Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ... that WDW's first 'winners' of the stay at Cindy's Castle were an All-American white family of four from the Midwest (near Lansing, Michigan) who had perfect PR responses to the amazing dream bestowed upon them.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Funny thing happened when the surprised family of four walked through Disneyland's gate as the 500 billionth (or whatever) Disney world wide resort guests. They turned out to be from Australia! Guess next time they'll need to post people in line listening for them furrin accents!
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy I can see both working from different parts here in the south. ;-)
Originally Posted By Dznygrl OOH what a shocker! Don't they look cute in front of the camera! Congratulations on being the perfect suburban family! <---is still wondering if she'll ever even win a fastpass or some mouse ears
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 You just knew the first 'family' selected weren't going to be from say ... Australia (because according to contest rules, they'd have to abdicate the bedchambers for an American, Canadian or British citizen). You also knew it wasn't going to be a black man married to a Korean woman from South Central with six kids dressed in gangsta fashions. We all know that Disney doesn't 'pick' winners, they just get All-American perfection via pixie dust. ... When there's a smile in your heart ...
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little Cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more... << Here's my question -- How are the guests ushered upstairs? I know the elevator goes down to the utilidors. Is that where the guests start? Or do they try to keep them out of the utilidors? It strikes me that the magic of the castle experience would be kind of the opposite of visiting a working underground area.
Originally Posted By mrichmondj I wonder what percentage of WDW guests are the white, all-American family of four? Do you think they represent a minority in terms of WDW attendance? Sorry, but that is one of the things that amazes me when I visit WDW -- the lack of diversity in the guests. Particularly during the off-season, when working class America isn't on vacation, it can be downright challenging to find minority families in the MK. Should WDW seek diversity in it's PR campaigns and actively search out the minority guests to deliver the dream giveaways to? To be honest, I would be surprised if there wasn't a diversity goal that the PR team is trying to meet. But in the middle of January when your primary park goers are wealthy families who pull the kids out of school for a week in Orlando, or families tagging along while Mom or Dad attend a convention for work, I expect that 9 times out of 10 you are more than likely to pick the white family of 4 over any other demographic group. At least that's been my observations during off-season travel. The black man married to the Korean woman from South Central with six kids is probably not walking through the turnstyles this time of year.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey I agree. It's very rare that you see a non-white family in WDW.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>You also knew it wasn't going to be a black man married to a Korean woman from South Central with six kids dressed in gangsta fashions.<< Well that pretty much elinates a major chunk of DLR's customer demographic!
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Sorry, but that is one of the things that amazes me when I visit WDW -- the lack of diversity in the guests.<< I think that many of us tend to forget just how expensive a WDW vacation is. Its pretty much out of reach for families whose incomes aren't significantlt above the 50th percentile. I know people who visit their Aunt Matilda in LA and who skip the one day visit to DLR because "its too expensive". Its no secret that the higher up you move on the income percentile chart, the whiter it gets.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss DLR has many locals though, and an AP is downright cheap. So the demographics aren't nearly as skewed as WDW's.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder So, pardon my naivete, but is the insinuation here that this was a purposely bigoted choice?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss If it makes anyone feel better, white people are a minority at TDR and HKDL.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> If it makes anyone feel better, white people are a minority at TDR and HKDL. << < chuckle >
Originally Posted By FerretAfros For the people staying in the castle, what if they don't have tickets for the next day? Will they still be allowed to enjoy the park after waking up, or will they just be kicked out for not having thought ahead/being at the end of their vacation? It seems to me like they should be able to give them tickets for that day if they don't already have them, but knowing that that isn't officially one of the prizes, I'm not sure what they would be able to do about it.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost ^^^Heck, they are already in the park...who, or possibly whom, is going to check once they are inside the park?
