What was your first Disney ride EVER and what year did you ride it?

[disneydoug]

We were there in June of 1973. We rode the FREE ride sponsored by Eastern Airlines. FREE because you had to BUY individual tickets back then.

[divinedi]

1978 but unfortunately I don't remember what ride I rode first.....:confused: it's been tooooo long!

I do remember having to buy the packet of tickets and them being different letters, the E's for the best rides of course! I do remember riding Space Mountain, twice, and I don't like roller coasters, and have never been on it since. I also remember this family giving us (I was on my honeymoon, husband left me 2.5 years later, but I still have DW!!!:cloud9:, priorities here folks, priorities;)) the rest of their tickets because their 15ish year old daughter didn't want to be there with her parents, not cool you know, lucky for us and already the start of Disney Magic!!

[disneykid@hrt]

It's A Small World-1982
Ridden it everytime since- even by myself!

[SallyP]

Dec 2, 1971 Honeymoon and we are still married. :mickey:
We purchased 2, 7 Adventures ticket books at $4.75 ($4.56 + .19 (state tax) per book. ;)

Our first ride was Mr. Toad's Wild Ride!

[Andys5Toys]

Hall of Presidents...Disneyland...1977.

[DNS]

Haunted Mansion - 1994

I remember being so overwhelmed our first trip that we just wandered around the Magic Kingdom and when we finally came to the Haunted Mansion we decided - time to start riding!:D

[yjgirl32]

Awesome ?
Mine was in 1988 and it was Space Mtn. I'm very sad to hear it is being refurbished this year. Oh and I rode my first ride by myself- went with my mom, aunt and cousin and none of them like rides. Ah the memories.

[iluvdumbo]

I don't remember my first ride, but it was in 1998.

It was probably it's a small world or something in Fantasyland.

[KAJUNKING]

not sure about first ride but it was in 1986

[IamBelle]

My first ride was Aladdin's Magic Carpets in Adventureland in 2001.

[mom2morgan]

Buzz Lightyear in 2006. First time there so our touring plan was...wander off to the right and look around vaguely for something to ride. NOW when we hit the park it is straight to Splash Mountain, then Big Thunder, then Space ;-)

[mainemajor]

November 1975 as a group we rode the double decker bus, an "A" ticket, up Main Street. Because our group had won our trip to WDW they allowed us to ride both ways for only 1 ticket.

[StitchFan#1]

my first ride was the parking lot tram to the ticket and transportation center in 1997 my mommy alos was rolling me on the next ride in just a few miniutes in my cute little storller on the monorail to MK

[luvmyboys4ever]

1978ish...20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Not sure if this was THE first, but it's the only one I remember, so it must have been good.

[drummerboy]

We were there in June of 1973. We rode the FREE ride sponsored by Eastern Airlines. FREE because you had to BUY individual tickets back then.
Yup, "If You Had Wings". We rode it in '76 and I was awestruck. Of course that could also have been because I was on my (delayed) honeymoon. DW and I are still married too, SallyP. :thumbsup:

[lindique]

Carousel of Progress - 1964, at the New York World's Fair!:mickey: (Your question said Disney ride - not Disney World ride.)

[HauntedMansionManiac]

Living with the land, EPCOT, 2008. I was in awe ]:cloud9:

[Phantod]

Oh man, no idea what the ride was...but back before there was dirt, I think 1959 at DL.

[Mousemates]

The year was 1974, the grandfather who largely raised me had just retired...I spent my first night in WDW at the CR...and my first ride was Snow White ...which scared me and my cousin rather nicely :mickey:

[mainemajor]

We were there in June of 1973. We rode the FREE ride sponsored by Eastern Airlines. FREE because you had to BUY individual tickets back then.

I loved that ride. Near the end it seemed as though you were going real fast because of the film all around you. if you looked outside your little buggy you could tell you were still going painfully slow, but what a blast. Rode is many times.

[Bass T-bone]

Carousel of Progress - 1964, at the New York World's Fair!:mickey: (Your question said Disney ride - not Disney World ride.)

Same here!! :thumbsup:

[Giggy]

1998 - Walt Disney World Railroad

This has become tradition for us, once we get into the park first time in a holiday we go to the station and take the train to Mickey's Toontown Fair.

We start off looking around here, Goofy's Barnstormer is our first rollercoaster of the holiday. After we're finished in Toontown we stop at the teacups en-route towards Tomorrowland. :mickey:

[AHOTE]

It was December 1971 and the first thing we rode was the horse drawn trolley up Main Street.

