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Wasn’t it Walt Disney himself who said he wanted a place where both children and adults could have fun together? I thought so, but now it seems that we are going to get some places “adult only”. Although I never been a big fan of all the clubs at Doswntown Disney, I do understand that children should not be allowed into them. (although why not add a kiddies club), but I don’t understand why other on property experiences should be 10+ only. 

This is what is happening at Victoria & Albert’s in the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa at Walt Disney World where from now on Children are banned. Yes! I know, it’s the fanciest restaurant with a dinner experience that can last 3 to 4 hours and I guess not to many children would be to pleased to sit there for that time, but it is a Disney location and it somehow goes against the idea of Walt himself, doesn’t it? On the other hand it proofs that Disney isn’t just for the kids (I have to hear that over and over again when I talk about Disney “isn’t it for kids…”), the restaurant (among others) is proof of it but so are the many golf courses, the spa’s and night time entertainment… 

What are your thoughts on this!

We are already 7 days into the new year before I could make it into the blog for some updates and stories.  I guess I’ll have to set my new years resolutions to come here and put a lot of updates online. So, with that out of the way let’s get on and see what kind of Disney year this will be (for me). 

One big chance in my plans is my Walt Disney World visit this year… well the plan has changed into “it’s not going to happen”. That right, my planned WDW visit for 2008 fell into the water. The good news is the reason though, as we bought a new house and we will move into next month. Some more good news, lots of extra room for all my Disney stuff I collected over the years (it is way to much stuff). Now I’ll finally have a big office room where I can (partially) display some of my precious items or where I can store some of my other items. For those interested, my biggest collection consist out of Cast Member magazines (including some Imagineering stuff). Although I love the whole Disney magic, I love the behind the scene stuff so much it came to be my biggest collection (I guess I worked to long in the theater, the reason why I might love to know so much about the stuff that happens behind the scene)

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