get to wdw,,,everyone IS HAPPPYYYYYY
and that corny lil parade,,,,with the drummers
They stopped RIGHT in front of where we were standing....and the dancers dancing,,the drummers drumming(YES I KNOW it sound like the christmas song hahahah)
im twirling with a random lil girl i had never met but let her stand in front of me at that parade so she could see
just that moment was so sweet perfect and beautiful
yeah....I fell in love with WDW then
le sigh
 
Disneykidder

Disneykidder

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Yup....everytime!!

There is something about the music, hearing Jiminy Cricket and the fireworks being over the castle while standing on Main Street that just gets me.:cry: I, too, get laughed at by my family. My nephew videoed it on his phone for me and my hubby snapped pics on his phone the last time we were there because my camera batteries died so I cried for that, too. I was pregnant at the time but I usually cry for it anyway.
 
bgraham34

bgraham34

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disneyrcks said:
Macy's fireworks in NYC are amazing but there is something about the soundtrack to Wishes that can bring a tear or two...especially the quotes from the Disney movies:cry:
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I can't even tell you the last time I watched the Macy's fireworks and I live in NJ. But wishes from Time to Time if the mood is right I shall shed a tear.
 
rsoxguy

rsoxguy

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I have never cried during "Wishes", but then again I didn't even cry when the Red Sox experimented with the concept of a bullpen by committee years ago. They have thickened my skin, those crazy Sox.

Nonetheless, I must say that several of the comments and stories written on this thread have helped to remind me of why I belong to a WDW-related forum. The thread drifts and senseless arguments that have occurred on this forum in the past few days have kept me from posting, and even caused me to consider leaving this forum permanently (would anyone even miss me?). But this thread has reminded me of the bond that is shared on this forum, that being a love for the things that WDW does for us all when we determine to leave the real world for a few precious moments to experience a time of disencumbered fun with family and friends. Thank you.
 
tink65

tink65

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I hate to admit it and I always try to hide it from DD & DH (cause they tease) but I cry every single time!
 
cslafferty

cslafferty

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rsoxguy said:
I have never cried during "Wishes", but then again I didn't even cry when the Red Sox experimented with the concept of a bullpen by committee years ago. They have thickened my skin, those crazy Sox.

Nonetheless, I must say that several of the comments and stories written on this thread have helped to remind me of why I belong to a WDW-related forum. The thread drifts and senseless arguments that have occurred on this forum in the past few days have kept me from posting, and even caused me to consider leaving this forum permanently (would anyone even miss me?). But this thread has reminded me of the bond that is shared on this forum, that being a love for the things that WDW does for us all when we determine to leave the real world for a few precious moments to experience a time of disencumbered fun with family and friends. Thank you.
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Exactly! Sometimes I get so frustrated with the attitudes on some of the threads. There is so much analyzing going on that it starts to take the magic away. So I have to stop reading. Before my husband died, he suffered from a mental illness. 2 of my three kids have inherited his mental illness. Our lives over the past 13 years since his death have been extremely challenging, to say the very least. But, whenever we went to WDW or DLR, as soon as we walked through those gates we were all happy and carefree. To me, Disney is so much more than a theme park or multi-billion dollar corporation. It has quite literally saved my life. Those "corny" themes that are woven throughout Disney movies and theme parks remind me during the hard times that life is most definately worth living, and there is reason to "keep moving forward." Some would say that the corporation has succeeded in s__________g in another vulnerable consumer. Fine. I can live with that.
 
foreverbelle

foreverbelle

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Yes...every time.

There is just something about the whole thing that just makes it so magical. I don't know if its the thought that I wished on a star, and found out about two weeks after we got back that my wish had come true-I was expecting-and every time I watch it now with my son I think how incredible standing there on Main St wishing for him was. Or if its the magic that the seem to pump in....But whatever it is it makes me cry.

Funny, I was there last week and while Nightastic was quite the fireworks show, it wasn't Wishes and I didn't feel the tears that usually come...

Needless to say I miss Wishes.
 
joel_maxwell

joel_maxwell

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Phonedave said:
Exactly, well not wishes, but I:RoE can get me, if I let it.

I am a fireworks junkie, I could watch a show every night of the week, from Macy's in NYC to bottle rockets in the backyard.

I:RoE (yes, it's not a fireworks show, it is a multi-sensory display that incorporates pyrotechnics among other things) has a theme that gets to me.

Wishes has a theme as well, but it's it a bit to hokey to get to me (my opinion, nobody else's, many people are dreamers and I applaud the for being able to go through life like that)

Many fireworks displays, while fun and impressive, just lack a soul.

-dave
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I really dont watch any other fireworks other than Disney shows. They are all boring to me. We have a local show every 4th and I would rather do laundry.

I guess Im spoiled with Disney shows. They tell a story as apposed to other shows that seem to just blow up stuff in the sky.

Never cry, but it sure makes a little feeling inside of me shine that rarely gets too.
 
pixiesteno

pixiesteno

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I really didn't used to cry at Wishes but two days before our Dec 2008 trip I lost my grandma very unexpectedly and it was a very, very hard trip. I kind of felt this whole disconnect. We watched Wishes and still this total disconnect - shock, I guess. Then on our last night there after watching Wishes while in the Everything Pop the musical score for Wishes came on the Star light, Star bright part -- yep, I was the woman standing there hugging a stuffed Eeyore bawling my head off. So for me Wishes and that part of the sound track will always remind me of Grandma. You see when we were little my dad was in Viet Nam and Mom, well was Mom, and we spent nearly every weekend, school break, summer with our grandparents. So Grandma taught me about the moon and stars, read the disney stories at night, taught us to read, write, play, share, swim -- you get the picture.
So, yeah, cry at Wishes -- you bet'ch
 
disney magic 06

disney magic 06

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Too right, I'm relieved that so many of you are affected in the same way as me! I've never shed a tear at Illuminations, just Wishes; it isn't about fireworks, special effects, soundtrack or anything specific. Its the whole thing. Magic I suppose :)

In fact I'm tearing up a bit reading this thread!
 
CaptainJackNO

CaptainJackNO

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I get emotional watching wishes, but I don't cry.

I don't start crying until I am out of the Magic Kingdom and see how long the bus line is back to my hotel. Then, I cry like a baby.:lol:
 

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