New Hampshire Theme Park Rekindles Holiday Spirit
[Cherechedza kuti nyaya ino yakatanga kubudiswa muna 2003, apo Mick Foley akanga achiri kurwisana nesimba uye vana vake vaiva vaduku.]
Sezvaanoshandura egos Cactus Jack, Mankind, uye Dude Love, Mick Foley inhoroondo yep wrestling. Wrestling's pageantry inogona kunge yakanyanya kukudzwa kupfuura mamiriro ezvinhu, asi nzira yake ine utsinye yakaguma nemabasa ekusauraya kwehupenyu hwepedyo-kusanyengedza, dambudziko remapfupa akavhuniwa, uye zvimwe zvezvivaraidzo zvemitambo zvinonyanya kurwisana nemhirizhonga.
Chidzidzo chekuda kuziva zvakasiyana-siyana, iyo mhare yakaoma ine nzvimbo yakanakira yeKrisimasi. Foley anoshongedza imba yake kwemazororo uye anoteerera ku carols - gore rose. Uye anoita mapegrimasi kakawanda sezvinobvira kuSanta Village .
Kufanana nevana vakawanda vese vana vakashandura nzvimbo inoyevedza yeKrisimasi-themed yakasimbiswa muNew Hampshire yakakura yeGreen Mountains, Foley akatanga kushanyira kukokwe sechidiki. Iye zvino, vana vake vanoremekedza Guta reSanta, asi paki yakawanda patina yekutenda inomutumira parwendo kudzokera kumwana asina mhosva.
Kunosvika-nguva yekushanyira
Foley anoyeuka, nemashoko akajeka, anoshanyira paki mumavambo ekuma1960. Akanga ava nemashanu apo mhuri yake yakagamuchira kumutora, asi kuyeuka, pamwe chete nemifananidzo pamadziro evabereki vake, vakatsungirira. Mushure mokuita chiitiko chekugadzirisa muMaine, Foley akadzokera kuSanta Village neMudzimai wake nevana vaduku vaviri uye akarohwa nekuchengetedzwa kwakachengetedzeka uye kufadza.
Yakagadzirirwa ku-pre-teen set, iyo pikicha ine zvitsva zvakakonzerwa kusanganisira monorail motokari dzinotaridzika sezvipfeko zvinobhururuka uye ganda rine runyanga pane mabhiza. Foley anoti anonyanya kufarira ndiyo Yule Log Flume ride. Nzvimbo yacho haina tsvina, vashandi ndivo vanogona, zvose zvinokwanisika kutengesa, uye iyo nostalgic aura inenge ichinakisa.
Apo Foley yakagadzirisa purogiramu yakamutora kuNew England mwedzi mishomanana gare gare, akasarudza kudzoka zvakare kuti aende kumba kuSanta Village. Sezvo yakanga iri pakati pechando, zvakadaro, paki yakavharwa kwenguva. Pakaitika, akanyora kune vechipiri vedzimba, Elaine naMike Gainer, uye vakabvunza kana vaizomubvumira kufamba-famba paki yakavharwa. "Mudzimai wangu aifunga kuti ndaiva makungu," Foley anoseka, "asi Gainers akanga akanaka, uye kubva ipapo ndakatanga ushamwari navo."
Haana hanya uye akanaka
"Tine vateveri vazhinji vakavimbika," anodaro Elaine Gainer, "asi hapana mumwe kunze kwaMick akambouya kuno kuzotenderera mukati memwaka." Kuzivisa kurwisana "hoot," anoti haasi kutevera mutambo uye akanga asati ambonzwa nezvaFoley asati aita chikumbiro chake chisingawanzoitiki. Mwana wake waSmackdown-savvy akamusimudza achikurumidza. "Kubva pakurwisana kwake nevanhu, hatina kuziva kuti murume uyu ari mushure mechikwata aizova ani," Gainer anoti. "Asi, zvinosvika iye ari munhu munyoro, ane mutsa, wepasi-pasi-pasi murume."
Zvakanaka, sepasi pasi semukomana uyo anotora chigaro chechirwere chechirwere chechirwere, achidzokera shure kumatehwe azere nezvigunwe, uye ane chiso chake chisingazivikanwi chisingazivikanwe.
