# Have You Been to Disneyworld? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 14, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559 "2009-11-14T16:35:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/21 "2009-11-15T00:27:35Z")
Twice to Disneyworld (when I was 5, and when I was 17) and once to EuroDisney when I was 10ish. ---
**Author:** ![\_xiao\_wenti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b782af/32.png) [@\_xiao\_wenti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_xiao_wenti)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/22 "2009-11-15T00:30:05Z")
1972 - I was 8. Polynesian Village. My best memory was watching a documentary on Leonardo da Vinci on TV. Needless to say, I haven’t been back. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/23 "2009-11-15T00:39:59Z")
Back when I was in the travel biz, we got free passes, so the Rykid and I have been to both -world and -land a couple of times each. The best time was in late September at Disneyworld. We were there midweek. Most of the kids were back in school, so there weren’t many families there and it was like we had the park(s) to ourselves: walk up, walk on-- to anything we wanted to do. The same was true when we went to Busch Gardens in Tampa. Perfect. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/24 "2009-11-15T00:44:56Z")
Disneyland? Plenty of times. Orlando? Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Is\_it\_safe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6de8d8/32.png) [@Is\_it\_safe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Is_it_safe)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/25 "2009-11-15T01:30:47Z")
Haven’t been. We’re probably going to go to Hong Kong Disney over the next year or so though ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/26 "2009-11-15T01:55:49Z")
My first visit was in 1973, and between day trips and longer stays, I’ve been to Disney World at least 20 times. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/27 "2009-11-15T22:20:07Z")
I’ve only been to Epcot Center. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/28 "2009-11-16T00:21:00Z")
Yep, that’s one of the parks that are contained within Disney World. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/29 "2009-11-16T00:22:40Z")
No, it’s on the wrong coast. I go to DisneyLAND fairly often though. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/30 "2009-11-16T02:04:34Z")
Yes, when I was a kid. I’ve also been to Disneyland several times. ---
**Author:** ![Sonnenstrahl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Sonnenstrahl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonnenstrahl)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/31 "2009-11-16T02:11:45Z")
No, there was a high school trip there to play in their music festival and I didn’t go. I actually played in the audition tape in order to help win the tone deaf kids their trip but refused to go on the trip itself. I don’t have kids yet, so I shouldn’t be too smug about having avoided it. I’m the one non-US person who checked “actively oppose” because I feel really strongly that it’s hell on earth, but that’s just a personal feeling against being surrounded by all those horrid characters, screaming children and the insistence that I must have fun right now, not any kind of ethical stand. So I should have probably checked that it just isn’t my thing. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/32 "2009-11-16T03:47:07Z")
I went several times with my family when I was a kid and once on a high school band trip. I don’t intend to ever go again. It’s really not my kind of thing at all. I liked the nerdy stuff at Epcot, but that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/33 "2009-11-16T03:49:25Z")
We attend a major tournament in Orlando annually. We schedule our trip so that we fly back late Sunday, and we spend all day playing in one of the parks. Did the Hollywood Experience last time. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/34 "2009-11-16T11:00:07Z")
> [@Sonnenstrahl](#): > > No, there was a high school trip there to play in their music festival and I didn’t go. I actually played in the audition tape in order to help win the tone deaf kids their trip but refused to go on the trip itself. > > I don’t have kids yet, so I shouldn’t be too smug about having avoided it. I’m the one non-US person who checked “actively oppose” because I feel really strongly that it’s hell on earth, but that’s just a personal feeling against being surrounded by all those horrid characters, screaming children and the insistence that I must have fun right now, not any kind of ethical stand. So I should have probably checked that it just isn’t my thing. **Sonnenstrahl** –you have a rather inaccurate view of the Disney parks. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/35 "2009-11-16T11:06:11Z")
I went when I was eight—almost twenty years ago. Good god.—big family vacation, spent five days. Superb transportation services, I thought. Fantasyland within the Magic Kingdom was severely in need of a renovation at the time, but everything else was gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/36 "2009-11-16T11:40:21Z")
Pssh. I’ve been to Disneyland lots of times. Can’t see any reason to go to Disneyworld. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/37 "2009-11-16T13:12:54Z")
I’ve been a few times. We’re also going back in two weeks with the kids for the first time. I wonder how big I can get my daughters eyes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/38 "2009-11-16T14:11:18Z")
WDW: three times Disneyland (original): Twice a year since the mid '70s. Disneyland Paris: three times Hong Kong Disneyland: three times Tokyo Disneyland: **over 500!** 😃 (includes the sister parks in the same “resort”) ---
**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/39 "2009-11-16T14:20:55Z")
Yes. We go as often as we can afford to go, which is not very often (every two years on average, though sometime twice a year). It is my favorite place to be. I have always had the time of my life while there. Also been to Disneyland in CA a few times, and Tokyo Disney. I’ve never been to Euro Disney even though I’ve been in the area several times. We plan on taking a Disney cruise sometime too. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559/40 "2009-11-16T15:02:45Z")
I’ve been on the property five times. Once as a kid to Magic Kingdom only, once in my early 20s to MK and Epcot, once in my early 30s to MK and Epcot, and twice in the past three years for business conferences, although on these occasions I was mainly at the Swan and Dolphin hotels and spent a few hours at MGM. For Orlando fun, I recommend Universal Studios theme park. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-disneyworld/517559.md?page=3)