AprilsZoo
Why worry?
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{Sorry this is so long again … I tried to break it up, and use colors and italics, bolding, and underlines to make it more readable— I hope it worked. 
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There is always something going on somewhere in the world— By your logic, Disneyland should’ve just stayed closed and never reopened at all after the pandemic…
because what if something bad happens again? What if, what if, what if??? You can’t live your life worried about the what if’s….
It’s like if you twisted your ankle getting out of the car on your way to have an awesome birthday dinner at your favorite restaurant… and because that happened, you decide that no one in your family can ever celebrate another birthday— EVER! Because what if something happens again? Actually, it’s probably better to just never, ever go out to eat again at all either, right? Why risk it?
Sounds silly, doesn’t it? But it’s really the same thing as what you said.
Would you really think to never eat out again or to completely stop celebrating anyone’s birthday just because you had an injury one time?
It’s exactly what you’re suggesting when you say that all of the upcoming milestone events should be cancelled after a single event had to be called off during the pandemic—
You are suggesting that because Disneyland’s 65th Anniversary was cancelled, Disney should never, ever have another Miilestone Celebration.
Do you really believe that?
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Here’s an real example from my own life:
In 1987, my mother died on Christmas Day— it was so terrible. Then in 2011, I was hospitalized due to an emergency just 2 days before Christmas, with no chance I was going to be discharged before the New Year.
Now, after those two awful, traumatic events tied to the Holiday — should I just stop celebrating Christmas completely? I definitely have some really sucky memories forever tied to decorated
pine [/SIZE]trees, Santa 
, and other holiday regalia. Because this, should my children never be allowed to visit Santa at the mall, or help decorate our tree?
Of course not!
Each time, we grieved, sure. But then we stood up, LOOKED FORWARD, and said “Ok, let’s look for the next good thing.” [/SIZE]
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As far as Disney goes:
Maybe we should just close all the parks? I mean, as long as they’re open, something *could* happen to make them have to close again. The only way to be absolutely certain that never happens, is to just board up the gates.
And while we’re at it, I suppose Disney Animation should probably just close their doors and stop making new movies altogether. After all, the next one might actually be bad. What if you hate it?
Does that sound ridiculous? Of course it does!!
The truth is that there’s just no reason to get so worked up over a movie that has only been in theaters for a very short time. It’s way, way too soon to say whether WISH
ultimately will do well. A lot of movies are slow to pick up steam in the post-pandemic world. Overall, fewer people go to movie theaters since the pandemic. My husband & I haven’t been to a movie theaters since Covid, and I honestly don’t know if we’ll ever set foot in one again. So far, there’s nothing we’ve wanted to see so urgently that we haven’t been willing to wait for it to be available for streaming.
I absolutely agree.
@TsWade2, I still don’t understand why you think WDW50 or D100 were interrupted?
Hopefully the following will help clarify the event timing for you.
WDW 50th Anniversary — the parks re-opened well before the celebration got underway… and it ran for the full 18 months it was scheduled for. As a matter of fact, Disney purposely made the decision to run for 18 months specifically because of the pandemic closures. Typically, past Celebration Events run for 12-15 months. So not only was there no interruption, it ran longer than what is typically expected.
We were there about halfway thru the event. Of course, the Magic Kingdom was beautifully transformed with the Gold and Ear-idescent details and decor on Cindy’s Castle. We all thought that Disney did an excellent job with the gold statues placed around all the parks. Except at Epcot
… there, the statues were a little less obvious, simply because we were there during Food & Wine. All the extra booths and stuff throughout the park, in addition to all the construction at the front of the park, seemed to obscure much of the 50th Anniversary decor.
Disney100 — The 100 Years of Wonder celebration did run for less than 1 full year at Disneyland— but that was the full scheduled duration. Officially, the celebration ran from late January to late October 2023– so 9 months. (And apparently from October to December at WDW.) It was not impacted in any way by the “writer’s strike”. I actually didn’t know anything about it until later when I heard it had ended— that’s how much of a non-issue it was in the parks.
