I-New Hampshire Theme Park ivuselela uMoya Wezokuvakasha
[Phawula ukuthi lesi sihloko sanyatheliswa okokuqala ngo-2003, lapho uMick Foley esalokhu elwa ngokuqinile futhi izingane zakhe zisebancane.]
Njengoba aguqula i-egos Cactus Jack, i-Mankind, no-Love Dude, uMick Foley uyinhloko ye-wrestling pro. I-Wrestling's pageantry ingase ibe yinto emnandi kakhulu kunesimo, kodwa isitayela sakhe esihlukumezayo siye sabangela izenzo zokufa ezingekho emthethweni, amathambo aphukile, kanye nemidlalo eminingi yokuzijabulisa yezemidlalo.
Ucwaningo olujulile ngokuhlukana, umphikisi onzima unendawo elula yeKhisimusi. UFoley uhlobisa ikhaya lakhe ngamaholide futhi ulalela ama-carols - unyaka wonke. Futhi wenza izinkambiso njalo ngangokunokwenzeka eSanta's Village .
Njengabaningi bamabhayisikobho abathola kabusha i-park-themed park ekhangayo ehlelwe eNtabeni eNew White, eNew Hampshire, uFoley wavakashela kuqala ukukhangwa njengomntwana. Manje, izingane zakhe ziyamdumisa iSonto LikaSanta, kanti i-patina ecebile yepaki ye-nostalgia imthumela ekuhambeni emuva ekungenacala kwengane.
Ukuvakasha kwe-off-season
UFoley uyakhumbula, ngemininingwane ecacile, evakashela ipaki ekuqaleni kwawo-1960. Wayeneminyaka emihlanu ngesikhathi umndeni wakhe ugcina ukumthatha, kodwa izinkumbulo, kanye nezithombe ezindongeni zabazali bakhe, zakhuthazela. Ngemva kokwenza umcimbi e-Wrestling eMaine, uFoley wabuyela eSanta's Village nomkakhe nezingane ezimbili ezincane futhi wahlatshwa umxhwele ngendlela egcinwe ngayo futhi eyathandeka kakhulu.
Eqondiswe isethi esandulela ingane, ipaki inezici ezikhangayo ezibandakanya izimoto ze-monorail ezibukeka njengezindiza ezihamba ngezinyawo kanye ne-carousel ene-reindeer esikhundleni samahhashi. UFoley uthi intandokazi yakhe yi-Yule Log Flume ride. Izizathu zingenasici, abasebenzi bangabantu, yonke into iyabiza kakhulu, futhi i-aura yayo ye-nostalgic iyasondeka.
Ngesikhathi isimiso se-Foley sika-wrestling sesimyisa eNew England ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, wanquma ukubuyela emuva ngokuvakashela eSanta's Village. Njengoba kwakungaphakathi phakathi nobusika, ipaki yavalwa isikhathi. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, wabhalela abanikazi besizukulwane sesibili, u-Elaine no-Mike Gainer, babuza ukuthi bayomvumela ukuba ahambe eduze nepaki evaliwe. "Umkami wacabanga ukuthi ngingamantongomane," uFoley uyahleka, "kodwa amaGainers ayemangalisayo, futhi ngisungula ubungane nabo."
Akabi futhi unomusa
"Sinabantu abalandeli abaningi abaqotho," kusho u-Elaine Gainer, "kodwa akekho omunye ngaphandle kukaMick owake wafika lapha ukuzulazula ngesikhathi esizayo." Ukumemezela ukulwa "inhlanzi," uthi akahambisani nemidlalo futhi wayengakaze amzwe ngoFoley ngaphambi kokuba enze isicelo sakhe esingavamile. Indodana yakhe ye-Smackdown-savvy yamlethela ngokushesha. "Ngokwezinhlamvu zakhe zokulwa, sasingazi ukuthi ngubani ozobe esehlakaleni," kusho uGainer. "Kodwa, kubonakala sengathi ungumndeni omnene, onomusa, ophansi."
Eqinisweni, njengoba phansi emhlabeni njengomfana othabatha izikhwama zesihlalo esibuhlungu ekhanda, uphindela emuva emgqeni ogcwele izithupha, futhi ubuso bakhe bubukeka ngaphandle kokuqaphela kungenzeka.
Ngakho-ke kungani indoda eyayizikhukhumeza uJimmy "Superfly" uSuka, efuna ukuvuselela isixuku, wazinikela ngokuzinikela okukhulu, futhi waphumelela ngaphandle kwamaphupho akhe amakhulu kakhulu ekamu, izwe eligcwele impi lombuso lifuna izintelezi ezincane zaseSanta's Village ?
