Ever cried during a show?

[Executioner]

I get a little lump in the throat when I hear Walt say, "To all who come to this happy place....." speech.

[brerbear8]

I got a little teary eyed when Diane Disney- Miller started the dedication speech. I also got teary eyed when Art Linkletter was talking.

I was close, also, watching Believe in Holiday Magic. For some reason, Christmas was different for me this year. Something was missing. I watched the video of Believe in Holiday Magic on this site, and, during "White Christmas," I teared up. After that, the whole Holiday season seemed complete.

And none of the above were in the park- they were all videos online!

[Stephen]

I've never cried during an attraction, but it does freak me out on the Monorail, when your taking that final, slow turn into the downtowndisney station, it just goes so slow, and it tips you and it's like you're gonna fall off.

I've cried during the movie Brother Bear. So sad... heartwarming...

...

ehem

[DaddyB]

I swear to God, I don't even understand all the crying and misty-eyed souls out there. It's a SHOW for crying out loud (pun intended)!!! Fireworks don't make me cry. Fantasmic doesn't make me cry. Snow White and Alladin never came close, either. I just don't understand what all you folks are crying about. Go buy some Kleenex and dry up, already! Yeesh! Maybe Disney should hire some camp counselors for all the poor fragile souls who look at a 16 year old in a Mickey Mouse costume and start to break up.

OK. I'm being inflammatory, and I really shouldn't. But it's something that I've been seeing posted more and more on discussion boards. It's like the 'thing to do'... announce how you broke down during this or that show for some reason or another. I had thought of starting a thread about it myself.

Disneyland has very strong emotional ties for me. Being a late baby boomer growing up in New England watching "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" on television every Sunday night, knowing I'd never get to vacation there. To me, going to Disney World in the early 70's (they only had the Magic Kingdom then) was second best. "Almost like going to Disneyland". So spending time at Disneyland has very strong emotional ties for me, and I go there once a week, probably because of those boyhood ties and emotions. I am 'touched' when I see a small child delighted to see Mickey or a princess. I feel a warmth inside when I see goofy or some other character interacting with a wheelchair bound sick little child. I feel my heart tug when I see a little girl on their daddy's shoulder reaching for a 'snowflake" after the Christmas fireworks.

But have I EVER cried? No.

Perhaps it's because I AM a babyboomer and raised in that "big boys don't cry" society that makes me reserve such things for deaths, births, and baptisms.


So you guys go ahead and cry, but I'll be the fella' off to the side scratchin' my head wondering what got in your eye.

[Loneknight]

Um......

TGIF there, good buddy!

[Disneyland4ever]

hmm, I almost cried at the 4:45 ceremony (I didn't decide to watch it until 4:10 pm when I was in my hotle room, I practically ran to DL and made it literally 30 seconds before the show started). I didn't though, there were too many people, and I didn't want to feel silly inf ront of a whole crowd of people. . .like you daddyB! lol, I am just kidding. I felt that tug at that ceremony though.

[DaddyB]

Originally Posted by Loneknight

Um......

TGIF there, good buddy!

Hey, I had you in mind when I wrote that Mr. "snuggle with my sweetie watching "remember" " or some such thing...

[smallworld_boy]

OK, i'll admit it..i cried when i went on it's a small world
(yes, i kno i'm "smallworld_boy, blah blah" but to this day i'm still not sure why...)

It was my first (and only) time to Disneyland/a Disney park..and i was geeked to go there..

We had traveled across from MI and gotten in real late, went to the park real early the next moning, the whole she-bang..i think that it was just that i had-had so much going on and that it finally dawned-on me "HEy Dumb a**...YOU'RE AT DISNEYLAND!" when i went into that ride.
I started to notice how much the ride overwhelmes you (good and bad ways haha) and it was just all so much to take in at once, that i couldn't handle it..i did love the ride, and i was happy, but basically bawhling in the back row, for the whole 15 minutes!
When we got home, for weeks and months afterwords, i could not hear that song, or i would randomly think about the trip and start to cry some more..call me a softie..call me a freak, whatever, but that's my "I cried at Disneyland" moment....



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[wyobantam]

Yes, I admit, I cried when I first saw "Believe, There's Magic in the Stars," and the current show. I think it's the kids singing that gets to me, or maybe the lyrics, or the melody. Anyway, it just brings out emotions, and I can't help myself.

[Brer Rabbit]

I cried during the ceromony on 7/17/05 when Diane Disney Miller said the dedication speech and when Mickey Mouse came out with the Mickey Mouse march playing. I also cried during Remember, Fantasmic, Parade of Dreams, Parade of Stars, and the movie with Steve Martin and Donald Duck. I even cried when I was on Pinocchio when Gepetto screams out Pinnochio's name right after Monstro.(i donno why) Oh yeah and when I was little, I cried when I had to leave Disneyland. I know, I cry a lot. But I always have a smile on my face.

[arrowfanman]

7/17/05. Remember...Dreams Come True. Teared up during the Walt/Tink Segment, cried during the finale.

I cant cry if I just watch the show. I kind of have to be taken away by the show.

Remember is built in such a way, that it slowly builds, and then overwhelms you, in order to build such emotions. If I cant take myself away, and not just watch the show, but listen to how the music is layered, and how it flows, and how it interacts with the fireworks, and what it means, I normally forget about everything else, and then I normally get emotional.

[Mickeybug1]

Yes! I thought i was just being ridiculous. I was very emotional on May 5th for some reason. I guess it was all of us being together in our favorite place that got to me. Yeah, I cried at the end of the Steve Martin film(the end montage of Walt...he was so amazing, wasn't he?) and at the premeire of Remember... that night. Actually, now that I think about it, every time I step through the gates I become emotional. Just because I'm there!

[wheresmytiara?]

DaddyB I don't care what you say, Fantasmic ALWAYS makes me cry. It's such a build up: When Mickey appears the first time, and the princesses and the monkeys go by, and then Maleficent appears and turns into the dragon and Mickey slays her. So right at about thisv point in the show I'm screaming and cheering and people are staring at me but it's not until the very end when Mickey says "Some imagination, huh?" that I burst into tears. It always gets me....and I really can't explain why, but I love it and I love the feeling...

[tristanshoe]

I can't say I've ever CRIED during a disneyland visit, but i can say i've felt TONS of emotion. one of the things that gets me the most emotional though is fantasmic!. i love that show soooo much and it always amazes me while giving me chills.

[WelcomeFoolishMortals999]

Like daddyb, I've never cried during a show. I'm part of the newer generation like many here, and I can see where everybody is coming from, though.