Escaped!

[dorminWS]

Back from 3 days at Disney.

Left SWMBO and the grandkids and their parents down here to finish out the week. I just couldn't stand it any more. I knew it would be that way, which is why I wouldn't agree to stay the whole time. Every time I go there I hate it worse. I'm glad the little girls got to do the fantasy while they still think it at least might be real; and I was really glad to be there to see such unalloyed innocent delight on their faces. I'm real P.O.ed at myself, though, for submitting to the out-and-out financial molestation that a trip to Disney and/or the Orlando area entails. $98 for 7 hamburgers on one occasion. $500 for a banquet with the "Princesses" at the Norwegian castle at Epcot. What's more, two little girls spent $300 buying "princess dresses" to wear to that shindig; and they were just Halloween costumes that Walmart would sell for $30-$40. I don't begrudge my kids and grandkids one dime of the thousands I dropped on that boondoggle, but I damn sure begrudge that every penny wound up at Disney and the rest of that tourist trap.

The other thing that thing caught my attention was how many adults without kids were there. Why any adult would willingly go there with no child to dragoon him into it is completely beyond me. There was also a very high percentage of what were obviously South and Central Americans and Indians/Pakistanis/whatever there who didn't seem to be English speakers. I also saw a fair number of poor women wrapped up in burkas in that sweltering heat and humidity while their azzhole husbands led them around wearing shorts and wifebeater t-shirts. I wondered if our visit may have coincided with some kind of holiday season south of the border. Or maybe it is just a result of rising incomes and standards of living in those parts of the world. It seemed like the WASPS were definitely in the minority there, though. I'm not griping about it; it was just a very obvious change from our last visit 25 years ago with our kids. In fact, I guess I'm glad we're sucking some of those dollars back home with SOMETHING.

51 degrees this morning and our low mountain humidity felt WONDERFUL!

[Reverenddel]

AMEN! Just got off a call with a guy in Roanoke who was talking about "...morning runs in the mountains on days like this..."

Made me envy ya'll in SW VA.

[ShotgunBlast]

You deserve a nice fresh 1911 for your personal sacrifice and service to your family... It just might take a few paychecks before you can get it.

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[dorminWS]

You deserve a nice fresh 1911 for your personal sacrifice and service to your family... It just might take a few paychecks before you can get it.

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Damned if I don't. Thank you. Just because you're preaching to the choir doesn't mean the choir can't holler amen.

[Swampman]

Went to Disneyland in CA when I was a mere sprout, and then went to Disney World in FL when I was a baby-squid on leave after boot camp. $98 for 7 burgers? Holy Crap! This is why I don't go to touristy places.

[Taggure]

AMEN Brother AMEN

[Kreutz]

Orlando FL is the wallet rape center of the world.

[ratherfish]

Right up there with Dollywood.

[Newgunguy]

Yeah wife want's to take our children there now that they are older but I'm not for that anymore since how Disney has become just so commercialized. Next time we head down that way though we might check out the new Legoland, Weeki Wachee was such a cool place even for it just being plants and crap! I honestly think I would rather get a colonoscopy than go there and I'm not even at that age yet!

Charles.

[dusterdude]

If you go to orlando,you must go to universal studios


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[Kreutz]

Yeah wife want's to take our children there now that they are older but I'm not for that anymore since how Disney has become just so commercialized

"Become"?

Ole Walt was a master of commercialism and the company continues that fine tradition to this day.

The wife has her heart set on taking the horde down when they're older, I'm dreading it bigtime.

[Reverenddel]

Hence... Helen Georgia. Lil' Alpine Village in the mountains of GA. Yodeling. Strudel. Brats. Spetzel.

Yeah. Walt can go pound Tinkerbell. I ain't going if I can help it.

[VACoastie]

We were gonna go to Disney this year til we found out we got a bun in the oven. A gift truly sent from God on both ends of that straw.

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[mamabearCali]

Dollywood was actually quite lovely. Disney.....yeah too pricey for us. Good for you though.

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[Snakester]

Did 5 days at Disney....3 days in Jail for Illegal discharge of a Firearm in The City Limits...If I had to do either again , I believe I would take the Jail time !!!

[SHMIV]

Glad you made it back safely, Dorm.

Amusement parks, in general, lost appeal to me after I spent some time ride jockin' for a carnival. I used to note when someone stepped into the end of my line, and time how long it took for them to walk through my gate. Folks would stand in line for 2 hours to go in circles at a high rate of speed for about 45 seconds. And pay about $3 a head for the privilege.

Disney, I would imagine, is probably worse.

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[JustinCase]

See, us broke people dont have these worries!

[dorminWS]

See, us broke people dont have these worries!

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In that case, I can quit worrying for a while.