Your Top 7 Must Sees at WDW

[IamBelle]

Hi, for my 1000th post, I have decided to ask and see what everyone's top 7 must sees in WDW are, inspired by the resort tv show. It doesn't have to be all attractions, it can be anything on WDW property and DTD.

My Top 7 are:
7. Lounging by the pool
6. Test track
5. Eating at the Mexican Cantina watching Illuminations
4. TTA
3. Expedition Everest
2. The magic when you first step foot on Main St. and see the castle and all the CM's waving at you with Mickey hands
1. Mickey's Philharmagic

[RAIDER]

In no particular order

1 Soarin
2 Expedition Everest
3 Philarmargic
4 Toy Story
5 American Adventure
6 Sipping a Margarita by Cantina de San Angel overlooking the lake :cloud9:
7 Big Thunder Mountain

[oliver&bianca]

1. Fantasmic
2. Wishes
3. Soarin
4. It's Tough to be a Bug
5. Pirates
6. TTA
7. Expedition Everest

[ChewyStriker]

Also in no particular order:

*Tower of Terror
*Spectromagic/Wishes combo
*Dinner at San Angel Inn
*Shopping and Koi Pond in Japan Pavilion
*Aloha Isle
*The view from the monorail
*Spaceship Earth

[Buddy08]

1. Haunted Mansion
2. POTC
3.Expedition Everest

[KylesMom]

Pretty hard to just nail down seven! Off the top of my head:


Tower of Terror
Fantasmic
Wishes
Illuminations
Triple Mountain Whammy
Watching DS Enjoy Himself So Much!
Dining at the Fabulous Disney Restaurants
:mickey:

[Buddy08]

4.Kilamanjaro Safari
5.Dinosaur
6.TOT
7.The Great Movie Ride
8.Soarin
9.Spaceship Earth
10.Peter Pan
(Sorry for 2 posts. I hit the wrong button!!

[Buddy08]

Oops. I picked 10!!

[spoonful of sugar]

*having like 3 margaritas by cantina de san angel
*watching illuminations
*popcorn on main street
*having a pretzel with dh in mk
*haunted mansion
*spaceship earth
*did i mention margaritas in mexico, lol

[Reedy Creek Buccaneer]

I could probably name 700, but since you only asked for 7, here they are:

1. Space Mountain
2. Tower of Terror
3. Soarin
4. Expedition Everest
5. Fantasmic
6. Pirates of the Caribbean
7. Haunted Mansion

Great question by the way!
:mickey::mickey::mickey:

[Charlee]

In no particular order:

* The first day walking down Main Street
* Pirates
* Haunted Mansion
* Test Track
* EE
* An evening stroll around Epcot after a yummy dining experience
* Fantasmic!

Ahh not long now until June.. :cloud9:

[MOJoe]

7. Rockin Roller Coaster
6. Expedition Everest
5. Illuminaions
4. Space Mountain (sadly, not this year)
3. Fantasmic
2. Steak, Cobb Salad and a Martini at the Derby
1. Wishes

Honorable Mention - British Invasion & Soarin

[wdwfansince75]

In the order I do them....

Ride the Monorail to MK
POTC
Splash Mtn
Toy Story MM
RnRC
Donald's Safari Breakfast
EE

[Spaceship Tigger]

1. Spaceship Earth
2. ToT/RnRC combo
3. Expedition Everest
4. Exploring the resort we're staying at
5. Eating at Biergarten
6. POTC
7. Haunted Mansion

[laprana]

Great thread! :thumbsup:

Oh man, I don't know if I can pick just 7! Ok, here goes (no particular order):

1) POTC
2) The monorail
3) EE
4) TTA
5) Resort hopping
6) Spaceship Earth
7) Soarin

[tink179]

These would be mine in no particular order:
1. Fantasmic
2. FOLK
3. Haunted Mansion
4. POTC
5. Spectromagic
6. Wishes
7. TOT

Can't wait for September!!!:mickey:

[sisterslovindisney]

1. Walking into the Poly for the first time
2. Rock n Roller Coaster
3. Wandering around the World Showcase
4. Watching Wishes from the Poly Beach
5. Riding the Monorail
6. Splash Mountain
7. Kali River Rapids

[Mousemates]

1. Riding in the front of the monorail
2. Tower of Terror
3. Toy Story Mania
4. Space Mountain
5. Haunted Mansion
6. Wishes
7.Splash Mountain

[LauraF]

1. Living with the Land
2. Haunted Mansion
3. Splash Mountain
4. Monorail ride to Epcot ("Por favor . . .")
5. Eating at the Yakitori House on Day One
6. Tea at GF
7. ToT

[DANAM]

