This is to Mike Brooks and Bruce Bennett--I now have a Mickey Mouse watch. It's tasteful, with understated mouseheads etched in orange, and a black band. But it's been a very different trip with Chris this year than last year. First, always see Disney with one you love, especially if it's someone who has a good history with Disney. Yes, the shuttles are still a little slow, and yes, you still can't get anything but Disney coffee within five miles. But--props to Bruce--you can still get that $14.95 mug that you can keep refilling. With two (who actually drink from each other's cups), that's even better.
Now, a little Orwell Disney--as we entered the Magic Kingdom yesterday, they had a fingerprint machine on the turnstile (right forefinger only, in the interests of fairness). Uncle Walt is watching you!
But I now understand the attraction better. None of the rides were actually cheesy at the Magic Kingdom, and there's a real idealism about the characters that Disney has created. It's an interesting (and megalomaniacal) goal to create a new and better reality, but the Disney parks really do a good job. The irony involved in most of the exhibits created a pleasing po-mo feel most of the time. The only irony-free show was the Hall of Presidents, and the Carousel of Progress was a nostalgic look back to Disney's (relatively) irony-free take on progress (interesting idea, that you could chart the progress of the 20th century through household technology), circa the 1965 New York World's Fair.
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