"Ngiyathola ukuthi kuyangihlasela, kuyithuba lokuphunyuka futhi ngibe ingane," kusho uFoley, esivumelanisa ukungathí sina okungavumelani okumshayela. "Angifuni ukuhlala ezweni elikhulu, elishaqisayo lokulwa njalo."
Ama-tidings of induduzo
Ngezinye izikhathi, siyahamba ukuthola izindawo ezintsha, abantu nokuhlangenwe nakho. Ngezinye izikhathi, siyajabula ngokubuyela kubantu abajwayele. Kungukulingana kokuhamba kokududuzeka kokudla. I-circa-1953 iSonto likaSanta linikeza uFoley kanye nalabo abaphila nabo ithuba lokuba babuyekeze ikhefu lomndeni, i-Currier & Ives eholidini.
"Kunjengokufika ekhaya," kusho uGainer. Ngesikhathi ipaki ilokhu ihlanganisa izinto ezikhangayo ezintsha nokugcina izinto zihlanzekile, uyanezela ukuthi kuthatha ukunakekelwa okukhulu ngokuqapha izingcezu zayo ezindala. "Kubantu abanjengoMick abayithandana ngokuphathelene nobuntwana babo, kubalulekile ukuthi sibanike ithuba lokukhumbuza."
Lokho yingxenye ye-yang-yang mystique yama-classic amusement parks. Bayawugubha izwe elisha eliphezulu, elinesibindi elinomdlandla wamanje, okhuphuka kakhulu, kodwa uqiniseke ngenduduzo ephezulu yokuthinta ama-carousels, ama-coasters ezinkuni zokhuni nezinye izicucu zomlando. Engeza ekukhanyeni okufudumayo kwesihloko sayo seholide, futhi iSan's Village idonsa izinhliziyo zezivakashi ezihlangothini ezimbili. "Kunemizwa eminingi ehlanganiswe emapaki amahle kanye noKhisimusi," kusho uGainer. "Sinikeza i-whammy kabili."
UKhisimusi kanye nezinganekwane
Naphezu kokungafani kwabo okubonakalayo, uFoley ubona ukufana phakathi kukaKhisimusi, amapaki, kanye nokulwa. "Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu abaningi abadala bayakujabulela ukulwa ngoba banezinkumbulo ezimnandi zokubukela njengengane." NjengeSanta's Village, ibabuyisela endaweni engenacala. "
Izinkolelo zikaKhisimusi nokufutheka kuka-wrestling kudlala kokubili kudinga ukumiswa kwenkolelo. Kuze kube yiminyaka embalwa eyedlule, imboni ye-wrestling ivikele ngokucophelela imikhuba yayo yangaphambili. Namuhla, izilaleli zikhona ekuhlaleni - kufana nokuvuma ukuthi akukho Santa Claus - kodwa umdlalo uhlala uthanda kakhulu. UFoley ubhekene nomqondo omdala we-wrestling kanye nesimo sakhe sengqondo esisha. Ngenxa yombukiso, wanikela ngomzimba wakhe ngezibonakaliso ezimangalisayo zokudlala nokudabuka. UFoley waze walahlekelwa ingxenye yendlebe yakhe emdlalweni owodwa ongcono.
I-park park freak, u-Foley uthi uthanda ukugibela ama-coasters emhlabeni wonke, kodwa abalandeli bamemeza bahlangana ebusweni bakhe futhi benza kube nzima ukuhamba ngamapaki. Idolobhana lase-Santa's key-key, lapho izivakashi ngokuvamile zimnika khona ubumfihlo bakhe, indawo ephephile yakwaFoley.
UFoley uhlela ukuqhubeka evakashela iSonto likaSanta kaningi kepha izinkathazo izingane zakhe ezizokhipha ipaki. "Kwakuyinto edabukisayo lapho izingane zami zingitshela ukuthi zithande kakhulu uHersheypark kuneSanta's Village," usho nge-chuckle, kodwa wanezela ukuthi ipaki likaKhisimusi ebuyele emuva endaweni eyodwa lapho kulandela uhambo lomndeni. "Ngithemba ukuthi bahlakulela uthando olufanayo (iSanta Village)," usho kanje. "Mina nomkami sinethemba lokuya lapho njengogogo nomkhulu ngolunye usuku."