Just a little anecdote to all the parents taking the wee ones to disney:
As a child I was taken to disney twice, each time it was the year a close relative died, the last time being ...... 92 or 93...
2010 was the next time a close relative died. before it was even spring I was looking at vacation packages for disney. Never gave 2 shits about disney (or florida, in general) before that.
Didn't make that Pavlovian connection until I mentioned the plan to Mom and she inquired about why i suddenly wanted to go, considering I was only taken the year so-and-so died and the year so-and-so died before that, and never showed any initiative to go on my own before...............
I know a guy in his mid to early 20s that booked Disney for his honeymoon. No shit.
they actually do weddings.
I think BJ did that for his wedding...
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I know a guy in his mid to early 20s that booked Disney for his honeymoon. No shit.
they actually do weddings.
I think BJ did that for his wedding...
Naw, I wish, couldn't afford it back then, if i ever come into some real money though it's going to happen. But we did go there for our Honeymoon and a hurricane was supposed to hit but didn't, so the parks were empty!
one time we went, the ex (wife at the time) was pregnant with #3 and we got to the front a few times that way.
So not worth it
marrying her? true, definately not worth it, worst decision ever. she made even Disney miserable
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
I still remember almost every one of the family trips that I took as a kid. Road Trips, Disney, and summer rentals. I may not remember the specifics but looking back at those pictures every few years brings back the simpler times in life.
One report says wealthy Manhattanites hire disabled guides to speed through the park. Really? More evidence would help.
By Jason Notte 23 hours ago
Rich people using disabled guides to duck the lines at Walt Disney World? Kid-loving mega-corporation Disney doing nothing about this play for privilege? Could anything make this story more evil?
Maybe a little more evidence.
The New York Post uncorked such a story Tuesday when it declared that wealthy Manhattan mothers were hiring a disabled tour guide for $130 an hour, or $1,040 per eight-hour day, to help their kids cut to the front of ride lines. The lead source on the matter is social anthropologist Wednesday Martin, who's writing a book called "Primates of Park Avenue" that she says goes into all of the sordid details of the Manhattanites' exploits.
None of the mothers are named. And the black-market tour group that's supposedly behind the whole thing -- Dream Tours Florida -- denies it uses a tour guide's disability to bypass lines. But the man who runs it notes that its guide has an autoimmune disorder and has to use a scooter on the job.
That basically makes it the word of an author quoting anonymous sources against that of a tour guide who fits a profile and offers the service and a ride pass that undercuts Disney's price of $310 to $380 per hour for its own VIP service.
Unfortunately for Disney, park policy favors Martin's story. The park allows each visitor using a wheelchair or motorized scooter to take up to six guests to a "more convenient entrance."
One of the sources Martin quoted claims she hired a Dream Tours guide to escort her, her husband and their 1-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter through the park in a motorized scooter with a "handicapped" sign on it. Their group was then waved past the line at each ride to an auxiliary entrance at the front of each attraction.
Believable? Absolutely. All the elements are in place to allow such a scheme to unfold. Does it get increasingly believable, given one's disposition to think little of the Manhattan elite? Absolutely.
The problem is that the folks who grease co-op boards for residences with a view of the park, convert SoHo and TriBeCa lofts into family-friendly dream homes and shell out for prep schools that beat paths to Ivy League institutions aren't exactly bargain hunters. Even at roughly 66% off, taking the low road through Disney has too many downsides for the reputations of folks who have to face their peers over brunch at Bubby's every weekend.
Again, that's not saying they couldn't take advantage of a scheme like the one described above. Without hard evidence, however, it all just seems a little bit too tailored to an audience that's not only critical of the rich but thinks wealthy mothers speak in the made-for-TV dialogue excerpted from Martin's book:
"You can't go to Disney without a tour concierge," she sniffed. "This is how the 1 percent does Disney."
If you want a great steak book be our guest in fantasyland. Also Via Napoli in Epcot's Pizza's are amazing.
