Do you count Main Street as a "land"

[Ghoulish Delight]

I know technically it's a land, and it's alwas counted as part of the 5 original lands, but growing up, I never really considered it as such myself.

First of all, it alerts you to the fact that it's not with its name. There was Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, Adventureland, Frontierland, and Main not land.

Secondly, no significant attractions. There's GMWML (a late addition), some cars, a train station, and lots and lots of shopping.

So for me, it just isn't on the same level as the "true" lands. Perhaps because my family was never one to do much shopping, and our favorite eateries were elsewhere in the park. So Mainstreet was nothing more than what I think of it as, which is a portal into the "real" lands.

Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't appreciate it. It served it's purpose beautifully, to act as a buffer between the outside world and the magic within. To set the mood needed to transport you on the way in, and to gradually bring you back to earth on the way out. It was, for me, a place to admire and the site of it was always special, but it was not a place to linger.