Cool, so I'm not the "Old guy" here . Makes me feel younger just saying ( typing) that.
I don't really collect anything other than an occasional musical instument, or large rescue dogs. Although I do have many fond memories from my various trips to Disney. I's have to say my favorite park is probably EPCOT, I remember s a kid watching Walt talk about it's inception, and what he hoped for for the City of Tomorrow. I must admit though, there are some things I wish Disney would do to keep true to that dream.
As far as experiences go, I often think about 2 seperate occurances that happened. One was in 1973, and the other last year when I took my son, and his girl-friend for a 2 week vacation to celebrate their high school graduation.
Some of you might remember that when the MK first opened they had ticket books for the rides, and you needed a certain number of a certain type of ticket to get on a ride. I was there with my parents, brother, sister, and grandparents, waiting to get on the train at the main entrance. As the cast member came to gather the tickets, my grand-father mentioned that he, and my father were both car men ( they both worked as train car repair men for PATH in NYC). The CM asked them for their railway cards, and after seeing them let them both on without taking their tickets.
The second memory I have was last year. We had already hit the each of parks during the past few days, and my son, and his gf decided they wanted to see a movie. We hit Downtown Disney a little early, and decided to walk around for a bit. As we were leaving the parking lot, and walking between Planet Hollywood, and the Harley-Davidson store a couple were heading to the parking lot with their blonde haired daughter, who was approximately 6. As we got closer this little girl got a mischeivious little "cat that ate the canary" grin on her face, and as we got closer lifted her hand up for a high-five. Well,.. who am I to deny her a high-five, right? As she got next to me, we high fived, and as I looked back she had the biggest grin on her face. Her entire face just lit up. Something about that encounter just made me smile the rest of the day.
I hope I didn't bore you too much, but those were two of my more memorable experiences.
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