My Disney/WiA Conference Experience

Hi All - I never shared my business trip/ disney experience with you all and thougth I would - just because! I went to the women in aviation (WiA) conference on 2/14 for 2 nights. I flew down by myself - seat belt buckled - no problemo - snack tray came down without any belly obstruction - yeah! I arrived a day early so decided to explore all by myself! It was the first time in my life I had ever gone anywhere all by myself just to have fun! Sure I've done stuff on my own before - but functional stuff - never to just have FUN! It was very liberating - I LOVED the ride Soarin - it was AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING! I can't wait to go back there in October with my son and husband!! I went on several rides and really enjoyed myself. I stopped when I wanted to stop, ate where I wanted to eat and was very comfortable being in my own company. I met several very nice people..... all in all it was a fantastic experience for me - I felt so independent and grown up! The next day I had to work the booth at the conference and attend some seminars - it was really fun - I'm in my zone talking to people so I really, really enjoyed the booth - especially being around so many people who were so passionate about what they were doing with their lives - there were a lot of women pilots there - (interestingly enough only 6% of pilots are women). The next day the conference didn't start until later in the day so I decided to go and explore the Magic Kingdom for a couple of hours - it was beautiful! The strangest thing happened to me there - I was waiting outside for the gates to open and they put on the cutest little show with Mickey and stuff then I walked down main street and they started another show in the middle of the street so I was just standing there watching it and totally enjoying myself and all of the sudden out of no-where I felt a big lump in my throat and my eyes started to totally well up with tears and I had to completely fight myself not to start blubbering right there on Main Street with hundreds of people around me. I totally felt my father's presence with me at that moment so I think that's what that was all about! I didn't have a lot of time and the place was HUGE so I decided to just go to any exhibit or ride I saw - I went to the bear jamboree show that has been there since the beginning - it was a cute show (my son will like it). One of the things in the show that totally offended me - maybe I'm just hypersensitve - but they had one of the bears make a comment about one of the other bears being fat - he used the word big or wide or something like that and another bear reprimanded him for saying it - but I just thought it wasn't an appropriate thing........leave it to me to go to a show that has been at Disney for 30 years and find something offensive! Maybe I should write Disney about it! (what do you think?).......... Anyway - hope you enjoyed reading about my Disney/Conference experience! Best Regards, Tammy

It sounds like you had a great time. We are all sensitive when it comes to hearing negative things about a person (or bear's) weight. Any way bears are suppose to be "fat" they have to hybernate all winter and don't get to eat, unlike us. It couldn't hurt to write to Disney about it as it would make you feel better and maybe they would rethink what they put in their show, especially for little children so they wouldn't think it was ok to talk like that to others.