Diana and I got a little grown up time this afternoon while my BFF watched Simon. It was much needed, as we've been having a hard time with him lately. One of the things we sometimes forget is that, while we live next door to Disney World, we almost never get to do anything we want to do there, because it's always for Simon. So while there are all kinds of things to do around Orlando, we are theme park geeks, and we desperately want to do some of the stuff we like. Almost a year into living here, we still had not been on Tower of Terror or Rock-n-Rollercoaster, and that's a shame. So off we went to Hollywood Studios, with the bonus being that it's the first Star Wars Weekend, and I've wanted to do one of those for a long time.
The people watching opportunities are fun, too. Lots of costumes and Star Wars tattoos. Now that Disney owns Lucasfilm, I think they're really going to step it up a notch. You wonder why they're dicking around with this Avatar nonsense at Animal Kingdom instead of going full-on Star Wars crazy. The original trilogy is classic, the prequels could have been one movie (maybe two). With JJ Abrams taking over for new films, I think there is potential for them to be epic, though anything short of the greatest science fiction movie of all time will probably be a let down.
The afternoon at DHS got me to thinking about introducing Simon to Star Wars, and I think this might be the year. I couldn't help but think of Scott Hanselman's post on the subject two years ago, when he introduced his kids to Star Wars. I think Simon might be ready later this year, assuming that he continues to make progress in terms of his communication. I know he tends to understand us, but he's not always good at asking questions, and I want that from him.
One of the things that really struck me at the park was how many younger people, from pre-teens and up, were in shirts and costumes. Even more striking was that so many of them were young girls. I saw one girl, I'm guessing around 14, who had an outfit that she appeared to have made, clearly inspired by the more formal clothes of some of the women on Coruscant in Episodes I-III. That blew me away. That these movies continue to draw in people across many generations is amazing. I look forward to sharing them with Simon.
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