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mdmost

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  1. Yeah, I think my dad if he were still alive would argue that Disney was never about the middle class given how much he had to pay in 1986 when he took us after Star Tours opened. That was after staying offsite in a sleezy motel and driving in every morning for 3 days at WDW. We never took our kids to Disney World until we were in a much more secure financial position and that was after finding the best deal as far as dining, hotel, and park tickets. Disney vacations have always been a stretch for most people. Disney has been into analytics for decades. The fastpass system and keeping track of wait times are easy examples of that. Now Disney has shifted their focus some from kids to Disney Adults because that's an easy demo to hold as a captive audience. They buy merch, they buy popcorn buckets and other dumb collectibles, they go to bars and restaurants on sight, they are active promoters of Disney and Disney FOMO, and they spend more of their discretionary income than most families going once every few years. I'd argue where Disney is actually doing good work as far as Imagineering is in their restaurants and bars. The new Pirates bar at MK looks like a fun place to go and I'm sure it will do really well because it's a scene like the Oga's Cantina was for a time. Disney is spending a lot of resources on cruise ships now, probably more than most of the other arms of business. Maybe that's the new middle class Disney vacation. There's a reason we go to DLR vs. WDW. It saves at least 2-4K to do so, the weather is 1000X better, and I can fly into and out of SNA fairly easily. All that said, oldest said she'd love to have her graduation trip be to WDW again. Ugh.
  2. We just cancelled Netflix but I might have to buy a month for this. It's supposed to be Oscar caliber.
  3. Can this end with 10 paces and someone getting satisfaction?
  4. I don't rent a car when I go to Orlando because where am I driving to other than the airport? They have a shuttle that takes you to Animal Kingdom and MK but you can walk over to the Boardwalk and use their shuttles which we did for MK every time. We walked to Epcot and Hollywood Studios and took the boats back. I had zero issues with Swan and would stay there again. It was easily cheaper and offered more in a room than most of the other options for that same time frame we went during. I can't remember if we booked through Disney or not. I'm never booking through Disney going forward because you can always get a better deal online from a place like Getaway Today or Undercover Tourist. With the app, there's no real reason to book through Disney when you can just add tickets, at least for Disneyland.
  5. That's just me looking on Transfermarket. Bought for X, sold for X. It wasn't a massive loss and it funded what we have now so that's a win.
  6. So Lorne takes the one thing that's consistently funny when actually given a shot, Please Don't Destroy, and breaks it up.
  7. Disneyland and Disney World are for two different audiences. Land is more of a locals park and I don't have the demographics but I'd assume it's a 80/20 mix of locals to out of town people. The summer period where the lower end passholders aren't allowed is usually a slower time now which is when we like to go. Disney added a locals one day ticket to try to get more people in. Now that the passholders are all allowed back, it's crowded to the point of having to stop letting people in at certain points. They are removing an early morning hotel benefit starting in January where you used to get in 30 minutes early on certain days. Supposedly not enough people were using it to justify the labor costs. Now, it's still expensive but I don't think locals mind anymore than people who go to Six Flags or other local theme parks. Knott's Berry Farm is also always packed and it's a step down in expense but not by a ton. World still has that early morning benefit. World is families and vacationers. It's more of an investment because it's not meant to be something to do in a weekend like Disneyland can be. You can still find deals and do things like stay offsite or in non-Disney hotels. We did that in 2021 by staying at the Swan which was both cheaper and a better room for the money. Universal though kicks Disney's ass in terms of hotels and the benefit of staying onsite. You get their Fastpass for free and it's an easier system to use. It costs an arm and a leg to buy separately if you aren't staying at a Universal hotel.
  8. Norm was never more upset than when someone made fun of his gambling prowess or lack thereof. Darryl, Gordo and the coin.
  9. Someone's afraid of the Iron Skillet outcome in a couple weeks.
  10. Probably something stupid like renaming it to Department of War. You know, right wing virtue signaling.
  11. Mack Brown never lost a game by that margin in his second stint at North Carolina.
  12. Most points given up by a Bill Belichick team....so far
  13. Ha. got the 1st. No kneeling.
  14. Yes but tonight, he's our kind of dick head. Time to get to 50!
  15. The people sticking around are like me when I stuck around for 63-14 or 65-13 against OU. I just wanted to witness the absolutely lowest point of my fandom.
  16. How is this crew still employed? You can be this wrong at your job and still get prime opportunities.
  17. Yes, Michael Killjoy. That's exactly what we all think.
  18. Maybe Bill should bring Jordon into the game?
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