re: Things that are overrated

Disney. I know a lot of people don't like them now, but there are also a lot of people who love Disney and ever since I was a kid I never really understood why people were obsessed with it. Growing up, I never watched the Disney cartoons much and when my parents took me to Disney world when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade. As a kid it was something to do, but while other people were talking about wanting to go back, etc I didn't understand it.

My mom and one of her cousins grew up like sisters, her cousin had a daughter who found out she had some type of cancer when she was in her mid 20s.. This was mid 90s, but she loved Disney World and when she found out about her cancer and that with treatment she might live up to 2 years. She lived just over 2 years, but she planned to go to Disney World as many times as possible. She ended up going 4 or 5 times within that time and that blew my mind. I couldn't understand why someone who only had 2 years to live would choose to go to Disney, but then again it was her life and she was doing what made her happy.

I think my dad put it in my head that Disney world was nothing but a money grab. That they make people feel happy and when people are in that state of mind they spend more money (that was a cynical way to think about it at that young of age), but I remember in HS there were a few people who went to Disney World on their senior trip and for some reason I just never understood that. Mainly because I thought Disney world was for kids, but even now it just seems like Disney fricks up everything they touch.