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WDW Teary-eyed experience?
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disneydisney
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Just arriving to Disney gets me and gives me the goosebumps.
When I got to perform in the Candlelight Processional.
Fantasmic.
Watching fireworks from Main Street.
Just seeing the Castle and seeing like Tower of Terror and Spaceship Earth in morning at the start of the day.
And when I am at home, watching Disney Commericals give me goosebumbs.
Man, I wish I was there now.
When I got to perform in the Candlelight Processional.
Fantasmic.
Watching fireworks from Main Street.
Just seeing the Castle and seeing like Tower of Terror and Spaceship Earth in morning at the start of the day.
And when I am at home, watching Disney Commericals give me goosebumbs.
Man, I wish I was there now.
tigger248
Well-Known Member
ral8026 said:
Wow that story just brought tears to my eyes. It's amazing the effect that a simple soccer trip can make.
I also get teary eyed in the ending movie of Walt Disney One Man's Dream and the movie at the end of the Great Movie Ride. I can probably think of something that gets to me from almost everything. It's hard to think of them all to list them, but I get choked up pretty much whenever I think or talk about WDW.
I get teary eyed thinking of the first time my nephews visited and we were invited to go along. They were 6 and 8 and my most special memory from that trip would be watching Share A Dream Come True parade. Seeing Mickey's snow globe coming down the street and hearing the boys scream "Look I see Mickey!" They were soooo excited. Also when Tigger came along I could hear "Look it's Tigger! Here comes Kristin's favorite!"
diddy_mouse
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i'd have to say that my teary-eyed moment was on the last trip when my finace and i went, he had never been (which was a thrill for me in the first place). after he proposed at the "Partners" statue, we spent the entire day on cloud 9. the first moment was in Philharmagic with "Whole New World" segment ah...so wonderful, definitely got misty eyed through those 3-D glasses, actually smeared them by wiping away a tear. then the icing on the cake was "Wishes" we got a most excellent seat on Main St (the light sparkled really well on that diamond). i think what did me in was the 'When You Wish Upon A Star" and "Whole New World" (once again) sections. he looked over at me and smiled, i think he knew i was welling up. i think he might have been too 
also...later on in the trip, we took the ferry back across the lagoon and just seeing the castle all lit up was truly magical. :sohappy:
also...later on in the trip, we took the ferry back across the lagoon and just seeing the castle all lit up was truly magical. :sohappy:
Disnycrazy
New Member
What does it for me is just walking down Main Street for the first time very trip or getting on the monorail heading towards the TTC for the last time at the end of a trip. But one particular moment was during my Honeymoon watching Tapestry of Nations and Illuminations with my husband for the first time, and just looking at each other knowing how great our lives were going to be.
stitchlvr
New Member
I've told part of this story in other threads, so forgive me if you've read it already...
Our recent trip was planned around my 2 daughters dance studio. They were selected to perform as part of the Magic Music Days program, and started working on their number around Oct or Nov. 2003.
Practice was something they had to squeeze in between their dance competitions and recital, so practices were usually on Sundays and they gave up all of their free time to get ready for this performance.
3 and a half weeks before we were set to leave for FL, my 13 year old broke her foot in class. She was the oldest girl on the Disney team, so she was usually front and center, and spotlighted for a lot of it. She's also a great tumbler and did a lot of back handsprings etc.
We didn't know if she was going to get her cast off before we left, or if she'd be able to dance at all, so after working so long for this trip we were devistated. Yet we couldn't cancel, because my 9 year old was perfectly well and able to dance.
Several of the dance numbers weren't even started until about a month before we left, just because time didn't permit up until then. (there were 8 songs total and my girls were each in 5 of the 8 numbers). One of the numbers that was not finished was their tap number, and tap is my 13 year old's favorite type of dance, so she did not want to miss it for anything!
So she came to classes, sat in the back, took notes like crazy and videotaped, then went home and without having to be embarrassed for hobbling around the class, she learned the numbers at home, in her cast, as best she could.
