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The Power of Disney World- AUDIO
THE POWER OF DISNEY WORLD
I believe in Disney World--- the place in sunny Orlando, Florida where as soon
as you get off the airplane you are greeted with friendly faces, palm trees, and
of course all the Disney tour busses! As a child, I went to Disney World almost
every summer for my birthday and in senior year of high school I went again with
my graduating class. It wasn’t until my sophomore year of college where I truly
started to believe in the true magic of Disney World.
Last year, around February 2012 I was really stressed out with the pressures of school, clubs, and
work. I came home for the weekend and just laid in my mom’s bed with her and
balled my eyes out. As I am screaming and complaining about how school is so
stressful, my mom wiped the tears from my eyes and said “You know what? We need
a vacation.” I looked at my mom with a blank stare and couldn’t believe what I
was hearing. I stared at her and said “this is serious mom I am really stressed
out.” My mom looked at me and smiled and said “No, Erica I am serious. Let’s go
to DISNEY WORLD!!!” Seeing as how my mom never does anything spontaneous and we
have never gone on a vacation with just the two of us, I didn’t even know what to
say. I did not have to say anything because my mom pulled out her IPad and the
next thing I knew, we were going to Disney World for my spring break. I was
thinking to myself wow everyone is going to Miami with their
friends for spring break and I am going to Disney with my mom. I didn’t
know how I felt about a spring break trip with my mother to Disney World because
I thought I was way too old…. Boy was I wrong.
A soon as I walked into Magic Kingdom, I instantly felt five years old again and the pressures of
college were no longer on my mind. I rushed through the gates with my mom
screaming “hurry up!!” I could not believe myself, I don’t know what came over
me but I felt so alive ad carefree. As we entered the park I saw Cinderella’s
Castle and started smiling ear to ear, and insisted that my mom and I buy
matching princess tiaras (which we wore the whole week). The first ride I wanted
to go on was Dumbo’s Flight. I sat in the front and my mom was in the back, I
remember cracking up the whole time as the wind whipped through my hair on this
ride with probably three and four year olds. I have never had this much fun with
my mom and this trip is when I realized she is my best friend. A best friend to
me is someone who is there for you no matter what and that is what my mom is for
me.
As nightfall set in, my mom and I scoped out the best spot on Main
Street USA to see the fireworks spectacular. Suddenly, burst of red and streaks
of blue filled the night time sky, and I just looked up in awe. For once, I was
not thinking about what was due the next day or how many hours I had to work
that week. For the first time in awhile, I was actually enjoying life!
I believe that Disney World is a healing spot. Suddenly all of your “big” problems
become little problems and you are instantly a carefree person for a week.
Disney brings out your inner child and helps you see what is really important in
life. I believe in Disney World.
as you get off the airplane you are greeted with friendly faces, palm trees, and
of course all the Disney tour busses! As a child, I went to Disney World almost
every summer for my birthday and in senior year of high school I went again with
my graduating class. It wasn’t until my sophomore year of college where I truly
started to believe in the true magic of Disney World.
Last year, around February 2012 I was really stressed out with the pressures of school, clubs, and
work. I came home for the weekend and just laid in my mom’s bed with her and
balled my eyes out. As I am screaming and complaining about how school is so
stressful, my mom wiped the tears from my eyes and said “You know what? We need
a vacation.” I looked at my mom with a blank stare and couldn’t believe what I
was hearing. I stared at her and said “this is serious mom I am really stressed
out.” My mom looked at me and smiled and said “No, Erica I am serious. Let’s go
to DISNEY WORLD!!!” Seeing as how my mom never does anything spontaneous and we
have never gone on a vacation with just the two of us, I didn’t even know what to
say. I did not have to say anything because my mom pulled out her IPad and the
next thing I knew, we were going to Disney World for my spring break. I was
thinking to myself wow everyone is going to Miami with their
friends for spring break and I am going to Disney with my mom. I didn’t
know how I felt about a spring break trip with my mother to Disney World because
I thought I was way too old…. Boy was I wrong.
A soon as I walked into Magic Kingdom, I instantly felt five years old again and the pressures of
college were no longer on my mind. I rushed through the gates with my mom
screaming “hurry up!!” I could not believe myself, I don’t know what came over
me but I felt so alive ad carefree. As we entered the park I saw Cinderella’s
Castle and started smiling ear to ear, and insisted that my mom and I buy
matching princess tiaras (which we wore the whole week). The first ride I wanted
to go on was Dumbo’s Flight. I sat in the front and my mom was in the back, I
remember cracking up the whole time as the wind whipped through my hair on this
ride with probably three and four year olds. I have never had this much fun with
my mom and this trip is when I realized she is my best friend. A best friend to
me is someone who is there for you no matter what and that is what my mom is for
me.
