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The Kings of Fantasy Kingdom
By Kelsey | April 17th, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Admission for one-day for one child at Disney World is $67. The average American family can handle this.
Admission for one-day for one child at Fantasy Kingdom in Dhaka is $2.60, a price beyond the reach of the average Bangladeshi family.
Fantasy Kingdom is surrounded by garment factories and rice fields. Many of the locals will go their entire life without taking the first step under FK’s bright, welcoming gates.
Today, for the price of one Disney World admission, I took 19 kids and one old farmer. We had the park to ourselves. There was no line. We were the line.
Roller coasters, playgrounds, and pizza filled our day. At times it seemed normal. And then the shoeless children, feet burning on the sun-baked stone, would start skipping. Or it would set in, “My god, this girl doesn’t even have a shirt.”
I bought her one for less than $1.
We live in a crazy, imbalanced world. It can be depressing to think about. But there’s no reason we all can’t have a little fun too.
For a few hours, we were the Kings of Fantasy Kingdom. And we had a blast.
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April 18th, 2007 at 9:36 am
These kids will never forget what you did for them. Pretty cool!
April 18th, 2007 at 11:26 am
Priceless…
April 18th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
My thoughts on this….. You are a great man for taking those people some place they may never go or see again.
April 19th, 2007 at 5:28 am
Yeah, yeah, very magnanimous of you. The real question, however, is how were the roller coasters? King’s Island or Darke County Fair? I always enjoy riding with first-time coasters. I’ll bet that there was a lot of good-natured screaming.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Who was this park built for? The statues on the outside don’t even lool like the people in the area.
You have found that you shirt has a heart and a face. You may never look at your clothing in the same way again.
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:05 pm
Cathy,
Well put.
The park was built for the upper class of Bangladesh. It cost $200 million to construct. I can think of a lot better ways to spend that kind of cash in Bangladesh.