I had the best time at Disneyland during an eclipse.. I made a pinhole in a piece of cardboard and projected the eclipsing sun onto a wall near Haunted Mansion. I’d like to imagine that I sparked a whole lot of curiosity in the dozens of children who kept running back and forth in the partially obscured sun showing, and it was more than a bit eerie how twilight the park became as the eclipse progressed.
So I’m considering missing totality (even though it’ll likely be my only chance to view it) and doing it again at one of the Disney parks. Just enjoyed the experience too much.
I don’t know if you really want to miss a total eclipse that you can easily get to in the USA. I mean the last one here (in the USA) was 38 years ago. Then the next is this one coming up in 2017, after that it’s 2024. I don’t think anyone who saw the one in 1979, will be alive to see the one AFTER 2024.
I’m hoping to make it THREE in my lifetime, within my own living area ... of the USA. I would have to really live a long time to make it to the one in 2045!