What is it? A park? A state of mind? Or something else?

[diesel]

Ok. So here is what I am wondering. What is WDW to other people? For me I guess at this point its part of my life. 26 years and counting. I can spend a whole day not go on any attraction but just sit or walk and watch the world go by. I see so many people trying to get from place to place so fast to go on whatever attraction that I wonder if they are missing it. It being that feeling deep inside that tells me that all is right in the world for right now, that whatever happens at that moment in time will be all good. I know people spend huge ...dollar amounts to go on this ...vacation and are trying to get the most out of it, that I can understand. But are they missing it? Or do some just don’t care? To think of how this whole place began and to see where it has grown to just amazes me. We being intelligent adults (most of us). And to see what it does to us who feel it is so strange. But in the same breath such a wonderful thing. I guess that it’s getting close for me and my family to go again and here comes that feeling. So I just thought I would throw this out there. What is it?<O</O

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[CAPTAIN HOOK]

For me its a vacation - a place to get away from the pressures of real life for two weeks - a place to spend time with my family doing things we enjoy

 

[Captain Chaos]

It is a way of life, but mostly, an escape from reality....

 

[bsandersjr]

To me, it's FREEDOM.
Freedom from work, stress, reality.

 

[DisneySam]

For me its a complete escape. Its so nice to just have fun and [feel like] a kid again. Plus I think its the only place [or vacation destination] I have been where I don't worry about work while I am gone or any other outside stuff.

 

[jcat2312]

For me, it is a stress-free haven. No worries about work, bills, or anything like that. Like another poster also mentioned, it is a place were you can act like a kid again.

 

[Since1976]

WDW is my home away from home. Strange, considering I've only been there 4 times in 28 years, for a total of about 14 days!

I guess it's because I'm always thinking about it and daydreaming about it that I compare the feeling I have for WDW to homesickness.

just 3 months til my 5th trip!

 

[Tigger1988]

Its my second home. Plain and simple. I've been going every year since I was 8 months old. Its like in my blood.

 

[wired]

Being in the computer field, I am "connected" 24/7. Pager, 2 Cellphone, Laptop, wireless access, after the 18 hour straight drive, I can finally disconnect and leave work behind. (well mostly, still have the cellphone and now that wireless is getting installed at the hotels... sorry honey... no I don't like the laptop better. :hammer

As said before, you can be a kid again, be there for several days and still not do everything, unless you kill your self doing it... Ofcourse the best part for me is just starting with two young kids, from this point forward, it is no longer a trip but an adventure.... :brick:

wired

 

[nisky66]

When my daughter was very little and wanted to convey something that gave her great joy and happiness she would always say "I got that disneyworld feeling today." As years went by the entire family began using that phrase on those rare occasions in life when something really joyful happens and words are hard to find.
There is no doubt about it - Disneyworld is definately a "feeling" that I believe everyone should experience in their lifetime.

 

[Pippa]

My soon-to-be husband also works in IT and I run a busy dance school so being at WDW (apart from it being a wonderful fanasty world) is one of the rare times we "switch off". It helps being on another continent too!!

 

[Steve-B]

My opinion is that WDW is a place that alters your state of mind (if you only let it happen). I truly feel sorry for those people who don't "get it."

 

[Craig & Lisa]

for us, it's a place where we have none of the problems of home, no dogs, bills, jobs, bad news on TV, they stay outside. We also have our own Disneyspeak, where we are outside and we suddenly smell something that always reminds us of Disney, it's a Disneysmell, and if we're all there we all sniff, and sigh. But for us it just takes us back.

 

[Piper]

I know it sounds a little mushy, but to me it’s the taste of life as we imagine it once was. People acting as people. (Brazilians aside – just kidding) Courtesy and politeness is the rule; not the exception. The chance to genuinely connect with a perfect stranger in a meaningful way. It sort of restores my faith in humanity for a couple of days which I guess is why I’m ready to head back two weeks after I get home.

 

[Epcot82Guy]

Definitely a state of mind. It is the one place to go back to that interest and wonder of being a child. Where little things inspire wonder, hope, humor, etc. It is one of the few places I can think of that creates excitement simply by being there.

 

[Tara Mae]

A way of life, an escape from reality.