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Disney World 2022 and 1998

A t the end of March Donna and I went to Disney World with our daughter Eileen and her family. It had been a quarter century since our last visit there, when we took our kids, the oldest then being 12. This time around, our grandkids were six, three and two. Disney World delivered on being a touchstone moment for children. It was amazing for Donna and me to see the kids enraptured – especially Corinne, the oldest. She was at the perfect age where it is all simultaneously very real and very magical, and an experience she won’t forget. The rides Corinne loved the roller coasters – Barnstormer, Runaway Railroad, and Splash Mountain -- the faster the better – and seeing the parades and the castle. She also loved Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, a new experiential ride similar to the Honey I Shrunk the Kids ride I remember. The young ones enjoyed It’s a Small World, Dumbo, the teacups, and especially the sensational aquarium in EPCOT (Claire, the youngest, makes me draw sharks for her cons