Last week, to my extreme pleasure, I, a 27 year old man, visited Disney World for the very first time in my life. This was my first Disney theme park experience and I was excited, terrified and a little anxious. Would it be fun even though I wasn’t a child? Would I find it silly and boring? Would this thing I had missed out on for so many years end up being an utter disappointment?
If you’ve ever been to Disney, than you already know that my fears were put to rest within minutes of stepping into the park and I suddenly found myself excited beyond belief. That’s the thing about Disney’s Magic Kingdom. It transports you to a time when there really is magic. It makes you see everything as if you were a child and it feels truly magical just by being the same park it has always been.
Now I’ll admit, while I’ve always had a soft spot for Disney, I can honestly say I’ve never considered myself a Disney Nerd or a Mouseketeer wannabe. I had always appreciated Disney from afar, never getting too entrenched in it. I remember going to the home of one of my Mother’s friends and seeing her enormous Disney collection, complete with toys, every film in both DVD and VHS and several large framed lithographs. While I thought it was impressive, I didn’t have the overwhelming urge to go out and purchase all these things for myself. Turns out, all I needed was a trip to the park to turn me into a believer.
I suddenly found myself wanting to relive my childhood. It was in this heightened state of Disney awareness that I and my fiancee Carl decided to re-watch every Disney Vault film in chronological order. This in itself will surely be a long task, but as a writer, I think journey’s are most fun when shared, so I’ll be writing a little segment on every film as we watch them. Some will be old favorites while others we may literally be watching for the first time.
Either way, herein lies my invitation to you. Join us. Re-watch with us. Share your experiences of these films as we go and most importantly, allow yourself to get caught up in a little magic, even if you happen to be too old for such things.
Welcome to Project Vault Disney.
Read the first entry HERE: Ā Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Categories: Vault Disney
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Great idea
Thanks! Hope I can keep it up!
This is a great idea! I think I’ll try this with my girlfriend.
And no shame in enjoying Disney. Walt Disney was, after all, a grown man too!
And congrats on your first visit to Walt Disney World! I can’t wait until I can go back.
Thank you! It’s been really fun so far and yes Disney was absolutely amazing. I am already planning my next visit! Thanks for reading š
I was just thinking about doing the same thing yesterday. It must be that it was meant to be done.
I always love reading people’s reviews/journeys through the entire Disney Canon. I myself did a project with the Disney Canon on my blog a few years ago. Looking forward to reading your posts!
Omg. First of all, thank you for all your comments. That is so amazing. I’m glad you’re enjoying the blog. I will reply to every single one. Promise. As soon as I have a few minutes in front of a PC and not from my silly WordPress app. But in the meantime, thank you so much for the support š
I understand. WordPress is one of those things that you need to use via an actual computer.
Very true. ON a side note, as this project progresses, and if I feel that it was still worth it by the time I’m done, I hope to do others like it. A “Vault Pixar” or “Vault Miyazaki” but we’ll see where I am by then. With deadlines for my next book creeping up, it will be interesting to see what my schedule looks like in a few months.
That’ll be awesome. I did a Forgotten-Minor Characters project when I went through the Disney Canon. I didn’t want to review the films like everyone else did and wanted to do something different, so I decided to go through each film and talk about a forgotten or minor character (or characters) in each film. I’m currently doing the same thing for the Pixar films.
Doing projects is fun and keeps you from debating under the pressure of what you’re gonna write about on your blog.
I tried this last year, only made it up to the lion king. It strangely got harder with the films I knew really well. Might have to get back to it again
I can see that. I’m interested to see how it progresses and what new projects it leads to š
Too old for such things? Is this even possible? I look forward to checking out this project. I am doing 101 in 1001, which in case you don’t know is a bucket list where you do 101 things in 1001 days. One of the things on my list is to watch all of the animated Disney movies! ā¤