FrankieWinthrop
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jan 20, 2015
Wishes is the fireworks show I remember from my own childhood, so it leaving was such an end of an era nostalgia sort of thing for me. Watching children see HEA though, I can see that it has the stories that they know and love and is more representative of their interests today. I mean their faces when they see Moana, it just gets you!
I totally agree. I only saw Wishes a few times, including once in it's last year when DD was 2 (aka our first adult, family trip to Disney). Since then, we've become APs, so HEA is what has the sentimental value for us. I'll NEVER forget when DD was 5 and we surprised her and her little brother by going down to the beach a day early and squeezing in a Disney day. They had no clue until we pulled through the arch. We got there in time to hit up MK for a ride or two and HEA. A few minutes into HEA, I felt something wet drop on my shoulder. I looked up at my daughter (taller than me because she was standing in the stroller seat to see better) and she was bawling. When I asked what was wrong she said, "I'm just SO HAPPY to be here!" Goodness, it makes me tear up now! I miss that magic of Disney right now - the parades and fireworks and characters and Nemo Show. Disney is there and there is some magic, but not this. I miss this.