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The most "Disney" spot in the parks!
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lumpydj
Active Member
For me, it's either right when I pass through under the railroad onto Main St. (as others have said) or when I see the Floating Electric Light Parade on 7 Seas Lagoon. That really brings me back to when I first went as a child and camped at FW. I remember singing "On Top of Spaghetti" by the campfire... Oh the memories... :sohappy:
AshaNeOmah
Well-Known Member
Some have gotten close, but the number #1 spot that tells me I'm in a place where no one can replicate is the WDW Railroad. I know Walt and most of WED loved their trains, it it the boundary of the Happiest Place on Earth, and it is a relaxing ride that others have tried to emulate but can't seem to get it right. Many people walk right by it and most think one ride is enough. Not me. It is an important a part of Disney as anything else there is, IMO.
DizneyPryncess
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I have to say ditto to Cinderella's Wishing Well with the castle behind it. When I think of Disney, that's what pops into my head. It's always been my favorite place in any of the parks.
jen2009
New Member
Even just seeing a picture gives me goosebumps. THIS is just Disney to me. It's the moment you leave real life and enter AWESOMENESS!
I totally agree. I always take a picture to put in the album for every trip.
janoimagine
Well-Known Member
For me and my better half, it's when the boat from the WL comes around the corner by the contemporary and you get the first look at the parks entrance, the train station with the castle in the background.
KingStefan
Well-Known Member
...but I know the hammocks at the Poly is one of our Disney spots and I am sure everyone can think of one at almost every place..
You and the hammocks again!
There are so many, it's difficult to decide. Many of the classics that others have mentioned are special for me, too.
So I'm trying to think of the most "Disney" spots that nobody has mentioned. One of my favorites is just inside the turnstiles, seeing the garden against the train station from the outside.
Also the view of the MK from the ferry and how it changes as you get closer and closer.
The topiaries you can see from the monorail.
toetheline29
New Member
Ahhh, there's so many places.... I'll try to narrow it down
Magic Kingdom - I would say the castle and MSUSA, but usually, at least on the first morning there, we rush right past it in our rush to get to the rides. Later we come back, take pictures, and appreciate it, and the site of the castle as the focal point behind MSUA (picture looking out at it from the train station) is one of the best things I think I'll ever see. But the Magic Kingdom moment where it really hits me that I'm "there" is when we go down into the tunnel at Space Mountain (always our first ride there). I love how it's instantly quieter and you can hear the Star Tunnel music, and it's practically cold after the heat already building outside. And, as I said, it's always our first ride of the trip, so that adds something too. MK Honorable Mentions: the queue at Splash Mountain as you get close to loading as the anticipation builds, and the aforementioned castle/MSUSA.
EPCOT - When you walk in and see how impossibly big SSE is. Seriously, every time, it's somehow bigger than I remember. You can't get the full effect on the monorail, or even at the front gate. It's when you walk in and SEE it, rising up above you, and it just looks so huge. That image is what makes me realize - again - that this is Disney, and no one else can replicate it. Who else would think on such a big scale? EPCOT Honorable Mentions: when you see the fountain (everything great comes with a fountain), standing in a long, slow moving line at TestTrack (because even though you're stuck in line, you KNOW you're at Disney, and sometimes the best/funniest trip moments happen in line), and Illuminations, coupled with the sheer number of people who try to leave at the same time afterwards (knowing that so many people were affected by the magic, at least to some degree, is magical in and of itself).
Hollywood Studios - When you first enter and see Sunset Blvd. If I had to choose one place, this might be it. It's like you can feel the day's oppportunities piling up already. DHS Honorable Mentions: looking at the hand prints in front of the Great Movie Ride, standing in the ToT queue for the first time that trip. Heck, riding ToT for the first time that trip (riding is cool in itself, but every time we go, my sister acts kind of standoffish at the beginning of each trip, like she thinks she's a little too old for this, and then she rides ToT and comes off and is as passionate about Disney as a five year old. It's awesome.)
Animal Kingdom - when you have to walk through a jungle before you get to anything
I guess a lot of mine are probably specific to me, and the memories I have of these places. :shrug:
Magic Kingdom - I would say the castle and MSUSA, but usually, at least on the first morning there, we rush right past it in our rush to get to the rides. Later we come back, take pictures, and appreciate it, and the site of the castle as the focal point behind MSUA (picture looking out at it from the train station) is one of the best things I think I'll ever see. But the Magic Kingdom moment where it really hits me that I'm "there" is when we go down into the tunnel at Space Mountain (always our first ride there). I love how it's instantly quieter and you can hear the Star Tunnel music, and it's practically cold after the heat already building outside. And, as I said, it's always our first ride of the trip, so that adds something too. MK Honorable Mentions: the queue at Splash Mountain as you get close to loading as the anticipation builds, and the aforementioned castle/MSUSA.
EPCOT - When you walk in and see how impossibly big SSE is. Seriously, every time, it's somehow bigger than I remember. You can't get the full effect on the monorail, or even at the front gate. It's when you walk in and SEE it, rising up above you, and it just looks so huge. That image is what makes me realize - again - that this is Disney, and no one else can replicate it. Who else would think on such a big scale? EPCOT Honorable Mentions: when you see the fountain (everything great comes with a fountain), standing in a long, slow moving line at TestTrack (because even though you're stuck in line, you KNOW you're at Disney, and sometimes the best/funniest trip moments happen in line), and Illuminations, coupled with the sheer number of people who try to leave at the same time afterwards (knowing that so many people were affected by the magic, at least to some degree, is magical in and of itself).
Hollywood Studios - When you first enter and see Sunset Blvd. If I had to choose one place, this might be it. It's like you can feel the day's oppportunities piling up already. DHS Honorable Mentions: looking at the hand prints in front of the Great Movie Ride, standing in the ToT queue for the first time that trip. Heck, riding ToT for the first time that trip (riding is cool in itself, but every time we go, my sister acts kind of standoffish at the beginning of each trip, like she thinks she's a little too old for this, and then she rides ToT and comes off and is as passionate about Disney as a five year old. It's awesome.)
Animal Kingdom - when you have to walk through a jungle before you get to anything
I guess a lot of mine are probably specific to me, and the memories I have of these places. :shrug:
hockeyatwdw
New Member
The same with me!
KingStefan
Well-Known Member
Singing promise after Illuminations on the walk out with my older DD