Bristol people have the most magic in their lives
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Disneyland Paris: Bristol people have more magic moments in their lives than people in the rest of the UK, according to Disney
People in Bristol have experienced more magical moments in their lives than their counterparts in the rest of the UK, according to Disney.
Four per cent of people in the city said they had yet to experience their magical moment – compared to 7% of all adults in the country.
Newcastle is the most miserable city in Britain, with 13% saying they had never had any ‘wow’ factor in their lives, followed by similarly high proportions in Manchester and Liverpool.
According to the poll of 1,800 British adults by Disneyland Paris, 3.5million adults in the UK were yet to experience such joy, with men more unfulfilled – 10% of them have never had a special moment compared to 6% of women.
The results were analysed by Dr Louise Bunce, a developmental psychology lecturer at Oxford Brookes University. She said: “Magical experiences and magical moments are important and meaningful to us. They also play a pivotal role in our psychological health and wellbeing, as well as for the development of our imagination, creativity and understanding of the world.”
She added this was particularly true in a recession where positive experiences can act as a protective barrier against the gloom.
Disneyland Paris has released the survey results following the poor publicity caused by the Eurostar travel chaos during December – in which families experienced less than magical moments stuck in the Channel Tunnel.
A mother who recounted her family’s ordeal during the pre-Christmas Eurostar travel chaos on Facebook urged a report into the fiasco to reflect “the human side” of the saga.
Emma Powney was stranded in the Channel Tunnel for hours with her partner Tom and two young children – Joshua, five, and Noah, two – after their train broke down.
The 30-year-old, who was returning from a trip to Disneyland Paris, said her “exhausted, cold and tired” family were treated “worse than cattle” on the night of December 18 and 19.
Ms Powney, from Kent, said: “Joshua is old enough to separate our five-day stay at Disneyland from the terrible Eurostar experience. But when I ask Noah if he enjoyed his trip, he just says ‘No, the train broke’.
“We were left in the tunnel with no idea what was going on. This was supposed to be a wonderful holiday and, to start with, it was. Disneyland was magical, it snowed. But everything was ruined in the end. I have lost all faith in Eurostar.”
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