I always hit The Yachtsman's for my steak. We were also thinking of doing the Canada Steakhouse in Epcot.
I think we are hitting up Be Our Guest for a lunch.
We tried booking Oahna, but that fucker is booked for the week.
Japan, Mexico, and France are taken care of. We have early dinners in each, then its off to whatever late night park is open that night.
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
If you want a great steak book be our guest in fantasyland. Also Via Napoli in Epcot's Pizza's are amazing.
I always hit The Yachtsman's for my steak. We were also thinking of doing the Canada Steakhouse in Epcot.
I think we are hitting up Be Our Guest for a lunch.
We tried booking Oahna, but that fucker is booked for the week.
Japan, Mexico, and France are taken care of. We have early dinners in each, then its off to whatever late night park is open that night.
We always book Japan for late at night. When dinner is over you can walk through the park when it is closed and just enjoy the night with not being mobbed by people. Also, I don't know if Germany closes really late, or never closes!, but you can get a great beer to drink while you are taking the walk around while the park is closing/closed. My wife and I have been able to do that a few times. Enjoy!
If you want a great steak book be our guest in fantasyland. Also Via Napoli in Epcot's Pizza's are amazing.
I always hit The Yachtsman's for my steak. We were also thinking of doing the Canada Steakhouse in Epcot.
I think we are hitting up Be Our Guest for a lunch.
We tried booking Oahna, but that fucker is booked for the week.
Japan, Mexico, and France are taken care of. We have early dinners in each, then its off to whatever late night park is open that night.
Espn and it's many beer's is always a great place to waste a few hours. A gem is whispering canyons at the wilderness lodge as well. I love the countries but there's many other great places to eat at.
We always book Japan for late at night. When dinner is over you can walk through the park when it is closed and just enjoy the night with not being mobbed by people. Also, I don't know if Germany closes really late, or never closes!, but you can get a great beer to drink while you are taking the walk around while the park is closing/closed. My wife and I have been able to do that a few times. Enjoy!
We did Germany last year.
It was easily the worst place we had dinner.
Wont ever go back.
We are also looking in to The Brown Derby.
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
We always book Japan for late at night. When dinner is over you can walk through the park when it is closed and just enjoy the night with not being mobbed by people. Also, I don't know if Germany closes really late, or never closes!, but you can get a great beer to drink while you are taking the walk around while the park is closing/closed. My wife and I have been able to do that a few times. Enjoy!
We did Germany last year.
It was easily the worst place we had dinner.
Wont ever go back.
We are also looking in to The Brown Derby.
Never had anything to eat from there (Germany), but the beer is great!
We always book Japan for late at night. When dinner is over you can walk through the park when it is closed and just enjoy the night with not being mobbed by people. Also, I don't know if Germany closes really late, or never closes!, but you can get a great beer to drink while you are taking the walk around while the park is closing/closed. My wife and I have been able to do that a few times. Enjoy!
We did Germany last year.
It was easily the worst place we had dinner.
Wont ever go back.
We are also looking in to The Brown Derby.
Never had anything to eat from there (Germany), but the beer is great!
What did you eat?
I don't drink when I am at Disney.
What did we eat in Germany?
Cold disgusting crap!
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
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As a child I was taken to disney twice, each time it was the year a close relative died, the last time being ...... 92 or 93...
2010 was the next time a close relative died. before it was even spring I was looking at vacation packages for disney. Never gave 2 shits about disney (or florida, in general) before that.
Didn't make that Pavlovian connection until I mentioned the plan to Mom and she inquired about why i suddenly wanted to go, considering I was only taken the year so-and-so died and the year so-and-so died before that, and never showed any initiative to go on my own before...............
I went to cedar point that year instead. :oops:
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they actually do weddings.
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I think BJ did that for his wedding...
- Christopher McCandless
one time we went, the ex (wife at the time) was pregnant with #3 and we got to the front a few times that way.
