With that being said, there are some of my favorite settings from film or pages that I would love to be able to visit, and I'm sure some of you would too.
This list is in no particular order, just a whimsical list that I put together for your enjoyment:
The Hundred Acre Wood
I used to (and still secretly) adore these stories. Stories of adventure and friendship and in most cases team work in every situation. The Winnie the Pooh stories are filled with loving characters that go on great adventures that take place in the Hundred Acre Wood. What I would give to accompany Pooh on a honey hunt, or help Eyore find his tail, or run from Hephalumps with Piglet.
Hogwarts
I tried to read the Harry Potter stories, but could never make it without falling asleep. However, the movies are a favorite of mine. I would love to have roamed the halls of this amazing school, and even though I hear really great things about Universal Studio's new park dedicated to the setting of the books I know nothing can touch the elaborate place where Harry, Hermione and Ron were taught their skills.
Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory
I had the amazing opportunity to play Violet Beauregard in a community production of this beloved story, and turned into an exploding blue berry with the amount of grace that only I could. The cast and I had a ton of fun re-creating this amazing place, but we didn't have a real chocolate river, and our walls were not scratch and sniff, and even though I chewed through every line (because Violet was a champion bubble gum chewer) I never really had a piece of the full course meal gum. It would be awesome to visit that factory and I'm sure anyone would agree, no matter your age.
Never Never Land
Easily one of my top three favorite stories would be the story of the boy who didn't want to grow up. I think anyone could relate with this tale of adventure and fun and ultimately growing up. When I was younger I used to wish to be Wendy, and fly with my siblings to an amazing place filled with mermaids, pirates, fairies and Indians. If you can't have fun in Never Never Land, then you really do deserve to grow up.
Where The Wild Things Are
Recently, the author of this amazing story, Maurice Sendak, passed away. I adore this story of a boy who just can't fit in, and so runs away to this amazing place where he is king of the Wild Things. Spike Jones created the film adaptation of this amazing story and it is beautifully captured. However, I would love to be King Max for a day and play a part of the "wild rumpus".
Gotham City
I am a closet nerd, even worse, a comic book nerd. And my all time favorite character is Batman. I am also a huge city girl at heart, and the fact that Gotham City (the film version) was derived from images of Chicago, Tokyo and (of course) New York City is just simply amazing to me. So you can pick fun at me all you want, but I would love to take up residence in Gotham City.
Atlantica
I LOVE The Little Mermaid, always have, always will. My bedroom used to be plastered in The Little Mermaid memorabilia, from wallpaper to bed spread to stuffed characters. Also, when I was a little girl I used to play in my grandmother's pool and pretend that I was the red haired mermaid that I loved so much, I already had the hair, I just needed the tail. I would still love to "be part of that world".
Bedrock
However childish it may seem, I still, to this day, take my Flintstone vitamins every morning. I used to love the cartoon, and I had the PEZ candy dispenser with Pebbles' head to prove it. I would love to travel to Bedrock and teach all of the cave men and women the beauty of gasoline....and shoes!
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