Beyond the walls of Cinderella Castle is the Fantasyland Forest and a little corner of Wonderland where the Mad Hatter is hosting a Tea Party. The area is marked with fanciful, oversize leaves and flowers. Even Alice, the March Hare and the Hatter himself take the form of topiary figures.
Under the canopy of the party tent, colorful paper lanterns light up the festivities as Guests shrink down to precisely three inches high to enjoy a spin in one of the Hatter's teacups. As the madness ensues, the Dormouse peeks out from inside the teapot at the center of the platter, just to see what's going on. He looks a bit intoxicated from all that tea, but whatever you do, try not to mention Dinah. You know... Alice's C - A - T.
The party winds down, and we make our way to the exit. Remaining ever the polite party guests, we don't even say anything to the Hatter about the fact that he's left the price tag on his hat.
The "10/6" mark represented 10 shillings 6 pence, slightly more than a half pound. With inflation and current exchange rates, that would be about $62. Nice hat!
That is interesting about the hat. I had always thought that 10/6 was the hat size notation, with the inverted fraction being as zany as its wearer. Of course I guess the idea of a hatmaker buying a hat carries its own zaniness.
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