To all that come to this happy place

Good morning, Good Evening, or Goodnight. I'm not sure what time it is that you're first reading this so allow me to touch all my bases. I'd like to take a moment and tell you about myself, the author of this blog that you have taken the time to read. I'm not sure what has brought you here out of all the wonderful places on the internet for discussion of the theme park business, but I'm glad you stopped by for whatever reason it is. If you're in the wrong place, that's ok. The exit is to the left, but if you'd like to sit down and read a while I'd appreciate it.

My name, as it is known in internetdom, is kcnole and I am a huge fan of theme parks. My wife calls me obsessed and I should say that she is probably right. They are my escape from the everyday dross, my fantastic journeys that I may never take otherwise, and my dreams for tomorrow. I should be more specific in my particular forte' however. I am speaking largely of the Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando Resorts. I am aware that there are other places as wonderful as those such as Walt's original park in Anaheim, the wonderful Busch Garden's Europe in Williamsburg, and especially Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea but my meager budget won't allow those excursions at this point. I have often gushed to my wife about visiting some of these parks in various parts of the world but I get enough grief for my continued requests to travel to Orlando, so for now that is where I will remain until I manage to get her as hopelessly addicted the magic of theme parks as I.

So for the current duration of this blog you can expect to read my thoughts on the amazing resorts at Walt Disney World, The Disney company as a whole, and Universal Orlando Resort. As my sphere increases you may also read of reports from Sea World and other various parks in the area. Some have asked me why I am not focusing on just one resort and my simple answer is that I cannot. As I have stated earlier, I am not just a fan of Walt Disney World, but a fan of all theme parks that are well done and if I'm going to take my time to write about what I love, I'm going to touch on it all. While I am not a fan of any particular theme park over any other I must admit to being a huge fan of Walt Disney's vision in creating Disneyland and then Walt Disney World. I think he said it best in these following three quotes and if any theme park designer or investor will buy into the man's vision, they will have a successful park.

"We believed in our idea, a family park where parents and children could have fun together."

"Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money."

"To all that come to this happy place: welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America... with hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world."

Walt is a man I incredibly miss and as others have said, I'm not sure we deserved him, but we were lucky to have him. I will be coming back to his quotes from time to time to delve deeper into the mind of Walt. I hope you enjoy my observations and thoughts, and I hope that you'll jump into the conversations as well through the comment system here. If I'm wrong, tell me. If you agree with me, then I'd appreciate that too. If I spelled something wrong, well then maybe I'll hire you to be my editor. :)

So once again, thank you for stopping by and reading my thoughts.