Disneyland Essay

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Earlier this month my family and I vacationed to California for a week. While in California we went to Disneyland for three of the five days we were there, which is most definitely a generous amount of time to experience how different cultures interact with one another. Disneyland is a prime example of different cultures, diverse culture communication, nonverbal and verbal actions and appearance.
Tourists from countries all around the world visit Disneyland and it all becomes interesting when everyone must come together and form equal and even lines when waiting for rides. Which may sound funny, but some cultures for instance; the Asian or Chinese descent seem to be very pushy and constantly on your tail end. This to them is completely normal in their country, but to us it 's quite strange and feels as …show more content…

Even my own culture was a shock to me. Whenever I held a door open for someone in a store or what not, they would never return a quick thank you, which seemed to be the trend. My culture seems to lack communication as well. Phones are constantly the topic of conversation; if there was any conversation. I had noticed throughout the entire park everyone was just constantly on their phones, tweeting, snapchatting or just having a conversation through a phone call. The only people who seemed to engage in an actual conversation were the younger kids who were just in absolute awe of Disneyland itself. It’s sad to me because on vacation this shouldn’t take place, especially while at the happiest place on Earth. The younger crowd of people were much more enthusiastic about the park and just couldn 't keep still ,which was cute to me to see such excitement. It made me remember back to when I was a kid and experiencing Disneyland and all the characters throughout the park. I know it has to do with age as well, but it was interesting to see how much of a different outlook the younger crowd had on the trip and the

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