Conference koolit::disney

    I'm tempted to say I go because I *need* it, but that's not exactly
    true.  I *need* food, water and shelter to survive...but to live
    I *need* Disneyland.
    
    It doesn't mean a trip back to childhood because I love it more now
    than I did then when any amusement partk would have done.
    
    I think I love it for the people and their attitude.  I've never been
    anywhere else that can come close to the happiness that simply pours
    over you from strangers.  *Everyone* is happy there.  Even the people
    that work there seem to be happy with their jobs...which is pretty
    good since they're probaly only getting minimum wage.
    
    If I could afford it, I would work there myself.
    
    
    
    
           L.J. who-is-going-to-get-her-fix-on-the-10th

    
    
    I thought about this over the weekend and found some reasons I hadn't
    been fully aware of. There are many factors that seem to work for me.
    The general Disney enviroment ie. cleanliness, the comitment to detail,
    cast attitude. You can say what you want about some of the newer cast
    as being not what they used to be, but considering the pay, some of the
    quest's attitude, and the heat and hours I feel they do pretty well.
    One example comes immediately to mind. We were checking in on our last
    stay at the Disney Inn, a guest came up to the counter and asked the
    woman there where he could buy the WDW white ballpoint pens the staff
    used, she wasn't sure which he meant. He pointed to the one she was
    holding, she put the cap on it and gave it to the guest. His reaction
    was super he couldn't thank her enough. It was only a pen but meant a
    great deal to him.
    
    I get a great feeling when I walk the parks and grounds. The spirit of
    the world, the laid back feeling comes over me and the relaxation is
    wonderful. I think this is one reason we don't do that many rides, we
    don't feel the need for rushing and take what comes our way. I also
    feel that so many people loosen up and do not try to hide the fact they
    are having one heck of a good time is part of it. So many people seem
    to feel the need to act sophisticated they can't cut loose and have
    fun. I like walking around with a grin and seeing strangers smiling
    back. It is a many leveled thing that I don't know if it is all planned
    or just spontanious reaction to some of the basics that Disney laid
    down. Give them a good attractive enviorment, remove the daily worries,
    and add some fun rides and things to do then stand back and it flow.
    
    Darn it Mike I'm Getting The %#@&* ITCH!  :^)
    
    steve

	It it difficult to explain, but you really can escape from reality
for a while, (well except for laundry)...

	Anyhow, the excitement starts/continues from reading this notes file.
If you've never been, there has to be an urge to find out what you've been
missing, especially when us "big kids" keep going back. And if you've been,
the notes file keeps reminding you of what you've seen, and what's new since
you've been there last!... (about 415 days to go...)

	I think the first time, you tend to want to see everything, like
you're never coming back, repeat trips tend to be more leisurely, ie: I've
been on that, the lines too long, I'll catch it next trip... You know you're
hooked.

	The excitement builds starting when you've made your reservations
(CBR in 415 days), waiting for the plane to leave Logan, getting to Orlando
and it seems like it takes forever to get to WDW! And we don't have any kids.

	Then you're there! Forget the rest of the world! I especially felt this
way last trip around. You arrive on property it's got more than enough to do to
keep you there (WDW sure got that right!) and you can take your time and relax....

	You can walk the promenade at CBR, especially at dusk plus alittle,
and see Spaceship earth lit in the distance, riding the monorail "upfront"
at dusk approaching EPCOT and Spaceship Earth! If it's busy, ask anyhow,
you may have to wait for the next monorail, but it's worth it.

	You can use your (on property) hotel pass to easily go anywhere.
In otherwords, you can enjoy the facilities of the other resorts on property
even if you're not staying there. AND (a big AND) you're not treated any
differently.... Stay at the CBR, but take a book or needlecraft over to
the Grand Floridian and camp out for a few hours in the lobby, listen to the
music, watch the people, etc.... And you don't feel "out of place"... The Cast
members definitely put the guests first, even to the point of stopping their
little carts they use to get around the Grand Floridian and wait while you
take a picture, so they don't "ruin it", then ask if you're enjoying your
stay before they continue on your way! It's very elegant, but not "snobby".

	For the size it is truely amazing how well organized and well
kept WDW is, and there are always things changing....

	You can take the time to just walk around, sit and watch whats
happening. It's so much fun to watch people, the landscape, the architecture,
everything is just so fascinating! Especially the kids that are there for
the first time. It's amazing how much you see/learn about
WDW, every time you go.