[BMan62]

Mad Tea Party in 2003. DW drug me down there and that was the first thing she wanted to ride. I was 41.

Go figure!!!

[bertasso59]

1981 for the WDW Tencennial. First ride was POC and still is every time i go

[alicia524luvstw]

Wow, I can't remember! Never thought about it before but now its driving me nuts

[CaptainSad]

Potc---1983

[jnfr2424]

Small World - 1979

[cjb121879]

My first ride was POTC in 1986. I was six years old and I remember I was terrified and clutching my dad's arm. He said, "Do you think I'd let anything happen to you???" and told me to relax and enjoy the ride. That was my first fond memory of WDW and probably the reason POTC is still my favorite ride.

Funnily enough however, I didn't become a WDW junkie on that first trip though. I wasn't particularly impressed and kept whining about getting back to the hotel to go swimming:confused: My parents were ticked;)

[Granny Jill A]

Spaceship Earth in 1992
Wow, was I ever impressed with the audioanimatronics.

[CU Tiger]

As long as you do count neither the monorail nor the boat ride over, my very first ride ever at DW was Space Mountain in 1971 (I think). If I remember correctly, I needed a ticket to ride it. I was just a kid and I remember the first ride like it was yesterday.:mickey:

[Kisobel]

space mountain and i think i was 9 or 10. so 1976or77


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[Mickey91]

Don't remember. It was 1973 and I was 2. I know I rode Dumbo and Small World though. Just not sure what my first ride was.

[Marceline]

I am pretty positive it was Spaceship Earth, and I am certain it was 1988 and I know it was MAGICAL!!:cloud9: This, I believe, is why I insist on riding SE first thing every time I go. :mickey::thumbsup:

[Belle_0717]

This is a hard one. It was February 1989. It was probably Pirates of the Caribbean or Jungle Cruise. Maybe CoP.

[edhunter28]

its tough to be a bug in 03

[tys_mommy]

Buzz Lightyear in 2006. First time there so our touring plan was...wander off to the right and look around vaguely for something to ride. NOW when we hit the park it is straight to Splash Mountain, then Big Thunder, then Space ;-)

My first ride was Buzz in 2004 - we got FP for Space Mt. first and then went to kill time before we could return.

[EeyoresBestFriend]

It was 1989 in DisneyLand and the POTC. :mickey:

Like many others, I was gawking around the park while being dragged by the hand by my then-fiance-now-DH, to POTC ~ his fav ride! :cloud9:

Didn't become a DisneyAddict , though, till a trip to the World in 2000. My DH still regrets talking me into going to Florida. :funny: serves him right . . .

[Lodger]

My first Disney ride was Mr. Toads Wild Ride in October of 1981. My second ride was 20,000 Leagues under the Sea. Sadly both are gone now.

[Ksmith75]

BTMR on April 27 2007. First time every at WDW. Then we went in April/May 2008 and 2009 and are going next year!

[epceddie]

It was the Jungle Cruise during February vacation from high school back in 1978. The we did POTC, which I've been hooked on ever since.

[brad192]

IASW, Christmas day, 1971.:mickey:

It's been a tradition to make it my first ride each and every trip since then. Missed it just once - the year it was down for refurb.

[gregburg]

The Monorail from Poly to the MK back in 77.

Not a ride within MK, but still that is my most vidid memory from my first trip.

-Greg

[Aurora]

Disneyland in 1973 -- I'm pretty sure it was the Jungle Cruise. I can't even tell you how awesome it was. :mjump:

[RAIDER]

I honestly cant remember as its so many moons ago but its either Captain Nemo or Dumbo

[bruin1344]

i cant remember but in 1990, i remember riding mr. toads wild ride

[AllDisney]

Dumbo 1984. First trip with 4 year old daughter:cloud9:

[indytraveler]

Summer of 1972. Either Jungle Cruise, or Tiki Room

[romrah]

73, 20,000 leagues... still remember the sub and it being really cool..

[kemps@wdw]

1974...Space Mountain (E-ticket ride):thumbsup:

[dumbo ears]

mine was in April of 05 and my first ride was mickeys philiharmagic.

[brownie]

1994 and I don't know!!! It would have been something in Epcot.

[coneygoil]

I was only a year old when I went for the first time in 1983, so I don't remember what I got to ride first. Maybe my parents will remember.

[Followthatmouse]

My first ride was Jungle Cruise during a family vacation in May 1978.

