#994: Public Sleeping

This is my friend Duncan:

Duncan here is a very wise gentleman and over the few years that I've known him, he has taught me a lot. 

He is the Bay Area Connoisseur.

A fountain of trivial knowledge for all things.

But the most important thing I've learned from my friend Duncan...

is Public Sleeping. 

Now, Public Sleeping, as first explained to me in Disneyland 2009, is an art form and an opportunity that should never be passed up as long as it's presenting itself. Duncan said that benches, grassy knolls and vacant open spaces (also known as Nooks, we'll talk about how Awesome they are later) anywhere in Disney Parks are specifically made for taking public naps. 

I think that the beauty of nap taking in Walt Disney World is the fact that it's socially acceptable and it feels stupendous. A day might be running rather long, or you may just have not gotten a ton of sleep the night before, but either way you slice it, you gotta take a load off at one point or another during the day. As soon as you find a comfortable place to close your little eyes and take a power nap...that's when the glory and euphoria kicks in. 

Duncan fell asleep on a chair at the Dream Suite in Disneyland.

It didn't take long...for me to follow suit.

Public Sleeping truly is an art form.

And the next time you're walking around Epcot in Futureworld? Take a stroll past the grassy knolls in front of Mission: Space.

That's a bonafide #1 choice for Public Sleeping and I'm sure you'll find someone reveling in the joy. 

Do not ever fight the urge to rest your head on a bench's arm rest...or on a nearby friend while riding Ellen's Energy Adventure at Epcot. 

Or on the People Mover...

Or on break from work...

Or the Wilderness Lodge on one of it's comfy couches in one of the many hidden nooks...

How about a random bench?

This is called the Nawlin's Sprawl...this is New Orleans Square at Disneyland.

Anywhere you can stretch out, get a little shut eye and wake up still in the most Magical Place on Earth, sounds like a pretty great nap to me. 

AWESOME!