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Disney is an almost magical word all by itself. Think about what the mere word conjures up in your mind. What do you see in your mind’s eye? For me, I tend to think first of the cartoons from my youth - Mickey Mouse, Donald - all the characters that were so popular. Next, since I have children, I tend to recall the films - everything from Sleeping Beauty through The Lion King. Probably the most potent of the memories really have to do with Disney World. I can still remember the first time I ever went to Disney World with my small children. They were far more enchanted than I was, though a few things still stick in my mind - attractions now lost in time. My youngest daughter was totally engrossed in the “It’s Small World” and wanted to ride it over and over until I just couldn’t take it any more. Since that first visit was in the 1970’s, Disney World hadn’t yet become anything like the incredible complex it is today. It was smaller, simpler and to my mind less magical than it has become. The other thing was that it rained something fierce that day.