So Im not the type of guy who gets all emotional with Disney. I dig the fireworks, love the parades but all said, Im still a good ole redneck from rural Missouri. I religiously watch Chiefs football in the Fall and Royals baseball in the Spring/Summer. I coach high school sports and love to teach. But what I experienced last night was pure magic! I arrived alone and worried about feeling out of place, before long I had a group of DISers to chat with and a game plan for the night. I cruised test track to my hearts delight and Soarin so many times I lost count. When someone whispered J. Benson was about to take the stage I thought "What the heck. I'm not that guy but she is a Disney legend." I walked in late and to my surprise found a seat right next to John and Kevin. The next hour changed my "Disney life"! I'm a hard rock/blues type of dude so I had never experienced vocals at that level. I was not listening to a concert I was dancing with Bell, I was painting with all the colors of the wind, I was looking for a place where I would not be reprimanded for walking on bare land. When JB briefly paused between songs it was as if I where hanging an old buddy. Just one of the guys chatting it up with a pretty redhead. (You may not entirely agree with my straight life style but I ask that you don't judge me, I was born this way.) At the end of the performance I was standing with tears running down my chubby, bearded glob. It was... "transcendent"? I think I heard Pete say that once. It sounded cool so I thought I would take a wack at it. We completed the night with Illuminations and another countless number of rides on Soarin. Long story short. Thanks DIS! I have never experienced a night like that.
