Today is Disneyland’s 65th Birthday. It’s closed today and I’m thankful for that. At the end of last year after being away from the park for so long, I made going to Disneyland today one of my resolutions. Of course at the time I made that pledge, I was thinking back some 15 and longer years ago when we got annual passes and started to meet other pass holders and cast members on message boards. Before long, Disneyland became the center of my social life, visiting weekly, meeting up with an ever growing diverse group of friends, many of whom I continue to be close to.
I miss those days and so hoped I could capture a bit of that nostalgia and magic if I were to return today. But things changed. For a moment it looked like this might be the day Disneyland reopened, and I thought about going - not for the nostalgia, but rather as a check box, to be able to say I was there and to report on what would be a much darker version than of my original imagination. I would have gone, just to leave and be able to talk about it. So I’m glad I didn’t have to do that and I can wait another 5 or 10 years till I feel compelled again.
I still miss the people, the friends who would have spent the day with me. We still are in touch through Facebook, zoom, and sometimes even that antiquated message board we put up when we realized as much as Disneyland was the thing that brought us together, we had far more interesting things to share. I wish I could be getting together in person with those people, share a drink in the hotel bar, stand in line for a ride, or spend an hour outside a restroom trying to decide on the next thing to do. It’s the company I miss, and it’s hard not to feel that when such a marker hits.
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