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To: crusty old prospector

I don’t know why anyone goes to Disneyland even without the threat of being attacked. You have to mortgage your house to afford it. The lines are extremely long. Its overcrowded. Food and lodging is a ripoff. And then you have people who can cut in line legally with a superpass. My step-brother and his family used to go every two years and it cost them a fortune. I never understood it.


7 posted on 01/07/2026 8:20:33 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

I have never been to either of their parks. And I shan’t go.


9 posted on 01/07/2026 8:28:20 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Agreed. Give me Disneyland circa 1968 (my first visit) and I’d happily go.


14 posted on 01/07/2026 8:33:31 AM PST by drwoof
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

I went to Disneyland in 1965 and again in 2005. Not due to go again until 2045.


16 posted on 01/07/2026 8:33:36 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

I don’t get it either. It’s real loser stuff. I want nothing to do with Disney or Disney +. Won’t allow any Disney sh*t in my home.


17 posted on 01/07/2026 8:34:12 AM PST by toddausauras (47 47 47 )
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

My stock answer to that and sports and Hollywood is—that this country has an absolute insatiable appetite to be entertained. Very sad.


22 posted on 01/07/2026 8:43:09 AM PST by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

When I was in Los Angeles nearly two years ago, I went to the Reagan and Nixon libraries and museums, the Huntington, the Getty, and a few other places. The cost of most if not all of the tickets I bought probably would have equaled the cost of one adult into Disneyland, lol.


30 posted on 01/07/2026 9:30:58 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

I had one family tell me how much they spent on going to Disneyland. A couple years of that = a new car or house renovation.

What a waste of money.


32 posted on 01/07/2026 9:35:28 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Yeah. Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded. :-)


33 posted on 01/07/2026 9:39:47 AM PST by BikerJoe
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

It was cheaper and nicer in the 60s, 70s and 80s.


51 posted on 01/07/2026 3:03:54 PM PST by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

No desire to go to one of those parks & it’s more than unlikely that I ever will be. I had enough of standing in lines & troublemakers in lines when I was in the military & that was nothing like the scenario pictured here. Not understanding why anyone would put up with that stuff for a lousy park ride.


55 posted on 01/07/2026 3:51:30 PM PST by oldtech
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