It's the same feeling you get when you walk into a familiar church," she said. "When you walk into the Magic Kingdom, it's the smell, the colours, the clip-clopping of the horses. It's the site for important life events, and personal meaning that may border on the spiritual, or even religious. To DeGiovine - and others around the world - visiting a Disney park isn't just a summer vacation. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via The Associated Press) Their oldest daughter meeting Cinderella for the first time, "with stars in her eyes."Īnd DeGiovine's wife celebrating the end of her first round of chemotherapy by taking the plunge down the Magic Kingdom's Splash Mountain.Ī trip down the popular ride Splash Mountain, seen here in a file photo from July 2020, was how Deborah DeGiovine's wife celebrated the end of her first round of chemotherapy. Other instances: she and her partner taking their triplets to celebrate their first birthday at the park. That's just one of many life-affirming experiences she's had at the House of Mouse. "My favourite memories are our kids' faces when they were two and three and four years old, meeting Mickey Mouse and just gasping, like, oh, he's real," she told CBC Radio. The experience is "unmatchable" to any other leisure activity, she says. They usually drive all the way from their home in Allentown, Pa., and rent a house in the city rather than stay at the park's official hotels to keep travel expenses under control. The mother of five estimates she has been to the sprawling Disney World theme park in Orlando 14 times in the last 11 years. Tapestry 53:52 Disney adults and questions for dadĭeborah DeGiovine is unapologetic when she describes her family as a "Disney family."
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