I'm curious what drives the unyielding desire, for some, to only experience Disney and nothing else. Just curious...what keeps YOU on property and what is the reason for it?
OK, I'll bite...
Plain and simple...I'm a huge Disney fan. As a child I absolutely fell in love with the amazing characters in Walt Disney's animated and live action features and I'm still in love with them today. I have such fond memories of watching Old Yeller, Lady and The Tramp, Herbie the Love Bug, Bambi, Mary Poppins, Dumbo, Swiss Family Robinson, Mickey's Christmas Carol, The gy Dog and the list goes on and on. I will forever remember the giddy excitement I felt as I anxiously awaited Sunday nights so I could watch Wonderful World of Disney. I can still remember watching The Fox and The Hound at a drive in theater and being mesmerized from beginning to end. These characters have left an indelible mark on my life and for me Walt Disney World isn't just an amazing theme park, it is a celebration of the amazing characters that sucked a fat lonely kid into their world and helped him to deal with his loneliness. These amazing films also birthed in me a great love and appreciation for animation that has only gotten stronger as I've grown older.
As a preteen I became obsessed with comic books and spent hours and hours in my bedroom reading the latest X-Men or Spiderman comic but those characters never resonated with me like Mickey, Donald and Jiminy did and before long I quickly grew tired of them.
My parents never read Dr. Seuss to me as a child and to this day I don't get the appeal of Dr. Seuss and I personally hate the character design that is prevalent in the books and cartoons. I must admit though that as a huge Christmas nut I have a fondness for both the cartoon and live action versions of How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
I've never understood the appeal of The Simpsons, in my opinion they are highly overrated. I've watched the show many times in an effort to try to like it since I seem to be the only male on the planet who doesn't, but I still just don't get it. I just can't get past the annoying character design.
I guess what I'm getting at is that the big draw for me at WDW is my pre existing love for Disney's characters, a love that just doesn't exist in me for most of the characters/franchises represented at Universal. I'm sure some of the rides are amazing but I have no desire to spend any of my vacation time away from the characters and worlds that I love so much at WDW.
I'm a big Harry Potter fan and I'll probably consider paying Universal a visit once The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is completed but my love for Harry pales in comparison to my love for Disney so I'm sure I'll be anxious to return to the "World" that has truly, deeply captured my heart.