June 1...she went to the doctor for a followup and he agreed to remove the cast, so that if nothing else, she could at least still swim on vacation. He said he was ok with her dancing, as long as she only danced for their performance, and the 2 practices remaining before we left on the trip (June 5). But she was not allowed to do any of the tumbling, so with 2 practices remaining, they had to change things around and take her out of the tumbling and she had to learn the non-tumbling dance parts at the last minute. (He also said she had to be in a wheelchair for as much of the trip as possible so she wouldn't walk on her foot)
Meanwhile, her ankle was very stiff from being in the cast, and she was struggling with her leaps and her turns. One of the parts she was spotlighted on was a turn sequence (called fouettes) where she turned 16 times, and was the only one doing this . When we left on the 5th, she was not able to do her fouettes at all because of her stiff ankle, but her teacher didn't want to change it until we got there just in case she was still able to do it.
On the day they performed, they met at the hotel and took a bus together to a backstage area to practice. The parents were not allowed to go with them, so my girls left with the group and I had no idea if she woudl do the fouettes or not.
The next time I saw them was at the actual performance. Seeing my daughters perform after working so long and hard was enough to bring tears, but when my 13 year old got up there and after all she had been through, she did those fouettes...that was the tear jerker for me! :drevil: Heck, I'm tearing up now just thinking about it.
I also got misty eyed during wishes, fantasmic and of all things: splash mountain. My dad used to tell me Brer Fox, Brer Bear and Brer Rabbit stories when I was little...and he's passed away so it made me think of him and miss him.
Our recent trip was planned around my 2 daughters dance studio. They were selected to perform as part of the Magic Music Days program, and started working on their number around Oct or Nov. 2003.
Practice was something they had to squeeze in between their dance competitions and recital, so practices were usually on Sundays and they gave up all of their free time to get ready for this performance.
3 and a half weeks before we were set to leave for FL, my 13 year old broke her foot in class. She was the oldest girl on the Disney team, so she was usually front and center, and spotlighted for a lot of it. She's also a great tumbler and did a lot of back handsprings etc.
We didn't know if she was going to get her cast off before we left, or if she'd be able to dance at all, so after working so long for this trip we were devistated. Yet we couldn't cancel, because my 9 year old was perfectly well and able to dance.
Several of the dance numbers weren't even started until about a month before we left, just because time didn't permit up until then. (there were 8 songs total and my girls were each in 5 of the 8 numbers). One of the numbers that was not finished was their tap number, and tap is my 13 year old's favorite type of dance, so she did not want to miss it for anything!
So she came to classes, sat in the back, took notes like crazy and videotaped, then went home and without having to be embarrassed for hobbling around the class, she learned the numbers at home, in her cast, as best she could.
June 1...she went to the doctor for a followup and he agreed to remove the cast, so that if nothing else, she could at least still swim on vacation. He said he was ok with her dancing, as long as she only danced for their performance, and the 2 practices remaining before we left on the trip (June 5). But she was not allowed to do any of the tumbling, so with 2 practices remaining, they had to change things around and take her out of the tumbling and she had to learn the non-tumbling dance parts at the last minute. (He also said she had to be in a wheelchair for as much of the trip as possible so she wouldn't walk on her foot)
Meanwhile, her ankle was very stiff from being in the cast, and she was struggling with her leaps and her turns. One of the parts she was spotlighted on was a turn sequence (called fouettes) where she turned 16 times, and was the only one doing this . When we left on the 5th, she was not able to do her fouettes at all because of her stiff ankle, but her teacher didn't want to change it until we got there just in case she was still able to do it.
On the day they performed, they met at the hotel and took a bus together to a backstage area to practice. The parents were not allowed to go with them, so my girls left with the group and I had no idea if she woudl do the fouettes or not.
