Amish family in Magic Kingdom

[freckles and boo]

I saw several Mennonite families at Holiday World in Indiana.

One thing I found interesting was while I was playing ski-ball. A Mennonite woman was playing and ran out of tokens. She went to the desk to get tokens. She explained to the lady that she could not use the token machine to get tokens. The lady at the desk seemed familiar to this (there are many Mennonites in this area.)

I thought it was interesting she could not use the machine to get the tokens but could use the tokens to play the ski-ball machine. Not interesting in a judging sort of way, it just kind of surprised me.

Yeah. The "rules" certainly seem kind of random to me, although I am sure there is some logic to them. I was doing some work in a very Amish area back in October. Driving through the country-side I saw people operating standing lawn-mowers and gas powered weed-whackers but they have to drive buggies or ride bikes. It doesn't make a lot of sense, but to each their own.

 

[scottybnyc]

Perhaps this family decided to take their Rumspringa together?

 

[Lintasare]

I think I saw an Amish person last time I was at WDW. They were sticking with the old ways. They had one of those old full-sized VHS camcorders.

Somehow I doubt an Amish family would be using a camcorder. They don't own TV's. They were probably Mennonites.

 

[OctMtnWoods]

Probably Memmonite. I would highly doubt seeing Amish at WDW, but you never know. We did see Amish at Niagra Falls, but that's probably not unusual since they don't live all the far and its a natural wonder.

I've always had an interest in the Amish and their way of life.

 

[Laz]

The Amish are a conservative branch that broke away from the Mennonite. There are different "degrees" of Amish life. I live around a community of Old World Amish. This group is not allowed to put roofs on their buggies or rubber on the buggy wheels. When it rains or snows, they hold up umbrellas against the weather. You may have seen a family from an Amish community that were allowed to be a little more worldly.

 

[CajunDixie]

Another note about the Amish, when Kentucky had the ice storms that knocked out power. The Amish didn't have problems and in fact helped their neighbors. Just use a search engine and type in Amish Kentucky Ice Storm.

 

[Talking Hands]

Mennonite or German Baptist. We have a group of German Baptist here in So Dade. Sticky rolls to die for. They dress plain as well.

 

[GeorgeG]

I think most cultures tend to evolve over the years and that can probably apply to the Amish and other similar sects. If you take a close look at yourself and your family I suspect you will see at least some evolvement from you grandparents in how you do things day to day.

 

[Green Tea]

And one more possibility: the Mormon group that dresses in the conservative older style of dress.

 

[Rebelmom67]

Somehow I doubt an Amish family would be using a camcorder. They don't own TV's. They were probably Mennonites.

Had to be Mennonites, the Amish would not be at WDW.

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

Had to be Mennonites, the Amish would not be at WDW.

Little off topic but I read a few post that said they would like to learn more.....I felt the same way a few years ago & read a series of books by Beverly Lewis, VERY interesting.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

Maybe we could create an Amish forum for them to come post comments and answer questions.

 

[motherhen17404]

I am not an expert, but maybe I can clear up a few questions.

The Amish for the most part are allowed to use any type of power vehicle, as long as a non Amish person starts it for them. My DH uses a Amish charter fishing boat in Ocean City. Every morning they have to have another captain start their boat for them. So it was very possible that it could have been a Amish family in WDW. They can ride any ride, as long as they don't have to start any engine.

The Mennonite are allowed to own cars, as long as they are black. They can also have electric and phones, but they still keep to the simple lifestyle.

 

[Buckalew11]

We always have seen a lot of people dressed similar to that at Dollywood also.

I have a client who went to PA to Amish country and the guy giving them their tour said that while they don't have electricity in the home, they have something like common houses that do and they'll even use the net there.

 

[happily single]

Well that clears up a mystery for me. In May, 2004 I was at MK and saw a girl (about 8 years old) with an older woman. Both were wearing black WOOL clothing, INCLUDING STOCKINGS. I really wondered about that because it was very warm. They must have been a religious group

 

[perla75]

Could they have been Hassidic Jews? I think they dress in similar fashion to the Amish. I believe that they can travel, as long as it's not Shabbat.

 

[pweyl36]

Probably Memmonite. I would highly doubt seeing Amish at WDW, but you never know. We did see Amish at Niagra Falls, but that's probably not unusual since they don't live all the far and its a natural wonder.

I've always had an interest in the Amish and their way of life.

We saw an amish family at disney, Heck we see them at the beach all the time. The men wear swim trunks and the women wore their dress in the water. The amish do alot of things that non amish do.

 

[maymom96]

We live near many Amish families. One of our friends is Amish. Milo is the coolest guy to talk to and will answer any question you have. He likes to tell my son that when he was in school, his favorite time of day was lunch and recess and that he had the fastest horse and buggy in his younger days.
Milo has done work around our farm. He will grab the electric fence like it's nothing (ouch!). He has used our power tools to build us a barn. He can also use a phone better than me.
When our barn was being built, one of Milo's cousins make a sexual comment to my mom. She is never at a loss for words but that day she was. We still talk about the time an Amish guy was trying to talk dirty to her.
Something interesting about the Amish, until the children start school, they only speak German. They learn English in school. I didn't realize that. So one day I was at Milo's and was talking to his son who was about 3. After everything I would say to him, he would say huh? So I would repeat myself. I thought he had a hearing issue so I spoke louder and even acted out what I was saying. I said something like "Is you mommy milking the cows?" while acting like I was milking a cow and mooing. Milo about split a gut over my actions and finally told me that his son didn't understand English.
Around us, the Amish are more conservative. They wear dark colored clothes and the men wear short bowl haircuts. Go 20 minutes into Indiana and they are very liberal Amish. They wear bright colors, the men have longer hair and they are allowed to use more modern tools.

 

[clarabelle]

Not to complicate things further -but there are also mennonites who don't do any of the traditional things that we think of when we think "Mennonite"

I have a good friend who belongs to the Mennonite Church USA. She also went to a Mennonite college. She lives like the rest of us -your typical soccer Mom.
She is rather thrifty though.

 

[princess momma]

I am not an expert, but maybe I can clear up a few questions.

The Mennonite are allowed to own cars, as long as they are black. They can also have electric and phones, but they still keep to the simple lifestyle.

I'm no expert either, but I went to college with a Mennonite and she owned and drove a red two-seater sports car. She dressed in the typical conservative dress one would expect, but she drove a sports car. I never had the nerve to ask her about it.

I think the rules vary.