Maybe better read my cousin Els's blog entry What I Learned Today at Disneyland first (especially if you have children in tow - but even if you don't - you may, after all, want to go on the Peter Pan ride).
Having grown up in SoCal and attended Disney functions over the years, as well as having visited EuroDisney, my friends and I came up with a theory about a social/psychological disorder called Disney Syndrome.
Disney Syndrome happens when an employee's brain has been dissolved over years of the uber-control the park exerts on all aspects of their lives, and being around all things Disney for so long. It's marked by a permanent smile that looks more like a death rictus and a glazed look in the eye with nuances of crazed panic and psychosis behind the glaze. Their behavior is less lively and individualized than the automatons in Pirates of the Carribean and the Hall of Presidents. It's scary...
I've heard the parking lot attendents are immune to Disney Syndrome.
Did you survive?
Date: 2006-08-14 04:32 pm (UTC)Disney Syndrome happens when an employee's brain has been dissolved over years of the uber-control the park exerts on all aspects of their lives, and being around all things Disney for so long. It's marked by a permanent smile that looks more like a death rictus and a glazed look in the eye with nuances of crazed panic and psychosis behind the glaze. Their behavior is less lively and individualized than the automatons in Pirates of the Carribean and the Hall of Presidents. It's scary...
I've heard the parking lot attendents are immune to Disney Syndrome.