Wrote by Tristane on Tuesday, January 1st 2008 at 8:30 am

When I was little, my mother used to tell me that everything in life is relative… and it’s true.

You see, today, right now, right this second… I wish you a Happy New Year!
I say this because for the last couple of seconds - at the Park at least - it’s already 1st January 2008 and this is a reason to celebrate!

Except that… Except that on a universal level, I’m totally off… And, without looking as far as the universe, and staying on the scale of the world of Disney on the planet, I’m still totally wrong!!
Okay, at the Tokyo Disney Resort, at the precise moment that I’m writing these lines, it’s already 8:00 a.m. on 1st January 2008, so we’re already in the New Year. The same can be said for the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, where it is already 7 a.m. on 1st January.

But, if you’re at the Disneyland Resort in California, Mickey’s birthplace no less, it’s only 3:00 p.m. on 31st December 200…7!

Likewise, at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, which is not the least of the Parks, it’s just 6 p.m. and still 31st December 2007.

So, in order to support all the Mickeys around the world, I would like us all to wish each other a Happy New Year on 2nd January, just for this year… So that we can be sure that everyone receives our best wishes.

All I have to say is… Happy New Year anyway!