Contest Essay For Disney World -- Assignment: "WHAT MAKES YOU THE HAPPIEST PASSHOLDER ON EARTH" by Andrew Greenstein

	The elated dwarf in Snow White's tale would seem UNhappy if his smile was held up against mine! The incredible excitement that flowed from Jesse when she realized "It's You, It's You" and celebrated Woody's homecoming was lackluster compared with my own jubilation upon entry into a Walt Disney World theme park.  Whenever I see the turn off from US 192 disappear in my rearview mirror and Disney's gates appear on the horizon, I spark a Mouseketeer smile that lights up like the Magic Kingdom sky during "Wishes" and my imagination runs so wild you'd think Figment was steering the car for me!
	Indeed, pixie dust seems to run through my veins: My wife and I were married at Disney's wedding pavilion. We moved from "up North" to Central Florida specifically and exclusively because we could NOT get enough of Walt Disney World and simply HAD to live close enough to visit SEVERAL times PER WEEK! To say that I'm the happiest passholder on Earth would be an understatement, I seem to LIVE for the opportunity to discuss Disney theme parks, attractions, events, shows, & hotels with the rest of the world! !   I get so excited just describing to the uninformed that while the song might proclaim "It's a Small World," the Walt Disney World Resort is anything but little!  Whenever I'm in a Disney park, I experience the true meaning of "Hakuna Mattatah" and I can't seem to help exclaiming "Zip a Dee Doo Dah" with great pride!
	I'm neither kidding nor exaggerating. In fact, the more I think about it, no single document in my wallet is more important to me than my Disney World annual pass!  I sometimes have dreams about the future of Disney World and what an annual pass might offer in decades to come. When I see myself 30-40 years from now.....I am a happy senior citizen...I see possibly twice as many parks, more hotels, more restaurants, more shows---longer vacations--constantly reliving the magic all over again. But even if Disney World never changed one bit...Never added one new park...and failed to conceive any new shows or attractions, I would love it just the same...Disney will always be a part of my life and I will never stop visiting. Why? Because I'm the happiest passholder on Earth, of course!