I'm going to Disney World

I mean, you kind of HAVE to go to Disney World. I live closer to Disney World now than I lived to Six Flags when I worked there. Naturally, I decided that "going to Disney World" will be one of my new pass times. Plus, I figure with all my friends and family visiting basically everyone would want to go when they come. Might as well save myself some time and money and just buy a pass.

So, I went there the other day to get myself all squared away. I was worried that they would give me a hard time because I wanted the Florida resident price but I don't have a Florida ID. No worries, it went off without a hitch and I am the proud owner of a Florida Resident Disney World Annual Pass (after just 12 easy payments-- I did the math, I will definitely get my money's worth!).

If you didn't catch it earlier, I went to Disney World alone. I've done plenty of things alone since arriving, and I don't have a problem flying solo. The fact that I don't have someone to tag along with hasn't stopped me before. In fact, moving to Florida was kind of to embrace the "I'm my own person" thing. And being at the parks alone didn't even really bother me. There were a couple of things though that were... weird. Like, when you walk up to the cast member at the front of the line and they ask how many in your party. You throw one finger up and then you try to decipher what the expression on their face means. They aren't really sad for you, I don't even know if I would say that they were judging, but you definitely get a look and a "do you mind sitting in a row of kids?". I suppose for the most part, people don't even notice that you are there alone. You are probably just with a gaggle of people but you decided you wanted to ride a ride that no one else wanted, or you wanted ice cream and everyone else went to get pretzels. The other strange moment was meal time. I was there for 9 hours, I kind of have to stop and eat. Well, it is VERY apparent that you are there alone when you are having dinner alone. I felt like Peter in Forgetting Sarah Marshall when the host was giving him a hard time about eating alone. "Will your wife be joining you?.. your girlfriend? You are just going to eat alone? Isn't that going to be boring?" But I persevered and ate an entire meal without someone even offering me a magazine to read...

So, I went to Disney World alone, I know I am not the first person. And in fact, I know I will do it again. I think I am going to go to Hollywood Studios one day this week and Animal Kingdom next week. But this experience was evidence that it is time for me to start working on my next (and probably most difficult) task of moving... making friends. It's either that, ooooooooor win the lottery and pay for all of my friends to move down here too. I am still doing calculations on which will be a more likely solution. Until then, looks like I'm going to Disney World!