I-New Hampshire Theme Park ivuselela uMoya weHlabathi
[Qaphela ukuba eli nqaku lanyatheliswa okokuqala ngo-2003, xa uMick Foley esalwa ngamandla kwaye abantwana bakhe bancinci.]
Njengoko utshintshile u-egos Cactus Jack, uMntu, noDude Uthando, uMick Foley ngumthetho wokulwa nomdlalo. I-Wrestling's pageantry ingaba yinto engamangalisa kuneemeko, kodwa indlela yakhe enobuqhetseba ibangele izenzo zokuchasana nokufa, inkunzi yamathambo aphukileyo, kunye nezinye zokuzonwabisa ezemidlalo ezinobundlobongela.
Isifundo sokufunda ngokungafaniyo, umlawuli onzima unendawo epholileyo yeKrismesi. UFoley uhlobisa ikhaya lakhe ngeeholide kwaye uphulaphula i-carols-unyaka wonke. Kwaye wenza uhambo oluya rhoqo kwiSanta Village .
Njengamabhinqa amantombazana abuye afumana kwakhona ipaki yokuKhisimusi ekhangayo e-New Hampshire ehloniphekileyo iMountains Mountains, uFoley uqale watyelela ukutsala njengomntwana. Ngoku, abantwana bakhe bayamdumisa iSonto leSanta, ngelixa ipaki yomhlaba ecebileyo ye-nostalgia imthumela ekuhambeni ekubuyiseni kwabantwana.
Ukutyelela kwexesha lokungasebenzi
UFoley uyakhumbula, ngeenkcukacha ezicacileyo, ukutyelela ipaki ekuqaleni kwawo-1960. Wayeneminyaka emihlanu xa usapho lwakhe lwathatha ixesha lokugqibela, kodwa iinkumbulo, kunye neefoto kwiindonga zabazali bakhe, zinyamezela. Emva kokwenza umcimbi wokubambisana eMaine, uFoley wabuyela eSanta Village kunye nomfazi kunye nabantwana abancinci abancinci kwaye wabethwa yindlela egcinwe ngayo kwaye yathandeka ngayo.
Ukujongwa kwi-set-teen pre-teen, ipaki inezinto ezikhangayo ezibandakanya iinqwelo ezihamba ngeemoto ezibukeka njengezihamba ezihamba ngeenqwelo ezihambahambayo kunye ne-carousel ene-renindeer esikhundleni sehashe. UFoley uthi intando yakhe yiYule Log Flume. Izizathu zingenabala, abasebenzi bayabaluleka, yonke into ixabiso elifanelekileyo, kwaye i-auragic aura iyacatshulwa.
Xa iseshoni yokulwa neFoley yamyisa eNew England iinyanga ezimbalwa kamva, wagqiba ekubeni abuyele kwindwendwe yakhe kwiSonto yeSanta. E kubeni bekuphakathi kwebusika kunjalo, ipaki yavalwa ngexesha lexesha. Ngethuba, wabhala kubanikazi besizukulwana sesibini, u-Elaine noMike Gainer, babuza ukuba baya kumvumela ukuba ahambe ngepaki ejikeleziweyo. "Umfazi wam wacinga ukuba ndingumantongomane," uFoley uhleka, "kodwa amaGainer ayencomeka, kwaye sele ndibe nobuhlobo nabo."
Ucebile kwaye ulungile
"Sinamalungu amaninzi athembekileyo," u-Elaine Gainer uthi, "kodwa akukho mntu ngaphandle kukaMick oye waza apha ukuzulazula ngexesha elide." Ukumemezela ukulwa "i-hoot," uthi akayilandelanga le midlalo kwaye wayengakaze amve ngoFoley ngaphambi kokuba enze isicelo sakhe esingavamile. Indodana yakhe yokumtshatshaza-smvydown yamkhupha isantya. "Ngokusekelwe kubalinganiswa bakhe bokulwa, sasingayazi ukuba ngubani lo msesemva kwesiqu," kusho uGainer. "Kodwa, kuvela umntu onobubele, onobubele, ophantsi komhlaba."
Ewe, phantsi komhlaba njengomfana othabatha izikhwama zesitulo ezigulisa entloko, abuyele etafileni egcwele izitopu, kwaye ubuso bakhe bungabonakali ngaphezu kokuqaphela.