Naw, I wish, couldn't afford it back then, if i ever come into some real money though it's going to happen. But we did go there for our Honeymoon and a hurricane was supposed to hit but didn't, so the parks were empty!
marrying her? true, definately not worth it, worst decision ever. she made even Disney miserable
- Christopher McCandless
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmXSS1xmloc First 2 minutes - I love George Lopez. I am the youngest of 5. We took lots of road trips. I vote road trip.
Are the rich cutting in line at Disney World?
One report says wealthy Manhattanites hire disabled guides to speed through the park. Really? More evidence would help.
By Jason Notte 23 hours ago
Rich people using disabled guides to duck the lines at Walt Disney World? Kid-loving mega-corporation Disney doing nothing about this play for privilege? Could anything make this story more evil?
Maybe a little more evidence.
The New York Post uncorked such a story Tuesday when it declared that wealthy Manhattan mothers were hiring a disabled tour guide for $130 an hour, or $1,040 per eight-hour day, to help their kids cut to the front of ride lines. The lead source on the matter is social anthropologist Wednesday Martin, who's writing a book called "Primates of Park Avenue" that she says goes into all of the sordid details of the Manhattanites' exploits.
None of the mothers are named. And the black-market tour group that's supposedly behind the whole thing -- Dream Tours Florida -- denies it uses a tour guide's disability to bypass lines. But the man who runs it notes that its guide has an autoimmune disorder and has to use a scooter on the job.
That basically makes it the word of an author quoting anonymous sources against that of a tour guide who fits a profile and offers the service and a ride pass that undercuts Disney's price of $310 to $380 per hour for its own VIP service.
Unfortunately for Disney, park policy favors Martin's story. The park allows each visitor using a wheelchair or motorized scooter to take up to six guests to a "more convenient entrance."
One of the sources Martin quoted claims she hired a Dream Tours guide to escort her, her husband and their 1-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter through the park in a motorized scooter with a "handicapped" sign on it. Their group was then waved past the line at each ride to an auxiliary entrance at the front of each attraction.
Believable? Absolutely. All the elements are in place to allow such a scheme to unfold. Does it get increasingly believable, given one's disposition to think little of the Manhattan elite? Absolutely.
The problem is that the folks who grease co-op boards for residences with a view of the park, convert SoHo and TriBeCa lofts into family-friendly dream homes and shell out for prep schools that beat paths to Ivy League institutions aren't exactly bargain hunters. Even at roughly 66% off, taking the low road through Disney has too many downsides for the reputations of folks who have to face their peers over brunch at Bubby's every weekend.
Again, that's not saying they couldn't take advantage of a scheme like the one described above. Without hard evidence, however, it all just seems a little bit too tailored to an audience that's not only critical of the rich but thinks wealthy mothers speak in the made-for-TV dialogue excerpted from Martin's book:
"You can't go to Disney without a tour concierge," she sniffed. "This is how the 1 percent does Disney."
Maybe.
Have 5 days to cancel the trip with no penalties.
My wife and I are insane
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
And the places we are eating at, changes hourly!
This time around we are hitting Fultons in Downtown Disney.
That's the 0ne place I am truly looking forward to.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I think we are hitting up Be Our Guest for a lunch.
We tried booking Oahna, but that fucker is booked for the week.
Japan, Mexico, and France are taken care of. We have early dinners in each, then its off to whatever late night park is open that night.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
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We always book Japan for late at night. When dinner is over you can walk through the park when it is closed and just enjoy the night with not being mobbed by people. Also, I don't know if Germany closes really late, or never closes!, but you can get a great beer to drink while you are taking the walk around while the park is closing/closed. My wife and I have been able to do that a few times. Enjoy!
It was easily the worst place we had dinner.
Wont ever go back.
We are also looking in to The Brown Derby.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Never had anything to eat from there (Germany), but the beer is great!
What did you eat?
What did we eat in Germany?
Cold disgusting crap!
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I WAS PISSED!!!!
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....