What are your favorite Rainy day memories at WDW?

[buzznwoodysmom]

One of my best rainy day memories is from our first trip with our kids. We were also there with my mom, my brother, his wife, their 2 kids and my grandmother and grandfather. Since our youngest two were just 9 months and 11 months we wanted to stay out of the rain. We spent hours inside Innoventions at Epcot just playing all the games and letting the kids run and have a good time out of the rain. It was a day that we all enjoyed despite how much it was raining outside. On previous trips we'd never even been inside Innoventions, but now make it a point to visit on each trip. My kids love all the stuff in there.

Another rainy day memory was at Wilderness Lodge. It was our scheduled day off from the parks so we put some laundry washing and just hung out inside the lodge. The kids did crafts at the cubs den, we spent tons of time in the gift shop, we sat in the rocking chairs by the fireplace, and spent time in all the different little nooks throughout the lodge. It was Feb. so not only was it raining outside, but it was really cold that day. Wilderness Lodge has that feel good winter feel and it was a great day just hanging out.

[wire0monkey]

Our last trip was last month and we had one morning at the Magic Kingdom where it just opened up and rained buckets on us. My brother ("Uncle Donald") told my kids that we could pretend to be ducks. We wore our ponchos and pretended to be ducks.

My 4 year old told every CM he saw "We don't care about the rain! We're pretending to be ducks!"

We rode Indy race cars, Goofy's Barnstormer, the WDW railroad, Splash Mountain, and Big Thunder Mountain in the rain. It was a little surreal.

[Belle619]

My favorite rainy day memory is a funny one. A few trips back it rained every day of our visit - and not the 10min rain everyone always talks about - these were all-day rains. Well, my sister and I still wanted to watch Spectromagic (which hadn't been cancelled) so we got our place on the curb on Main St....and it started to pour.

Not wanting to give up our prime spot, we stayed there. Sitting there, watching the lightning and hearing the thunder, i realized my Dollar Store poncho had a hole and my bottom was soaked. I said to my sister how these ponchos we were using all week were probably not a good idea for this trip.

She agreed and said (in a serious tone) that she should have grabbed the nice ones she got at Dick's. I asked what she meant, and she told me she brought nice ponchos on the trip, but they were in the hotel room. I just started to laugh. We had been using these flimsy, good-for-nothing ponchos all week and she had heavy duty ones in her suitcase that she never mentioned before. To really understand the humor, you need to know that my sister is so Dory and this just illustrated that fact so well!

[twinboyz]

Great Post!

We were at MK when the boys were about 5. We were in line for Dumbo and it started to downpour--in buckets. The CM told us it was just rain and to enjoy the ride. We did...we had on our ponchos, but were still soaked when we got off the ride. We laughed all the way thru the ride and then proudly walked thru the park splashing in every puddle we could find when everyone was still hiding from the rain. When the rain stopped--I'm sure we looked silly with wet feet, but it sure was fun and something we talk about often. GOOD TIMES GOOD TIMES!!!!

[MCeee]

One day everyone in our group wore bright red (official) Incredibles T-Shirts... My wife, myself, another couple, and their daughter.. age 3. My son made his own shirt in the likeness of Frozone's character. Needless to say, all day long CMs would say funny things about us. That afternoon while at MK, we exited Pirates of the Caribbean to find a torrential downpour taking place. we had been at the park all day, and the rain was enough to send us on our way back to the resort for a rest. On the way out, we gave up trying to avoid the rain and stay dry so we just got soaked. When we reached Main Street, lots and lots of other guests were lining the street in anticipation of the 3PM parade. Then an announcement came over the Park loudspeaker saying that "Due to Inclement weather the parade was cancelled or postponed" (can't actually remember which). Already soaked by now, we just headed down the middle of Main Street.. and when we got about halfway down, someone from the hundreds lining the street yelled out "HEY... THE PARADE'S NOT CANCELLED... ITS JUST THE INCREDIBLES PARADE!!!!" Lots of people applauded and waved as we made our way down Main Street and out of the exit!! What a day. We still laugh about it today.

[Gator]

The day before Hurricane Wilma struck in full force, we had plans to go to Animal Kingdom. It was cloudy, but not raining, so we went for it (with ponchos in case). We had to put our ponchos on almost right away, but we stuck it out. It never rained very hard. It wasn't windy yet. The park was almost empty. We had our best day at the AK ever. Very active animals, almost no lines. .

We've had many people tell us never go to AK on a rainy day. But on our last trip, our dining schedule had us going there on the only rainy day of our trip. The park was a lot less crowded than usual. Plus, the safari was great. Every turn would let the pouring rain drench one side of the bus. Great fun.

