In this case, I would ask, what experience? Let me warn you, this will be a story that will sound not so interesting to me and maybe a lot of you. I'll explain why after I'm done. To start off, I've only been to wdw twice as a kid. I was 5 to 6 at those times. The first time I've been there, I'm pretty sure we stayed there for a few days. I remember going there to see the main street trolley show and my dad had me wave to the performers on the trolley and they waved back. Then, I remember from afar I saw the Cinderella surprise celebration show with Mickey and his friends. Then, after the show, the characters came out to say hello to the guests. We walked up there. But, I didn't bother acknowledging to anybody. But, I remember my older brother went up to max food and touched his nose. I also remember watching the share a dream come true parade. I was gives a picture of mickey mouse and some colorful, round cut out tissue paper. I didn't know what it was for until the show stop came. After everyone yelled, "pixie dust" or "bippidi boppidi boo", my nana and I threw the pieces of tissue paper as part of the celebration. I don't remember much from that. Then, after the parade, we went to this restaurant where Pooh and his friends greeted guests. Each of the characters came to say hello to us. I mostly remember Tigger came up behind me and he started putting me on the head a few times. My dad laughed at that. Then finally, the characters held some signs while dancing to the Winnie the Pooh theme. I thought that was cool. Last on that, I remember riding rides like Dumbo, it's a small world, and this pirate dark ride. Although, some of those things I mentioned sounded pretty nice, I wouldn't exactly count it as such a nice and magical experience. But, it's not as bad as our second and only other visit.
Anyway, here's a whole different story. This time, we only stayed for around one night. We went around the afternoon and we started off at a water park. I wasn't that good at swimming at the time. Plus, I was too scared to go down the water slide. So, I kept wasting my time going up there. I kept acting like a coward and went back down the stairs. So, that wasn't much fun. Then, we went to some restaurant for dinner. Finally, we went to the mk to see the spectromagic parade. When mickey approached on his float, my younger brother thought he was minnie because from a far distance he looked like he was wearing a dress with the big cape behind him. Then, there were the other floats. That was pretty nice to watch even though we were watching from far away. After that, we went to our resort. The next morning, we went to the ohana breakfast and there we saw Mickey, Goofy, Chip and Dale. At that time, I was still too afraid around the characters. But, when mickey came to our table, he approached me. I was getting nervous until I just sprinted over to him and hugged him. I might've surprised him. But, it felt pretty good. My nana took a few pics of us. Then, he gave me one last hug and we shook hands. The second we did that, they announced the ohana parade. Mickey invited me to join him, but,
I panicked and said that I didn't want to. He then just shrugged and said goodbye as he walked away. So, I went with my nana instead. After we finished, my dad said him and my brothers went with Chip and Dale. When I heard that, I immediately was taken back. That's when I realized that because they danced with Chip and Dale, I could've had the chance to actually choose to dance with Mickey. I instantly regretted my denial from that. After that, we said hello to the characters one last time and left. We went to a gift shop and that's where I got a sorcerer Mickey plush and I still have it to this day. My dad mentioned that we were going back to my Nana's apartment later. I was disappointed. But, we still tried to enjoy the rest of the day. I remember going around the park seeing certain characters nearby. I remember riding dumbo. Then, I remember seeing the parade again. But, I wish I enjoyed that after what happened and made me feel cold. When it showed mickey's friends dancing down main Street, pluto came up to me and I shook his paw. That was pretty exciting. But, when Minnie came in front of me, I was hoping to shake her hand, but, she didn't even look at me. She only shook hands with the little girl next to me. It was so unfair. I tried to get her attention. But, she just left. I didn't know how to feel after that. But, as I keep remembering that day, I feel hurt and broken from that because I realized then that Minnie mouse is my favorite character. I don't remember anything else from that day. So, that trip to dw was a huge waste down the sewer.
After that, we never went back and I really hope to be back there one day. Sadly, I can't make that happen. Also, I wish I could've been that kind of child to have a super, magical experience with a cm or a character. I also wish I could've had a moment where I acknowledged to at least one princess. But, I myself didn't feel much like a princess because of how poorly my moments were. I am just here to say I envy any family and children that have had the best times of their lives at the parks. My childhood was not much to treasure because of that.
So, that's my reason. But, sorry to share that. I know you were expecting better. But, I had to get that off my chest. I'm trying to get over it and enjoy anything else in my spare time for now. That's all I got to say.
