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Define..... "The Magic"
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Susan Savia
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When at home I say the word 'Disney' and everones face lights up! And the next words I hear are, "When are we going?"
prfctlyximprct
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I wish I could put the magic into words, but every time I begin explaining it, I have to backspace the sentence. To me, Disney is that ultimate utopia, where you can escape your everyday worries and troubles and be completely immersed in a fantasy world. Disney World has always been a place where I can just let go and fall back into the realm of childhood. Your innocence comes back, and you believe in the impossible and that people are genuine, and that all your dreams can come true.
Goofy_guy
Active Member
To me "The Magic....." is my childhood. Even though I haven't gone to the parks as much as some people on here have, I've had the joy and privilege of growing up on the Disney classics whether it be movies or Saturday morning cartoons.
Its nostalgia seeing a character in the park you love.
Its wearing a goofy hat or Mickey ears and having people compliment you by saying "nice hat".
Its crying like a little kid when the fireworks show starts every night and having people join with you instead of judge you.
Its the friendly nature of cast members that you'll never see anywhere else.
Its the ability to make memories with friends and family that will last a lifetime.
Its singing along with the songs from the movies and attractions and having complete strangers join in with you.
I could go on but I think you get the picture
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Its nostalgia seeing a character in the park you love.
Its wearing a goofy hat or Mickey ears and having people compliment you by saying "nice hat".
Its crying like a little kid when the fireworks show starts every night and having people join with you instead of judge you.
Its the friendly nature of cast members that you'll never see anywhere else.
Its the ability to make memories with friends and family that will last a lifetime.
Its singing along with the songs from the movies and attractions and having complete strangers join in with you.
I could go on but I think you get the picture
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Disney4family
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Awww, you guys made me ink (I mean cry happy tears).
Tom
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When a theme park - built out of concrete, wood and fiberglass - can elicit several human emotions....that's magic.
When a public venue, packed to the brim with 75,000 other sweaty people, can bring everyone to tears with projections on a fiberglass castle of Walt Disney saying, "To all who come to this happy place, welcome!"....that's magic.
When you can drag your tired, irritable, screaming toddler on a tram, ferry and through a 30-minute long entry line, then lose your frustration instantly when their sadness changes to amazement the first time they see Cinderella Castle.....that's magic.
When you can pass through those magical archways on a bus, and completely forget about work and all your other troubles....that's magic.
When your 60-year old mom can find happiness and joy in an otherwise dark time, after just losing her husband (your dad) to a sudden stroke, when you invite her to join you on your next WDW vacation, where she can re-live the happiness of her honeymoon and our family vacations of 20 years.....that's magic.
When a public venue, packed to the brim with 75,000 other sweaty people, can bring everyone to tears with projections on a fiberglass castle of Walt Disney saying, "To all who come to this happy place, welcome!"....that's magic.
When you can drag your tired, irritable, screaming toddler on a tram, ferry and through a 30-minute long entry line, then lose your frustration instantly when their sadness changes to amazement the first time they see Cinderella Castle.....that's magic.
When you can pass through those magical archways on a bus, and completely forget about work and all your other troubles....that's magic.
When your 60-year old mom can find happiness and joy in an otherwise dark time, after just losing her husband (your dad) to a sudden stroke, when you invite her to join you on your next WDW vacation, where she can re-live the happiness of her honeymoon and our family vacations of 20 years.....that's magic.
Saxtongoof
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The "magic" for us was realizing that we never lost our childhood amazement. Even through we are now retired we discovered a long time ago that we are only as old as you think you are. Disney Magic is with us everyday. I'm only 6.9 yrs old and won't be 7 until next December. Peter Pan told me that I was 4 the year I turned 40. Since then We have realized that we needed to keep the child in us up front and to enjoy it. Just ask my friends, family and working mates. I'm always wearing something goofy and happy. I always say that it is very important as you grow older not to act your age. That the "disney Magic" to us.
Goofyernmost
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As I said... we bring the Magic in with us. They just help to bring it out. 
magnanimous66
Active Member
It's the feelings the parks foster. For me, it's the complete break from reality. The constant sensory overload, surrendering to to it, feeling my cynical self crumble and my forgotten wonder restored.
Longers
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The magic is something you feel in your heart when you get to WDW. You get to be a kid again and no body looks at you as if to say what on earth do they look like, you are emersed into a magical world where you just want to live forever And all your worries and the real world are left the other side of "that magical sign"
CheshireCat12
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You guys have made me all choked up...the magic is real for sure.
Disneysea05
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Tom
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It's a brief clip in the Magic, Memories and You projection show they came out with a few years ago. It's called something else now, and has changed several times, but the few versions I saw included that clip and/or sound byte.
Tom
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I found the thread/post where another member and I were talking about it:
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/what-makes-you-cry-at-wdw.895709/page-8#post-6561801
Chef Mickey
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Magic is making a grown man cry when "it all starts with a wish."
Magic is believing Walt's soul is still in the Parks.
Magic is truly feeling like a child with no worries.
Magic is believing Walt's soul is still in the Parks.
Magic is truly feeling like a child with no worries.
Disneysea05
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- In the Parks
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You can only imagine then how it must have felt like to be steps away from the exact spot Walt gave that speech at Disneyland for the parks 50th anniversary rededication. They even had the same type of microphone in place where he stood exactly 50 years ago down to the minute.
It was one of the most amazing Disney park experiences I ever had.
Walt Disney1955
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You know, it's really hard. Because to an outsider it almost sounds "cult-like" but it isn't. We're happy when we are there. I don't know if I can describe it.
Put it this way, you are cut off from the world when you are there. You don't care about the politics of the world for one day when you are there, or one vacation trip. It hits you in a way nothing else has ever done.
I am literally sad when I leave. What place can do that? What place can hit every good bone in your body? I loathe having to go back to the real world and go back to work. I don't want that world after I am in Disney. In all honesty, the "Peter Pan" comes out in you and that's not altogether a bad thing.
Another thing, and this is why I think it is important to preserve the old attractions, in 1973 my grandparents and my dad (who was in his 20s) went to Magic Kingdom. They loved it and my grandparents were in their 60s. My grandpa loved Country Bear Jamboree. My dad still does. So every time I go there I have a link to my grandpa (who I never knew and died when I was 2). I always know this was his favourite. So there's that.
Put it this way, you are cut off from the world when you are there. You don't care about the politics of the world for one day when you are there, or one vacation trip. It hits you in a way nothing else has ever done.
I am literally sad when I leave. What place can do that? What place can hit every good bone in your body? I loathe having to go back to the real world and go back to work. I don't want that world after I am in Disney. In all honesty, the "Peter Pan" comes out in you and that's not altogether a bad thing.
Another thing, and this is why I think it is important to preserve the old attractions, in 1973 my grandparents and my dad (who was in his 20s) went to Magic Kingdom. They loved it and my grandparents were in their 60s. My grandpa loved Country Bear Jamboree. My dad still does. So every time I go there I have a link to my grandpa (who I never knew and died when I was 2). I always know this was his favourite. So there's that.