[BIGDOG]

For me it was a helping a stranger through a nightmare, with a happy ending. In 1986 my first trip ever to the Parks. The place and setting : Epcot after the fireworks, park closing just in back of the ball. The conditions were rain, very heavy, my girlfriend and I, were very tired. As we were making our way through the crowd we saw a frantic woman screaming and crying. We stop to see what was the matter and could not get a word out of her. I was amazed at how many people were just going by her and not stopping. She was screaming "Bobby" a child's name, it was not hard to figure out she had lost her child and was loosing her mind trying to find him. I asked what was he wearing and how old he was she only said he was wearing a yellow Disney poncho! My girlfriend stayed with her and tried to find a CM to help. I ran and climbed a light pole, I looked around and could only see a sea of yellow ponchos. I had a great view of the crowd and could see no single poncho not moving. I got down and started heading back not knowing were they had been. I had no kids yet of my own and tried thinking like a kid. I remembered the water that shot up from the ground I saw earlier and figured a kid would like it. I made my way back and saw a smaller poncho standing still and looking around lost. I ran over and asked if his name was Bobby he said yes. I told him "your mom is looking for you". Before we made it back to were I left them, I ran into a CM and said to her this is Bobby. We found my girlfriend and scared mom at the bathrooms beside the ball and reunited mom and Bobby. I have never forgotten the feeling of doing something good for some one you had never met and never will again. I have had many many trips to Disney, and lot of great times with my children. I would have to say finding this ladies boy was my best memory. The next day at the Magic Kingdom on the steps to the castle I asked my girlfriend for her hand in marriage and we have been together ever since.

[iadarolas]

Well, if you like rainy days at WDW you would have loved our vacation in May. It rained every single day...all day long for 9 of our 10 days. We were soggy! One of my funny memories is of my daughter and I walking from the Beach Club over to Hollywood Studios at night, in hopes of viewing Fantasmic. We waited in the line only to be told it was cancelled due to the rain. Luckily we have seen it a few times...but were disappointed just the same. So we turned around to walk back to Beach Club in the deluge and slippy I went and landed on my butt. My toenail polish scraped completely off of one toe on the pavement, so I tell eveyone that I left a piece of me at The Studios. Yes...it was embarassing but we laugh about it now. We were soaking wet from head to toe. We kept thinking the weather could only get better but it didn't until the day we were leaving (of course).

[Mitzie]

No rainy day stories yet but have thoroughly enjoyed yours.

[Tigerinvestigator]

Well, if you like rainy days at WDW you would have loved our vacation in May. It rained every single day...all day long for 9 of our 10 days. We were soggy! One of my funny memories is of my daughter and I walking from the Beach Club over to Hollywood Studios at night, in hopes of viewing Fantasmic. We waited in the line only to be told it was cancelled due to the rain. Luckily we have seen it a few times...but were disappointed just the same. So we turned around to walk back to Beach Club in the deluge and slippy I went and landed on my butt. My toenail polish scraped completely off of one toe on the pavement, so I tell eveyone that I left a piece of me at The Studios. Yes...it was embarassing but we laugh about it now. We were soaking wet from head to toe. We kept thinking the weather could only get better but it didn't until the day we were leaving (of course).

It was our trip last May that inspired this thread. In 36 years of going to WDW I have never seen rain like we saw at the end of May. Everyday all day long!!

[bruin1344]

Running from the Land over to Teppan Edo for dinner when there was tons of lightning last august. It was scary with all the lightning. I was so drenched and cold inside Teppan Edo.

[LVT]

Corner windows at Tokyo Dining. Lightning and
scurrying guests.

[badkitty]

Great stories! I love reading about your adventures.

For me, I seem to always be at the World during the rain so there are so many stories. My favorite time was for MNSSHP. It had rained off and on during the day but stopped as 7PM approached and the start of the party. BTMRR was a walk-on and we were excited that the crowds seemed low. As the ride was ending it had started to sprinkle. Then it started to rain harder. As we approached LTT, the ghost quartet were singing on the porch. It was pouring now so we got under the cover and listened to them sing until their set ended and then sat through two more sets! It was a great time.

Another fun time was riding the WDW Railroad in the rain around and around until we were evacuated due to lightening threats. Over by Frontierland, as the storm moved through, it was only raining on one side of the train. You could actually see the line. So cool.

[Ropachs]

My favorite rain memory was more about the cold rather than the rain that day. It was my first trip, Spring of 1979. Apparently one of the coldest weeks Orlando had seen. We were set with our winter coats since we had come from Buffalo, but many others were unprepared. My Mother still laughs about "all the bald men buying up Mickey ears...anything to keep their heads warm." I remember how empty it was, and going to see the Country Bears more than once to warm up. For me, rain and cold beats the heat!

