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How Did You get Hooked on WDW?
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Victoria
Not old, just vintage.
When I was 5 my father got very sick and eventually died. Several months later my mom decided that her and I needed to go on vacation to relax and get away from reality for a bit. WDW was the perfect place to do that. After just one week in that magical place we were totally hooked. We began returning every year and my mom and I really became tight as toast through the whole experience. I credit our bonding over Disney with how my mom became my best friend. Now I am an adult who is totally Disney obsessed.
ABigBrassBand
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My family went once every 2 years at least, and now I consider it a normal vacation (anything else feels unnatural).
It didn't take me til I was around 10 years old to get hooked, and then I joined VMK, oh what a sensation. Then I became a hardcore Disney buff, and here I am!
It didn't take me til I was around 10 years old to get hooked, and then I joined VMK, oh what a sensation. Then I became a hardcore Disney buff, and here I am!
maggiegrace1
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We started going when I was young..my parents would load me and my sisters and brother in the van and we would go to FW campgrounds and stay in a tent for 2 weeks at a time in the middle of August.
We then started going every Mardi Gras for a week also.
We loved it, it was our place..what friends and family knew about us..we were Disney Worlds biggest fans.
We continued to go every year..and then when I met my husband I introduced him to it and he loved it as much as we did.
We now go evey year and so does my family still..my sisters kids and my daughter go and we hope that they also follow in the footsteps of our family and love WDW the way we do..it seems like they do too..
We then started going every Mardi Gras for a week also.
We loved it, it was our place..what friends and family knew about us..we were Disney Worlds biggest fans.
We continued to go every year..and then when I met my husband I introduced him to it and he loved it as much as we did.
We now go evey year and so does my family still..my sisters kids and my daughter go and we hope that they also follow in the footsteps of our family and love WDW the way we do..it seems like they do too..
PurpleDisFreak
Member
My DH and I's first date 30 YRS ago was seeing "Lady and the Tramp" in a theater, so that started the obsession with all things Lady and Tramp. Never did WDW as a child, but started taking our children in the early '90's, so seeing WDW through the eyes of a child was wonderful. Now the kiddos are long gone, I enjoy WDW more than ever. My obsession has been fueled even further since my Dad became a CM @ Main Street Station 3 1/2 yrs ago. So "visiting" my parents means MEGA Disney time and Disney shopping at least 4-5 times a yr! So I can blame this addiction on my parents, LOL. They are enablers 
BTW, DH and I will be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary @ WDW this April!
BTW, DH and I will be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary @ WDW this April!
Walt Disney1955
Well-Known Member
It was 1991 for me. I was 10 1/2 years old. Our family went to Florida. We stayed for a week and we did Busch Gardens, Sea World, Magic Kingdom and the Mystery Fun House (does anyone remember that before it closed up? I loved it). For whatever reason Magic Kingdom was separated from the rest of the pack. It had a different feel that you don't get from the other parks. My favourites were Small World, Pirates, Thunder Mountain, Skyway and Jungle Cruise. I kept the map in 1991 and we went every 2-3 years after that. I remember seeing Cinderella's Castle and being shocked at how big it was. At that age I had a fascination with tall buildings (I am from near Toronto and love the CN Tower) so I can remember looking for Cinderella's Castle all throughout the day and I could always find it. It looked so beautiful to me.
JimboJones123
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My Grandpa Lane said it was the most wonderful place in the universe when he took me for my eighth birthday. He was right.
That is pretty much it.
That is pretty much it.
Krack2
Member
For me, it was two things:
1. The MSEP, and
2. The original attraction music in Future World.
The only thing I can remember about my pre-EPCOT Center trips was the MSEP, but starting in 83-84 (at 8 years old), I got hooked on Future World. Especially the music. I loved those songs - how catchy they were, how they made you feel good, how they worked them in as background music all over the place. They used to sell a cassette tape with all the songs in the Centurion - I wore out my copy.
This one was probably my favorite ... Universe of Energy ... or maybe Listen to the Land
1. The MSEP, and
2. The original attraction music in Future World.
The only thing I can remember about my pre-EPCOT Center trips was the MSEP, but starting in 83-84 (at 8 years old), I got hooked on Future World. Especially the music. I loved those songs - how catchy they were, how they made you feel good, how they worked them in as background music all over the place. They used to sell a cassette tape with all the songs in the Centurion - I wore out my copy.
This one was probably my favorite ... Universe of Energy ... or maybe Listen to the Land
Figment1986
Well-Known Member
I was born and raised in Tampa florida, my mother would take the family to WDW twice a year for many years... It was like tight as toast... Bound to happen. Didn't have an annual pass till like college though.
Tar Heel
Member
We used to go every other year growing up and it was just something that my family always loved together. I didn't go as much in my late teens and early 20's because my brothers and I had so many different things going on. I started dating a girl in 2005 and a few weeks in she went to visit her friend in Orlando and spent some time in WDW. She had no idea I was such a big fan so that was something we didn't know we had in common. We went for her college graduation in 2006 and I fell back in love with the place all over again. Six trips later, a Disney wedding, honeymoon, and first anniversary trip, there is no where else in the world we would rather be.
Susan Savia
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First trip was in 1984. We have been back every year since. Need I say more?
forevermickey
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My mom would take me to Disney movies at the theater starting about 3 or 4 years of age and I think my first trip to Disney was about age 6. I am not sure how many times as a child I had visited but I can not remember a time I was not completely in love with Disney in general, from Dumbo to Bambi to Mickey to the princesses. I am sure my mother kept the magic alive. I am now 38 and bringing my daughter at age 4 to her 3rd Disney vacation this September- along with my husband which is his 3rd trip as well. He is now developing a long lasting love for Disney and raves about it to others. No place will ever match the place that WDW has in my heart.
Tigger#1
Active Member
I got hooked on wdw becuse my parents booked the holiday and i ordered the WDW dvd (The one with erin,luke etc ADORABLE DVD) And i thought it looked so amazing so i was hooked then..Then i went and ever since then ive been hooked and have gone every year since!!!!!
I love that DVD have watched it so many times. Erin has such a great personality allmost infectious I would love for her to be our tour guide for the parks:animwink:
Thanks everyone, I love all the stories!! :wave:
draybook
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I grew up going to DL until I moved away at 14 and then went once again when I was 15. I forgot all about Disney until 2007 when I saw that commercial for California and it had the part with Vanessa Williams at DL. I told my wife that day that we were either taking a family trip to DL or WDW. Well, she doesn't want to go to California so WDW it was. We went in 08 and last December and we're going back this September.