Fanny Pack Vacation

A lot of people may think that the fanny pack is a dying trend. Just come to Disney World and you will change your mind. Although fanny packs are unacceptable under any circumstances (ugly!), some people still favor them for their Disney vacations. I was curious about percentages, so Hayley helped me today and over a period of 5 hours standing at the manatee stage, we counted the number of visitors we had and the number who were wearing fanny packs. Keep in mind this is a rough estimate because while counting, we were also counting how much lettuce each manatee was eating, answering questions, and giving informative speeches about manatees.

I decided to exclude children. They run around so much that they could be counted twice on accident and unless their parents are evil, they wouldn't be forced to wear (or be trusted with) the fanny pack.

What we found:

- We counted 1,217 adults (if you factor in children and that we are actually open for 10 hours, we probably get around 5,000 visitors a day).

- 57 of those were rocking the fanny pack.

- That means that around 4.7% of guests wear fanny packs.

- If you then use the statistic that 17 million people visit Disney World every year, it turns out that approximately 800,000 people use fanny packs on their vacations.

- Some try to use the fanny pack as a purse. Sorry, but even if it's draped around your shoulder I counted it.

- 3 unfortunate children were wearing them.

- On an unrelated note, one man was wearing a utility vest, complete with pens poking out of the pen pocket holders.

I will do a follow up if I decide to do the count again. If anything, the percentage will probably just go up.