I admit it - I’m becoming a Disney freak. My family’s always been a big Disney family - Dad loves Dopey, sis loves Tigger, I love Sleepy - and as a family we’ve been to Walt Disney World in Orlando like four times (and they’ve gone without me at least twice, and now I’ve gone without them once). One of the minor things that helped me decide to move from Philadelpia to San Diego was the fact that Disneyland in Anaheim would only be about an hour away. Two of my very dear friends live in Los Angeles, one a certifiable Disney freak, the other a Disney freak who used to be Eeyore’s, um, “friend.” I’ve been to the park quite a few times with them now that I’ve moved out here (and gotten my Annual Pass), and they’ve got me thoroughly hooked with all kinds of trivia and information. I just went back to WDW with a friend on a business trip, and he and his co-workers were amazed at the amount of knowledge I had about WDW and Disney in general (although I fully admit I’m not nearly as knowledgable as some people out there, including my two friends) - where some hidden Mickeys were, what rides aren’t there anymore, the best ways to do the park to get in the most rides, where things were located, trivia, etc. So after this trip, I have to say…
Of course I like you, but let’s just stay friends.
Not quite the Disney freak you are, but yeahI go out to the parks once in awhile. Got the list of hidden Mickeys, know where the ‘stickfigure with the erection’ is on the Great Movie Ride, love to watch the people leap out of their seats in “It’s Tough to be a Bug” and “Honey I shrunk the Audience”, where to get the popcorn baskets refilled for cheap, best places to sit for the shows and parades, and not to drink the Italian Coca-Cola (“Beverly”) at the Coca-Cola pavilion at EPCOT.
Yeah, picked up a 4-day Florida pass for myself, probably going to get an Annual pass too. Finally they have some good deals for Florida residents.
I used to look down on people because of this. I was sure it could never happen to me.
After I had my daughter, it started innocently enough with Dr. Seuss. I’d find myself continuing to read after my daughter had lost interest.
So what?
I didn’t have to.
We brought the Little People Tape. The Trollies Video. Vegietales.
Pretty soon I started hitting the hard stuff.
We brought all the Disney Sing along videos, 1-6, all the recent animated features. I couldn’t stop! I had to have everything! Dumbo, Song of the South, even the Apple Dumpling Gang (help me for the love of Jesus!)
I dress my daughter in a Tigger suit before she goes to sleep.
I live in PA, but I need to plan a trip to Disney World in the fall. I already have $100 a week Disney habit. But, it’s never enough. You just keeping looking for that next big fix.
Soon we’ll go to Orlando. I guess there’ll be no turning back from there.
I have nothing AGAINST you Disney people. As long as you don’t try to convert me to your lifestyle, or show your Disney cartoons in school. But I personally hate everything about Uncle Walt:
• The movies. I will never forgive him for what he did to “The Little Mermaid,” Anastasia, etc.
• The cartoons. Mickey Mouse? Feh! Give me the demented weirdness of the Max Fleischer cartoons anytime.
• Theme parks. Not just Disney theme parks. They are ALL my idea of the seventh circle of hell. Crowds of badly-dressed people . . . Screaming kids . . . Enforced jollity . . . Junk food . . . I have to go lie down now.
Personally, I wouldn’t mind snogging Baloo (not to mention I got goosed by Donald Duck in Mexico).
Hey, when someone offers me free passes for watching their little boogernosed kid for a couple of hours, I am not passing up a potential savings of $400 ($50/per park, 4 parks in one day - pace yourself right and you can do it).
Scylla, let me know when you and the family are in town - we can have a ‘Welcome Scylla-fest’, perhaps catch Cirque de Soleil [expensive but worth it].
Eve - pardon the minor quibble with the beloved Queen of Celluloid Knowledge, but Anastasia was by Dreamworks, not Disney. [When Prince of Egypt {also by Dreamworks} was released, Disney made Virgin Megastore pull all of its PoE soundtrack promo advertising out of the store windows, even though PoE was playing at the Downtown Disney Megaplex 24 right next door to Virgin.]
