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Best Theme Park
USA Today ^

Posted on 04/09/2022 7:45:53 AM PDT by Merrylaugh1

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I don't generally post - but Disney is disgusting.

If you can show your support for anyone other than Disney, please vote for one of the other parks. I chose Dollywood.

1 posted on 04/09/2022 7:45:53 AM PDT by Merrylaugh1
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To: Merrylaugh1

I vote for San Francisco…..”The Crapiest Place On Earth!”


2 posted on 04/09/2022 7:51:06 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Merrylaugh1

Universal Orlando is fun, but the best value is a Six Flags membership.

We have the Gold one and it’s been upgraded to Diamond, for free. All parks (amusement and water), everywhere, with free parking, free drinks (even Coke Freestyle machines), 35% off all purchases, a Flash pass per visit and even Preferred parking by the door, if you get in your request in time.

It’s a kid’s dream, even though I’m a bit old to be called a kid.


3 posted on 04/09/2022 7:52:38 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Merrylaugh1
USA Today has a vote going for the best theme park in the country.

Very clever, that prevents their readers from voting for Epstein's Island, it's not in the "country".

4 posted on 04/09/2022 7:53:44 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Merrylaugh1
Walley World didn't make the list?


5 posted on 04/09/2022 7:54:19 AM PDT by moovova
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To: moovova
Never mind....Walley World is closed temporarily.


6 posted on 04/09/2022 7:58:12 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Merrylaugh1

I chose Cedar Point, as I am familiar with our local member of the Cedar Fair group of reasonably similar parks, Michigan’s Adventure.


7 posted on 04/09/2022 8:01:52 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: moovova

Did you hear about the two blondes that drove to Disneyland? They were on the freeway near the exit and a sign said Disneyland left. Disappointed, they turned around and went home.


8 posted on 04/09/2022 8:08:33 AM PDT by Jolla
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LOL!


9 posted on 04/09/2022 8:13:56 AM PDT by moovova
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One of usatoday's "experts":

Rob Taylor

Rob Taylor is the author of The Road Trip Survival Guide (being released May 25, 2021) and the founder of 2TravelDads, the original LGBT Family Travel blog. Focusing on ecotourism and education, 2TravelDads inspires LGBT families (and traditional families also) to go beyond their usual getaways and use travel to learn about and be part of a bigger world. 2TravelDads blazes the way for other two-dad and two-mom families to travel to previously overlooked destinations or places we as gay people would normally avoid. We share the struggles we've faced and the surprising gems and welcomes we've had along the way. Traveling as a family is one thing, traveling as an LGBT family is completely something else.

No wonder Knoebels wasn't listed.

10 posted on 04/09/2022 8:24:53 AM PDT by FLNittany
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Taylor: Just another ssam (same sex attracted male)...telling(grooming) his readers to try “someTHING new, somePLACE new”....all in the day of an oblivious disease vector...


11 posted on 04/09/2022 8:45:58 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: Merrylaugh1

Truth is Disney World actually is a great park.

I suspect it will go downhill even in service as this garbage keeps up, but their service is impeccable. No one is even close.

As far as general fun and not as much emphasis on service, many others could compete.

Shout out for KNOEBEL’s in PA, a local hidden gem.

The best thing? It’s like a fair. YOU PAY AS YOU GO! So grandma who doesn’t ride can pay ZERO just to tag along, and teens who want to ride everything pay for the rides they want. Timid people don’t have to cough up $100+ dollars just to go with their relatives and friends when they don’t like those coasters.

It’s awesome.


12 posted on 04/09/2022 8:48:48 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVd)
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KNOEBEL’s!

I hope they don’t go woke.


13 posted on 04/09/2022 8:53:04 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVd)
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Walley World is closed temporarily

Awwwww, that's too bad. I wanted to ride Beverly D'Angelo.

14 posted on 04/09/2022 8:53:18 AM PDT by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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To: Merrylaugh1

Is Bass Pro Shop a choice?


15 posted on 04/09/2022 8:57:20 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on mycreen name for my FR home page.)
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To: ExGeeEye
Yep. Cedar Point is great. My ex surprised me years ago.
There was no wait to get n line for rides.
She explained to me it was Gay Day. No kids.
I miss here cleverness.😉
16 posted on 04/09/2022 8:59:03 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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Disney’s Business Model is Turning Kids Into Dysfunctional Adults. Its customer base isn’t kids. It’s messed up adults.*

Which is scary, this has also been the business model/target/base of the Democratic Party for a couple of decades via their owned and controlled mass media across the board from movies, tv shows, fake news and so called music.

*frontpagemag.com ^ | Fri Apr 8, 2022 | Daniel Greenfield

There is an explanation for Disney’s war on children: It turns out that, nowadays, children aren’t really a profit center for Disney!
American Thinker ^ | 04/09/2022 | Andrea Widburg
Posted on 4/9/2022, 6:42:15 AM by SeekAndFind

Very often, when companies go woke, it turns out that the wokeness is a cover for changing market forces. That is, they’re not alienating traditional demographics; they’re reflecting that their money is coming from new demographics. When it comes to Hollywood and the NBA, for example, the big bucks are coming from China, not America. And when it comes to Disney, the main profit center isn’t children; it’s young adults who, Peter Pan–like, refuse to grow up.

The brilliant Daniel Greenfield makes this point in an article entitled “Disney’s Business Model is Turning Kids into Dysfunctional Adults: Its customer base isn’t kids. It’s messed up adults.” Greenfield, as always, has done the research, and, in the case of Disney, he points to the fact that Disney’s most fanatic consumers are in the over 18 demographic:

Disney isn’t for kids anymore. Its movie business is dominated by Marvel blockbusters. Half of Disney+ subscribers, its big bet on the home streaming future, are adults with no children.

What about the theme parks?

60% of Disneyland visitors were adults with no children. Only 36.7% of Disney World visitors had children under 18. The largest demographic for the theme parks, like the movies, are millennials. They are also members of the fandoms who are likeliest to spend money on licensed merchandise, and on toys and movie tie-ins that are Disney’s bread and butter.

And Disney is rapidly adapting with theme parks and resorts that emphasize its Marvel and Star Wars properties more than classic fare. Its Galactic Starcruiser hotel, aimed at Star Wars fans, costs $4,809 for two adults. Why bother with kid stuff when you can sell $13 beers?

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4053598/posts


17 posted on 04/09/2022 9:07:42 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Playing “Make Believe” is for liberal adults/children. It is past time to grow up!)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

My pick is Kennywood Park in Pittsburgh.


18 posted on 04/09/2022 9:09:37 AM PDT by catman67 (14 gauge?)
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To: ConservativeMind

I could be mistaken but I think they stopped selling that membership. The Six Flags out here ran a promo right when they were allowed to re-open after Covid, $99 for 18 months of free admission, free parking, and free food! I know a guy who went there twice a day for lunch. He figures he saved $2000 a year just on lunches (but probably shaved 10 years off his life eating that food every day).

Unfortunately there is some kind of shooting or stabbing at this one nearly every week.


19 posted on 04/09/2022 9:22:36 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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Family owned and operated. When they unveiled their new steel coaster a few years ago, they had local clergy there to bless the ride and pray for all the future riders.


20 posted on 04/09/2022 10:42:29 AM PDT by FLNittany
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