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Post by ntsf on Mar 25, 2016 3:58:49 GMT
I will have to say... I did not like disneyland...but I did enjoy the disney museum in san francisco..focusing on disney himself and his old cartoons...
btw...if you come to San Francisco...stay away from the downtown, union square and fisherman's wharf. there is so much other great stuff here... I live here and I avoid downtown... I just go there to see the dentist. SF has had 6000 homeless people for 20 yrs. still have 6000 homeless...and avoid the haight. another creepy place.
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Post by AussieMeg on Mar 25, 2016 3:59:40 GMT
It's been my lifelong dream to go to Disney, and I am absolutely sure that I would love it.
However, I am with you on the running. I hate running, I have always hated running, even when I was slim and fit and ran obsessively every day, I still hated running. I have a friend who went on a health kick to lose a bit of weight. Next thing I know she's doing an Ironman race - 4km swim, 180km bike ride and 42km full marathon all in one day! Crazy crazy woman.
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Post by gar on Mar 25, 2016 9:16:05 GMT
Next thing I know she's doing an Ironman race - 4km swim, 180km bike ride and 42km full marathon all in one day! Crazy crazy woman. How DOES that happen? I know people say exercise can be addictive but in all my years I have never hit that spot. Kind of wish I could actually but I doubt it's going to happen now
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Mar 25, 2016 10:25:06 GMT
It was a wonderful place to vacation a few times when my son was young and we enjoyed it. But there are so many other places to see and explore.
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Post by camcas on Mar 25, 2016 10:32:08 GMT
When I was a little Aussie girl reading Archie comics I thought going to Dineyland was THE most wonderful unattainable thing that could be done. I dreamt about it . Now ...when I have finished saving to get to the USA the first place i would go is the Grand Canyon and have no desire to see Disney at all.....
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Post by baslp on Mar 25, 2016 11:27:57 GMT
We have only been to Disney once 25 yrs ago. My husband had a meeting there, We have never had the desire to go back. I think our kids are the only ones who have not been there.
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Post by Miss Cleo on Mar 25, 2016 12:48:28 GMT
I just came back from a week at WDW. My kids hated it. They much preferred Universal.
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Post by pudgygroundhog on Mar 25, 2016 12:54:44 GMT
If we were going for an amusement park, then I would just go to an amusement park and not pay quite so much money. From friends that have gone with children, it seems as for them characters were a big attraction. My daughter loves Harry Potter (we're currently reading the books/watching the movies), which is why I think she would enjoy the Harry Potter World at Universal. And no, you don't have to convince me about going to Disney. We're perfectly happy with our vacations! I am not trying to convince you. It's just different than any other place I've been in terms of how much detail is taken in keeping it nice. We love amusement parks too. It's just different. And I said I want to go to Universal in Florida. That's it. I'm not a disney freak who thinks you should go. I don't care. But for us, characters never mattered (I have a pic from on trip of my son only with Mickey and we have been 3 times with the kids), so I was just letting you know you might enjoy it anyway and you don't have to know the movies or care about the characters to have a good time. I also have no idea about Disneyworld. I've never been. It really doesn't matter. Characters or not, movies or not - it's just not our thing.
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Post by whipea on Mar 25, 2016 12:58:36 GMT
Not my thing at all, never got the attraction to and sometimes obsession with Disney. I live two hours away from WDW and am in Orlando at least once a month for work. The last time I went was in 1974, I think when it first opened and never had the desire to go back. Though I must say when in the Orlando area I go to Downtown Disney to hit the Lego Store since it is one of the best in the USA.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2016 13:02:02 GMT
My grandparents took my brother and me to WDW when I was 10(?). That was enough for me. It might be different if I had kids, but I don't think so. We spend our time trying to get far, far away from crowds of people and noise.
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Post by Miss Cleo on Mar 25, 2016 13:10:02 GMT
My grandparents took my brother and me to WDW when I was 10(?). That was enough for me. It might be different if I had kids, but I don't think so. We spend our time trying to get far, far away from crowds of people and noise. It probably won't be different. I assumed my kids would enjoy it. They were miserable. They like thrill rides and thought it was boring. I enjoyed the landscape at Epcot, though.
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Post by ~Susan~ on Mar 25, 2016 14:36:55 GMT
My family and I love the Disney movies, but never wanted to go to Disney World. I went to Disneyland when I was a child and it was fun, but I can't see making a whole trip about an amusement park. Just not our thing.