[mickkey]

Back in 2001 Me , my DS and DN literally swam aroun AK. Everyone pretty much got fed up and left. Felt like maybe a hand full of people left in the park .We kept riding KS and saw tons of animals. Even the lions were up and moving B/C of the rain. The giraffes were maybe 5 feet away from the jeep. It was fantastic to get those really neat pictures. No lines anywhere....It was a great day...a little soggy...but a wet day in disney is better than a snowy day in NS Canada.

[Bohms4]

For me it was a helping a stranger through a nightmare, with a happy ending. In 1986 my first trip ever to the Parks. The place and setting : Epcot after the fireworks, park closing just in back of the ball. The conditions were rain, very heavy, my girlfriend and I, were very tired. As we were making our way through the crowd we saw a frantic woman screaming and crying. We stop to see what was the matter and could not get a word out of her. I was amazed at how many people were just going by her and not stopping. She was screaming "Bobby" a child's name, it was not hard to figure out she had lost her child and was loosing her mind trying to find him. I asked what was he wearing and how old he was she only said he was wearing a yellow Disney poncho! My girlfriend stayed with her and tried to find a CM to help. I ran and climbed a light pole, I looked around and could only see a sea of yellow ponchos. I had a great view of the crowd and could see no single poncho not moving. I got down and started heading back not knowing were they had been. I had no kids yet of my own and tried thinking like a kid. I remembered the water that shot up from the ground I saw earlier and figured a kid would like it. I made my way back and saw a smaller poncho standing still and looking around lost. I ran over and asked if his name was Bobby he said yes. I told him "your mom is looking for you". Before we made it back to were I left them, I ran into a CM and said to her this is Bobby. We found my girlfriend and scared mom at the bathrooms beside the ball and reunited mom and Bobby. I have never forgotten the feeling of doing something good for some one you had never met and never will again. I have had many many trips to Disney, and lot of great times with my children. I would have to say finding this ladies boy was my best memory. The next day at the Magic Kingdom on the steps to the castle I asked my girlfriend for her hand in marriage and we have been together ever since.

I think that was wonderful of you to do that especially since you didn't even have children...it's the scariest feeling. My 4 year old son was "lost" for a few minutes in DHS once and I was terrified....some people saw me frantic and asked what he was wearing and helped look for him. Thankfully my husband found him - he went up to a CM and stayed with him until we spotted him (it was right before a parade). I remember those people that helped...afterwards it made me feel good that other people cared. Sorry this wasn't a rain story...just had to comment!

[Giselle]

Once we were waiting in line to meet Ariel at the Grotto and we had been waiting a long, long time when it began pouring. DH ran to buy us ponchos but couldn't find any for sale. He stood in the pouring rain to hold our place in line while DD and I waited under scuttles landing. What a dedicated Daddy!

[AdventurerKim]

We barely beat a heavy storm walking to MGM/DHS from Epcot to use late TSM fast passes. We got inside TSM in the fast pass line, rode the ride, and then came out while it was still stroming. We ducked back inside in the standby line and rode again. When we came out, the rain had subsided. Two TSM rides in a row!

[redbudlover]

two of my favorite rain stories involve my DGD. OUr first trip with her she was 19 mos and LOVED shoes. We were in Epcot WS one night and the heavens had opened up and it was pouring down and not stopping. We were trying to move one world at a time to get back to BC and keep our baby dry. We made it as far as Japan and dashed into the store. She was cranky and wanted to touch everything. We were tense and wet and worried. I finally spotted a shoe display against one wall and we headed over. For almost an hour she happily tried on every shoe there. It finally slowed to a drizzle and we were able to head back to the resort - with a happy baby and her new red shoes!

The next year she - now 2 1/2 - and I were at MK alone. We had just finished riding Pooh and when we came out it was pouring. I pulled her back in line, fidning a way to do it without going outside and we rode it five times in a row, laughing and singing the Pooh songs and rocking in the Windy day part. It was magical.

[Babyvett]

Well, we just got back last week, and let me tell ya, Saturday Sept 26th it rained buckets. No sooner had spectromagic ended, we headed to Splash Mountain with fastpasses, got on the ride and it broke loose. We were soaked head to toe.. So there was no point rushing to get out of the park because you were already soaked. Much to our surprise, Wishes still ran as scheduled. So DH and I just stood out in the rain, while everyone else was running for cover and enjoyed the fireworks that nobody else seemed to notice or care about. We felt like 5 year olds playing in the rain, watching fireworks, but it was awesome. Especially with how hot it was last week, the rain felt great. Just wish everyone else had the same thoughts since they were pushing and shoving to get out of the downpour