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Originally Posted by jpod523  i wish i could go on trips to disney and call them research!  |
I've got to admit that research at Disney is a whole lot better than research in a dusty archive, but if you could see just how our research trips differ from the typical vacation, you'd know that it really is work. Really! (No matter how often we say this, I can imagine folks thinking, "Yeah, right!"
) No, I'm not going to moan about all the sacrifices we make for our art - if we didn't enjoy this, we wouldn't be doing it.
Still, there's a big difference between working at something you love to do, and going on vacation. Maybe that's why we're not fans of commando touring - it just seems like work to us. Our research trips
are commando-style. We have a jam-packed agenda, we have to complete it within a strict time budget, and there's no choice between completing our tasks and relaxing/having fun - we're there to get the job done. In the case of this particular trip, we were also functioning as tour directors/group leaders for more than 30 people. Those of you who have done this or something similar know just what I mean.
Also, at that time we didn't know whether PassPorter would actually come to be, so "experiment" might be a better term than "research." Fortunately, it was a very successful experiment.