Saka sei murume aizoita kuti Jimmy ave "Superfly" Snuka, achida kuita kuti kuve nekurira kwevanhu vazhinji, akazvifambisa nekuzvipira kunoshamisa, uye akabudirira pane dzimwe dzarangariro dzake dzomusasa mumusasa, nyika yakazara-wrestling yenyika ichitsvaga mhando dzakanaka dzeSanta Village ?
"Ndinoona kuti inonditorera ini. Ndiyo mukana wokutiza uye kuva mwana zvakare," akadaro Foley, achibvuma kusanzwisisika kunokakavara kunofambisa. "Handidi kurarama munyika yakawanda, inotyisa yekutarisana nguva dzose."
Tidings of comfort
Dzimwe nguva, tinoenda kunowana nzvimbo itsva, vanhu uye zvakaitika. Dzimwe nguva, tinofarira kudzokera kune vanoziva. Ndiyo kufamba kwakaenzana yekunyaradza zvokudya. I-circa-1953 Santa's Village inopa Foley nevanhu venguva yake mukana wekudzokorora zvakare, Currier & Ives mhuri yezororo yeyore.
"Zvakafanana nekuuya kumba," Gainer anoti. Apo paki iri nguva dzose ichiwedzera zvitsva zvitsva uye kuchengeta zvinhu zvitsva, inowedzera kuti inotarisira zvikuru kuchengetedza zvikamu zvayo zvakwegura. "Kune vanhu vakaita saMick vanofarira zvevana vavo, zvinokosha kuti tivape mukana wekuyeuchidza."
Icho chikamu che yin-yang mystique yemapaki emapurisa ekare. Vanopemberera nyika yepamusoro-soro, yakashinga neyekupedzisira, iyo inofamba-famba inofadza, asi inosimbisa ne-high-touch nyaradzo ye carousels, mabheji emapuranga emapuranga, nezvimwe zvikamu zvisikwa zvehupenyu. Wedzera mukati mekudziya kwezuva rezororo, uye Santa's Village inosvika pamwoyo yevakashanyi pamakona maviri. "Pane zvakawanda zvekunetseka zvakasungirirwa mumapaki ezitukuro uye Krisimasi," Gainer anoti. "Tinopa mhemberero mbiri."
Krisimasi uye kurwisana nenhema
Pasinei nekusiyana kwavo kunoonekwa, Foley anoona zvakafanana pakati peKrisimasi, mapaki ezitukuro, uye kurwisana. "Ndinofunga kuti vanhu vakawanda vanofarira kurwisana nokuti vanoyeuchidza kuritarisa semwana." SezvaSanta's Village, inovadzosa kunzvimbo isina mhosva. "
Mhemberero dzeKrisimasi uye kushushikana kwekutwisana zvinotanga zvose zvinoda kusimudzirwa kwekutenda. Kusvikira makore mashomanana adarika, mhirizhonga yekurwisana yakanyatsochengetedza maitiro ayo asati agadzirwa. Mazuva ano, vateereri vari mukati mekunyadzisa - kufanana nekubvuma kuti hakuna Santa Claus - asi mutambo unoramba uri mukurumbira. Foley akagadzirisa mafungiro ekare ekuchikoro uye mafungiro ayo matsva. Nokuda kwechiratidziro, akabayira muviri wake nezviratidzo zvinoshamisa zvemitambo uye kushatirwa. Foley akatotora chikamu chenzeve yake mune rimwe runyararo.
Musoro wepaki huru, Foley anoti anoda kutasva nyika-class coasters, asi kurira kwevafambi kunowira muchiso chake uye kuita kuti zvive zvisingakwanisi kufamba pamusoro pemapaki. Iko-kiyi-kiyi yeSanta Village, uko vashanyi vanowanzovapa iye oga, ndiyo Foley inzvimbo yakachengeteka.
Foley anoronga kuramba achishanyira Santa Village nguva zhinji asi kunetseka kuti vana vake vachamira paki. "Kwaiva zuva rakasuruvara apo vana vangu vakanditaurira kuti vaifarira Hersheypark zviri nani kupfuura Santa's Village," anotaura nechinangwa, asi anowedzera kuti paki yeKrismasi-themed yakadzokera kune imwe nhamba-imwe panguva yorwendo rwomumhuri. "Ndinovimba kuti varikudziridza rudzi rumwe rwerudo (rweSanta Village)," anodaro. "Ini nemudzimai wangu tiri kutarisira kuenda ikoko sekuru nasekuru nanhasi rimwe zuva."