Posted on 04/14/2007 5:57:09 PM PDT by Brian_Baldwin
Jeez. You oughta ride the subway here in fair Gotham.
Maybe that would work...but which should they try talking-chicken, turkey or goose?
I still prefer Disneyland and I lvie about 30 mins from Hershey Park now.
For a real treat, try Kennywood Park in Pittsburgh at the end of May when the local schools are having their days at Kennywood. Very interesting. But, I’ve heard that it’s nice most of the year.
Be happy you didn’t end up taking your family to the park on ‘gay day.’
Nice read.
fowl = foul. Spell check is not always our friend.
Disney cant throw the freak out. ADA and National Association of the Mentally Ill have lawyers who would love them to.
Dont go to Disney. It has become as sick as our culture. There are better places to enjoy your family. I recommend camping at higher end parks and private campgrounds.
Some years ago, there was a woman who loved Disneyland who was in a motorized wheelchair. She would go every day, but the park police or whatever they were did have problems with her, becuase she would whiz by in her wheelchair and go willy nilly. I don’t know if she had something that prevented her from steering correctly. I don’t remember what happened with that case. I think Disney does a good job in assisting travelers with disabilities and we enjoyed deaf day at Disneyland; I took my now 14 year old several times.
We were at Disney World a couple of years ago when, it turns out, the NYC schools were on spring break. Everyone seemed extremely on edge as if thinking “I better have fun d-—it.”
I’m sure it’s not limited to 1-2 groups, but it does seem as though some cultural groups have this interesting habit of having one person stand in line and then all of a sudden a dozen or so cousins, friends and other family members walk up and expect to be put ahead of everyone else so that they be together. Disney “solved” the problem by not having any attendants monitoring the lines, so there was no one to stop it or to whom others could complain.
I’ll take Hershey Park or MGM.
It bordered on ‘free association’ rambling, but not quite. In fact, I rather enjoyed it because of the clear imagery. Good writing, BTW.
BTW, are you channeling Kurt V. ?
Whoa—stream of consciousness!!!
About the Dumbo ride—I’ve noticed this too, I also have noticed that certain ethnicities are very rude about simply cutting in line, pushing, bumping into you.
It’s like they try to milk the fact they don’t speak English (when they probably do, or at least understand it) to break the rules of polite society.
Not just at Disney. I had a group of three in the same aisle with me at Wal-Mart the other day and they simply wouldn’t move their carts to let me by despite my repeated “excuse me’s”.
I’m interested in the fowl language—did chickens fly out of their mouths?? ;-)
Thank you for the rant. I enjoyed reading it very much and kept thinking while reading - I agree! This rant is a keeper!!!
I have no wish to go to Disney anymore. My husband seems to think the magic kingdom is a must for our 7 yr old daughter. I think its been a good 12 yrs since I’ve been there and it wasn’t much fun back then . So I doubt I would enjoy it very much now. I hate long lines and tend to get nasty when people are rude. I don’t want to give them my money & I would much rather take my daughter to Arcadia National Park or the Grand Canyon etc.
Or King's Island. The good conservative folks of Southwest/Central Ohio/Northern Kentucky would take care of business.
We went right before Christmas week 2005 and had a wonderful time. I grew up a couple of miles from Disneyland, and boy it has changed. We seemed to be in with mostly tourist groups (probably mostly mid-Westerners like us). Everyone was very friendly and the hotel staff at the Hyatt was excellent (gave us a suite upgrade because the double rooms were booked). California Adventure had some interesting rides, but nothing like the magic of Disneyland.
Knott’s Berry Farm was somewhat run down, but they had some nice rides and no crowds (we could ride as fast as we walked up). Still the charm of the place is gone, and it is just another so-so amusement park.
We benefited from the fact that school was in session. We stayed away from the amusement parks Christmas week and just stayed with family. We had done the Disneyworld Christmas week and never again.
I enjoyed this. Thanks for posting.
I have never been to Disneyland, and I don’t think I’ll put that trip at the top of my priority list. Hershey Park seemed pretty clean, civil, and American the last time I was there in 1998, and Disney World has been excellent the two times I visited, in 1994 and 1999. Near me (Philly suburbs) is a water park called “Sesame Place”, and it’s a lot of fun when it’s not too crowded. Sometimes it gets too loaded up with New Yorkers, though. The Shea Stadium variety.
Excellent report
Good read.
Thanks.
It was almost as much fun as goin' to Coney Island!
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