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Regaining Adventure in Disneyland

Title (Dublin Core)

Regaining Adventure in Disneyland

Description (Dublin Core)

My family and I were very cautious during the pandemic and waited a long time before we chose to travel both as individual families and as an extended family unit. We finally decided to travel with a family trip to Disneyland. We have a wide range of ages in our family from over sixty-five to under ten years of age and we wanted to find a place that would have something for everyone. We appreciated the fact that at Disneyland the vast majority of the vacation would be spent outside and we all live relatively close to the location helping with travel anxieties. The fact that the place is excellently maintained helped lessen many of my family members' fears of going out for the first time. The time was very enjoyable and everyone had a wonderful time. There was still the lingering fear of not wearing a mask at all times and walking around the park without a mask did take some getting used to however it was a wonderful way to reenter the world of traveling.
In reference to the photograph that I placed in the archive -
The photograph does not show the park or us on the trip due to keeping our privacy. However, it helps to represent what this trip meant to my family and myself. The Disneyland Starbucks mug and pins represents the fact that we often bring back souvenirs from our trip in order to remember our time together. The Peter Pan funko is to illustrate the adventurous spirit, joy, and freedom that we had been unable to experience during the time of Covid restrictions.
Finally, Disneyland holds fond memories of family, joy, and adventure as a child so it was wonderful to re-enter that world on my first experience back traveling after the exile imposed by Covid.

Date (Dublin Core)

March 7, 2022

Creator (Dublin Core)

self

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST643

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Education--Universities
English Home & Family Life
English Parks
English Recreation & Leisure

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Disneyland
travel
family
mask
souvenirs

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

History of Tourism

Collection (Dublin Core)

College COVID Stories

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Tourism story for the COVID-19 Archive

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

10/12/2023

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

11/09/2023

Date Created (Dublin Core)

03/07/2022

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Covid 19

This item was submitted on October 12, 2023 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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