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Or maybe it's a candid snapshot and no one goes around with expressions of elation all over their face all the time.

And "thousands of dollars for a multi-week holiday in hell"? That's a lot of exaggeration in little space, the kind of hyperbole the Imagineers at Disney would create.

While, it will probably be a few thousand dollars depending on accomodation, travel, and the like, that's true of a lot of travel.

Multi-week? C'mon, Disney itself offers multi-day packages. Hell, on their site, you can only select up to 5 days worth of tickets. So on the outside, it's a week. And if you don't want to visit certain parks, you can probably do it in 2 to 4 days. Last time I went, we split time between Disneyworld and Universal and only stayed about a week.

As to hell, there is one thing I really appreciate about Disney and it's their absolute commitment to the bit and the buy-in they get from their employees. The dedication to the guest "experience" is nothing short of amazing. I also find it very honest in its way. They make no bones about this being performance first. The person serving pretzels, their job isn't serving pretzels, their job is to play the part of someone who lives to serve pretzels. It's fake, but it's honest about it. I don't think less of movies simply because they contain fantastic elements. We both know what I signed up for when I buy a ticket to see Transformers. Similarly, when you buy a ticket to Disneyworld, you both know what you're signing up for.




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