WorldNoFace
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Jun 19, 2017
Hey everybody
I don't know about you guys but for me, being home after a WDW trip can fill the psyche with a lot of strange and peculiar feelings. Orlando International Airport - which you were ecstatic to walk into after your flight in - now feels bittersweet and melancholy on your way out... then your home is welcoming and all (having pets who've gone dumb with happiness that you're back helps), but you know being there means before long you'll be back to the grind you'd just escaped from...
OH! And the road signs. Have you ever been more depressed to see ordinary, green road signs with white lettering? What was once a part of every day life a week or so ago is now a thorn-poke to the brain every time you hit the highway.
So, what are your coping mechanisms for dealing with all this? Here's some of mine:
- WATCH THE MAGIC: Ok, this is the obvious one. If your TV is somewhat new, it should have an HDMI input. Transfer photos to laptop, connect laptop to computer, and sit close to your television. Remember how close you'd sit to the screen playing Nintendo as a kid? That close.
- WEAR THE MAGIC: Just because you can't use it to open your door or buy $10 chicken tenders anymore, doesn't mean your Magic Band is no longer a cool bracelet. Besides, even if you take it off now, the tan line on your wrist will remind you of what once was, so might as well wear the real thing.
- SWIPE THE MAGIC: For no particular reason, I sometimes open up My WDW Experience on my phone after I get back and just kind of browse around. What are the wait times like at the Magic Kingdom? Ooo, Happily Ever After is on - I could be running a Splash/Thunder Mountain marathon right now. It's kind of like an updated version of what I used to do as a kid which was spending hours looking at park maps.
- CRANK THE MAGIC: Play Disney music, but not just the go-to classics like "Grim Grinning Ghosts", "A Pirate's Life For Me", etc. - find the tunes they pump through the parks; the ones you don't pay much attention to at the time and then find yourself humming later on. Cleaning your house doesn't seem so bad if you feel like you're walking around Future World... dusting things... for some reason (I dunno, you'd have to work it into your story somehow).
- SNIFF THE MAGIC: This one takes some pre-planning but since smell can be one of the most powerful senses we have to transport us back someplace we're physically not at the time, it's worth it. During your trip, keep a piece of clothing, a towel - anything made of fabric - in your bed every night, and when you pack to go home, throw it in a plastic bag. And WAHLAH! - you now have a mental passage back to your hotel room for a few weeks to a month before the smell runs out (What kind of detergent do they use anyway? It's not normal for bed linens to smell that good).
- CRY: No magic here. Just tears. Now set your alarm - you've got work tomorrow.
I don't know about you guys but for me, being home after a WDW trip can fill the psyche with a lot of strange and peculiar feelings. Orlando International Airport - which you were ecstatic to walk into after your flight in - now feels bittersweet and melancholy on your way out... then your home is welcoming and all (having pets who've gone dumb with happiness that you're back helps), but you know being there means before long you'll be back to the grind you'd just escaped from...
OH! And the road signs. Have you ever been more depressed to see ordinary, green road signs with white lettering? What was once a part of every day life a week or so ago is now a thorn-poke to the brain every time you hit the highway.
So, what are your coping mechanisms for dealing with all this? Here's some of mine:
- WATCH THE MAGIC: Ok, this is the obvious one. If your TV is somewhat new, it should have an HDMI input. Transfer photos to laptop, connect laptop to computer, and sit close to your television. Remember how close you'd sit to the screen playing Nintendo as a kid? That close.
- WEAR THE MAGIC: Just because you can't use it to open your door or buy $10 chicken tenders anymore, doesn't mean your Magic Band is no longer a cool bracelet. Besides, even if you take it off now, the tan line on your wrist will remind you of what once was, so might as well wear the real thing.
- SWIPE THE MAGIC: For no particular reason, I sometimes open up My WDW Experience on my phone after I get back and just kind of browse around. What are the wait times like at the Magic Kingdom? Ooo, Happily Ever After is on - I could be running a Splash/Thunder Mountain marathon right now. It's kind of like an updated version of what I used to do as a kid which was spending hours looking at park maps.
- CRANK THE MAGIC: Play Disney music, but not just the go-to classics like "Grim Grinning Ghosts", "A Pirate's Life For Me", etc. - find the tunes they pump through the parks; the ones you don't pay much attention to at the time and then find yourself humming later on. Cleaning your house doesn't seem so bad if you feel like you're walking around Future World... dusting things... for some reason (I dunno, you'd have to work it into your story somehow).
- SNIFF THE MAGIC: This one takes some pre-planning but since smell can be one of the most powerful senses we have to transport us back someplace we're physically not at the time, it's worth it. During your trip, keep a piece of clothing, a towel - anything made of fabric - in your bed every night, and when you pack to go home, throw it in a plastic bag. And WAHLAH! - you now have a mental passage back to your hotel room for a few weeks to a month before the smell runs out (What kind of detergent do they use anyway? It's not normal for bed linens to smell that good).
- CRY: No magic here. Just tears. Now set your alarm - you've got work tomorrow.
Your suggestions are terrific! Am I the only one who fashions a Cinderella Castle out of mashed potatoes a la Richard Dreyfus in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind?
. The worst thing ever is getting home to unpacking and all the laundry! 
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