In 2000, I found myself at Disney World again, for their big Millennium Celebration. Looking back, I can’t help but wonder if my parents always fell for Disney’s marketing… In any case, I certainly benefited!
There are two majorly memorable things about this excursion to Mouseland: 1) it was the first time I went to Animal Kingdom and 2) I convinced my parents to buy the Walt Disney World Resort 2000 Official Album. It was ostensibly bought to go into my dad’s stereo, to be played at random while we ate dinner, however I remember borrowing it so often that he eventually just let me have it.
I played that CD so often that I learned all of the words to the attractions’ songs (that I wanted to learn.) At least… I did my best.
Being deaf in my right ear causes me to mishear things quite often, which for the most part is just annoying and awkward. For example, I have always heard “When the cripnoes creak and the tombstones quake…” and I’ve had to train my brain that they’re saying “When the crypt doors creak.” I know they are saying that. That makes total sense.
Cripnoes aren’t even a thing.
But darn it if my brain doesn’t still sing cripnoes along with Thurl Ravenscroft. Maybe they’re another type of Seuss character. I know he’s familiar with those.
after the laughter 