Guest Blog Posts!
From time to time we will share thoughts from other people in the Disney Family. We are hoping to highlight Disney Bloggers, long time Disney fans, Disney family, Disney Youtubers, Disney Bloggers, Annual Pass Holders, Cast Members, Disney Animators, former Disney cast members, Disney collector and so much more! Basically, we are going to highlight fellow Disney FANATICS!
Our 1st comes from a long time fan. What could be better. Disney is for the fans.
If you are interested in being highlighted, if you have an idea you want to share, just drop us a note. We are easy to find on twitter.com/dolewhipdad or you can find us with email at dolewhipdad@gmail.com
Our 1st comes from a long time fan. What could be better. Disney is for the fans.
If you are interested in being highlighted, if you have an idea you want to share, just drop us a note. We are easy to find on twitter.com/dolewhipdad or you can find us with email at dolewhipdad@gmail.com
The Disney Experience by Ilene Eskra
The “Disney” Experience.
Ah, Disney. Disneyland, Disney World, Disney around the world. Have you experienced the magic? No? Why not? It’s just for children, right? Au Contraire.
It’s for everyone. Why? Let me tell you. Recently my husband and I went with my son and his family to Walt Disney World in Florida. Now, it’s important to know that I went to Disneyland in California (the first park) the year it opened and every year since; sometimes many times a year. My children went year after year growing up. We watched Disney movies, I read them Disney books when they were small and we all grew up loving everything Disney. So, you may think I’m prejudiced; and possibly I am, but the magic is for everyone; first timers as well as those of us who have been fortunate enough to experience it for many years.
Now, to the why. It is a special place where we can leave the real world behind and for a little while, live in the fantasy of magical places. When you read a book, you picture what is happening and your mind puts you there for a time. That’s why books and movies are escapism. You leave your troubles, your work, your anything and for a while you are immersed in someone else’s life within the pages of a book. But, and this is important, when you go to a Disney park, YOU are living the fantasy. It’s happening to you! You are not reading about someone else enjoying life. You, yourself are! And therein lies the magic.
You are transported for a time. You are experiencing things you have read about. You are experiencing first hand things you have seen only in movies. It is a brilliant, phenomenal concept and it works. I suggest you give it a try no matter your age. See it, feel it, take it all in and let it erase your troubles for a little while.
You can hear more from Ilene on twitter at twitter.com/IleneEskra
Ah, Disney. Disneyland, Disney World, Disney around the world. Have you experienced the magic? No? Why not? It’s just for children, right? Au Contraire.
It’s for everyone. Why? Let me tell you. Recently my husband and I went with my son and his family to Walt Disney World in Florida. Now, it’s important to know that I went to Disneyland in California (the first park) the year it opened and every year since; sometimes many times a year. My children went year after year growing up. We watched Disney movies, I read them Disney books when they were small and we all grew up loving everything Disney. So, you may think I’m prejudiced; and possibly I am, but the magic is for everyone; first timers as well as those of us who have been fortunate enough to experience it for many years.
Now, to the why. It is a special place where we can leave the real world behind and for a little while, live in the fantasy of magical places. When you read a book, you picture what is happening and your mind puts you there for a time. That’s why books and movies are escapism. You leave your troubles, your work, your anything and for a while you are immersed in someone else’s life within the pages of a book. But, and this is important, when you go to a Disney park, YOU are living the fantasy. It’s happening to you! You are not reading about someone else enjoying life. You, yourself are! And therein lies the magic.
You are transported for a time. You are experiencing things you have read about. You are experiencing first hand things you have seen only in movies. It is a brilliant, phenomenal concept and it works. I suggest you give it a try no matter your age. See it, feel it, take it all in and let it erase your troubles for a little while.
You can hear more from Ilene on twitter at twitter.com/IleneEskra
