Favorite WDW Traditions

[DisneyDelirious]

Too many to list them all but some of the more rigid traditons include:

Always start the first day at MK and end the last day at MK.
First table service is always Crystal Palace
Last ride is Splash Mountain
Having an overwhelming feeling of being truly blessed as I hug my wife close and have the kids right beside us as we watch Wishes

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Ride the carousel and have our picture taken on it.
Eat ice cream (me) & popcorn (hubby) at the hub at night before leaving.
Get to the parks early & try to be the first through the turnstile.
Laugh at the people who run to rides at park open!

 

[DsnySodec]

Every trip for our first day we check, relax for a bit and then have a nice dinner and shopping spree at downtown Disney. Then we visit Disney Quest and drink the night away.

Last trip was the best first day because I got to buy my daughter a different Minnie shirt for each day we were there. To include her first visit shirt.

Also, while there Bongos, Raglan Road, and Pecos Bills.

 

[bethymouse]

Magic Kingdom is always the very 1st park we visit, and the last.
We ride the train to Frontierland, and get on Splash Mountain and BTMRR.

 

[Jane Whalebones]

The first thing we do is visit The Confectionery and purchase a Mickey Peanut Butter Cup...YUMMY and RICH! We then head to TL and ride SM...then COP followed by a cool ride on TTA. The rest of the day we play it by ear but always seem to end up at POTC. On our last night we ALWAYS eat at The Rainforest Cafe at DD.

 

[WDW!]

-1st and last park is MK. We must ride small world, and the last ride before going home is a train ride around the park.
-EPCOT we always start and finish the day with SSE
-Hollywood Studios it's Muppet 3-D

 

[quirkle]

We like to play Disney Bus lottery - on our first day we check in, and take the first bus we see - its just fun to take the chance.

 

[maryszhi]

Anyone have any traditions that any of you have when you go to the parks?
Here are mine:
-Start the day off with Mickey's PhilharMagic and end it with Pirates of the Caribbean!
-Visit Mickey
-Getting two sets of those delicious Mickey lolipops! (I loved the blue flavor lolipop, what happened to it???)
-Eat Lunch/Dinner @ Cosmic Ray's.
-Buy pins of the newest Disney film that is out at that time.

50s prime time, via napoli, and a bunch of other restaurants, mickey ears, pins, cupcakes, mickey ice cream bar, dole whips, i can go on lol....

 

[ShookieJones]

At least one ride on TTA
Dinner at Ohana
Visit MK on the last day

Laugh at the people who run to rides at park open!

At least now I know who's been laughing at us all these years......

 

[jayhawkmickey]

We always get in on the afternoon flight from KC so we always start at DTD and have dinner upstairs at Fultons so we can see the fireworks from the parks and do a little shopping. Magic kingdom the next morning, the first stop is the confectionary for rice crispy treats. After that it's straight through the castle to fantasy land. Have to do Swiss family treehouse, small world, and the carousel. From there it's random.

 

[Monkee Girl]

One tradition we seem to have is having dinner at the Whispering Canyon upon our arrival. It's one of the 'out of the way' restaurants and we never want to bother with the traveling during the trip (we tend to eat the the park we are visiting). So we have dinner at the Whispering Canyon and then take the boat to the Magic Kingdom for the rest of the night.

The Canyon is a great place to kick off the Disney trip. With all the silliness that goes on, it lightens the mood after a stressful day of travel. We only skipped out on this once and in was last august. We had our reservations but due to a fluke hurricane in New Jersey, the bulk of our party was delayed and didn't get in to Orlando till 9pm. We had to cancel reservation. But we plan on going back to tradition March 2012!

 

[Turtle]

1. Eat at Cosmic Rays
2. Get in line for ToT but result in being too much of a coward and take the elevator down while my group is having fun on it
3. Fastpass Space Mountain
4. Always go straight to Tomorrowland

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Function check of the toilet. well it is a long flight.

 

[Graham9]

1st day, go to MK and take pause when going under the station and get mentally prepared to have the best time of my life and eat Mint Chocolate Chip ic cream from edy's ice cream in Main St.

At the end, finish in MK, look back under the arch and work out how long it will be before I can be back and try not to get too upset.

 

[inchy warrior]

First day my wife and I are there, its always MK always go on the boat to it, never the monrail.
We like to see the castle getting nearer as we cross the lake!!

 

[DisneyJunkie]

The day we get there, we will hit MK first and get on whatever we can, and typically grab a quick meal at Cosmic Ray's. Typically we start off each day at MK to hit Buzz and Space Mtn a few times. Then we may do a few more MK rides or head out to another park. We tend to try and eat a quick meal at Roaring Forks at WL at least once.....we're partial to a few of their sandwiches. Sometimes, right around the time Wishes will be kicking off at MK we'll be riding around on the launch that goes from MK to GF to Poly and back again. Watching it from the water is pretty cool.

 

[jonesenon4]

magic kingdom always get a turkey leg in adventure land they seem to taste better there and ride potc just before park closes.
epcot always get a grey goose citron in france and ride sse as we leave.
for the studios always breakfast at starring rolls and at ak lunch at flame tree.
counting down the days next trip dec.12 thru dec.18

 

[jenluvswdw]

We always eat at the Crystal Palace the first morning. It is just so bright and cheerful. The last night we watch the electric parade and cry when leaving the park.

 

[Disneykidder]

Loads, but here are a few:
Chef Mickey's for dinner on the first day. MK on the first day. Cosmic Rays for lunch at MK. Popcorn during parades. Churros and popcorn during Fantasmic.

 

[woody98]

We always start and end a trip by eating at the Earl....i have no idea why.