	If I lived in Fla, I'd have a season pass and go often! WDW most
definitely has me hooked!

			-Annie

    In our trip reports we pretty much describe those aspects of our trip
    which we fondly recall in the most intimate of detail. However, there
    is more here than the "catalystic drop in "Pirates..."", the haunting
    "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" melody outside The Great Movie Ride, or
    the lighting of the World Showcase Pavillions during "Illuminations"
    which really make us all Disneyholics.......or may I coin the phrase
    "Worldaholics".
    
    For me it's a number of things.
    
    I've visited "The World" in my 20's, 30's, and of course last year when
    I turned 40. As we age everything around us changes...very little
    remains stable or timeless. Yet The Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and even
    newcomer MGM will remain timeless yet never obsolete. Sure, new
    attractions will appear now and then but there will be a base for us to
    identify...
    
    The names on the boats in "The Jungle Cruise", Dole Whip, the 1903 car
    going up Main Street USA, the entrance song to EPCOT, that old truck in
    Catastrophe canyon will all withstand the test of time. As we return
    time after time with our children, grandchildren, or even without
    children we will always recall the first time we saw, heard, tasted,
    or was moved by something in this magical land of Disney. These senses
    trigger off memories of times earlier in our lives when stress was less
    and things were much simpler. It's a great feeling....a feeling that we
    probably don't get anywhere else.
    
    Think of it....where else on this planet can you visit and sense
    feelings you had as a child while never being there as a child?
    
    Also, young children are catered to....so aren't WDW visitors. Many of
    us struggle to survive, buy a house, raise kids, and so on. Down there
    all this is put aside....for but a small percentage of our lives (for
    me less than 1%) we can truly pamper ourselves and forget about things
    like deadlines, clocks, telephones, and mail messages. Not only is WDW
    catering to us...we are catering to ourselves when we visit Orlando and
    nowhere....NOWHERE else on this planet have I been where I could relax
    as much as where "The Mouse" lives.
    
    Of course there are so many other facets of this place which serve as
    building blocks for the feelings derived from visiting there. Here are
    some:
    
      Cleanliness - There's something about a spotless street, a clean
                    table, and an unwrinkled costume.
    
      Entertainment - Let's face it...they take it seriously and it shows.
    
      Wholesomeness - I think we all crave this once in a while and it is
                      nice to escape from the real world once in a while.
    
      Wonder      - Not only are we entertained by all we see and hear but
                    we are also inclined to wonder how they do it.
    
    Let's think about the $$$$$ factor here also. Let's face it, WDW is not
    a "cheap date". From reading a lot of the trip reports in here I sense
    that many people want to enjoy themselves when they go down there and,
    although are probably conscious of what they are spending, realize they
    are getting quite a deal for their vacation dollars.
    
    We know that the money we are spending on those passes are well worth
    it. It's a great deal. Disney knows you work hard to earn a living and
    they want you to know they are doing their best to entertain you and
    hopefully give you cause to return.
    
    ALl those factors above play apart in my love for the place. However
    there is one word that comes to mind when I think of the Electrical
    Light Parade, The Crystal Palace, the baloons in The Land Pavillion,
    and even the Streetmosphere in MGM...........serenity.
    
    Visit Fort Wilderness, stroll through the Village Market Place, ride a
    double-decker bus, or just sit on a bench and look at "The World".
    
    Walt Disney and the Disney folks certainly have found the formula to
    make a lot of people feel good...not just a formula to make people
    enjoy themselves but to make people feel good...that's what it's all
    about. That's what we struggle for each day...we all look for that
    daily burst of sunshine, a warm feeling, a relaxed feeling. The Disney
    folks have not only found that formula but have also figured out a way
    to sustain and improve upon it.
    
    I tell people I have one vice. However unlike other vices this one is
    not hazardous to my health. On the contrary...this one lowers the blood
    pressure, reduces stress, and makes "...all your dreams come true."
    
    Mike
    spend a bit more than they had origiI'm sure we've all gone
    off to places other than the subject of this note 

    Mike, you have summed up the appeal of DisneyWorld exquisitely, I can't
    add anything more except one short story.
    
