You know what makes me feel old? When Disney movies "come out of the vault." Because, for something to come out of the vault, wouldn't it need to have been in there for quite some time? More than just a few years and probably even more than a decade, right? Vaults are serious business. Especially the Disney vault where I bet all movies are cryogenetically frozen until their chosen time to be thawed out and "released."
The Little Mermaid comes out on October 3rd from the big, scary vault. With this movie I have two distinct memories:
1. Amazingly, since I cannot sing, I was in chorus in elementary school. One year we had this big performance at Crockett Park where not only did someone faint and fall off the top riser, but we sang "Under The Sea" complete with hand motions. I think I was in 4th or 5th grade which would make sense since TLM came out in 1989 (!!!) and it would have taken at least a year or so to get that sheet music back then. I also remember them burying a time capsule that year and I think our class put something in there. I can't remember what we decided to include, but the
last time I was at the park I almost fell over when I realized the time capsule would be opened up soon. 15 years since we buried that thing and now it's time to be 'released from the vault'-I can't believe it! And who decided for us to open the damn thing 15 years later? Seems kind of anticlimactic to me. Wouldn't it be hilarious if someone had put The Little Mermaid in there?
2. My other memory is from Disney World when I was 13 or so. We went because my brother was graduating from Navy Bootcamp and since he was stationed in ORLANDO we decided to go. The Tower Of Terror wasn't open yet, but we did go to the "4D" ("Isn't the 4th dimension time?!") performance of The Little Mermaid complete with water vapor to go along with the live action in from of us. It was a good show. I remember really enjoying it which says a lot since I was 13 and hating life because I was on vacation with my parents;)
So yeah, The Little Mermaid on October 3rd. From the vault. Imagine how it will feel when like, Finding Nemo or Pirates of the Caribbean are released from the vault. Haha, you're going to be
so old!
We're going to this tomorrow. The Williamsburg Scottish Festival. OMG, I can't wait! Not only will we be hanging around with cool people all day, but we also get about 6 hours of road trip time in the car which ALWAYS rules with me and Ali. AND in addition to that, we will be going to Sonic!!! And with empty stomachs this time unlike on the way to the beach when we had actually just eaten breakfast. Ooops! (yes, we still got milkshakes and tots.)
