Where do I even start?
I'm 29 years old, DANGEROUSLY close to hitting 30. As a kid, I always DREAMED of going to Disney World, but no one else in my entire family shared that same "want-to" to go. So in my head, all I had was the iconic images that everyone knows....mostly The Castle and "The Ball" (spaceship earth) at Epcot. I spent so many wishes and dreams thinking of what it would be like to actually see these things, ride space mountain, hug mickey mouse... but alas, it simply never happened.
Flash forward to the present, and it seems that dreams DO come true. Last month, me and my wife took our four year old son Luke to Disneyworld for his fourth birthday. We planned the trip months in advance, and my wife was SUPER excited and involved in the planning and reserving of restaraunts, all of that. But for some reason, although I was excited, I didn't get as excited as her. I mean, come on. I'm an adult male, I thought....it can't be as big of a deal to me now as it would have been back then...right?
Wrong.
I can't even BEGIN to describe the emotions and feelings of excitment that I felt on our week at Disney World. Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, Fireworks over the Castle, seeing all of the characters, seeing my son having the birthday of his young life.... It was simply the most amazing experience of my life to date.
And watching those fireworks over Cinderella's Castle, with my son there on my shoulders watching, laughing, pointing, I would be lying if I said a tear didn't fall from my eye. This was it.....my wish as a kid to see and experience all of this had finally happened....and it was happening for my son, too.
I can't wait to go back. Every year, every chance I get for the rest of my life.
jeff.