What year was your first visit to MK and how old were you?

[Speedy1998]

1980 I was 4.

I have a vague memory of the old A-E tickets from this trip and my second trip in 1981.

[merlinmagic4]

2003 and 33 years old

We had made a trip to Disney in 1998 when someone gave us a week in their timeshare. Our son was only 1 so we decided to save MK for a future trip.

I never thought much about going back but our Make a Wish trip in 2003 changed that!

[Dakota Rose]

March 1988, I'd just turned 11 the previous month. We were supposed to go to Germany that March, but my mom (who was 36 at the time) got chickenpox. So my dad went to Germany for biz as planned, and instead of going with him, we met him in Orlando.

[Friend of Figment]

1985 - 15 years old

My mom and I went over 4th of July just before I left for a year abroad as an exchange student.

My three main memories are:

Dennis the very high strung bus driver from our off-site hotel "Ladies what we've got here is a mass ball of confusion!"

The fabulous fireworks.

Figment!

[pogo]

2001 was our first trip and I was a young 51 !

[katzctkpt]

My dh went in the 70's, myself, I was 35 yrs old and along with our children 2 dd's & 1 ds our 1st visit was 2004. I will remember walking through the entrance of MK and down main street looking at my youngest dd and her eyes. I kinda got a little teary eyed myself.
The smell, sounds, & sight nothing else compares.

[Ryan Towle]

1996, 9 years old

[kelly.garrett]

2007, and I was 17; however, I went to Disneyland in 2000 at 11 years old.

[Engine1822]

2000, I was 39, and I regret not going much sooner. My wife have been back every year since!!

[beksy]

In 1985 when I was 3 and my biggest memory is chasing Goofy down for an autograph! Then we moved and my sis was born so I didn't get to go again until I was 8 and she was 2 in 1990 and I got to get out of school 2 days early (major bragging rights!) After that we went almost every year until 1996 when Mom's health got to the point she couldn't take the trip. It was a long time until my sis and I went this Feb when I was 25! Of course until this last trip we only stayed off-property and ate one TS meal (always in Epcot) without characters but I still have great memories of all those trips.

[Soul_Power]

My first visit was in 2007, and I was 22. Being a California girl, the rest of my years before that were spent at Disneyland (and I may never go back - I'm a WDW addict).

I'm hoping to have another visit to WDW soon!

[Here we go again...]

November 2001... right after 9-11. We were looking for a way to get my (then) 6 year old DD away from the news and all of the bad things on TV.
It was my first trip and I was 38. The sad thing is that we lived in Miami when Disney World opened. We just did not have to money to take a family of 5 to the park. Oh well, I think I have made up for it by buying into DVC!

[jrpersinger]

1980, I was 6 weeks old.

[BritCody]

I was 8 years old in July of 1976

[letsdoitagain]

Just last August at age 31. My first Disney experience ever though was Disneyland in 1979 at age 3.

[stephntampa]

In 1971, I was 6 years old. I remember being in awe of the animatronics, they seemed so real! I have been hooked ever since!

[d_m_n_n]

February of 1972...at the ripe old age of 4 months!

[Kairi_7378]

1981, I was 3 years old... back when the MK WAS WDW!

[Disneypixie513]

My 1st visit was in 1997, and I was 5 years old.

[mouseketeer mom]

I was 12 years old in 1977. My father booked us on a bus trip from NYC to Orlando. It was a group tour and yes, it was as bad as it sounds! We drove and drove, stayed in crummy motels, and had 2 days in the MK before we turned around again. I remember the sky buckets vividly, my Dad was trying to rock ours..I remember feeling afraid..and I remember the 20,000 leagues under the sea, feeling like we were really deep under water..(what were we? down like 3 feet??) I also got my first WDW t-shirt, white with Mickey. My Mom saved it all of these years for me, and now my DD wears it as a sleep shirt.