LoriMistress
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The magic comes to life and you feel like you're in another world onto itself. It's a place where you truly feel like a kid.
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What is it that makes Walt Disney World so fascinating to us??????
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Testtrack321
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Raised on Disney. My first ride was technically Space Mountain, my mom was slightly pregnant with me when she rode it. (Explains a lot, eh?) It appeals to my Type A planning personality. Oh and I like rides.
True every penny spent on a trip to the world is more than worth it :sohappy:
sublimesting
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Disney is like a totally different world. I can leave life totally behind and step into another reality. Furthermore I have always maintained that adults are really kids that were forced to grow up. At Disney you get to truly be a kid again and no one judges you. Come on how many of you guys at work right now would rather be playing war in the woods with stick guns...
:ROFLOL::ROFLOL::ROFLOL:
But you are so right, my last trip to the world was for 3 weeks!!! And i slipped so far out of reality the only way i knew what day it was was bcoz we had ressies most days :sohappy:
Really does feel like a dreamworld
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Krack2
Member
I've got two theories and they both probably have some merit:
1. Immersive Environments
When people are on vacation, typically they want to get away from real life. Disney, particularly the Magic Kingdom (and the early WDW Resort), is a great way to be transported to several different "places" over the course of a couple days without having to fly all over the world. You land in Orlando and in four days you can be in the South Pacific, the Old West, Turn of the Century America, Colonial America, New Orleans, the Caribbean, etc. This is almost impossible to accomplish anywhere else. Granted, imho, these environments used to be far better at transporting the guest to a different world (encroachments on the experience have slowly seeped into almost every corner of every land), but most of us are adults and people get hooked when they are youngsters.
Which brings me to ....
2. The Special 8 Year Old Theory
I have a relative who is a 68 year old man. He's extremely wealthy, lives in a wonderful house, has a large great family, lots of grandchildren. He travels often and is at a point in his life where he can do or afford pretty much anything he wants to do, when he wants to do it. How does he spend his free time? He watches westerns on AMC and professional wrestling; he'd watch it every night, all night if it's on. Now most people would say, "that's odd, most old men don't watch two men in a scripted fight and enjoy it." I admit, I thought it was odd for awhile.
When I made a joke about it once, his sister told me her theory. When they were kids, their family was pretty poor, but they were the first one in the neighborhood to own a television set. Back then, there wasn't much in the way of programming. But once a week, all the neighborhood kids would come over to their house and watch wrestling on the TV. Then they'd watch the western that came on afterwards. It wasn't often that he was a big shot, but on "wrestling day" her brother always was. She believes that people always love what makes them feel special or important when they are 8 years old.
Now, me? My parents both worked late during the week and I was basically babysat by my grandparents until 7 or 8 PM everyday while I was young. My dad worked most weekends, too - so I rarely saw him that much when I was very young - mostly for an hour or two before I went to bed. But every summer, we went to DisneyWorld. I had both my parents, all to myself, for a week - complete undivided attention. Those weeks were the highlight of the year, every year - nothing came close, not even Christmas. Memories of these trips are crystal clear. The photographs we took over the years there are some of my most prized possessions. In other words, DisneyWorld trips were my "pro wrestling and westerns". I bet WDW is subconsciously "pro wrestling and westerns" for a lot of people.
1. Immersive Environments
When people are on vacation, typically they want to get away from real life. Disney, particularly the Magic Kingdom (and the early WDW Resort), is a great way to be transported to several different "places" over the course of a couple days without having to fly all over the world. You land in Orlando and in four days you can be in the South Pacific, the Old West, Turn of the Century America, Colonial America, New Orleans, the Caribbean, etc. This is almost impossible to accomplish anywhere else. Granted, imho, these environments used to be far better at transporting the guest to a different world (encroachments on the experience have slowly seeped into almost every corner of every land), but most of us are adults and people get hooked when they are youngsters.
Which brings me to ....
2. The Special 8 Year Old Theory
I have a relative who is a 68 year old man. He's extremely wealthy, lives in a wonderful house, has a large great family, lots of grandchildren. He travels often and is at a point in his life where he can do or afford pretty much anything he wants to do, when he wants to do it. How does he spend his free time? He watches westerns on AMC and professional wrestling; he'd watch it every night, all night if it's on. Now most people would say, "that's odd, most old men don't watch two men in a scripted fight and enjoy it." I admit, I thought it was odd for awhile.
When I made a joke about it once, his sister told me her theory. When they were kids, their family was pretty poor, but they were the first one in the neighborhood to own a television set. Back then, there wasn't much in the way of programming. But once a week, all the neighborhood kids would come over to their house and watch wrestling on the TV. Then they'd watch the western that came on afterwards. It wasn't often that he was a big shot, but on "wrestling day" her brother always was. She believes that people always love what makes them feel special or important when they are 8 years old.
Now, me? My parents both worked late during the week and I was basically babysat by my grandparents until 7 or 8 PM everyday while I was young. My dad worked most weekends, too - so I rarely saw him that much when I was very young - mostly for an hour or two before I went to bed. But every summer, we went to DisneyWorld. I had both my parents, all to myself, for a week - complete undivided attention. Those weeks were the highlight of the year, every year - nothing came close, not even Christmas. Memories of these trips are crystal clear. The photographs we took over the years there are some of my most prized possessions. In other words, DisneyWorld trips were my "pro wrestling and westerns". I bet WDW is subconsciously "pro wrestling and westerns" for a lot of people.
Your no longer in this world or universe you are transported to another world where everyday life does not exist, you play by Disney's rules and they are the best rules in the world, play and have fun!
Where else in the world is there a place where so many peaople will have tears of joy in their eyes, the first view of Cinderella's castle.
Where else in the world is there a place where so many peaople will have tears of joy in their eyes, the first view of Cinderella's castle.
kangaand2roos
Member
For me it's a place like no other, that gives you for lack of a better phrase, a magical feeling. The same magical feeling that you once had when you are a kid and woke up on Christmas morning, except it's a week long of that feeling.