Disneyfied
In October 2023, during an otherwise respectable trip to Los Angeles, Joe and I made a dubious decision. We got in our rental car and drove 35 miles from Chateau Marmont to Sleeping Beauty Castle.
Now, in my sixties, I wondered if any of the so-called Disney magic still prevailed.
Our day trip got off to a rocky start. Joe had a wicked cold and needed two boxes of Kleenex just to get out of the Chateau Marmont's driveway. The subsequent drive in the LA traffic was more harrowing than any ride on Space Mountain.
When we got to Disneyland, the place was a zoo. There were kids everywhere.
The entry music was “When You Wish Upon a Star.” My wish was for all the kids to disappear. It did not come true.
We did the usual: walked down Main Street, visited The Haunted Mansion, and checked if we could spot Johnny Depp’s likeness at the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, or if, as we heard, he’d been canceled due to recent allegations against him. Reassuringly, he wasn't.
The food was fried and beyond atrocious. And did I mention there were kids everywhere?
We saw Mickey himself emerge from a service area. Nature had called, perhaps due to all that fatty food.
A Disney theme park, when you are eleven years old, is divine. Disneyland, as an adult with no kids, is asinine.
Even with kids, Disney can still be asinine. I know a guy who recently took his kids to Europe. They spent a few days in Amsterdam and the rest of their time immersed in Disneyland Paris instead of, well, Paris. Sacré bleu!
We did the usual: walked down Main Street, visited The Haunted Mansion, and checked if we could spot Johnny Depp’s likeness at the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, or if, as we heard, he’d been canceled due to recent allegations against him. Reassuringly, he wasn't.
The food was fried and beyond atrocious. And did I mention there were kids everywhere?
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A Disney theme park, when you are eleven years old, is divine. Disneyland, as an adult with no kids, is asinine.
Even with kids, Disney can still be asinine. I know a guy who recently took his kids to Europe. They spent a few days in Amsterdam and the rest of their time immersed in Disneyland Paris instead of, well, Paris. Sacré bleu!
Meanwhile, Joe miraculously recovered from his cold once we returned to Rodeo Drive.
I should have taken his early morning sneezing fits as a sign. Like me, he is allergic to Disney.
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Disney should have an adults only day a few times each year. Not like a weird swinger’s park, just no kids. How awesome would that be?
ReplyDeleteCome to New York and visit the newly reopened Frick Museum. They dont allow kids under 12.
ReplyDeleteV nice, indeed. Also, i worked for Disney for 21 years and had a silver pass for free entrance and skipping to the front of the line. I never went.
I have never understood the attraction. A dreary experience.
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