Sean Daly: When you first meet Stacey, your dreams of the perfect Disney World vacation are still pure. No tears have been shed, no Goofy dolls lost, no deep family resentment seeded after a barfy drop on the Tower of Terror.
You have just checked into your room at a Disney hotel. You plop down on the bed, the kids scrambling here and there, and you turn on the television. There she is - Stacey! - the host of the Resort TV channel. Stacey's info show, the 30-minute Top 7 Must-Sees at Walt Disney World, runs on a loop, all day, every day.
In more than 24, 000 hotel rooms.
For tens of millions of visitors a year.
You can't look away from this supernaturally perky tour guide,…
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