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I'm down at Disney World right now and I can't believe how many families show up wearing matching outfits. It's insane that any intelligent guy would go along with his wife's whacky idea of all wearing bright orange t-shirts and hats while on vacation.
It has to be the absolute gayest, ball-snatching concept I've ever seen. If your kids are too dumb to find you because you aren't wearing the same color shirt they are, they should be lost once or twice too. There is no good reason to do this other than to make people point and goof on you while you walk around. I won't even get into how many fat and lazy people there are riding around on rented Little Rascals because they are too fat and lazy to walk around the parks. And I definitely won't get into the Disney-cult employees who are trained to be robots incapable of independent thinking based on a unique situation. Ah...I love coming to Disney World! |
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Just there and you are correct. Matching two year old twins is one thing but a family of 6 with grown children!
Also I totally support the handicapped but if the percentage of people who really need a scooter vs the lazy ass ones who get one just to ride is amazing. At one attraction we stopped at the scooters parked out side out numbered the strollers. |
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The real question is what cult are they a part of and what is the best cool aid flavor.
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Maybe it's so they can find each other easier in a crowd?
It is gay, but maybe practical too? "Ninja kick the damn rabbit" |
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Part of the "Wusification of America" project.
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That's just plain not true. They are not trained to be robots, but to provide consistent high quality service to fools like you. They are trained in the same way so it just looks like they are robots. Unfortunately, new ones without much experience don't know how to handle the out of the ordinary stuff. Yet. Other than to call the manager. What problem did you have? Was it with attractions, merchandise, Food & Wine event....who were you dealing with? |
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Mostly all of them. They don't know how to bend rules when appropriate. And don't bullshit me about "the rules are the rules". You go to any other legitimate hotel/resort and they will do whatever it takes to get things done. Not so at Disney. For instance, we had to change rooms after the first night because of some booking complexity they had. OK, fine. But are fucking kidding me that we have to completely CHECK OUT of the resort, put luggage in storage, CHECK BACK IN, the have our luggage redelivered to the room. Turn in our room cards, get new ones, change all the credit card links, etc...? What a pain in the ass! Especially since, get this, our new room was THREE DOORS DOWN THE HALL!!!!! If it was a Hilton, they would have done all that seamlessly and probably sent a fruit basket too. Or, let's talk about the bartender that won't give me 4 drinks at a time when he can clearly see the 4 adults I'm with sitting at a table 12 feet from the bar with trays of food and three kids. That's bullshit. Or, the people that talk to you like you're an idiot because you cross a street wherever you want when there is not a car in sight. Are fucking kidding me? My buddy got told by some 18 yo host to not stand where he was standing because "a bus might come". "Might"...do you really think my friend would be dumb enough to not get out of the way of a 45 foot diesel bus when he SAW IT COMING from 750 feet away. It's retarded. Maybe some people need the hand holding in their life, but I take offense to it. |
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The One, the Only Mighty Paragon |
Can't explain the resort thing. I can explain the two drinks per ID, though. That really is a rule and has to do with state law. Why should the bartender "bend" a rule that could get him fired? And yeah, there are guests stupid enough to stand in the road and get hit by a bus. I guess the CM didn't realize your friend was a genius. Did you have any fun at all? |
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What state law restricts how many drinks you can purchase at one time? I've bought a round of drinks for a table full of people many times in Florida, never had any problems. Unless it is some obscure state law that no one but Disney enforces. Or is it a state law to keep wait staff fully employed? Or maybe a (futile) state law to keep underage college students from buying drinks at a bar? Never encountered it myself.
