Do you still use the park maps?

[Dopey's Girl]

I usually get a times guide for shows and parades, but no maps needed for me.

I do usually pick up one from each park on the way out for the scrapbook though!

[Figment78]

I still use one in Animal Kingdom for bathrooms mainly, as I've been there far less than the other three parks. However, I always take them.I like to look at them back in the hotel room (did this, didn't do that yet, etc) plus to show to others who are not as familiar. Then I always take them home and put them in my memorabilia box (my equivalent of a scrapbook). It's cool to see how the parks have changed over the years.

This year, we needed them, since we had a little one with us for the first time and needed to know where the baby centers were and some rides that we were never on (like the entire Toon Town part of MK).

My favorite "map" thing is when I will pull out a jacket that I wore last trip and there is still a park map in a pocket. Or in the camera bag. Or the suitcase. A little magical surprise!

[iheartdisney]

My favorite "map" thing is when I will pull out a jacket that I wore last trip and there is still a park map in a pocket. Or in the camera bag. Or the suitcase. A little magical surprise!

This just happened to me the other day when I cleaning out our video camera case. I pulled out a map from Animal Kingdom the year it opened in 1998, I believe. It was so cool to see how things have evolved!

[Captain_Nemo]

I got it all in my head Mouse GPS

[DisneyAggies]

Nope, no maps. We usually pick up a times guide on the way in and I take home the maps from check in home--never even cracked open.

[AdventurerKim]

No maps necessary here, except for AK since we rarely go there. We only get the times guides for parades and other shows and events.

[beksy]

We always get them and carry them around but don't use them unless my "wonderful" sense of direction gets us turned around (I could get lost in my house!).

[Crow]

nope i didnt use them last wk...nephews first trip but i knew my way around

[katzctkpt]

......we don't really need them, but I usually carry them around and check off what we've done.....I've done this since day one, and continue to do so...it just feels natural to do this....oh, yeah I forgot, sometimes I may peek at it for bathroom locations...just last NYE we found one that we had no idea was there, using the park map....

[Yvette]

So funny you ask this!!

Our customized maps just came yesterday and we oohhd and ahhhd over them...counting the days till we're there. 28!!!!

Then we put them away. We really don't use them: just drool on them, dream about them.....

We only need the show schedule first thing and then we're off.

[hokies4life]

I don't usually need to use them, but this last trip we at least had them with us since I hadn't been in 2 years and my bf hadn't been since 2000 i think. Mostly to make sure we got to every ride since there were some new things we wanted to make sure we didn't forget about. That, and they were helpful for bathroom locations in the parks. I know where most of them are but sometimes there's a closer one that you don't know about.

[#1donaldfan]

Our custom maps, well one of 'em anyway, is in a frame on display....I made the frame out of real, real old worn wood, it turned out great....I got my inspiration from the frames at Splash Mountain....thats exactly what it looks like...

.....we don't use park maps anymore, but we pick them up and sometimes refer to them for restrooms....

[handmaidenofprincesses]

I don't need them (I know WDW better than my own neighborhood, and the sad thing is, I'm not kidding...) but I always bring one home with me. I have a catalogue of them, at least one from each year that I've been, just because they're fun to look at. That being said, I do occasionally need one for DAK; but when I do use it, it's in French. That way it feels like at least a little bit more of a challenge. Of course, I suppose getting a map in Japanese or something would be the true test, but I would end up confused

[WDW_Obsessed]

It's been a few years since we've used a map at the parks, but we do grab a time schedule. However, our next trip will be with a baby , so I suppose we will use one or a while to find the baby centers

[IamBelle]

For us, MK and EPCOT need no maps, but DHS and AK we do.

[PirateLover]

We got the custom maps, but didn't actually bring them. My fiancee always grabs maps and show time pamphlets. Even though we don't necessarily NEED the maps to navigate, sometimes it's just nice to sit down, open up the map, and get your bearings and plan the rest of your day.

[CuteAsMinnie]

No maps for us!!!!! We're experts (self-proclaimed of course)

Curious tho...wat is a "custom map" that you can get in the mail????

[kakn7294]

Out of habit, I always pick up a new map when I get a times guide. In the past, when my bag has been big enough, I've carried a map although we never use it. This year, I gave them to a friend at work to give to his son. They are planning a trip in early June and his son was so excited to get them. I think I'm going to continue to bring them home so I have some to pass out to friends when they are going.

[Polynesian Dweller]

Haven't used maps in years. Once you've learned the general lay out of the parks you can find anything that's new easily enough.

[forever a child]

It's been 3 years, so we are taking the maps. Guess we will see if we need them. DD is a map addict, she loves them where ever she goes so the personalized maps will be her thing!