100 Days of Wonder – #8

I promised you yesterday I’d be back in the Happiest Place on Earth today but, for those Disney Nerds amongst you, you will know that I haven’t actually posted anything from there yet! The Happiest Place on Earth is Disneyland in California. So today’s picture is from the Disney California Adventure in Anaheim. It’s from November 2016 when the ride in the photo was called Mickey’s Fun Wheel (now Pixar Pal-A-Round). I quite like the photo but that’s not why I chose it. It makes me laugh because it is a reminder that sometimes I can be impulsive, not think things through, have a panic as things unfold but then just get on with it because there’s no choice. I don’t like ferris wheels, I don’t like heights, I get motion sick and did I mention I don’t like heights… well for some reason I decided, much to Kath’s surprise and bemusement, that on the 12th November 2016 I had to go on Mikey’s Fun Wheel. As the universe would have it, there was no queue to make me pause, think it through and make me change my mind. We were pretty much at the top when the reality of my decision hit me. WTF was I doing on a ferris wheel (there was much more swearing than that). I couldn’t do anything about it though so while swearing and breathing a little too fast, I settled in to admire the view. So even though I hated the ride and being up there, like high up there, in a moving thing… and have you read the horror stories about ferris wheels (neither have I but I bet they exist)… the view was fantastic, the laughter drifting up to us infectious, the holiday we were at the end of absolutely amazing, the company perfect. Even in really uncomfortable moments there is so much joy to be had, we just need to stop hyperventilating for long enough to see it. Would I go on it again – hell no. At leas that’s my answer sitting here on my sofa but once at Disney, anything can happen.