Favorite American Vacation Destinations

The American Leisure website has two videos that captured my interest. The one that I found most interesting was the Yale vs. Princeton football game where there were 50,000 people attending. The style of play displayed in the video seems abnormal compared to the more organized style of play today where a variety of different formations are used. In this aged video from the early 1900’s shows the football teams playing in a similar style as the sport of rugby. Which is in fact how the sport of football originated in 1879 with similar rules and regulations instituted by a man named Walter Camp, known as “the father of American football”, who was both a respectable player and coach at Yale University.
The second video that was of interest to me was titled “The Ball Game”, where two teams seemed to be scrimmaging but the video footage is not clear or specific because of old age. However the sport of baseball has not changed much and has remained part of “America’s Pastime” for centuries.
The tourists in the Disneyland video are venturing through the park exploring the different lands that create this “dreamland” in its entirety. They are busy fulfilling their exciting experiences while being entertained by the different musician groups parading up and down the streets.
I have only been to Disneyland a couple of times with my cousins who live in Southern California, and to them, it is just another walk in an entertaining festive park. To my cousins, this entire thrilling atmosphere is mundane. But to the new traveler who is an amateur to this paradise, such as my brother and I, every sight around every corner offers a new adventure.
Main Street in Disneyland is the entrance into this world where excitement and fun fill the mind and where the feeling of “being a kid again” is something everyone can feel as they venture down this historical route.
The history of Main Street at Disneyland is more than just a gateway to the world-renowned adventure land in Southern California. It holds the title as “The Happiest Place on Earth” and with all the people that come to visit for this reason in search of a leisurely family vacation, the reputation of Disneyland and every part about it, including Main Street, respectfully grows amongst the public.