1. Lion King Show at AK
2. 'Ohana's
3. Big Thunder Mntn.
4. Soarin'
5. Teppan Edo
6. Toy Story Mania
7. Art od Disney

[Imagineer1981]

Great post, I can't seem to get enough of Stacey..he he

1) POTC
2) EE
3) HM
4) Beaches and Cream
5) Staying at Beach Club
6) Monorail
7) TOO MANY FOR ONLY 7

[Breochaid]

No Particular Order

1. Pirates of the Caribbean :pirate:
2. 50's Prime Time Cafe
3. Block Party Bash
4. O'hana Character Breakfast
5. MNSSHP :mpumpkin:
6. Rockin Roller Coaster
7. Tower of Terror

[Laughin' place]

Not ranked in order (waaay to hard)
1. arrival / check-in at the resort
2. lying in bed the first night and watching resort channel over and over til I fall asleep
3.taking the "grand tour" via monorail
4. holding hands and marvelling (for the millinoth time) at Peter Pan's Flight
5. celebrating our family with dinner at Ohana
6. ending the day with a Mickey icecream bar at the Trading Post at Ft Wilderness
7. creating a "magical moment", some unforgetable bit of Disney Magic, for my family

[TwinniesNMeLoveWDW]

Definitely hard to give just 7! But, here goes...

1. 1st bus ride on the 1st day from the resort to MK
2. POTC
3. HM
4. eating a Dole Whip
5. looking at the castle
6. eating at the Garden Grill
7. SE over and over in the evening

[TikiLounger]

No particular order for me, either...

Soarin
Pirates of the Caribbean
Haunted Mansion
Tower of Terror
Expedition Everest
:) Margaritas in Epcot :)
Monorail

[cjdami]

These are in no particular order

1. Eating a Mickey Bar :mickey3:
2. Watching Wishes
3. Haunted Mansion
4. Walking the World at dusk
5. Walking onto Main Street for the first time for that trip
6. Space Mtn
7.riding the Carousel, no matter which park we ahve visited I love the carousel!

[tys_mommy]

Most of these are my choices but a couple are purely for the reaction of my kids.

1. Nemo Musical
2. Toy Story Mania
3. Buzz’s Space Ranger Spin
4. Laugh Floor
5. Dole Whip
6. DHS EMH Dance Party
7. too many more to list

[mainemajor]

Boy is it hard to pick only seven. It's so hard to choose, but here it is in no order:
Splash
EE
Toy Story
Rockin RC
Tower T
Standing at the begining of Main St.USA, at night looking toward the castle
Walking around world showcase then watching Illuminations

[thejens]

1. Soaring
2. Just drifting through the Epcot Flower show in amazement
3. Main Street in the morning (especially to catch the trolley singers/dancers)
4. Main Street at night for Wishes
5. BTM Railroad
6. SSE
7. OOOhhh to hard to narrow it down? Exploring resort or fine dining!!!

[Mickey91]

1. The Welcome sign as you travel into "The World"

2. The purple signs that tell you you are in "The World"

3. Your Disney resort

4. The view of the Magic Kingdom as you approach it from the Ferry or resort boat.

5. The train and ALL of the Magic Kingdom

6. Soarin'

7. The American Adventure

[JavaDuck]

My top seven are:

7) Just being at WDW
6) They Yummy Food (esp Le Cellier)
5) Mission Space
4) Space Mountain
3) Rock n' Roll Roller Coaster
2) Toy Story Mania
1) Tower of Terror

[tjstrike]

No order :

RNRC

EE

MNSSHP parade and wishes

POTC

Wishes from Cali. grill

Elec. water parade on the boat from MK to ft.wilderness (wishes too)

Toy story mania

[Miss Tink 2]

1. Walking in to MK and seeing the castle
2. Soarin
3. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Love this ride!
4. Wishes
5. Test Track
6. Food!!!!
7. Getting an ice cream cone before we leave MK at night and walking out hand in hand with DH!!!

[GAN]

My non-attraction Top 7(in no particular order):

1) Frozen Mickey Head
2) DVC
3) Wine and Food Festival
4) " Por Favor Mantengase Alejado de Las Puertas"
5) Carl(or Pamela Brody for that matter) at Rose and Crown Pub. Good Luck.
6) Looking for design detail and hidden secrets
7) First day check-in

[KatrinaJ91]

This is a tough one....hard to pick just 7! :secret:

1. Main Street USA...takes my breath away
2. Exploring the countries at EPCOT (& sampling their food & adult bevs) ;)
3. Rock N Roller Coaster
4. Big Thunder Mountain - my fams fav
5. Wishes and feeling silly as you cry watching :blush:
6. Sitting in the front car of the monorail!
7. EVERYTHING - this is probably cheating, but we love everything about Disney and must see it all every time! :mickey:

[TeamJonasSister]

1. Magic Kingdom
2. Epcot
3. Animal Kingdom
4. Disney Hollywood Studios
5. A dolle whip
6. Mickey Ice Cream
7. Walking on Main Street and seeing the castle for the first time.

