My family decided to take a little jaunt down to see the mouse the week after New Years. I want to say that from all the pointers there was going to be no one there. The pointers were wrong. I have never been to Disney when it was so crowded. I had several observations as I often do and wanted to jot them down.
1. Being a person with a bag going into the parks I want to touch on Security. Does this process really stop a bomber? I would feel way more comfortable if they would get one of those scanner thingys that airports have. It would have to go faster and be more efficient. I got behind an asian woman who for some reason was bringing a very large glass vase to the Animal Kingdom. She couldn't speak English and the security guard couldn't make her understand that she couldn't bring the glass vase into the park. All I wanted to know was why on earth did she bring a vase to the park?
2. What on earth is the deal with people thinking that they need to use an entire bottle of cologne or perfume in order to make themselves presentable to the world? Is their own personal scent so horrible that this scent they have selected is better? Because this scent that they have selected is so strong I can taste it and it is some kind of nasty!
3. Why is it that some people do not understand the value of personal space? The parks were so crowded it was completely impossible to get completely away from the crowds but the part that drove me crazy was when you were standing in a line for a ride and it was clear what the order would continue to be for the next 130 minutes and yet still there is a person breathing down your neck so that they don't get cut. I am pretty sure I was violated several times.
4. Disney considers my 10 year old an adult. Now don't get me wrong I totally understand it is because he needs to eat way more than what a kid's meal is considered, but couldn't they call him a tween?
5. If you are going to take your baby, toddler, or really any small child to the Kingdom please remember that they do not understand what you paid for this magical experience and they will get tired at which point they will be come not so precious to those around you. I could feel my fallopian tubes tying themselves several times. There was one particular angel who had seen someone roll their eyes but had not quite gotten it down. She was p..r..e..c..i..o..u..s. I'm not proud to say it but I truly fantasized about drop kicking her into Tomorrowland.
6. There was a flyer in our room for a spa at some other hotel that literally said. Relaxed Yet? Is this a joke? Are they playing on the fact that they know you totally aren't and you very much need their services? If so, I shall now do my best annoying toddler eye roll at them.
7. When one is staying at a hotel, one must remember that others are staying at the same hotel and others may or may not be on the same schedule as you are, therefore do not stand right outside someone's door talking loudly about how tired you are and how early it is because you just might get sucker punched.
8. I'm embarrassed to say that I got extremely judgemental about the people in those little jazzy cart things. Mainly because if there was one sitting there waiting for the same bus that I was waiting on I knew it was going to take what felt like 20 minutes to load them. I was perfectly okay with it if the people could not walk, but if they hopped of the cart and went over to a seat on the bus fresh as you please I screamed in my head LIAR!!! Mainly because I was overly tired with two overly tired kids and one overly tired husband.
9. There are not many people on this planet that I could live through a Disney experience with. I am happy to announce that my sweet family make the cut. No matter how crazy it gets or how tired I get at the end of every day I was happy to be there with them and so very thankful for the sweet memories we were making. It just reminded me that life is hard. It is not always going to play by the Hallmark movie rule of happy endings but if you stick with the ones you love it is very rewarding.
10. There should totally be a pin that you receive if your child throws up at the park.
I want to say that I love Disney. There is just something about them. Walt Disney wanted the parks to not show their guests any reminder of the world they live in so that they could be transported into a new world. It is amazing to see how they accomplish this task and you don't really appreciate it until you go to an amusement park that is not Disneyfied. I just want to know when the absolute slowest days are because I can not handle the crowds. Thank you and have a glorious day!
1 comment:
Ha ha! When we lived an hour from the Disneyland park, we used to say that at 5pm sharp, Disneyland was no longer the "happiest place on earth!" All those little angels who had not slept the night before for excitement, who had been running with their parents since zero dark thirty without a nap, and who had STILL not seen their favorite character, had turned into the villains. Fortunately, we had season passes, so we came for a few hours when it wasn't crowded and left when we were tired. Once, however, when one of my own little villains ran right smack into an elderly woman, I apologized profusely and was blessed by her saying, "Oh, honey, if I didn't want to be run over by children, then Disneyland wasn't the place for me to come, was it?!" I tried from then on out to be more like her and less like the Disney shopkeeper who told my children that everyone who worked at Disney knew Santa personally, and that if they didn't behave, she would make sure he did not come to our house. Horrified as I was, though, I must admit there were times I thought of putting some calls into Santa myself!!! :-)
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