Disney World – 20 years ago

I haven’t been to Disney World since 1988. I was 8. These are the few incidents I remember:

• It was disgustingly hot.
• Epcot Center was terrible, we waited in line in Germany to get a giant hot dog. We stayed there all day just to watch fireworks at the end.
• Future World was very creepy, at this point in my life I hated all vegetables, but especially those that had been grown to 5x their normal size.
• I was deathly afraid to ride Space Mountain, I closed my eyes for most of it.
• I was very excited to ride Thunder Mountain.
• For some reason or another, our camera didn’t work (not atypical in our family) – so my father purchased pre-made slides from many Disney attractions. Thus we have no photographs of us as a family in Orlando.
• We ran into our dentist outside the Hall of Presidents. He eventually made copies of all his videos in Orlando for us. It was somewhat awkward to watch videos of things you kinda experienced through the lens people you barely knew.
• There was a penny arcade, nothing cost less than a quarter.
• Many people told us how great Orlando would be next year, once they opened Universal Studios.
• I liked It’s A Small World more than Pirates of The Caribbean.
• Having a parade everyday for no reason makes no sense. What made less sense was why we had to see it multiple times.
• I did get a Mickey Mouse hat (the fake ears) with my name embroidered on the back.
• We waited in line to eat at the Country Bear Jamboree for what must have been hours (I think with reservations). I fell asleep at the table with my face on an empty plate throughout the entire thing. Apparently I slept through the entire table playing music on pots, pans, and washboards.
• We saw Shamu at SeaWorld, we left after half a day because it was too hot and we wanted to go back to the hotel to swim.
• Michael Jackson’s 3D movie (Captain EO) was neat, nothing bad could ever happen him.
• On the trip home, my parents asked my sisters and me how we liked the trip and we each replied that we would have preferred to go to the shore instead. This infuriated our parents. Disney World has barely been talked about since.
• I secretly wanted to go Space Camp.