As nightfall set in, my mom and I scoped out the best spot on Main
Street USA to see the fireworks spectacular. Suddenly, burst of red and streaks
of blue filled the night time sky, and I just looked up in awe. For once, I was
not thinking about what was due the next day or how many hours I had to work
that week. For the first time in awhile, I was actually enjoying life!
I believe that Disney World is a healing spot. Suddenly all of your “big” problems
become little problems and you are instantly a carefree person for a week.
Disney brings out your inner child and helps you see what is really important in
life. I believe in Disney World.
Design Plan
-Purpose/ Context: The purpose of my This I Believe is to share the spirit of Disney World with
others. Not only am I a huge Disney fan but I love Disney World and the magic and joy that it brings to people young and old.
-Audience: My audience will be my class, mostly women from the ages of 20-24. Everyone is from New Jersey.
-Strategies:
Rhetorical appeals: through my photo essay I will use ethos so my audience sees the true spirit of Disney World and the fun I was having with my mom. The pictures will make me more credible because it is proof that I was there and proof that I really was
having the time of my life. I will use pathos through my written text to show emotion throughout.
Tone: My goal for the tone of my essay is to inspire the true magic of Disney World. Throughout my essay I want to use a happy tone, with expression and excitement throughout.·
Accessibility: On my This I believe page, I will make everything accessible and able to be seen clearly. I will have my photo essay at the bottom as a slide show and my audio will be clicked right from my page.
Design (font, colors, size, juxtaposition): I am naturally a happy person, so I want to use a font that is happy, exciting,
and “Disney World” like. The colors will be vibrant and colorful like my personality and the spirit or Disney World in Orlando, Florida. I know I have a hard time seeing things, so I want to make the size of everything a little bit bigger for easy reading and viewing.
Arrangement:The arrangement of my blog is to have everything easy to see. I want my photo essay in the middle, design plan at the bottom, and the written text and the audio at the top of my page.
Technological choices: I chose to use my iPhone voice memo application to record myself for my audio.
Presentation decisions: I plan to play my audio for my presentation, and have my photo essay that goes along with
it.
A plan for completion: At this point, I plan to finish my photo essay for Wednesday, February 13. After that I will go back and
revisit my essay, fix the grammatical and spelling errors as well as record myself again with less shuffling and to slow down.
- A plan for testing: I plan to test everything this weekend to make sure it works and is accessible to
everyone. I want to make sure my audio works in the classroom because that would be bad if I went to present and it didn’t
work.
others. Not only am I a huge Disney fan but I love Disney World and the magic and joy that it brings to people young and old.
-Audience: My audience will be my class, mostly women from the ages of 20-24. Everyone is from New Jersey.
-Strategies:
Rhetorical appeals: through my photo essay I will use ethos so my audience sees the true spirit of Disney World and the fun I was having with my mom. The pictures will make me more credible because it is proof that I was there and proof that I really was
having the time of my life. I will use pathos through my written text to show emotion throughout.
Tone: My goal for the tone of my essay is to inspire the true magic of Disney World. Throughout my essay I want to use a happy tone, with expression and excitement throughout.·
Accessibility: On my This I believe page, I will make everything accessible and able to be seen clearly. I will have my photo essay at the bottom as a slide show and my audio will be clicked right from my page.
Design (font, colors, size, juxtaposition): I am naturally a happy person, so I want to use a font that is happy, exciting,
and “Disney World” like. The colors will be vibrant and colorful like my personality and the spirit or Disney World in Orlando, Florida. I know I have a hard time seeing things, so I want to make the size of everything a little bit bigger for easy reading and viewing.
Arrangement:The arrangement of my blog is to have everything easy to see. I want my photo essay in the middle, design plan at the bottom, and the written text and the audio at the top of my page.
Technological choices: I chose to use my iPhone voice memo application to record myself for my audio.
Presentation decisions: I plan to play my audio for my presentation, and have my photo essay that goes along with
it.
A plan for completion: At this point, I plan to finish my photo essay for Wednesday, February 13. After that I will go back and
revisit my essay, fix the grammatical and spelling errors as well as record myself again with less shuffling and to slow down.
- A plan for testing: I plan to test everything this weekend to make sure it works and is accessible to
everyone. I want to make sure my audio works in the classroom because that would be bad if I went to present and it didn’t
work.