[BriarRose0708]

OOOh, this is tough!

1. Sipping a margarita (or other beverage) and watching IllumiNations
2. Getting soaked on Splash Mountain then drying off on BTMRR
3. Wishes
4. Toy Story Mania!
5. Spaceship Earth
6. The Haunted Mansion
7. Finding Nemo: The Musical

[KAT1811]

Spaceship Earth
Pirates
It's A Small World
Haunted Mansion
Voices of Liberty
Monerail
TTA

[Kulnet]

No particular order:

1. Rock N' Rollercoaster
2. Tower of Terror
3. Expedition Everest
4. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
5. Space Mountain
6. Cindarella Castle
7. Splash Mountain

[AdventurerKim]

Definitely too many for 7, but here goes:

1. Haunted Mansion
2. Toy Story Mania
3. Eat at Le Cellier
4. Dumbo
5. Walk around World Showcase
6. Buy pins
7. Lunch at Mama Melrose's or Sci-Fi Dine In

[pcoleman]

in no order


getting my first sight of the resort
POTC
HM
RoR
TOT
eating a caramel apple on main street
buying my villains t-shirt in HS


wish I was on main street right now eating my apple heading towards adventure land.

[FenwayGirl]

TTA
Carousel of Progress
Peter Pan's Flight
Thunder Mountain
World Showcase Epcot
Great Movie Ride
Rock n Rollercoaster

[forever a child]

Pirates of the Caribbean:pirate:
PhilharMagic:smickey::fworks:
Peter Pan:tink:
Haunted Mansion:bat:
Big Thunder Mountain:coaster:
Epcot's Troll ride in Norway (name anyone?):confused:
Hollywood & Vine Dinner:chef:

[alaMode]

Great thread!

I get to experience WDW with my ds who has multiple challenges. It truly is a magical place for both of us!

1. Characters/autographs with my ds--they are always so patient and kind to ds. I usually get a hug or a pat on the back, too!
2. Cinderella's Castle, day or night
3. Toy Story Mania--so fun!
4. EE--love the details and ds' squeals of delight
5. Soarin'--ds always says "wow!" when we take off!
6. FOLK--ds got to participate this year and was wheeled all over the place with a HUGE grin on his face!
7. Sharing a slice of grapefruit cake that was purchased at Starring Rolls and brought to ds from Derby with a lovely smile by the CM at DHS.

We're still looking forward to...

1. Waking up Tinkerbell at MK
2. dining at CRT w/ Cinderella
3. finding a paintbrush on Tom Sawyer's Island
4. Visiting all of the pavilions at WS
5. Jedi Training at DHS
6. Wishes (ds isn't a nite owl)
7. Illuminations (ditto)

Tess
poly 07, 08
pop 09

[Love of Disney]

This was hard to narrow down....
1) Space Mountain - so sad it'll be closed this trip :(
2) The view of Main Street USA with Cinderella's Castle in the background.
3) Spectro Magic Light Parade.
4) Rock & Roll Roller Coaster
5) Tower of Terror
6) MK Fireworks
7) Dumbo

:cool:

[cinderella crazy]

1. Tower of Terror
2. Spaceship Earth
3. Eating anywhere!
4. Pirates
5. Buzz Lightyear
6. Shopping in Mousegears (although DH cringes whenever we go in there)
7. Small World

[PrettyMinnie]

1. Main Street USA
2. World Showcase
3. RnRC
4. Cinderella's Royal Table
5. Beauty and the Beast Show
6. Expedition Everest
7. Splash Moutain

[Friend of Figment]

Watching Wishes from the Contemporary
Philharmagic
Kilamanjaro Safari
Walking down Main Street to an early Crystal Palace breakfast
Toy Story Mania
Riding the Monorail
Spaceship Earth

[kurt]

in no particular order:

1 a beer & brat in germany:beer:
2 pirates
3 haunted mansion
4 la nouba
5 sci fi dine in theater
6 rock & roller coaster
7 tower of terror

:goofy:

[BMan62]

Epcot's Troll ride in Norway (name anyone?):confused:

Maelstrom

I go overboard:
Pirates of the Caribbean
Haunted Mansion
Carousel of Progress
Mission: Space
Soarin'
Test Track
Kali River Rapids
Kilimanjaro Safari
PhilHarMagic
Wishes
Fantasmic!
Illuminations: Reflections of Earth
Finding Nemo: The Musical

There! A bakers dozen!!

