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Getting to Know you #2
First, my apologies! Very sorry everyone for the delay in the second question. My computer had power issues on Friday and I was unable to turn it on! I'm on temporary power right now, so this will be short and sweet and with no actual "poll" because.... well, you'll see.
#2 Where did you stay (what hotel) on your first trip to WDW?
(Obviously, it would be near impossible to list all the past hotel locations as well as offsite resorts).
PS - this question was inspired by everyone's answers to the first -what a great trip down memory lane!
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For my first trip, we stayed off-site at Westgate Lakes timeshare, thanks to friends of the family. It wasn't like being at Disney, but we could see MK fireworks from our balcony!
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My mom was attending a conference at the Contemporary and I went with her.
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Off site. I don't know which one.
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Our boys were going to march in the Main Street parade with the high school band, right after Christmas. We put them on the bus, flew to Orlando, and stayed at what was then Dixie Landings (Alligator Bayou). Our first trip trip to Disney and we were hooked!!!:cloud9:
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I know we stayed off-site because Dad always refused to stay on-site (I'm glad I'm doing the planning now! :D) and I was only 3 but every trip after that until our last trip we stayed at Wilson World by the main gate.
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Sheraton Lakeside Hotel. Not sure that its even there anymore.
Can't believe I remembered that! It was almost 30 years ago. :mickey:
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The first resort I stayed @ was the Poly. I hardly remember it though.
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getting to know you
we went in 1992 and stayed at the carribean beach resort in jamaica
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The Disney Inn, previously called The Golf Resort and currently named Shades of Green.
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I honestly cannot remember the name of the hotel we stayed at when I was little for my first time ever...I dont believe its in existence anymore...it was really nice and really big....and at the time there wasnt on-site I dont think...it was literally as close as you could get to the world....Im going to have to see if I can find anything with the name of it...but my first trip with DBF in 07 which was the first time in years....was at the All-Star Movies
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CBR. It was new then and quite wonderful. I loved the themed lodging. It was the first time I had every experienced that.
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We spent a few days at a hotel in Kissimee, and then we moved to the Contemporary, Bay Lake Side. When we planned our trip, we wanted the Polynesian first, or the Contemporary second, but there was no availability at either-- back in the days of MK only. My mom kept calling and finally found an opening for us. We moved immediately. It was so amazing. We swore we would never stay offsite again and the monorail hotels are still my favorite.
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We stayed at Allstar movies the first time we went to disney and everytime after we just love it there.
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I was about 11 years old, and we stayed at the Comtemporary. The monorail actually going through the bldg. was the most exciting thing we'd ever seen. Oh, and we also loved the "game room" - air hockey is what I remember most. This was 1979!
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AKL - I still remember the first time I drove up to the resort. It was such an impressive site and I had to pinch myself to see if I were really there or just dreaming.
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Our first trip we stayed at the Contemporary, in the East Wing. It was fun because the kids were old enough to "kind of" run around the pool area alone, then come back to the "apartment". It was a great five days - not a long time, but there were only two parks then.:thumbsup:
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On my first trip, we hopped due to the comings and goings of various family members. 1st we stayed at Pop, then we stayed at Cypress Point with my WHOLE family. After the extended family left, we went to the Ft. Wilderness Cabins. After DH flew back home, the kids and I moved to the Poly.
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We stayed at the 1776 Inn on I-drive. it was two doors down from Wet & Wild, our trip served two purposes. First, to scout real estate- my father was looking for a house for my grandparents to live in, he replied to a tiny ad in the Boston Globe newspaper. We drove out to Deltona. Bought the house. I remember all along the highway the smell of orange blossoms as that stretch of I-4 was flanked by orange groves almost all the way. Second reason, was to stop me from asking "when can we go to Walt Disney World", the trip was a 7 day travel agency package, it included three days at MK ( it took 3 days back then ) 1 day at Sea World, and a day at Cypress Gardens.
Yup, at the 1776 inn on I-drive.
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My first trip I stayed at Dixie Landings (now Port Orleasn Riverside) in the Oak Manor section.
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I don't know the name of the hotel, but is was off site somewhere in Kissimee. The only thing i remember about the hotel is that it had a game room that was surrounded by plexiglass walls. My youngest sister at the time was only 2. My dad dropped her a quarter over the rail for a game, not that she could play, but she thought she could. She took off running, as fast as she could. Then blam, right into the glass wall. So hard you could see it bend and she bounced back about 10'. It was hilarious and when we talk about it, we all still laugh about it today.
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DH and I stayed at the Beach Club for our anniversary trip. LOVED it! We will be at CBR in a pirate room for our DS's b-day trip. Not sure where we will stay for DD's trip, but I'm Lready thinking about it :blush:.
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The Kissimmee KOA 0n 192 in the family's '69 VW camper :mickey:.
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My first time was off-site in Kissimee but I can't tell you what hotel. It was a long time ago.
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We stayed at the Royal Plaza on my first trip in 1986. I was only 3 at the time -I only remember the room, and even that memory is a little fuzzy. :mickey:
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My first stay(and most of them) were at the Contemporary Resort:mickey:
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My first stay was at All Star Sports. I haven't stayed there since, but thats what started my love of staying in onsite hotels.
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Contemporary Resort. I was in the first grade in 1973. I was caught by the magic then.:mickey:
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Ft.Wilderness was my first place we stayed on site. My father owned a seasonal busniess and so when he closed downfor the winer, we would be gone for longer than a week. We got a motorhome and stayed there. We also visited other parts of Florida. We did this every other year until we sold the motor home in 1986.
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My first trip to WDW was when I was in the 2nd grade, just weeks after my brother broke my arm! We have great pics of me swimming with a garbage bag wrapped around my cast!
We had a camper and stayed at Fort Wilderness Campgrounds. It was about 2 years after the park opened.
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Christmas week of 1981, a mere 10 months before EPCOT Center was opened, we stayed in Fort Wilderness; we were in some type of cabin, but not the luxury things they have now!
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Offsite, at some sort of condo village. I was 12 years old. Then, when my family returned, we stayed at the Polynesian village!! It remains my favorite resort!
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I was three years old and we stayed at the Contemporary.
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We actually stayed off-site during our first visit. I think it was a comfort inn on I-Drive. But I am not totally certain... it was too long ago and I remember Disney not the hotel.
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We stayed at a Days Inn in Kissamee. I remember though I always wanted to stay in the hotel that had the Monorail going right through it! I have yet to stay in the CR. BUT... since I am now a DVC member maybe in the future I will stay at Bay Lake Towers!:D
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AKL in oct./nov. 2002. I will also never forget driving up to the front of the resort and just being in awe of how beautiful it was. Then going into the lobby and just staring with my mouth hanging open because I just could not believe it. And it just kept getting better and better when we entered our room and the bell man threw the drapes open and we got our first look at the animals right outside our balcony. The kids were just so excited and so were DH and I. To this day even though we like to try different resorts it is still our favorite.
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My first time visiting wdw, i was a baby and we stayed off property. The first time I stayed on property was at Dixie Landings (POR).
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We stayed at a resort in Kissimee in '72. I don't remember the name, but it was pretty cool. 2 pools, a nice play area and a great restaurant. :mickey:
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We stayed at Ft. Wilderness campground on our first trip. Our family loves to camp, and had a great time at the fort. On that first trip in 1975, they only had FW, the Cont and the Poly. It was so cool to visit those, and I remember taking the monorail through the Cont being so impresssive:thumbsup: