The year 2071.
A delicate “bong” sound tells Jim he’s got mail. Jim heard it and makes his way to the front door through his home while the rest of the family is still asleep. Jim’s home is mostly stark white. Vast open areas, highly polished floors, white vinyl furniture, with harsh square edges.
The inside walls are empty and white and the outer walls, are walls of glass to the outdoors. Outside there is barely a horizon, mostly gray and fog, noting to see as Jim moves to the door. Jim sees Al the postman in the through the door’s video display and opens the door.
Good morning Jim, here’s your mail. Thanks Al. Jim continues their running joke, “So Al when they gonna shut down the postal service?” Al says,” next week maybe”, they both laugh and exchange good bye’s, and Jim closes the door. The hum of the automatic digital dead bold is heard as he walks away.
Jim shuffles through his mail and he finds his Walt Disney World vacation package. A big smile comes over his face. He puts down the rest of the mail and runs to the closest home controller.
He presses a few buttons and all of a sudden the house erupts with the sounds of “When you wish upon a star”. Jim can hear the cheers from his two kids and wife as they run into the living room cheering, “We are going to Disneyworld.”
The family gathers around Jim in sheer excitement. Jim opens the package and out slides the four bionic modules. “Here are our keys to the world”, Jim says.
Starting with his daughter Jane, he delicately places Jane’s module on the magnetic connector on her right temple. Next his Son Billy, next his wife Sue. Jim glances at his antique EPCOT watch, its 8:30 AM. He connects his module to his temple.
The next morning the family wakes in the historic Bay lake Towers resort. The WDW resort had grown to over 2000 resorts if you count the ones on the Moon and Mars, but Jim’s family loves the old fashioned style of the Bay Lake Towers right here in the Republic of Reedy Creek.
They make their way and instantly get on the monorail and it’s off to the Magic kingdom. It’s a beautiful day and they breeze through the gate and are in the park. The park is crowded, but everyone is happy. Peter Pan is a favorite so they go there first and they walk right on the ride and have a good time. They hit TRON, Poo, Small world, Peter Pan, PhilharMagic. They catch the train, no wait, and do and all the mountains, breezing on to the rides.
They are feeling hungry so they decide to have lunch at Cinderella’s Royal table, they jump on the train and it’s back to Main Street. They walk into the castle and are instantly seated.
It’s a great lunch. There are no menus, there are no checks, no money, the family is served instantly and it’s exactly whatever they wanted to have for lunch. All the characters knew the family by name. It was a blast. Happy and full, Jim’s family are happily skipping down Main Street
All of a sudden, everything is black… SYSTEM FAULT. Please contact customer service…
Jim family wakes on the sofa of their living room. “It happened again Dad”, Billy says. “Yea”, Jim says, “Another system crash thanks to Disney IT”.
The family sadly removes their modules and hand them to Jim. Jim says, “I will send these back and see If I can get some new ones”,. Jim glances at his watch, its 8:35 AM. The family sadly walks away.
Jim now also depressed, slides the modules into the return envelope.
Just then, a delicate “bong”. Al is back. Jim answers the door. “Hi Jim, here, I missed a piece of mail “,Al hands him the mail. Jim hands Al the return envelope. Al recognizes the envelope and says, “Another system crash I take it?” Jim sadly says yes. Al asks Jim jokingly, “when are they going to fix that Disney IT?”.
Jim plays along,” next week maybe”.