Given that there was NO special event planned or held on the actual anniversary— Oct 16th— it kinda seemed like Disney just wasn’t that into it anymore by that point. My theory is that someone at Disney decided it was dumb to have a giant Anniversary Event to basically close out the entire celebration… and I actually kinda get that. If they had gone all out, with all sorts of pageantry, etc on October 16th, I think most people would’ve been expecting that the event was just kicking off. When in reality, it was winding down— it was honestly all but over at that point.
We were at DL in October. We got to see Sleeping Beauty Castle with all the beautiful D100 decorations (seeing Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather holding up the D100 swag and medallion was a very nice touch, I thought.) But the best thing we did was the Disney100 Years of Wonder Guided Tour. Our CM tour guide, Murray, was awesome. He really did a wonderful job of telling the story of “Disney’s first 100 years” and talked about looking forward to what’s to come in the next 100 years. We really enjoyed it.
Could Disney have done more with these events? Sure… Compared to pre-pandemic Milestone Celebrations these two events were weak. But I chose to just enjoy the atmosphere and the knowledge that I WAS THERE! I bought some souvenirs, took photographs, and made memories.
I think it’s up to us to make our own happiness. It’s ok to be disappointed that some event (or movie) isn’t what you expected. But if you choose to wallow in that disappointment THATS ON YOU!! You are an adult… therefore, YOU are in control of your reactions to things around you. You can choose to be happy and enjoy the good that is there (even if it’s less than what you wanted) OR you can choose to be upset, allowing the negative thoughts to fester. Ultimately the second choice hurts only you (and those who care about you to an extent).
MAKE YOUR OWN HAPPINESS! Stop with the “doom & gloom”. Stop looking forward to the next catastrophe that hasn’t happened yet and maybe never will. Start finding ways to enjoy WISHIs there a child in your life that you can take to go see it? Watch their reactions to the movie… See their joy and how they’ll tell everyone how good it is. Take out your phone and capture that on video. Then when you’re tempted to look at the crap on YouTube, pull out the video of the child’s reaction instead. LET YOURSELF BE HAPPY!! Right now. In this moment.
Stop worrying about a tomorrow that may never come.
}I said this in my previous post but I think it bears repeating, because it was a lot to read and maybe you missed it … especially the part in red.
There is always something going on somewhere in the world— By your logic, Disneyland should’ve just stayed closed and never reopened at all after the pandemic…
because what if something bad happens again? What if, what if, what if??? You can’t live your life worried about the what if’s….It’s like if you twisted your ankle getting out of the car on your way to have an awesome birthday dinner at your favorite restaurant… and because that happened, you decide that no one in your family can ever celebrate another birthday— EVER! Because what if something happens again? Actually, it’s probably better to just never, ever go out to eat again at all either, right? Why risk it?
Sounds silly, doesn’t it? But it’s really the same thing as what you said.
Would you really think to never eat out again or to completely stop celebrating anyone’s birthday just because you had an injury one time?
It’s exactly what you’re suggesting when you say that all of the upcoming milestone events should be cancelled after a single event had to be called off during the pandemic—
You are suggesting that because Disneyland’s 65th Anniversary was cancelled, Disney should never, ever have another Miilestone Celebration.
Do you really believe that?
~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•
Here’s an real example from my own life:
In 1987, my mother died on Christmas Day— it was so terrible. Then in 2011, I was hospitalized due to an emergency just 2 days before Christmas, with no chance I was going to be discharged before the New Year.
Now, after those two awful, traumatic events tied to the Holiday — should I just stop celebrating Christmas completely? I definitely have some really sucky memories forever tied to decorated
pine [/SIZE]trees, Santa , and other holiday regalia. Because this, should my children never be allowed to visit Santa at the mall, or help decorate our tree?Of course not!
Each time, we grieved, sure. But then we stood up, LOOKED FORWARD, and said “Ok, let’s look for the next good thing.” [/SIZE]
~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•
As far as Disney goes:
Maybe we should just close all the parks? I mean, as long as they’re open, something *could* happen to make them have to close again. The only way to be absolutely certain that never happens, is to just board up the gates.
