re: The Cult of Disney World

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the obsession was on a much lower scale until about 10 years ago (and it's ramped up exponentially in the past 5) when nostalgia became one of the biggest consumables in our economy. millenials (of which i am a part, mind you) are the first generation to have their childhood readily accessible for basically all of their lives. we grew up in a world where everyone had cable TV and then the internet came around as a delivery device for nostalgia. once streaming hit, this exploded even moreso.

Disney is tailor-made for people who value nostalgia

Disney World has become a multi-faceted symbol of both nostalgia and fandom, which has made DW, as a product, very valuable for nostalgia-obsessed consumers. sprinkle in social media an it's borderline obsessive at this point

like i said in the "Christmas causing stress" thread. the exact same thing has overtaken Christmas, completely ruining it

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This.

And I would have said the opposite, but I did go to Food and Wine at Disney some weeks ago....and it's just different. The last 10 years have changed it for the worse, not to mention the lines, lack of appropriate behavior, etc.