We have been going every December (first full week) since 1997, so there are a lot of "have to do's" on our list. But if I get to name only three . . .:
1. IllumiNations
2. Fantasmic
3. On that first trip in 1997, as we drove toward the "Walt Disney World" archway for the first time, my kids, then ages 9, 6, and 1, without any prompting started counting down in unison, "10, 9, 8, 7 . . .," timing it so they hit "0" just as we went under the arch, and then they let out a cheer full of the innocence of childhood. And every year since then, still without any prompting, they continue the countdown ritual as we approach the archway for the first time, and let out the same cheer, revealing their tenacious hold on their childhood even though they are now 17, 14 and 9. I never tire of hearing them do it.