Ngoko kutheni indoda eyayidla u-Jimmy "Superfly" uSuka, efuna ukuvuselela isiqwenga sabantu, wayezikhandla ngokuzinikela ngokumangalisayo, kwaye waphumelela kwamaphupha akhe asemagqabini enkampini, ihlabathi lokulwa nelo lizwe lifuna iincwadana ezinzulu zeSanta Village ?
"Ndiyifumene ukuba iyindizathu. Yilona ithuba lokubaleka kwaye ndibe yinkwenkwe kwakhona," uFoley uthi, ukuvuma izinto ezingavumelaniyo ezithintekayo. "Andifuni ukuhlala kwilizwe elikhulu, elinoyikisayo lokulwa rhoqo."
Tidings of comfort
Ngamanye amaxesha, sihamba ukufumana indawo ezintsha, abantu kunye namava. Ngamanye amaxesha, siyavuya ngokubuyela kwizinto eziqhelekileyo. Yiyo yokuhamba ngokulinganayo yokududuzwa kokutya. I-circa-1953 I-Santa's Village inikela uFoley kunye nabahlali bakhe ithuba lokuba babuyekeze i-vacation, iKharrier & Ives yeholide yentsapho yexesha elide.
"Kufana nokubuyela ekhaya," kusho uGainer. Nangona ipaki ihlala idibanisa izinto ezintsha kwaye zigcina izinto zintsha, idibanisa ukuba ithatha unonophelo olukhulu ukukhusela iziqwenga zayo ezindala. "Kubantu abanjengoMick abakuthandayo malunga nobuntwana babo, kubalulekile ukuba sibanike ithuba lokukhumbuza."
Leyo yinxalenye ye-yang-yang mystique yeepaki zokuzonwabisa eziqhelekileyo. Bakubhiyozela i-world-tech, ne-brave world entsha kunye neyona nto yakutshanje, eyona nto ihamba ngokukhawuleza, kodwa isiqinisekisile ngenduduzo ephezulu yokuthintela i-carousels, ii-coasters zokhuni kunye nezinye izinto eziphilayo. Yongeza ekukhanyeni okufudumele kwetethi yeeholide, kunye neSanta Village Village kwiindwendwe zeentendelezo kwiintlobo ezimbini. "Kuninzi lweemvakalelo ezibophelelwe kwiipaki kunye neKrismesi," kusho uGainer. "Sinika i-double whammy."
IKrismesi kunye neengxabano
Naphezu kokungafani kwazo, uFoley ubona ukufana phakathi kweKrismesi, iipaki kunye ne-warfare. "Ndicinga ukuba abaninzi abantu banandipha ukulwa ngenxa yokuba banokukhumbula okubukeleyo njengengane. NjengeSanta Village, ibabuyisela kwindawo yokungabi nasecaleni."
Intsomi zeKrismesi kunye nomdla wokubambisana zidlala zombini zifuna ukumiswa kweenkolelo. Kuze kube yiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, imboni yokubambisana ikhusele ngokucophelela imichimo yayo yangaphambili. Namhlanje, abaphulaphuli bakuloo nto - kunjengokuvuma ukuba akukho Santa Claus - kodwa umdlalo uhlala udlalwa kakhulu. UFoley waqulunqa ingqondo yesikolo sokudala kunye nesimo sengqondo esitsha. Ngenxa yombukiso, wanikela ngomzimba wakhe ngokubonakaliswa ngokuphawulekayo kwezemidlalo kunye nokunyaniseka. UFoley walahlekelwa yinxalenye yendlebe yakhe kumdlalo owodwa onyantlukwano.
I-park freak ebonakalayo, uFoley uthi uyakuthanda iinqwelo ze-world-class coasters, kodwa ukukrazula abalandeli bafike ebusweni bakhe kwaye benze kube nzima ukuhamba ngeepaki. I-Village ye-key Village yaseSanta, apho iindwendwe zihlala zinika imvume yakhe yokuzimela, iyindawo ekhuselekileyo yeFoley.
UFoley uceba ukuqhubeka nokutyelela i-Santa Village Village kodwa ixhala lokuba abantwana bakhe baya kuphuma epakini. "Kwakuyinto edabukisayo xa abantwana bam bandixelela ukuba babethanda iHersheypark engcono kuneSanta Village," ushilo ngo-hatchle, kodwa yongeza ukuba ipaki yeKrismesi-yaya kubuyela kwinani elilodwa ngexesha lokuhamba kwintsapho. "Ndiyathemba ukuba bahlakulela uhlobo olufanayo lothando (kwiSanta Village)," utsho. "Mna nomfazi sam sinethemba lokuya apho njengootatomkhulu nomnye umhla."