Does the fact that my screen name means “Disneyland girl” or that my AIM handle is “MissETicket” give you any indication that I have a mild obsession with all that is Disney? And does the fact that I love Mickey, am part of a Disney Message Board, and the fact that my friends and family ask me for Disney info before they ask anyone else brand me as a Disney Freak? I don’t go to the parks that often, but my sis and I try to visit DL at least once a year. I am going to Disney World next week and will probably go to Disneyland for my 21st B-day. As I said in another thread, I do not want to drink alcohol or gamble. I want to go to Disneyland!!!
I am dlgirl. I am a proud member of the International Association of Disney Freaks.
Wear your Mickey ears proudly!!!ºoº
Eve, Anastasia was not Disney. Uggh! Don’t even start me on that one! I am also a Bugs Bunny hater. Sorry. And the theme parks that Uncle Walt started are superior to many that I have been to(I do love Knott’s Berry Farm though).
Oh, and Uncle Walt’s 100th birthday is December 5th of this year. Go out and celebrate this wonderful man!
I grew up in O.C. Been to Disneyland more times than I can count. According to my mom, I was even potty trained at Disneyland. (She “forgot” diapers. If I had to go, I had to tell her and use the bathroom or we’d have to go home. It worked on me. At age 19 months no less.) Before we moved to Mo, we took a last trip to Disneyland, on Superbowl Sunday ( the year the Rams won it) which co-incedentally was the first day Disney decided to go with “smoking sections” inside the park. I even got hassled by a smoking nazi for lighting up 5 feet away from the roped off section. My current fav disney flick is Mulan, so I was pretty excited that I got to see Mushu! I wanted to get pictures of my kids with the characters but every picture we got, other than the one’s from Goofy’s Kitchen, where we had breakfast, has at least 4 kids trying to shove their damned autograph book into the characters hands for them to sign.
sigh I too am a Disney geek. I avoid the Disney store for fear of handing them the contents of my wallet in exchange for their fanciful yet horribly over-pricedstuff that I will NEED the moment I set eyes on it.
By the way Eve, Don Bluth/TC Fox did Anastasia, not Disney. [sub] Sorry for the nitpick [/sub]
I, too, am a veritable hotbed of Disney Trivia (although the stuff I know is less “hidden Mickey” and more, well, cast-member oriented).
I just went to DCA last week, and am dying to go again (though I need to sneak in my annual trip to the Park just for fun soon, too.)
I would love to have a two-parks annual pass, but doubt my family will buy one for me for my birthday (as I’m planning on requesting), since Mom still works for Disneyland, and Sis works in parades at DCA (so, 'Sprix, did you catch the parade when you were there? ;))
I haven’t yet made it to DisneyWorld, but I want to go - just haven’t had the money and the time off together. But - folks have promised to take me the next time they go (which, knowing them, will be the year I graduate).
I have a Woody/Buzz cel in my bathroom, and own most (but not all) of the classic movies (and Donald Duck in Mathemagic Land) on Video. Not to mention Something Wicked This Way Comes (mmmmm…Jonathon Pryce).
Do I qualify?
(Hey, 'Sprix, other SoCal dopers…my Birthday’s the end of June, and I’ll be in the area - anyone up for a Gathering [sup]tm[/sup] at the Park on a Friday or a Monday? (the weekend’s booked, sorry.))
I love Disney! My favorite movie ever is the Lion King. When I go to Disney World (about once a year usually) I always wind up so giddy and excited in the morning that I want to pass out by the afternoon. Ah well, I always enjoy myself.
Eve, no one has misconstrued my MissETicket tag yet. That I know of.
dogsbody, you qualify. So, what’d you like about DCA? I’ve heard that it isn’t that great(besides the fact that you can buy alcohol). I am just not that into this particular park. I don’t want to spend another 43 bucks to get into a park that doesn’t seem as magical and attraction-packed as DL. Maybe you can convince me otherwise.