[Pagan]

1. Mickey's Philharmagic
2. Spaceship Earth
3. Buzz Lightyear (ongoing battle with my DW)
4. Dinosaur
5. Legend of the Lion King
6. Rock N' Roller Coaster
7. ALL of the World Showcase.

[DZNYGUY]

IamBelle:

I love your #2! That may be my favorite thing in the world!

[forever a child]

Maelstrom

I go overboard:
Pirates of the Caribbean
Haunted Mansion
Carousel of Progress
Mission: Space
Soarin'
Test Track
Kali River Rapids
Kilimanjaro Safari
PhilHarMagic
Wishes
Fantasmic!
Illuminations: Reflections of Earth
Finding Nemo: The Musical

There! A bakers dozen!!

Oh, thank you! I knew it had to have a name but didnt see it anywhere! You guys are the experts!!!:thumbsup:

[beksy]

:mickey:Wow, tough question...I need a top 7 in each park and one for miscellaneous! So, off the top of my head, in no particular order:

walking down Mainstreet and seeing the castle
all of Fantasyland (too many to narrow down!)
eating a Dole Whip Float
Maelstrom
TOT
POTC
BTMRR
Splash

sorry but I couldn't narrow it down on the last 4:mickey:

[brownie]

Test Track
Spaceship Earth
Pirates of the Caribbean
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
Tower of Terror
Star Tours

[Tinkerbella16]

Its so hard to even name 7!!!

1. Toy Story Mania
2. Kona Cafe
3. Downtown Disney - ALL OF IT!!
4. POTC
5. Riding the monorail
6. Space Mountain
7. Wilderness Lodge - to just walk around & take in the atmosphere
8. World Showcase- my fave part of EPCOT
9. Expedition Everest
10. Columbia Harbor House - tuna sandwich yumm!
11. Walking around MK at night - sooo cozy!!

[Villains0501]

1. Soarin'
2. Rock and Roller Coaster
3. Illuminations
4. Wishes
5. Fantasmic!
6. Everest
7. TOT

[PopeCharming]

1. All Three monorail loops
2. Journey Into Imagination
3. Kona Cafe
4. Lounging on the hammocks at the Contemporary near the lagoon, ... even if we aren't staying there :secret:
5. Voices of Liberty
6. Splash Mountain
7. Illuminations

[hubbyofadisneyholic]

Wow...just trying to narrow it down to 7 is hard enough, no way am I going to try ranking these...

COP
Dinner @ Biergarten
Fireworks @ MK (especially New Year's Eve)
MVMCP (how can you not love dancing reindeer)
Spectromagic
ToT
EE


And while I'm not "officially" putting this on my list the thing I have come to enjoy as much as anything @ WDW is seeing the reactions of the little ones that are getting to experience the magic. My daughter is in college now and seeing that reminds me of how she was on those first trips.
And frankly, in my book that beats any ride, show or dinner...:thumbsup:

[ransam]

1. fantasmic
2. Soarin'
3. Planet Earth
4.splash mountain
5. Safari
6. electric light parade
7. Imagination

[Tigger&Stitch]

In no particular order:

1. Buzz Lightyear
2. Peter Pan
3. Haunted Mansion
4. Wilderness Lodge
5. Sci Fi Diner
6. Toy Story
7. The smile on husband's face as we walk around the parks wearing our Tigger and Stitch 'ears' being greeted by Cast Members (as Tigger and Stitch). :tigger::stitch:

[dmosher]

The funny thing is that when I try to think of 7 general things, all I can think of is 100 very very specific things. below are a few examples:

1) The Gateway to the World (giant gate as you enter the property)
2) The Welcome Home sign on the Villas at the Wilderness Lodge
3) The 2 Pirates playing chess in the que for POTC
4) London at Midnight on Peter Pan
5) The Volcano in side Mexico in EPCOT
6) The Tawny Frogmouth in Animal Kingdom (seriously, look for it! AMazing!)
7) World Showcase (in EPCOT) at night after most guests have left
(I also have to add my wife yelling, "There's Stitch HONEY! You want a picture with him?" I love how excited she gets in Disney.)
:pipes:
D

[DisneyorBust]

Well, here are my 7 selections, no particular order:
-POTC
-Haunted Mansion
-Soarin'
-The Polynesian Resort (This one doesn't always work out!)
-WISHES!
-Illuminations ROE
-World Showcase

[dream6]

1. Illuminations
2. Tower of Terror
3. Peter Pan
4. Kilimanjaro Safari
5. Spaceship Earth
6. Philharmagic
7. Evening Extra Magic Hours! I love the parks at night