What movies are essential for Disney?
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Anonymous
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1st grade boy headed to Disney for spring break. Parks we visit will be MK, Hollywood Studios, and Epcot. Parks we visit will be MK, Hollywood Studios, and Epcot.
What movies should he see to avoid being clueless when there? For example, if you've never seen Toy Store I imagine you'd be disappointed because there's a big Toy Story attraction. |
Anonymous
| um alll of the classics. Little mermaid, jungle book, anything with mickey, cinderella, snow white, sleeping beauty, toy story... get started. |
Anonymous
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I don't think someone would be "disappointed" by Toy Story attraction...but they may enjoy it more, if they had seen the movie.
When I think of the rides my boys like at Disney and think that having seen the movie might improve the experience - Toy Story and Nemo come to mind first. (We always enjoy Turtle Talk.) At Hollywood Studio, we like getting a photo with McQueen and Mater (Cars). |
Anonymous
Toy Story ride features a lot of characters from Toy Story 2 |
Anonymous
| Don't forget to watch Dumbo. |
Anonymous
| My boys had never seen Peter Pan so I had them watch before we went for the first time. It quickly turned into one of their favorites. Peter Pan's Flight is my favorite ride, and I thought they would enjoy it more if they had seen the movie. |
Anonymous
| My 4yo twins have been to DisneyWorld three times already (two 1-day trips and one 3-day visit since the grandparents live nearby). They love it. They have seen none of the movies and it doesn't matter. They have read a couple of Winnie the Pooh books and the have seen Cars (so they wanted to visit the Lightning and Mater photo op at Hollywood Studios) but they still have not seen much else and they still have a great time there. |
Anonymous
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I think the most important is watching old Mickey and Donald shorts. They sell cheap DVD's on Amazon.
Peter Pan Toy Story Frozen Cinderella Monsters Inc Fantasia (at least the Sorcerer part) Star Wars - A New Hope Snow White Dumbo Nemo Little Mermaid We make Disney movie nights and make dinner or snacks related to the movie. So much fun leading up to our trip. |
Anonymous
| ^^^ YEP. Gotta get Mickey and Donald in. |
Anonymous
| We neglected to prep our kids before our disney cruise, and our nearly 3 year old exclaimed, "Look! There's a big duck!" It was Donald. He had no clue. |
Anonymous
| Sword in the Stone |
Anonymous
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The ones that have good rides associated with them:
Winnie Pooh (the old one) Dumbo Peter Pan (but soooo sexist!) If you were going to Animal Kingdom, I'd tell you Up would be really good to see also, because they do a cool Russell themed scavenger hunt. And also Lion King for AK. For Hollywood Studios, the best movies are Toy Story (because of Midway Mania, but not essential) and Star Wars (the original ones). They also do cool shows based on Frozen, Beauty and the Beast, and Little Mermaid, but you can see all those shows without having seen the movies, as they summarize the movies. Can I ask why you picked Hollywood Studios over Animal Kingdom? |
Anonymous
| None. My kid has no interest in most disney characters. He LOVED Disney World. |
Anonymous
Not the OP, but we were there last month and didn't do AK. Our kids aren't big into animals and they enjoyed Hollywood Studios quite a bit. I don't imagine we will do AK until they're older, say 8 or so. |
Anonymous
Not the OP but for her child's age there are only two rides. The rest is just animals, a few okay shows and the walking is severe. We have the free National zoo here for animals. We preferred Hollywood Studios. |