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Post by peaname on Mar 25, 2016 15:52:18 GMT
I don't hate Disney I just don't see the appeal for our family. When people hear we haven't taken our kids there they act shocked like it's a required homage.
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Post by sbartist on Mar 25, 2016 15:56:15 GMT
Have been to Disney twice in my 52 years, have no desire to go back. It's expen$ive, crowded and waiting in lines is a waste of vacation time of which I don't have that much of.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 25, 2016 16:03:32 GMT
Not my thing at all, never got the attraction to and sometimes obsession with Disney. I live two hours away from WDW and am in Orlando at least once a month for work. The last time I went was in 1974, I think when it first opened and never had the desire to go back. Though I must say when in the Orlando area I go to Downtown Disney to hit the Lego Store since it is one of the best in the USA. I'm a designer and an artist so for me the appeal started long ago when I was a child. I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that this *one person* had an idea of something so impossibly big and in spite of incredible (and repeated) failures he was able to work through challenge after challenge to make that vision in his head a reality, and it is a vision that has endured (and expanded) for generations. That to me is a pretty amazing feat no matter how you feel about the animation, the rides or anything else. It's a pretty cool American success story. I wrote a 20 page paper on Disney (the man) back in college, and for me it was one of the most interesting and engrossing topics I have ever studied. I also love all the behind the scenes / behavioral / psychological aspects of how the parks have been designed to work, taking human nature into account. The whole thing is completely fascinating to me. I'm also very intrigued by Charles Schultz, Mary Engelbreit and other similar artists.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Mar 25, 2016 16:05:52 GMT
I grew up in LA so my experience was Disneyland before it became too crowded and prohibitively expensive. We used to turn in bottles and cans all year to save up $20 and have a parent drop a load of us neighborhood kids off for the day. We looked forward to that summer day all year. This was back when you bought ticket books and we saved our "E" tickets for Space Mountain and the Matterhorn. We'd ride the carousel just to use up that "A" ticket. I've been to WDW twice as an adult and loved Epcot back in the 80s when I went and it was new. Our last visit in 2001 I preferred Animal Kingdom. If I ever go back, it's only for Pirates of the Caribbean. To me, the most perfect ride ever invented.
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Post by johna on Mar 25, 2016 16:46:11 GMT
I don't really see the appeal and couldn't care much less. Though if my son and his wife invited me to go with the grands, I could see it. I just don't "get" all the adults that are so crazy insane about it.
I have a co-worker who is 53 and she and her husband sometimes go by themselves several times a year. I really don't get spending that much money on a regular basis to the same old place. I would much rather go visit somewhere I have never been.
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Post by cmpeter on Mar 25, 2016 17:49:30 GMT
If you are waiting an hour for a ride, then you need to seek the help of a Disney pro. We were just there at Spring break and rode all the popular rides and the longest we waited was 20 minutes. Most were 10 minutes.
Like I said, I love the planning of the trip almost as much as actually being there. I am not into characters, movies or merchandise. It's the rides and the theming and atmosphere.
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Post by anniefb on Mar 25, 2016 18:05:59 GMT
I went to DL as a kid and DW in my 20s. Enjoyed them both at the time, but not interested in going back.
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Post by scrapsotime on Mar 25, 2016 18:21:50 GMT
I went to WDW as a kid in the 70s. I have no desire to go back. I was in Florida for 6 months in 1986 not far from WDW, had relatives that worked and could have gone for free and still didn't go. I chose to go to Kennedy Space Center instead. That, too me, was way more interesting.
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Post by gina on Mar 25, 2016 18:25:20 GMT
We go to Disney World every single year. As for me and my family, we LOVE it! Different strokes for different folks.
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Post by jbelle on Mar 25, 2016 18:33:14 GMT
I've been there three times, once as a teen and then later with my family. I need to go once more for the youngest in my family, but standing in a long line baking in the heat with water misting me down is not my idea of fun. Nor is spending tons of money to do this. If the lines weren't so impossible, I could really enjoy myself there. I may have to bribe my adult children to take our teens for us
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Mar 25, 2016 18:43:01 GMT
You couldn't pay me enough money to go back to Disney. I went when my adult children were very young and swore never again.
