It’s The Happy Place Growing up I never went to Disney World. I knew relatives who did, and their stories filled me with awe. When I met the woman I would eventually marry, I discovered she had also never been. We achieved that dream for our honeymoon, and nearly 17 years later Disney World is still our “Happy Place.” We have gone at different times of the year, almost always with an eye to avoiding the busiest ones, and have discovered one of the most magical times is November when holiday decorations are going up, but the parks have not hit their full-force Christmas crowds. Our most recent trip was the week before Thanksgiving and even though it rained almost every day, it at least never felt too crowded to do the things we wanted.
had me very excited to try it, and I was not disappointed. The theming felt very cool and immersive, and the ride itself was smooth but delightfully fast, if you are into that sort of thrill. At first, the hunched-over posture Each time we get to go, in which you ride felt like it we are looking for a mix of might be uncomfortable, but new experiences and our I quickly realized it allowed favorite ones that feel like me to move my upper body old friends. This trip was our in a way that prevented feelfirst since the Tron Lightcying jerked around. Will ride cle Run roller coaster opened again next time. in Magic Kingdom, and we paid for me to get a LightWhen we took our son ning Lane pass for it. The to Disney World for the concept of getting scanned first time six years ago, the into a computer world and movie Moana had just been riding a lightcycle up and released on DVD, and we down steep hills and curves -66- | ExtendedWeekendGetaways ~ December, 2023