The next time I saw them was at the actual performance. Seeing my daughters perform after working so long and hard was enough to bring tears, but when my 13 year old got up there and after all she had been through, she did those fouettes...that was the tear jerker for me! :drevil: Heck, I'm tearing up now just thinking about it.
I also got misty eyed during wishes, fantasmic and of all things: splash mountain. My dad used to tell me Brer Fox, Brer Bear and Brer Rabbit stories when I was little...and he's passed away so it made me think of him and miss him.
Raven66
Well-Known Member
Ours was when we took our daughter, then 5, for her first time. We were waiting at the MK gate to be let in and we saw Captain Hook. She ran up to him and threw her arms around him. My eyes teared up so much I could barely take the picture. With every character we saw she would get so excited and of course my eyes were misty every time. She is 7 now and we just went again in May, and seeing her face when she saw Jasmine and Belle brought the tears on again. 
nickcarraway
New Member
I never cried, but the first time I ever saw my mother cry was during the Main Street Electrical Parade, back when it was a truly advanced display of beauty and technology. I said, "Mommy, why are you crying?" I was like five. I didn't understand. She replied, "It's just so beautiful."
casualrdt
New Member
I don't mean to bring anyone down with this post but I would like to share it all with you.
First understand that my family has gone to WDW about 12 times when we were little, just about every year till I was 10 or so. Mom, Dad 2 boys and two girls. I am the youngest the baby boy, 34 now and had no idea what all those treasured memories had held in my heart until I saw wishes on Christmas Day '03. See our family suffered a tragic lose on September 13 '03 when my older and only brother age 39 was killed in a car accident. He was the oldest of all of us as well. It has been the saddest experience of my life. Well needless to say we are very close and choose to head off to WDW for the holidays to ease the pain of not having him around....
I think that trip was the only thing that held me together during the December. That is also when I found this site and saw just how many people love the same place that I do.
Well we arrived on the 23rd of December and had planned to be there for the remainder of the week. The 24th wee spent at AK and it was great we all had a good time. On the 25th we where going to do the MK but it was so crowded we ended up at Epcot. I knew we had reservations for dinner in the MK so I was hoping to catch Wishes, I had read it was brand new.
So the day passed and we arrived at the MK had dinner in the restaurant themed after the one in Lady and the Tramp. It was strange how many memories had com back just stepping onto Main street. We eat a very somber dinner and went out just as the parade was finishing, it brightened the mood as my niece and nephew had a blast.
We choose to stay for wishes and picked a stop just at the entrance to the Tommorowland bridge. A place I would suggest anyone view the show from as it was one of the most moving moments of my life. As the show started the voice of the child each time and the shooting stars over the castle made me think more and more about haw valued it was to have shared a place like WDW with my brother. To know we had a place in our lives that we returned to yearly in our youth that let us live a little bit of the fantasy in life. I was thankful to know I had the experience with him and even more thankful that it was a meaningful one. I missed him so much and all the happy memories of him as I remembered him as a child in WDW. looking over at my family I noticed the tears running down our cheeks as we stood there one by one and put our arms around each other until we formed an half moon facing the castle. We all missed him and Wishes touched us all so deeply again I will never forget it.
I am sorry if this is not appropriate for this board but I had to share with everyone how important I think places like this in life our Disney is only one example but a beautiful one at that.
First understand that my family has gone to WDW about 12 times when we were little, just about every year till I was 10 or so. Mom, Dad 2 boys and two girls. I am the youngest the baby boy, 34 now and had no idea what all those treasured memories had held in my heart until I saw wishes on Christmas Day '03. See our family suffered a tragic lose on September 13 '03 when my older and only brother age 39 was killed in a car accident. He was the oldest of all of us as well. It has been the saddest experience of my life. Well needless to say we are very close and choose to head off to WDW for the holidays to ease the pain of not having him around....
I think that trip was the only thing that held me together during the December. That is also when I found this site and saw just how many people love the same place that I do.
