I often find myself locking horns with people when I sing praises of the Walt Disney corporation. I give credit to the company for somehow being able to manufacture magic in our world today. People tell me they are heartless, soulless, a conglomerate taking over the world, one whitewashed fairy tale at a time.
Maybe so. I don't know all of their business practices. And sure, they release clunkers like the recently universally panned Old Dogs. But forgive me for saying there is a definite vision of magic present at Disney. Take a look at this timelapse video of them building a giant gingerbread house at one of their resort hotels. I saw this after having just seen a Disney holiday special last night on HGTV where they showed the months of work (and days of execution... so impressive) that go into transforming the parks for the Christmas holiday season.
For all the "wrong" they do, they still bust their humps to create magical holiday worlds for their thousands upon thousands of guests. Sure they're selling emu legs and breaking the backs of children to create Tinkerbell wings for sale in the gift shops. But look at the video! That's real gingerbread!
Allow me to also make a recommendation for anyone who's slightly insane about all things Disney... the Disney Parks Blog. This is one of the 89 blogs in my Google Reader, and I love it. They constantly churn out videos and updates I can't get anywhere else on the parks that I try to visit at LEAST once every two years.
Anyway, say what you want about Disney. I see magic here, or pretty close to magic - as far as international companies are concerned.
xoJR
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