The real problem at Disney is they have you captive for the entire time you are at the resort, so there is no incentive for them to even treat you decent. I've never seen so many unhappy workers as I did at Disney. |
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It's pretty clear you must have some affiliation to Disney since you seem to be offended by independent thinking. The bartender thing is just stupid, law or no law and it's EXACTLY the type of situation where a rule is there to be enforced when IT NEEDS to be enforced, but not when a rational adult can interpret the existing rule to be inapplicable to the situation. The robots cannot turn off the stupid rules which is silly. And yes, we have fun, but some of the stuff we witness makes us shake our heads. It's no doubt they are catering to the LCD at Disney. There's plenty of LCD here (and Eurotrash) believe me, but they need to have better training as for when to enforce or relax the rules. |
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Read Denis Leary's book "Why We Suck". It has a chapter titled "Your Kids Are Not Cute.", where he talks about dads dressing their kids in the same Gap clothing as they wear. And then said kids dropping a huge Baby Gap load into those cute kahki pants. Seeing these mirror images just makes me hate them twice as much. But then, I have anger issues. Or so I'm told.
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Good thing it doesn't get cold in Orlando, or you'd have them showing up in matching Snuggies.
 Although I have never been to DW, Disneyland is very close to me. I took my daughters many times as they were growing up. I guess I'm old fashioned. I never had us all dressed alike (or even close) as my philosophy when they were little was, "If I can't see you and you can't see, you're wrong." That applied to Disneyland, the mall, the movies, even church. I always did, however, wear something easy to spot whenever they had school performances, etc., so they could easily spot me in the bleachers and know I was there watching. _______________________________________________________________________________ “Stand your ground. Do not fire unless fired upon. But if they mean to have war, let it begin here!” |
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I've never been to a better, cleaner, more friendly resort than Disney. I've never had a problem with any disney employee. Sure there may be stupid rules. But most stupid rules are put in place because some person did something stupid, like walk in front of a bus. As for the bar, well if it's a rule then it's a rule. I've been to Fenway park and they won't let me get 4 beers when my 3 other obviously adult friends are within visual range waving at us.
And yeah some familes are pretty silly, but it's Disneyworld for crying out loud. You are allowed to be silly. And lastly I completely agree with the lazy scooter renters comments. They are usually pretty rude too and will run you over if they need to get somewhere. The Box. You opened it. We came. |
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When I worked at Cedar Point, we called couples who dressed identical "Twinkies". It was fun when they acted like asses, because a few employees would call them on their dress. After commenting on how great they looked, same shirt, same hat, same shorts, same socks, same shoes... it begged the question, same underwear? And is it his or hers?
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The One, the Only Mighty Paragon |
Of course I have an affiliation to Disney (kinda). It's no secret. I live 12 miles from the Magic Kingdom. My union represents chemical workers, nursing homes.....and Disney merchandise, florist, banquet workers....and bartenders.
Yeah, I have an annual pass, too.I rub elbows with the Cast all the time at the larger meetings. In fact, just yesterday there was a quarterly meeting. I never said it was state law about the drinks. Some policies are derived from state law to keep the company out of trouble. Two drinks per ID is the policy that keeps them well within the boundaries. There are two things that Disney will guard rabidly: the liqour license and the food license. I dislike a lot of things about Disney, but fair is fair. I'm trying to find out about the changing rooms thing. That sounds really stupid. I have seen the families that dress alike. And so what? I also see people wearing those stupid oversized Goofy hats, and birthday cake hats....but where else CAN they do it and get away with it. It's supposed to be fun. And silly. |
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The Disney organization is a big industrial corporation - which is in the people-moving/housing/entertaining business. In this country, stupid (or smart) people are always looking for opportunities to sue such businesses, so they can retire rich forever.
Disney's just CYA-ing. ------------------------------ It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell. - Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman |
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Dude, plan your next Disney venture to Euro Disney. The French are much more friendly and accommodating.
Dressing family members alike in large crowds is a real convenience for keeping track of your group, especially if there are younger children involved. If you can't stomach a group of people wanting to be in a "vacation uniform," you must really get pissed at all those dweebs in the military, with their matching little outfits. Matching outfits instill a sense of closeness with their group, sometimes a family that has saved years for their chance to be there. I have no problem if they want to match their outfits. Unfortunate about the hotel problems. The process to move your room sounds ridiculous. The hotel should have comped you something for the trouble. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope. |
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I get to go there in February for a conference! Yaaaay!
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