Okay, I've finally got a moment during this hectic week to actually reply to this thread.
My first Disney memory? It was the very first time my Dad took me to the movies. We went during the afternoon one Saturday. We saw Disney's
Robin Hood. I loved it! My friends loved it! We were surprised that it was still daylight outside when we left the movies. I was sure that since it was dark inside, it must be dark outside, too. We bought the movie soundtrack (on vinyl LP!) and played it and sang along to it until we wore it out. Someone bought us the Robin Hood paper dolls, and finger puppets, and we played with them constantly. To this day
Robin Hood is one of my favorite movies.
My first Disney park memory? We did only one Disney trip when we were younger. I was in the 6th grade. Mom and Dad pulled us out of school and we took the Amtrack train from Southern Colorado to Fullerton, CA and we did 2 days at
Disneyland (staying at the Westward Ho-motel about two blocks away) and a day at the beach, a day at Knott's Berry Farm and a day sightseeing in Hollywood. Some memories of that trip:
1. My sister got chickenpox, but it wasn't showing on her face, so my parents didn't know that's what it was. We found out when we got home. Lord knows how many kids from around the world went home with an extra souvenir of chicken pox.
2. I bought one of those Kentucky Long Rifle toy guns in Frontierland and carried it home on the train. (imagine doing that now!) I still have it.
3. Similar to Zeit's memory, we had silhouettes cut. One each of me, my brother and sister. My mom has had one set (the one facing the left side fo the paper) on the wall of their (our) home ever since. My grandmother had the other set (facing right.) In 2003, we did our next family trip to Disney. this time it was WDW and we were celebrating Mom and Dad's 35th anniversary. Part of our gift to them was to have a set of silhouettes done. One of me, one of my brother and his girlfriend, one of my sister and her husband. My mom now has those three sets (facing right) framed and they are on the wall facing towards the ones we got back at Disneyland as kids. In 2004, when mom came to Florida to visit Scott. She made sure she got a set done of the two of us, so that he'd be up on the wall with us.
My first WDW trip was in 2001, so no kid trips. But I liked it enough to keep returning until I met prince charming at Gay Days 2003. That's my FAVORITE Disney memory. Though the Big Fat Gay Disney Wedding is a close second on the favorites list.