And while we’re at it, I suppose Disney Animation should probably just close their doors and stop making new movies altogether. After all, the next one might actually be bad. What if you hate it?
Does that sound ridiculous? Of course it does!!
The truth is that there’s just no reason to get so worked up over a movie that has only been in theaters for a very short time. It’s way, way too soon to say whether WISH
ultimately will do well. A lot of movies are slow to pick up steam in the post-pandemic world. Overall, fewer people go to movie theaters since the pandemic. My husband & I haven’t been to a movie theaters since Covid, and I honestly don’t know if we’ll ever set foot in one again. So far, there’s nothing we’ve wanted to see so urgently that we haven’t been willing to wait for it to be available for streaming.I absolutely agree.
@TsWade2, I still don’t understand why you think WDW50 or D100 were interrupted?
Hopefully the following will help clarify the event timing for you.
WDW 50th Anniversary — the parks re-opened well before the celebration got underway… and it ran for the full 18 months it was scheduled for. As a matter of fact, Disney purposely made the decision to run for 18 months specifically because of the pandemic closures. Typically, past Celebration Events run for 12-15 months. So not only was there no interruption, it ran longer than what is typically expected.
We were there about halfway thru the event. Of course, the Magic Kingdom was beautifully transformed with the Gold and Ear-idescent details and decor on Cindy’s Castle. We all thought that Disney did an excellent job with the gold statues placed around all the parks. Except at Epcot
… there, the statues were a little less obvious, simply because we were there during Food & Wine. All the extra booths and stuff throughout the park, in addition to all the construction at the front of the park, seemed to obscure much of the 50th Anniversary decor.Disney100 — The 100 Years of Wonder celebration did run for less than 1 full year at Disneyland— but that was the full scheduled duration. Officially, the celebration ran from late January to late October 2023– so 9 months. (And apparently from October to December at WDW.) It was not impacted in any way by the “writer’s strike”. I actually didn’t know anything about it until later when I heard it had ended— that’s how much of a non-issue it was in the parks.
Given that there was NO special event planned or held on the actual anniversary— Oct 16th— it kinda seemed like Disney just wasn’t that into it anymore by that point. My theory is that someone at Disney decided it was dumb to have a giant Anniversary Event to basically close out the entire celebration… and I actually kinda get that. If they had gone all out, with all sorts of pageantry, etc on October 16th, I think most people would’ve been expecting that the event was just kicking off. When in reality, it was winding down— it was honestly all but over at that point.
We were at DL in October. We got to see Sleeping Beauty Castle with all the beautiful D100 decorations (seeing Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather holding up the D100 swag and medallion was a very nice touch, I thought.) But the best thing we did was the Disney100 Years of Wonder Guided Tour. Our CM tour guide, Murray, was awesome. He really did a wonderful job of telling the story of “Disney’s first 100 years” and talked about looking forward to what’s to come in the next 100 years. We really enjoyed it.
Could Disney have done more with these events? Sure… Compared to pre-pandemic Milestone Celebrations these two events were weak. But I chose to just enjoy the atmosphere and the knowledge that I WAS THERE! I bought some souvenirs, took photographs, and made memories.
I think it’s up to us to make our own happiness. It’s ok to be disappointed that some event (or movie) isn’t what you expected. But if you choose to wallow in that disappointment THATS ON YOU!! You are an adult… therefore, YOU are in control of your reactions to things around you. You can choose to be happy and enjoy the good that is there (even if it’s less than what you wanted) OR you can choose to be upset, allowing the negative thoughts to fester. Ultimately the second choice hurts only you (and those who care about you to an extent).
MAKE YOUR OWN HAPPINESS! Stop with the “doom & gloom”. Stop looking forward to the next catastrophe that hasn’t happened yet and maybe never will. Start finding ways to enjoy WISH
Is there a child in your life that you can take to go see it? Watch their reactions to the movie… See their joy and how they’ll tell everyone how good it is. Take out your phone and capture that on video. Then when you’re tempted to look at the crap on YouTube, pull out the video of the child’s reaction instead. LET YOURSELF BE HAPPY!! Right now. In this moment. Stop worrying about a tomorrow that may never come.
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