Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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I love Disney. I love going to the parks. I love staying on site. I love the Disney Dream. I love the smells, the sights, the music. I love the feeling of magic and involvement, of being allowed on stage at the world’s largest theatrical production and actually encouraged to interact with the cast.
But I am not fond of theme parks. Universal Studios, Busch Gardens, Kings Dominion, Hershey Park are all okay, but I have no need or desire to go back to them time and time again, or to buy their merchandise, or be a stockholder. I am not really a “rides” person for one thing. Well actually that is the main reason – I really don’t like rides and won’t even get on them if they go upside down or backwards. Yes I have done the mountains at WDW, well except for Mt Everest in the Animal Kingdom because I see no reason to hunt down a perfectly peaceful Yeti and then get chased by it [and it goes backwards]. But I have been on Thunder Mountain five times, Space Mountain twice, and Splash Mountain once and no, I don’t intend to do them again. I have also been on the new 7 Dwarves Mine Train and the new GM test track and I don’t need to do either of them again – but Mission Space rocks no matter how many times you do it. And I am not a character hunter either. Well except for Sorcerer Mickey of course. Oh and Piglet. And there was this Star Wars weekend and the Pirates in the Caribbean…..
So when I read this article about things we miss in WDW, and after going down there this May, I suddenly realized that some folks really are going to a theme park when they do Disney. Actually there an awful lot of them, and I can only hope that Disney does not get in the way of catering just to them by stressing the need to keep moving. I am hoping that Disney isn’t forgetting the rest of us who just want to meander and immerse ourselves, and that the shady spots, quiet areas and benches will come back
Because I love Disney, but I really don’t particularly like theme parks.
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