It is Free For All Friday here on the Council of Trent podcast. I am your host, Kathy Gens is

Apologist and Speaker Trent Horn. Mondays and Wednesdays we talk apologetics and theology,

but Friday we talk about whatever I want to talk about. Today, I want to talk about the phenomenon

of Disney adults and contrasts that to people who appreciate Disney theme parks, but are not Disney adults.

I think a lot of cases, it's either one of two camps for adults.

Either you are a totally disinterested adult and you think a place like Disneyland is only for kids,

and adults can't enjoy that whatsoever.

Or you are a quote unquote Disney adult, someone who is somewhat obsessed with these

theme parks and will go to any length to visit them, to defend them, obsessed with visiting

them, praising them above other things, higher than they deserve to be praised for, and

taking it personally when people criticize them.

So it's like there's only two camps.

You either have to like dislike Disney or be totally obsessed.

I would like to defend a middle ground that I call being a theme park officianto.

Or sorry, a theme park enthusiast, you know, someone who can appreciate these kinds of things.

The reason I bring it up is because

over the summer, we did a family trip out to California. And for part of the trip, we took the kids to

Disneyland. I have three boys who are still in elementary school. And so that's a great age for

them to really enjoy Disney. We have lower elementary school and higher

elementary school. And so, and they really enjoy it, right? They, you know, they like the characters,

the rides are great for them. For the older elementary kids, the thrill rides are at just like

the perfect level for them. For the younger elementary, uh, the themed rides are really fun and they

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