1999: Andrea and I (finally) get married at Sunset Point, a beautiful circle of palm trees atop a grassy knoll overlooking the Seven Seas Lagoon and, in the distance, the Magic Kingdom, at the Polynesian Resort in Walt Disney World.
The years that follow: we start a family, hoping always to return to that magical spot.
2013: We (finally) return to WDW and Sunset Point, this time with the fruits of our union.
A few months later (as I learned just this morning via a Google Follow Your World update), Sunset Point looked like this:
Gone forever, to make way for the construction of new villas over the lagoon, and as part of a general revamp of the resort, probably in anticipation of Disney’s upcoming Polynesian-themed film Moana.
Walt Disney himself endorsed the continual reimagining of his parks, and no doubt the Polynesian will be as magical after these changes as it was before. But that circle of palm trees was my one favorite place in the entire world. Goodbye Sunset Point! Thank heavens we made it back to you just in time.
Sunset Point may be gone but memories can last forever!