first WDW experience...how old?

[misskat]

how old were you on your first visit to WDW?

Do you think that there is a "right" age that you fully appreciate it at? can you be too young to understand the magic fully!?

as you have got older have your perceptions of WDW changed? better/worse?

no reason for this, i'm just wondering...!

oh yes, im new, hello, and have been posting and reading quite a bit today, this is a very cool board and im very excited about my trip this summer as a result

 

[Epcot is my fav]

The first time i went to Disney was when i was 2.....i dont remember it until i watch my dad's home vidoes.........but i think its great at any age.....ive been going 17 years staright now

 

[tomman710]

I first went when I was 2. I don't think I reall y started to get into the whole thing and, yes, borderline obssesive about it until I was 17 or 18. I think it started to kick in that I was getting older and having to "grow up" so Disney represents memories of childhood, so that's why I appreciated it more when I was older. I think now at 22 I dig that place more than ever.

 

[crazygirley]

I was 8 months old in the womb (which, in my opinion, is part of the reason for the obsession). My first real trip was at 23 mo. old, and I only remember bits and pieces. I have gone every summer since, and I'm 20.

 

[cookiee_munster]

i first wen't when i was 3 and couldn't remember anything, but still look back on Disneys 15 anniversary photo's that my mom took

 

[RAZORBRAD]

I think I was 8 my first time. I always enjoyed it, but the last time was the time I reall got excited about going over and over again, (it was my tenth time going) Now I cant wait for my next trip in Oct.

 

[Gucci65]

I was 8 years old on my first trip in 1973. That was way back in the old days when you had to buy tickets for each ride. The character pictures I have is with the Orange Bird (anyone remember that?) and Gus (the mouse from Cinderella).

It's A Small World was THE ride.

 

[pocahontas79]

I feel deprived of Disney looking at the age everyone was the first time they went. I first went when I was 14. So now I have to make up for missed time.

 

[misskat]

My first real trip was at 23 mo. old, and I only remember bits and pieces. I have gone every summer since, and I'm 20.

but i think its great at any age.....ive been going 17 years staright now

im so jealous of you people who go every year, you're so lucky!! you must know the parks so well by now. well the winner has to be crazeygirley with 8 months in the womb!

I don't think I reall y started to get into the whole thing and, yes, borderline obssesive about it until I was 17 or 18.

yeah, that'd be me, i had all my Disney videos and toys in the loft, but have recently got them back out again, i can't believe i ever wanted them to be away from me! so glad i've regressed back to childhood again!

 

[rokcandy]

I was also 2 on my first trip. Though I can remember certain things from my younger years, I don't think I really appreciated Disney 'magic' until I was a middle teen.

 

[Dayma]

I think I was about 7 or 8 but being 26 I am more obssesed than ever!

 

[misskat]

obsessiveness is good!

 

[SpongeScott]

11 years old, the year after it opened.

 

[LivefortheMouse]

My first visit to Disney World was when i was 1 (1980) though i dont remeber my experience my mom says i had a wonderful time and that i behaved very well. I love disney and ive gone every year ever since some years visiting up to 5 times. Im just in love with disney world:sohappy:

 

[xstechbabe]

i have you all beat I was 21 YEARS!! before I ever got to visit and it was the most magical day

We were put at the front of the monorail and then we got in the magic kingdom right at 3 and the parade hit main street perfectly timed and after it was over my frist attration was alien encounter where I now work yay!!

 

[surfsupdon]

I was 5 in 1987 for my very first trip, and i remember it well.

 

[MKCustodial]

I was 11, and I was coming from another country, so everything sure was overwhelming. I remember bits of pieces of it, thanks mainly to videos and pictures. But this is an interesting stand-off: while I think, specially in the case of international Guests, you could be wasting a lot of money taking a very young child (say 2 to 6) who's not gonna remember much afterwards, I also would love to introduce WDW to my kids as soon as I can. :lol: So there's the dilemma!

 

[cuteypatooty78]

My first trip was in 1985, I was 7 and remember being in total awe of everything! I hadn't even heard of a monorail until I went to WDW. I think I enjoyed riding the monorail more than anything else! :lol: Anyway, whenever I miss Disney I always break out the old home movies of that first trip.

 

[FigmentJedi]

I was 10 when I went in 2000 but I wish I went between 1993 and 1998. Wanna guess why?

 

[PhotoDave219]

Letsee... When i was 4, 5, 14, 25, 27, & 28.

I really dont remember the first time other than IASM.... 2nd time i remember Tommorrowland Indy Speedway & the Skyway. Really dont remember back that far.

I really didnt enjoy it until i went when i was 14.