    An acquaintance of mine was going to Florida with his family (wife and
    two children). He asked me about going to Disney and of course I gave
    him all sorts of pointers, the first one; DON't expect to get the full
    effect of DisneyWorld in one day. You need to take your time, It is so 
    much more the just a "Point of interest or Amusement park". 
    You must take time to let everything soak in. 
    Well, he went, for one day, and when he returned I asked him
    how he like it. His answer was, "It was OK, but I liked Busch Gardens
    better".
    I guess there is a lot of people that just "Don't have the time" to
    appreciated....serenity

    
    I love this particular place, to put my feelings here too........I'm
    new to this DISNEY NOTES FILE........and as I read I too know, I've
    found people who are just like me........
    
    To be at Disney World........
    
    It's just that, a World.  As soon as we, my husband and I set out of
    our car and walk into our WDW Trailer, nothing else exists.  Nothing.
    I feel like I just walked through a door inwhich no human eye can see. 
    The feeling of the tenses and strains of our livelyhoods are striped
    away.  The fun..........begins!
    
    I let my mind wonder -- take in the very smallest of things, which
    easily please me.  I am a person very easily pleased, then to go to
    Walt Disney World, it's actually over-powering for me!  I just can't
    get enough.
    
    I thrilled over the daily parade I jumped up and down just seeing
    Mickey on our first trip, for the first time!!!!!!!!!  I remember a guy
    saying to my husband "got quite a kid there!", YA!!!!!!!!! It's the
    best!  My husband got more kicks out of seeing my please and happiness
    just being there, than his two girls would.
    
    I totally was astonished at the clean -- clean atmosphere they let you
    be in.  I felt absolutely not worries, not even in regards to monies on
    us.  (We were smart about it though).
    
    I am a very creative person, anything they have created was amazing and
    pleasing to the eye.  We took plenty of rolls of pictures.  I have two
    albums of our two trips at home.  The memories will last me my life
    time and I did "Wish Upon A Star"....... I did see Tinker_Bell from the
    Canoe trip at Ft. Wilderness and I feel each character is real, not
    someone in there, they exists for me.  We plan on going back in 1992
    for their 20th Anniversary.......I'm very excited.  We have not made
    definite decision on a time or place their, but I would never stay out
    of the park.
    
    I believe the air........has it's own majic even and I feel Walt
    smiling down on all of us...........
    
    Carol   (Who loves Chip & Dale.......)
    
    

	Although I've only been to WDW twice, in 1986 and 1988, and some of
the memories are becoming fuzzy, the one thing I can never forget is the 
feeling of absolute freedom and relaxation that I experienced in the parks.

	Some of the things that I remember are:

	The feeling you get once you've turned off the freeway and head on
down the long road to the toll both, when you start to realize that you are
getting further and further away from 'reality'.

	The tram operator's spiel (? spelling) was the first experience of the
feeling of, "hey, this place is different, they reallt want me to have fun!"

	Getting to the Transportaion and Ticket area and realizing that there
was still further to go before the MK, and LOVING it.

	The first ride on the monorail, my smile must have been a mile long, I
felt just like the little kid sitting across from me.

	Once you walk through the entrance, your heart and soul are filled by
what your senses drink in around you.

	The unbelievable cleanliness of the place!!  It was cleaner than any
Main Street I'd ever seen!! (Milford Mass isn't quite as clean 8^))

	The characters walking around and seeming, for the first time, real.  
We've all loved these characters in childhood but to see them in person, even
though you know they're just people in costumes, makes them real and like old
friends you haven't seen for a while.

	The flowers everywhere that just fill the air with their scent and your
eyes with their color.

	Each 'land' has it's own unique atmosphere and as soon as you pass from
one land to another, you are assimilated into that land's ambiance and feel at
home.  I think that is the reason that you always feel so relaxed in WDW.

	Outside of the parks, there is still the feeling of freedom.  How could
anyone be thinking of their troubles and obligations while at the Hoop-De-Doo
or while strolling through the Polynesian or Contemporary?  It's simply 
impossible!!  

	I feel like I can empathize with the folks that have seen it all
in WDW even though I've had limited experience because of the memories of the
feelings as opposed to the specific rides and attractions thaqt I have.  I am 
able to get through many a bad day, dreaming of the freedom that I experienced 
in WDW, and hope to return soon to feel it again.  I think that now that I've 
been there and felt the way that I did, I actually need to go again.  Carl Jung 
was a noted Psychologist who thought that escape from the day to day was a human 
need and I would have to say that I agree wholeheartedly with him.

Tom