I forgot to mention that my friends and I are trying to get a little DL trip togther for this summer. Driving to SoCal with them will be a great experience. I have had one bad trip to DL, but I don’t count that trip. Let’s just say, make sure that who you are going with better be just as fanatical about where you are going as you are. :rolleyes:
This is going to sound really dumb, but it’s the Roller Coaster. I love roller coasters. Besides, I don’t know it like the back of my hand yet, (which I certainly do DL).
Yes, the price is a problem (although if you’re planning on spending multiple days in the area they do sell multi-park passes) - sis and I were kvetching about this just the other day. It has the same number of attractions as DL did when it opened (23, IIRC), and charging the same price as the big park for entry is just a dumb marketing decision on somebody’s part (but don’t get me started about that).
Still…I dunno. It’s just fun, and the alcohol isn’t that prevalent - AFAIR, it’s only the Mondavi winery that has alcohol (what the hairy heck is acohol?) and you have to drink it on their patio. :shrug: So don’t go for the drinking.
I caught it from a distance and was unimpressed. And really, doesn’t it look like Eureka is jerking some guy off with that outstretched hand going up and down and around (supposedly “beckoning people to California”)? If I were the CM working that parade, I’d have a good time.
Oh yeah. “Hi, dogsbody!”
Might work for me - My Southern California AP is blacked out on Saturdays anyway, so Friday or Monday work. Any excuse to go to the park! (I live about an hour south in San Diego county).
I live in the Bay Area and have been to Disneyland at least 8 times already this year and it will be close to 20 trips by the end of the year.
I work for (writing, editing, other stuff) MousePlanet and am a moderator at their message boards (hi dlgirl).
I know Cast Members by name, I’ve been to the baby shower of one of the performer’s in Aladdin and Jasmines StoryTime Adventures (or whatever the proper name is). I’ve received email from imagineers telling me things about what they’re working on that I’m not supposed to know.
Am I a Disney fanatic? No, not really. My wife is (for the parks, anyway) and that got us involved with a great bunch of people (who eventually started up MousePlanet). I do enjoy the time I spend with at Disneyland and Disneyworld (and eventually Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disneyland) but if it weren’t for the fact that some of my very best friends are Disney fans and it is a place where we can all gather I wouldn’t go more than every 10 years or so.
Oh, honey, you have no idea (although I need to share that comment with my sis, if you don’t mind…
Sis, BTW, is going to be a Sad Blister…er, I mean, an Ugly Stepsister two nights a week during the summer for the Electrical Parade (which will be at DCA, not DL this time. Dunno what they’re planning for DL. Must remember to ask.)
Well, I’ll have to poke around a bit and see what’s up, then - don’t know what signins are like right now (summer’s always weird for signins as well as APs.)
Oh, and dlgirl, I also (for no good reason discernable to anyone including me) really enjoy the Animotions thing in Hollywood (I mean, DCA’s Hollywood, of course). Think that’s what it’s called; it’s got a couple of shows about how the animations are created, a gallery of Cel art and the Sorceror’s Workshop, where you can a) create your own animation; b) learn which character you are (on a good day I’m Lady, on a bad one the Wicked Queen from Snow White); and c) do a voice over for the animation of your choice in Ursula’s Grotto. Much fun and amusement.
I am so definately a Disney freak. I love all the movies and cartoons (well with the exception of The Hunchback of Norte Dame) My dream was once to work at the animation studio in CA, but as things happened I didnt get to fullfill that dream (although now when I am almost out of college the animation schools are mailing me to come and enroll how ironic). Anyhow I loved Disney world … havent been there for a great while wish I could go back, but hey maybe someday. Anyway just gotta say that GOOFY is the man (or should I say dog)
But - folks have promised to take me the next time they go (which, knowing them, will be the year I graduate).