Celebrate Good Times

A while back we heard about this town called Celebration, Florida, a community designed and built entirely by Disney, basically just to show how much money they make and that they can build their own town if they feel like it. I guess the hundreds of dollars the mouse charges everybody to see him for a day equals out to quite a sum of money each year.

So anyway, this town was supposed to be some sort of community of the future, but really it looked like the 1955 version of Hill Valley in Back to the Future. If everybody in town had owned a Bel Air (or an 81 Delorean complete with flux capacitator!) it would have seemed about right.



It was pretty basic. Town square complete with fountain, lake with “Beware of Gators” sign, and an assortment of local crafty shops. Paul was not a huge fan of the water play area, even though he’s liked these things in the past. I guess the water shooting up at his face just wasn’t his thing on this day, as can be seen in this photo:

The neighborhoods were pretty nice though. The houses weren’t overly large or anything, just the whole white picket fence and wrap around porch style. But if you lived here you’d have to have a season pass to Disney World, as the town has its own road straight into the park. But we didn’t make it to see Mickey this time, so maybe someday we’ll have to come back when Paul’s old enough to remember it.