On my first ever visit back in 91 I completely missed WS at Epcot. I had no clue it was there, whether I didn't bother getting a park map or just wasn't paying attention, I don't know.
It came as a pleasant surprise when I found it a year later.
I did the same thing, and I still pack too many clothes, in general.Mine was not really a Disney mistake so much as I packed half a suitcase full of 'Fancy' clothes, guess I thought I would be changing outfits to go out for dinner each night, big mistake!!
These days just bring one nice outfit for a signature dinner when I want to change out of park clothes, besides it then leaves loads more room in my case for shopping!!
Okay, so let's discuss our rookie mistakes that we made on our first trips. Try to pick your biggest mistake and post it.
For me, it was wearing blue jeans......on our first trip.......in September.......
Same thing happened to me. We rode Mission Space three times in a row after just eating lunch at Rose and Crown. Right after that we went on Living with the Land and the strobes they use for the lightening in the first scene brought on that not so pleasant feeling. DW was hysterical thinking I might be the first person to get motion sickness from Living with the Land.Not a rookie mistake, but a huge mistake on my part. My Dad bought coffee and snacks for all of us last year when we were at DHS during their morning Extra Magic Hours. I got a huge cinnamon roll from the cart by Toy Story Midway Mania. I went on Rock 'N' Roller Coaster after eating the cinnamon roll and then went on Tower of Terror afterward. I thought I was going to throw up on the Tower of Terror.
Our 4 year old wanted to go swimming right away when we got to our resort... I forgot to pack our swim gear in our carry on, and DME doesn't deliver suitcases until 3-5 hours after you arrive. We were on the verge of an epic meltdown when we got the fateful knock on the door with the suitcases. Saved my sanity and about $50 for a pair of swim trunks from the gift shop.
We planned 2 weeks first time and soon realised that this wasn't enough!!! After another 6 x 2 week visits still not enough. Coming from UK our biggest mistake was packing far too much - soon got that sorted.Not rookie but first trip back as adults we didn't plan a long enough trip thinking four days would be enough after all what adults would want more than four days in WDW. Needless to say we returned for five more days three months later and six years and eight trips later still havent had enough time there.
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