The Youth of Tomorrowland: Disney at New Years Pt. 4

We hit the big mountain train ride, and I was scared at first because I have been prone to motion sickness at times. I however had a good time on the ride, and my motion sickness that I had when I was younger had somewhat disappeared. It was fun. Another tip to consider--when using fast pass, you can use it only one ride at a time. So, no splash mountain for us.

It was kind of funny to see all the little girls in the Princess dresses. It seems to be the thing nowadays. There was a time where that wasn’t the case, and now you see the new royalty, the Paris and the Britney’s of the world. Not to say that it’s wrong to have some diva in you, but it will be interesting when they become teenagers. More on the later on…

We took the train the transport train to Tomrrowland, where we found Space Mountain booked up for at least an hour and a half. So we went to the Carousel of Progress, which again needs to have an animatronics update. What I found funny was that they had the father narrate over the centuries of the modern convinces of the time, and the final one, set in the present, had the mother narrating, and the father burning the turkey in their automatic oven. It goes to show you how times have changed in terms of parental roles and they way fathers are looked at. This also extends to tv shows as well. It used to be fathers were the rock that held the family together and kids screwed up—and mothers basically supported their husbands and gave advice on occasion. Now, it is the dads that are clueless, moms are the foundation of the family, and the kids still screw up—this time with bigger and more overdramatic problems. But personally, I see that mothers and fathers both have flaws and knowledge that keep the family together. As for the kids, they have more to worry about nowadays. But still can be a little overdramatic.

While I was there, I did get to some time for shopping. I wound up buying a Star Wars light saber; specifically Mace Windu’s light saber. Here’s why…

The story goes, as was told by Warwick Davis at Star Wars III Convention, that Samuel L. Jackson, who was Mace Windu in the first three episodes, wanted a purple light saber. George Lucas, having scripted every little detail in the films, had already set good guys like Mace to have red light sabers, while the bad guys had green. After a few minutes of arguing, Lucas finally said, “Hold you light saber really, really tight and maybe it’ll turn purple.” Ultimately Lucas relented and everyone got their own color for their light sabers.

Also, purple is my favorite color so it just made it the perfect one to buy.

There was this pep rally in Tomorrowland to promote this hit tv movie on the Disney Channel called “High School Musical.” To think of the drama and new teen angst these movies have verses back in the ‘80’s. Plus character roles have scattered—cheerleaders get straight A’s, while we have football players sticking up for the little guy. Again, things have changed. Plus to think that teenage girls, no matter what their personality, dress more attractively now than when I was younger. I’m jealous of teenage boys now. Geez. If I only knew now when I was younger. Or been born in 1988.