[DigitalDaredevil]

Disneyland - Rocket To The Moon

[Lindsey]

It's a Small World - 1991. I remember it perfectly. My Mom asked my 4 siblings and I what ride we wanted to go on first and I shouted "It's a small world!" :mickey:

[joonyer]

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (E ticket) in late October 1971. It had only been open about a week. (all of MK was brand new for that matter).

I can still remember the smell! :waycool:

[Ms. Mode]

1980 Space Mountain at Disneyland.

2004 Space Mountain at WDW I had told my daughter all about this ride and how great it was, she loves it too :thumbsup:

[whitney37354]

I've only been once, so it was 1986. I don't remember the first ride, but it was probably either Mad Hatter's Tea Cups or It's a Small World.

[zebradome17]

The Great Movie Ride (I thinK!) in 2003

[darthmacho]

Space Mountain, 1998! I remember it clearly, as I was 27 years old at the time! :mickey:

[andreallybadeggs]

Oh man, no idea what the ride was...but back before there was dirt, I think 1959 at DL.

YES! another geezer... also DL and I'm pretty sure also 1959 since I was about 5 and I'm coming up on my 55th b'day. Maybe we rode together--
let's just say we did.:thumbsup:

[olla86]

1989 but I was only 5 years old:(

[poohbearkris]

1976 - not sure, but I think it was either the carousel or Dumbo. But I remember riding the monorail the most, thinking it was the coolest thing around.

[javamama]

May '79 and I don't know if it was the first ride but I rode it on the trip Space Mtn at 7 years old, all by myself(my dad was behind me w/my younger sister) We still joke about it to this day, he thought I fell out of the car!

[GoofyFan13]

My first Disney ride was actually in Disney Land, it was the Astro-Orbitter in was in '98

My first WDW ride was The Jungle Cruise in '06

[mouseneer]

Snow White's Scary Ride....although I don't claim it. HM was the first good ride I was on, and now it's the first one we ride when we first get there.

[bertasso59]

Sept 1982 for the end of the Tencennial and our first ride was and still always is POC

[LVT]

67' jungle cruise followed by Matterhorn

[BriarRose0708]

Space Mountain Friday March 30, 2007 at about 9:45 a.m.!

[stitchaholic]

dumbo-1978:dumbo:

[fmahan]

:mickey:I am not sure of the year, but the Carousel of Progress was the ride....thought it was the neatest thing, us moving and the stage staying still....I continue to dream of living in there someday!

[Lakin]

I asked my mom from my trip when I was a baby, and she's not too sure, but she thinks it's IASW.

[SpecJoe Magic]

The year was 1981, though I don't remember which ride it was. I'm guessing it was Pirates of the Caribbean based on our tradition of going to it first for many years.

[ryca1dreams]

Mine was If You Had Wings also back in 1980. I wanted to ride Space Mountain first, but once we saw the line....We eventually waited in it for 90 minutes.

[ravsluvdisney]

10 yrs old - 1973 with my dad - Tommorowland Speedway. Always ride at least once with my boys and it was my oldest DS' first ride Back in '04.

[AdventurerKim]

I don't know my first ride since I was six years old (probably carousel or Dumbo), but it was summer 1980 with my parents, brother, grandparents, and uncle.

[Iluvpooh]

1992- Spaceship Earth. That may be why I have always loved it. I never thought about it.:mickey:

[Mushu11756]

December 1980. My first ride was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It was the first year we moved to Fla and my mom took us during the busiest time of the year and we have a picture of my sister and I waiting on a long line with cranky face . lol.

[maxrebo77]

Jan 77
We were at the campground in a motorhome. We had a the ticket book with the A-E rides, plus HDD for $12.50 and The FW Railroad for 50 cents. I think we took the boat to MK and zippy skippied to Space Mountain. I remember we got the front car and my friend screaming how she didn't want to be first. I remember feeling like I wanted to duck.
I think we settled down after that and did free stuff, COP, Dream Flight(or If you had wings, or If you could fly or whatever)
My most vivid memory though is Peter Pan.

[Emme&TeddysMommy]

Feb 1988 Mad Tea Party

[BelleandtheBeast]

I don't really remember the first ride. I as only 5 years old, the only ride I remember being on though is Small World. Maybe that is all we rode, I was with my grandparents so that is possible. I do remember meeting :mickey: and :minnie2: fort he first time.

[DisneyDoug2]

1980 1st trip to Disney, Space Mountain front car front seat! Awsome first memory!

[dreamscometrue]

1977 Honeymoon Trip and we rode Dumbo first..:cloud9: