I grew up going to Disney by virtue of having employees of The Mouse in my immediate family, so I have no idea what it is like to not have had the experience of the Walt Disney World parks.\u00c2\u00a0 I can imagine that without the foundational knowledge and memories of The World that I would be hesitant to try it out.\u00c2\u00a0 For one, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s expensive.\u00c2\u00a0 For another, the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcclassic\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 stories irk me a bit (although after seeing \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Enchanted,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I now adore Snow White because she is so utterly ridiculous.)\u00c2\u00a0 But mostly, I would have guessed that the environment was too perky, that it reflected some strange 1950s family perfection, and was just too American white-bread for me to handle.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, this would have be a shame because I would have let my impressions rule my judgment.\u00c2\u00a0 I would have missed out on quite a lot.\u00c2\u00a0 Disney is a wonderful, amazing experience\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 even for cranky academic curmudgeons who have suburban allergies and an affinity for bargain travel in lesser-developed countries.<\/p>\n
Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the deal.\u00c2\u00a0 Disney does entertainment \u00e2\u20ac\u201c parades, fireworks, attractions, special effects, you name it \u00e2\u20ac\u201c better than anyone.\u00c2\u00a0 Going to one of the Disney parks isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like going to a mid-way carnival or amusement park.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a theme park \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and excellently and uniquely themed \u00e2\u20ac\u201c so that each and every experience is distinct.\u00c2\u00a0 It sounds completely cheesy, so very cheesy that it hurts to say it, but there is a magic to being here.\u00c2\u00a0 And with small children?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s even more magical.<\/p>\n
That said, unless you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got money to burn, time to waste, and absolutely no care in the world \u00e2\u20ac\u201c you are going to need some help to visit this place.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s unfortunate because Walt Disney adored families and envisioned these parks as places that celebrated them.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 But the reality is that travel and entertainment are a considerable expense and as a result, can be stressful for families.\u00c2\u00a0 Planning is the way to mediate that stress and expense.<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve given advice about the parks for years, but will start posting more specifically here.\u00c2\u00a0 Please feel free to send questions.\u00c2\u00a0 As much as I love the entertainment potential in public melt-downs, we do use some tricks to keep things\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 like costs, time, and tempers\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 under control.\u00c2\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I grew up going to Disney by virtue of having employees of The Mouse in my immediate family, so I have no idea what it is like to not have had the experience of the Walt Disney World parks.\u00c2\u00a0 I can imagine that without the foundational knowledge and memories of The World that I would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[174,154],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5534"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5534"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5536,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5534\/revisions\/5536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}