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Saturday, January 21, 2006
A 32 year old man found alone in Disney World
After the conference I decided to get on one of the free buses to Downtown Disney. The idea was to get out of the resort, have some dinner, and have a look about.
It's about 30 minutes away, but because this is Disney World, it's all Disneyfied: everything's neat, organised, shiny, colourful. It's all fake.
Anyway, once Downtown I walked about, looking at stuff. It was all shit: I'm not into Disney at all, and that's all there is there! Except at the end where there's a big Virgin Megastore. So I spent some time listening to some CDs in there and that was good.
Then I decided I should get something to eat. There were all sorts of whacky themed horrors, and Planet Hollywood. I chose PH, went in, was seated and then wished I'd just gone to McDonald's: it was absolutely packed, and it was all young families! I sat on my own feeling very out of place, but after a while I settled in and it was actualy ok. I had steak and fries and a couple of Buds, and when I left I was actually quite proud (and stuffed) of having sat there on my own.
But then I had to walk back through the fake town, and the kids with their wide eyes and Mickey hats started to make me feel out of place again, so I ran screaming all the way to the bus stop.
(That last bit's not true: I just walked casually like a cool dude).
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