Well we arrived on the 23rd of December and had planned to be there for the remainder of the week. The 24th wee spent at AK and it was great we all had a good time. On the 25th we where going to do the MK but it was so crowded we ended up at Epcot. I knew we had reservations for dinner in the MK so I was hoping to catch Wishes, I had read it was brand new.
So the day passed and we arrived at the MK had dinner in the restaurant themed after the one in Lady and the Tramp. It was strange how many memories had com back just stepping onto Main street. We eat a very somber dinner and went out just as the parade was finishing, it brightened the mood as my niece and nephew had a blast.
We choose to stay for wishes and picked a stop just at the entrance to the Tommorowland bridge. A place I would suggest anyone view the show from as it was one of the most moving moments of my life. As the show started the voice of the child each time and the shooting stars over the castle made me think more and more about haw valued it was to have shared a place like WDW with my brother. To know we had a place in our lives that we returned to yearly in our youth that let us live a little bit of the fantasy in life. I was thankful to know I had the experience with him and even more thankful that it was a meaningful one. I missed him so much and all the happy memories of him as I remembered him as a child in WDW. looking over at my family I noticed the tears running down our cheeks as we stood there one by one and put our arms around each other until we formed an half moon facing the castle. We all missed him and Wishes touched us all so deeply again I will never forget it.
I am sorry if this is not appropriate for this board but I had to share with everyone how important I think places like this in life our Disney is only one example but a beautiful one at that.
shari71
New Member
I got teary-eyed just reading all of these!
I have many but here are just a few:
1. Tapestry of Dreams - we got caught in it while at the Food and Wine Festival and our two year old was captivated by it. I just watched her and listened to the words of the children and cried. It has so much hope in it. I still cry everytime I listen to the CD.
2. Seeing Cinderella's Castle - you feel like you are finally home again. And to see my oldest daughter just get so excited brings back great memories of my childhood.
3. It's A Small World - I know it is dated, but it is the only ride I can remember from my first trip at 4. When I went back on my honeymoon I just had to ride it and was disappointed. Then along came my girls and I once again realized what was so memorable for me. Sometimes it takes a child's innocence not to notice the adult imperfections. They only see the fun.
4. This next trip - my youngest will be 18 months and oldest 4 years. What miracles will we discover? I will be crying the entire trip!
I have many but here are just a few:
1. Tapestry of Dreams - we got caught in it while at the Food and Wine Festival and our two year old was captivated by it. I just watched her and listened to the words of the children and cried. It has so much hope in it. I still cry everytime I listen to the CD.
2. Seeing Cinderella's Castle - you feel like you are finally home again. And to see my oldest daughter just get so excited brings back great memories of my childhood.
3. It's A Small World - I know it is dated, but it is the only ride I can remember from my first trip at 4. When I went back on my honeymoon I just had to ride it and was disappointed. Then along came my girls and I once again realized what was so memorable for me. Sometimes it takes a child's innocence not to notice the adult imperfections. They only see the fun.
4. This next trip - my youngest will be 18 months and oldest 4 years. What miracles will we discover? I will be crying the entire trip!
phlydude
Well-Known Member
Whenever I see the Partners Statue, I well up a little. I proposed to my wife in front of it during the Fantasy in the Sky fireworks on 11/4/2000.
Also, When You Wish Upon a Star gets me a little emotional too since I worked my speech around it and it was playing while the fireworks were going off.
Good memories and I treasure that I can share them with my wife time and time again!
Also, When You Wish Upon a Star gets me a little emotional too since I worked my speech around it and it was playing while the fireworks were going off.
Good memories and I treasure that I can share them with my wife time and time again!
I am really happy I made this thread I wanted to see what makes us love Disney the most and the conclusion I came to was being with the people we love in a magical place... Thanks for sharing these especially casualrdt and sitchlvr... great stories.. i really did cry a little from reading them because of the happiness The "world" can bring!