100 Days, or I am fully aware I am a freak

Our Disney vacation starts in 100 days...can you tell I am a little excited about it?

Ray and I spent part of our honeymoon in Disney World...Ashley has been three times....We sold our souls a few years ago and purchased a Disney time share so that we could guarantee a trip there every year...I played in the Magic Music Days in high school...we stopped off at Disney World when I was a senior in college on our way to the Orange Bowl to see Virginia Tech get killed by Nebraska.

My guest room in my house? Disney comforter. Disney lamp.

I have brainwashed my kids. Audrey now points to the many Mickey's we have in our house and says his name.

And yes, I loved Disney and Disney World prior to having children. But now? The look on Ashley's face the first time she saw Mickey Mouse or had breakfast with Cinderella? Absolutely priceless. I have been known to get teary eyed when watching my kids witness something for the first time in Disney.

And a big part of what intrigues Ray and I about Disney is the amount of planning and thought that has been put into the Disney World parks and resorts. The attention to detail is unreal, the service has always been spectacular, and since we never go in the summer, we have never had to deal with many crowds.

And just to prove what a nut I am, I am going to provide you with some lesser known Disney World facts.

• The buildings on Main Street start out at scale size and then the second and third floors are smaller in size than the first floor to create the illusion that the building is actually taller than it really is.


• The smell of fresh baked goods as you pass by the bakery on Main Street, USA in the Magic Kingdom is artificially produced and mechanically introduced to the outside air by fans.


• Walt envisioned Magic Kingdom as a movie. The reason you have to go left or right under the train station is to obscure the view of the Castle, the main show. You pass under the tunnel and see the attraction posters, the previews. As soon as you enter, you have popcorn vendors, like the consession stand. As you walk up Main Street, you see the credits of the folks who helped build the park in the windows of the stores, like the credits at the begining of a film. The street also has a slight incline up so the Castle slowly enters your field of vision. And finally, the Castle, the movie itself.


• In the main street credit windows, only Walt Disney's window above the Ice Creamery faces the castle.


• Walts hand is placed over top of Mickey's in the famous partners statue symbolizing his hand over everything he created, as opposed to Roy's hand which is placed palm side up in his statue with Minnie to symbolize being the financial element (think of money stacked in palm)...also Minnie is sitting in the middle of the bench because in early times it was improper for a girl to be at the end of the bench..this also leaves a spot for Mickey to theoretically come and sit. And the ring on Walt's raised hand is a little different...its a Mickey ring.
  
• In the jungle cruise one of the natives Says I love disco.....