Scientists have discovered that the sense of smell has a stronger link to memory and emotion than any of the other sense. This is why when you smell certain things, it brings your mind back to a moment in the past – the scent of a vacation at the beach, the pine smell of a retreat in the mountains, the scent of the water rides at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
Some of you read that last part and may be smiling and nodding your head right now. Others of you may be lifting an eyebrow or cocking your head to the side and saying, “Whaaaa?” For the latter of you, I say, “Yes, really!”
If you’ve been to a Disney park, you’ll know there are a lot of scents there. The smell of the different foods, like Dole Whips, turkey legs, and churros. The scent of the fireworks if the wind is right. The smells they pump into certain attractions, like pine trees, the ocean breeze or oranges. In fact, there are so many smells at WDW and DL that people sell candles that smell like the things people want to “relive” through their olfactory glands :-).
But back to the water rides at Disney…
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