The Kings of Fantasy Kingdom

Admission for one-day for one child at Disney World is $67. The average American family can handle this.

Admission for one-day for one child at Fantasy Kingdom in Dhaka is $2.60, a price beyond the reach of the average Bangladeshi family.

Fantasy Kingdom is surrounded by garment factories and rice fields. Many of the locals will go their entire life without taking the first step under FK’s bright, welcoming gates.

Today, for the price of one Disney World admission, I took 19 kids and one old farmer. We had the park to ourselves. There was no line. We were the line.

Roller coasters, playgrounds, and pizza filled our day. At times it seemed normal. And then the shoeless children, feet burning on the sun-baked stone, would start skipping. Or it would set in, “My god, this girl doesn’t even have a shirt.”

I bought her one for less than $1.

We live in a crazy, imbalanced world. It can be depressing to think about. But there’s no reason we all can’t have a little fun too.

For a few hours, we were the Kings of Fantasy Kingdom. And we had a blast.