What are your biggest park regrets?

[ShoalFox]

Basically what the title says. What are the biggest things at WDW parks you regret either doing or not doing that you wish you could change?

I have two for my most recent trip.

The first, smaller one is not doing any meet & greets during my trip. This was kind of weird for me since this was my first trip after becoming totally obsessed with Walt Disney Animation Studios movies. I certainly wanted to do a couple, but I was really passive about it and never did one. I particularly wanted to see Marie at MK on my last day, but never actively decided to do it, so I didn't.

The bigger one is not visiting the Magic of Disney Animation during previous trips. I went in for the first time this June and I was blown away because I love traditional animation. I thought the attraction was awesome (despite people here saying it used to be better) and when I heard it was closing I was shocked. I couldn't believe it was closing so soon after I vowed I would visit again during my next trip. That really made me regret not seeing it during previous trips.

 

[Flippin'Flounder]

Never going on The Living Seas or in WoL.

 

[Mickey5150]

Leaving

 

[JIMINYCR]

I regret not being able to go to Disney years sooner and missing out on some of the rides and shows that are now extinct. Since going I have seen the things I've wanted to see and done the things I've wanted to do so there are no park regrets.... other than maybe bringing more money with me and not purchasing certain things that are now not available. There are pins I've passed up that are now unavailable to me unless I pay an arm and a leg on E-Bay.

 

[Baltar]

I'll go back to a specific trip. My wife and I had spent our wedding night at the Adventurer's Club and had a blast. We had planned on going back again during the trip but we said "Well, we'll just do it the next trip. It'll be our thing." Yeah AC was shut down before our next trip. Ugh of all things WDW has closed, this hurt the most. It was closed for no reason due to the changes from Downtown DIsney to Hyperion Wharf which never happened and now Disney Springs. At least it could have stayed open a few more years!

 

[Kosmo1986]

I wish I would have keep more of the old maps from previous trips. My mom kept one of our maps from 1996 and I love looking at how much the park has and hasn't changed since then.

 

[Haymarket2008]

This one is for my parents: not taking enough pictures of me as a youngin' at Epcot Center

 

[redsfan4life]

Never seeing Osborne Lights normally go in September . 2001 I went in November instead and thought I have seen xmas lights before why walk around and see this

 

[HolleBolleGijs]

Not being born like 10 years earlier.

 

[ShoalFox]

Never seeing Osborne Lights normally go in September . 2001 I went in November instead and thought I have seen xmas lights before why walk around and see this

I've never been to the parks during the holidays. This is definitely a big regret for me too.

 

[rsoxguy]

Eating a turkey leg.

 

[Baltar]

Eating a turkey leg.

good one. haha I've fallen victim to those things maybe 3 times over 20 years and regretted it each time!

 

[pumpkin7]

Not living within walking distance.

Or driving distance for that matter!

 

[Punky]

My regret every trip is trying to be cute and not bringing comfortable shoes.

I don't really have any particular park regrets. We usually just go with the flow.

 

[copcarguyp71]

Never eating at Le Cellier during the "good old days"

 

[MississippiBelle]

Mine would be holding back during past trips. Not doing something because I thought it would be embarrassing (Whispering Canyon used to terrify me) or wanting to go back to the room early on 3 A.M. EMH nights at the Magic Kingdom instead of staying the whole time just because my brother wanted to. I'll be married before my parents, brother, and I get to go back so the days of enjoying each other's company at out favorite place on earth and laughing at inside jokes from past trips are numbered. A new chapter of Disney vacations will be fun, don't get me wrong! To all the parents out there who are wondering if your growing children are still having as much fun at the parks as they did when they were younger, we always love the time we get to spend with you.

 

[EpcoTim]

Making it to second base with the grandma from the carousel of progress 1980's scene.

 

[mf1972]

Making it to second base with the grandma from the carousel of progress 1980's scene.

putting that image in my head.

 

[Susan Savia]

I do not regret staying offsite for the past 30 years and all that money we saved by doing so!

 

[mf1972]

going to Pocahontas & her forest friends not knowing what it was. found out the hard way.