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10-11-2002, 10:23 AM
I think this might be a touchy subject, because there are certainly some wacko AP's out there. I see them, and even begin to recognise them. I suppose it's only the wackos that I do recognise because the rest of us (at least my family) blend right in with the crowd. Anyways, as my wife and I were sipping coffee while the child actually fell asleep in her stroller for a nap (miracle of miracles!) we thought about what we were doing.
The park originally didn't have admission remember?. Walt built his park for a place for young and old to have fun together. Is sipping coffee fun for my 3 year old?. Nope, but she was "out". But what impacted me was that he built as the "red carpet" for his park a main street. A "downtown" that didin't exist in 1955, not to mention today!.
But here we were, doing what he dreamed about and built!. Sitting in the evening, chatting with each other, pleasantly sipping coffee, watching the streetcars and people go by. The very thing Walt saw dissappearing from America! When the child wakes up, we'll stroll over to the train ride or the Carousell, and we'll have some more family fun :)
I was prompted to write this by reading the old posts about "favorite places in the park". I noticed that the favorite places in the park are not "the first drop in space mountain, or the burning town in PC. That struck me as nice, seeing that DL folks, and many are AP'rs, like to sit and RELAX at DL. I know we go often, but we don't charge out for rides, rather, we get that irresistable usge on Friday nights to go have dinner, watch the crowds get quieter through the evening and relax! Relax at DL? that's what Walt Built it for, and we sure do thank him for it.
The park originally didn't have admission remember?. Walt built his park for a place for young and old to have fun together. Is sipping coffee fun for my 3 year old?. Nope, but she was "out". But what impacted me was that he built as the "red carpet" for his park a main street. A "downtown" that didin't exist in 1955, not to mention today!.
But here we were, doing what he dreamed about and built!. Sitting in the evening, chatting with each other, pleasantly sipping coffee, watching the streetcars and people go by. The very thing Walt saw dissappearing from America! When the child wakes up, we'll stroll over to the train ride or the Carousell, and we'll have some more family fun :)
I was prompted to write this by reading the old posts about "favorite places in the park". I noticed that the favorite places in the park are not "the first drop in space mountain, or the burning town in PC. That struck me as nice, seeing that DL folks, and many are AP'rs, like to sit and RELAX at DL. I know we go often, but we don't charge out for rides, rather, we get that irresistable usge on Friday nights to go have dinner, watch the crowds get quieter through the evening and relax! Relax at DL? that's what Walt Built it for, and we sure do thank him for it.