Blairsville - This is sort of ironic, perhaps. Or maybe you aren't from Blairsville PA at all. But we went with great friends of ours, last June who used to live in Blairsville, PA. We had been to Disney twice in the previous two years, they hadn't been there since their honeymoon. We both had 5 year old children, ours a daughter, theirs a son. Since we had been there in the past we were sort of left with the daily planning. But since our stay was more extended then theirs, we wanted to be sure that they got to do what they wanted to do. During the planning stage, I kept asking, "What characters do you want to see?" And they kept answering like it didn't matter. In fact, they really thought we were crazy when we said, "We try to avoid character lines until after 10 or 10:30 in the morning, so we can capitalize on the short attraction lines."
We had a great time. But at the end of it. The father said to me, "I never realized how these kids would just be so drawn to the characters. And how it becomes a quest to get each and everyone of them in your autograph book. Even the ones that I didn't think our son would care about, he wanted their signature."
I think its true. You really don't realize how much these kids are mesmorized by the characters. I remembered back to our first trip to Disney and how our daughter's first experience with Goofy, probably made us Disney fans for life. The joy and the wonderment in their eyes and faces when they are around the characters are some of our best Disney memories.
My daughter created a Disney scrapbook, by cutting the autograph pages out of the blue book, and pasting it next to a picture of her with the character, in a seperate book.
The characters seem to like bigger, heavier markers. Something they can grab onto when signing their name. We have used Sharpie pens in the past and gotten many compliments from admiring characters.
Have a great trip.
Oh and what a run by the Blairsville basketball team through the PIAA tournament.
