100 Days of Wonder – #51

I have written a bit about fun and being fun and not taking things too seriously and how Disney is a reminder of those things. However, as this photo shows, some things are very serious! Neither of us accept losing on the Buzz Lightyear ride. It is all smiles and giggles and niceties until we get on that ride – and then it is war. The competition is intense – I mean just look at the concentration… I am only half joking, we do get competitive, I mostly lose and when the game or sometimes run of games is over, we move on – but in the moment – competitive doesn’t quite capture it. And it bemuses me because I am not generally competitive other than with myself and I don’t get like that on other rides that have game elements. Or certainly not to the same extent. In fact until I went on this ride the first time just because it had a short queue and was something to do, I wasn’t fussed about it, thought I’d be pretty indifferent. Nope, this ride unleashes my inner competitor, one I didn’t know I had. It’s not that I sulk or am upset when I lose – nope, I’ll just make us go round and round again until I win and if the queues are too long for that – we’ll be coming back later or the next day. Maybe it’s just as well that I get my fix of this at regular intervals and leave the competition out on a ride with fake laser shooters and made up aliens. I am not sure it would be healthy in real life.