the people

One of the interesting things we saw that wasn't on any ride or attraction was the people. I'm talking people watching. This can be done on quite a grand scale at Disney! I lost count of how many languages I overheard. And the different cultures and their clothing choices. Oh my! The young Asian ladies have quite a thing going.. that's all I'm gonna say! LOL One day we decided to ride the monorail around the park. How can you go to Disney and NOT ride the monorail? Anyway... a family got on.. obviously not um from around here since their shirts had foreign words on them and they either had a thick accent or didn't speak English at all.. couldn't tell. But their little group was interesting. A set of parents, two children and their opposite sex 'friends'. Nice. One girl looked like she'd been attacked on the neck by a vacuum cleaner (a-hem) and another 'set' sitting next to me needed to seriously get a room. I was glad when they got off! LOL

But of course, the kids were the most interesting. After all.. aren't they the ones that place is all about?! We had opportunity to see little kids faces light up when they saw something wonderful. But there were also the tired, gripey kids that had been dragged around all day that were just done. with. it. (on a side note.. one of our little sayings toward the end of our stay was 'this is no place for little kids!' LOL) And there were the enthusiastic kids dragging their parents around even after a long day at the park. And there were lots of crying kids too. But the ones that stick out to me were the ones that made me smile or laugh or brought up another memory. Like the little kid at the fireworks over the castle the first night... every time there was a lull in the action, he was ask rather loudly "is it over?". Cracked us up! We laughed our heads off every time and in turn, his parents laughed with us. They were funny little moments. And so much like our little Bub. He would have asked the same thing at that age...at every single lull..just like that little boy did!

And then there was the family we met at the bus stop one morning. Every time a bus came and went and he couldn't get on, he cried. Not angry.. just sad. It cracked us up! At one point, I had to turn away and blink back tears. He reminded me a little bit of Bub too with his cute little pug nose and funny ways. And then of course, there were the wish families. We spotted three that we know of... they all had Make-a-Wish tshirts on. And of course, that has a tender spot in my heart too. Those families have been through so much.

And there was the little boy walking in front of us on a pathway at our resort. The sidewalks were made of bricks. Bricks are small. So there are lots of cracks. hint hint! I couldn't figure out why he was walking funny until his dad grabbed him by the arm and said "sorry buddy, but there are just too many cracks. You're gonna have to step on them!". LOL

People.. and kids are something else!