> Don "Reminiscences have drawn me away from the focus of this post, but oh well..." Monkey

Ah, yes. It's odd, though - of all Disney stuff, the only thing of theirs that I am totally NUTS about is the theme parks. Going to the Disney Store in the mall isn't that exciting, but get me within a 200 mile radius of a theme park and I'll WALK there. :)

I know why I like it so much... the same reason why my parents do. It's because of the kids. I love watching the kids. For them, that IS Sleeping Beauty's castle. That's not a guy in a suit, that IS Mickey Mouse. The wonder in their eyes is just so... cute? Wrong word... so... I don't know. But it's cool. And when we grown-up people go there, we get to regress and forget that this is a theme park... we can go back into our childhoods again. :) I love that. It's the thing that makes my grandmother ask to go on Peter Pan's Flight 3 times in a row, and the thing that makes my mom get her picture taken with Pinocchio. And the thing that makes me sing along to It's A Small World (yes, I like that ride) and go on the Dumbo ride. :) I just love it, love it, love it. :)

It may be commercial, but there some kind of magic, still...

Sosi"has been to every Disney park except for the new California Adventure and Disneyland Tokyo"qui