Personal Essay: The Happiest Place

One of the things I love about Disney is the memories we make with family and friends.

“I’m going to Disney World!” or “I’m going to Disneyland!” are two statements that are familiar to Super Bowl viewers. These statements were made in times of high excitement, adrenaline-fueled post-game celebration. Ironically, Disney World and Disneyland both produce that same kind of excitement and happiness - after all, they are considered “the happiest place on earth.” Thankfully, with Walt Disney wanting to create a place where his cartoon characters could come alive, and wanting them to interact with families, who came to have a fun time together, we have the two wonderful amusement parks.

Relevance: Walt Disney created Disneyland and Disneyworld because he believed that people who rushed to grow up were selling themselves short. He invented the theme parks in order to bring out the inner child in you, no matter your age.

Attention getter: Disney World has always been known as the happiest place on earth. I went there as a kid and haven’t forgotten my experience since. (Talk about how you got sick) Disney World has touched the hearts of kids for more than 50 years.

The peculiar setting of this unlikely family affair reminds the reader that the events are the result of the writer's "wild" imagination yet the theme park exists in the real world, leaving the reader as trapped between reality and fantasy. Using the “Happiest Place on Earth,” Disneyland, as a

“Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.” (Walt Disney Company). In today's hustle and bustle of the stresses of school, church, athletics, and home life it is crucial to take a break every once in awhile. Disneyland was, is, and always will be a place of joy and unity. It’s a place for families and friends of all different backgrounds to be together. To celebrate life, even for one day. Allowing Hailey to go to Disneyland on Friday, October 20th would also allow our family and her to take a break, have some fun, and make some memories.

No matter how old you are, when you go to Disney the inner child in you comes out. From the moment you walk into Disney until the moment you walk out you feel welcomed and special. There is one word that describes the Disney experience and that is that it is “magical”. Lee Cockerell writes of this “magic” from firsthand experience, as he was the Executive Vice President of Operations of Walt Disney World Resort for over ten years.

When I got to magic kingdom, the first thing I saw were shrubs shaped like Mickey Mouse. Like any other mom, mine wanted to take pictures in front of anything and everything, which included the Mickey Mouse shaped shrubs. I quickly got annoyed, but when I started walking down main street the amazement hit me. I started looking around wanting to take everything in. I saw kids sitting on their dad’s shoulders so they could get a better look. I saw balloons, ice cream, and hats all shaped like Mickey Mouse. The stores, the characters, the castle, everything was like something I’d see in a movie. It was truly magical. I realized then that I wasn’t too old to experience the magic of Disney.

     Along with his serious Down to earth side Disney also lived part of his life in the realms of fantasy and imagination. His great love of fantasy and the great lack of family entertainment in America inspired Walt to build a theme park of his own. All of America thought that this time Disney had really gone crazy. As Disney once said about the reactions to his ideas for a park "Almost everyone warned us that Disneyland would be a Hollywood spectacular - a spectacular failure. But they were thinking about an amusement park, and we believe in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have

I hopped in Dad’s car to head to Disney World in Florida. It took us 30

Furthermore, Disneyland is a place that reminds me to be who I am. Being there truly

Have you ever used a tap-to-pay credit card or walked through an automatic door? Have you ever used the GPS on a cellphone or gotten shopping suggestions while browsing a shopping website? Chances are that anyone could answer yes to most of those questions, and if so they have potentially already been picked up by a big data system. Extremely similar techniques of collecting data are being used in the Disney World of today so that Disney can know where their consumers have been, what they look at, and what they buy. Imagine Disney as a shepherd who was struggling to keep up with his ever-growing “flock” of “sheep” — or the people visiting Disney World park and resort; Disney decided that in order to better manage the influx of guests he

It’s no doubt that creating a family oriented theme park based on popular, beloved cartoon characters and imagination was a good idea. From Cinderella’s castle to the famous Main Street, U.S.A, there’s something extraordinary lying around every corner. Walt Disney World, other wise known as “the happiest place on earth”, or the place “where dreams come true”, was founded by a man with a dream of creating a place where children and parents could spend time together while making amazing memories. However, this extravagant amusement park is only one of the major accomplishments of Walt Disney.

“A world without Disneyland? It would feel so empty” (Channel, Screen 1). Well we can thank Walt Disney for discovering Disneyland and all the other magical things he created. Walt Disney is the creator of Mickey Mouse and the other famous cartoons produced by Walt Disney Studios. Walt Disney devoted his life to making others smile without giving up after all the setbacks throughout his life and company. It’s important to know the history of the man and his partners who was all behind the making of the unforgettable Walt Disney Studios, Disneyland and the characters he created. Walt Disney dedicated his life for his dreams to come true.

Ever heard of this place called Disneyland? Yes, that huge phenomenon that every little child loves and even teenagers and adults love. Where there is these amazing rides and every Disney character you can think of is there! You probably know it as this amazing place that everyone loves and there is no wrong! Or maybe parents even know Disneyland from taking their child there so maybe they could get their energy taken out!