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Post by Marina on Mar 25, 2016 18:44:05 GMT
My husband used to dislike Disneyland until we had our child. We took our child as a preschooler who had seen various Disney movies. He of course viewed all the characters as real challenging Hook "no one calls Peter Pan a coward, I'll fight you with one hand tied behind my back, you codfish". That awakened in my husband a great enjoyment of the park for he then saw it as children do. When Cinderella gave our son a kiss on the cheek, my son promptly wiped off the lipstick, while saying "Cinderella shouldn't have to live with those evil step-sisters". And there was my previous Disney hater husband asking Cinderella to do it once more so he could get it on video. And he spoke like Tigger to Tigger, and got totally into it.
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Post by colleen on Mar 25, 2016 18:48:34 GMT
I have lived near Disneyland most of my life and even worked there in high school and college. We went all the time when ds was younger and we went to DW when dh had a business trip to Orlando. We have had season passes and been to a variety of special events. I marched in Christmas parades there during high school drill team. It was a fun place to work and I really enjoyed when we had season passes and we could just go for lunch and a couple of rides when ds had short school days. That said, I do not get the appeal for adults. At all. It's fake! This is California, there is natural beauty everywhere, fabulous places to eat, a million interesting things to do and you want to spend your hard earned money at an overpriced, crowded, kid zone?
It was a fun place to work and I agree with the pp who are interested in the ways you are manipulated from the moment you park your car -- it is almost a science, really. And if you ever get a chance to go "backstage" I would recommend it. But I wonder at the pull Disney has on the people who are really into it -- is it escapism? Experiencing a "perfect" childhood? A complete and utter lack of imagination? No clue.
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Post by colleen on Mar 25, 2016 18:50:39 GMT
Oh, and I have dibs on Disneyland if there is a zombie apocalypse. I'm going to close those big old gates and keep them all out.
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Post by lorieann13 on Mar 25, 2016 19:28:16 GMT
Being an hour from Disneyland I have been a lot. A few times with family as a kid. In jr high and high school for band trips, and in college with dh on dates. I always had fun and loved going
We hadn't been in 6 years and decided to go for out anniversary. We hated it!
Way over crowded, rode 5 rides, extremely over priced food. I have no desire to go back. Dds chorus is going for clinics in June on a weekend. She probably wont go.
And for my son, ever since the disability pass went away there is no way to go. It sucks.
Its not magical anymore. Its a human trap of hell
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Post by oaksong on Mar 25, 2016 23:43:25 GMT
If I ever go back, it's only for Pirates of the Caribbean. To me, the most perfect ride ever invented. The first Pirates movie came out when the kids were young and we had Disneyland passes. We loved the movie so much that we went straight from the theater to go on the ride. I never get tired of it. For me, Disneyland is a fun place to hang out with family and friends, people watch, have some laughs, and enjoy one of the most creative ventures ever undertaken.
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Post by elaine on Mar 26, 2016 0:41:19 GMT
We took a "behind the seeds" tour this visit. It was a 90 minute walking tour of the hydroponic and aquaponic gardens in The Land at Epcot. We got to see their beneficial parasitic lab too. It was fascinating to learn about all their different hydroponic systems, and we all got to feed the Tilapia that they are also farming. My boys loved it and I have my own mini aquaponic set up at home, so it was fascinating. There are only 15 people per tour, so we were able to ask as many questions as we wanted of the guide.
There is so much more to Disney than many people know. Again, I'm more than happy to have people who aren't interested going other places and leaving more magic for us.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 26, 2016 0:55:59 GMT
Being an hour from Disneyland I have been a lot. A few times with family as a kid. In jr high and high school for band trips, and in college with dh on dates. I always had fun and loved going We hadn't been in 6 years and decided to go for out anniversary. We hated it!Way over crowded, rode 5 rides, extremely over priced food. I have no desire to go back. Dds chorus is going for clinics in June on a weekend. She probably wont go. And for my son, ever since the disability pass went away there is no way to go. It sucks. Its not magical anymore. Its a human trap of hell My DH doesn't like rides. He doesn't like crowds. He can be pretty thrifty. One would think it pretty safe to say that Disneyworld wouldn't be his first choice for a vacation going on all of the above. However, HE was the one who booked a surprise trip to WDW for our 10th wedding anniversary because he knew I would love it. (This was long before we had our kid, and it was just the two of us.) Surprise of all surprises, he loved it too! We both had so much fun on that trip. So when our 25th anniversary rolled around, once again it was his idea to go, this time at Christmastime with our DD who was four at the time. We all had a wonderful time and because we had a little one to share it with and because it was Christmas on top of it, it was pure magic. It was his idea to take the Disney Cruise too (we all loved that as well). He is already thinking about planning our next family trip either to WDW or on another Disney Cruise.
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