My favorite place to people watch is Walt Disney World in Florida. I am not a roller coaster or spinning ride person, but Glen and Mallory enjoy them. So while they go off and ride the rides, I take my camera and stroll about looking for fun things to snap pictures of, usually trying for a different angle on something I have seen before.
Usually I will arrive at our prearranged meeting place before Glen and Mallory, so I will stake out a place on a bench to settle in and people watch, and to keep an eye out for them. I have seen some very interesting things over the years that we have gone to Disney.
Some of my favorites are:
1. The little girls dressed up in their princess costumes and the look of heart stopping wonder on their faces when they spot Belle signing autographs.
2. The little boys in Woody costumes shooting imaginary guns as they stand in line for Buzz Lightyear.
3. The small child clutching a brand spanking new stuffed Winnie the Pooh.
4. The wonder in the eyes of young and old alike as they enter through the gates and step onto Main Street with a view of Cinderella's castle down at the end.
5. Watching older people try to figure out how to use a digital camera.
6. The many families having their picture taken with the castle in the background.
There are some not so good observations as well:
1. The child throwing a tantrum in the middle of Fantasy Land because it is 90 degrees and 3 o'clock in the afternoon and way past their nap time.
2. The parents of the above mentioned child yelling at each other because everybody is hot and crabby.
3. The teenagers that disrespect their parents when the parents are trying so hard to make sure everybody is having a good time.
4. The blue ice cream dripping down the arms of a little boy and then the whole top of the ice cream cone landing with a plop on the pavement.
My favorite people watching moment though was when we were sitting down for lunch one day and along comes this mom dragging her 10 year old son behind her. The next thing you know he has stopped and stuck his head into a garbage receptacle and vomited, meanwhile the mom is still trying to drag him along towards the bathroom. They get a short distance farther and up it comes again, this time with no garbage can handy. Hello floor! Which people then proceeded to just look at and walk around.
Oh the joys and amusement of people watching.
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