Originally Posted By potc101 Man, what's with Disney with this odd Blackout day? It's not a holiday. Next Friday is not a blackout? What gives? And, Disney, here's a great tip! Lift the blackout at least for DCA for SoCaler's...imagine the crowd for that park today if SoCaler's could only get into DCA but not Disneyland. I would even go. Now, DCA will have 8,000 compared to a possible 20K. Please, any of you out there that says, "Why don't you just buy a Deluxe, etc", save it. That's not the point of this post. The point is, why is there a blackout today, on a non-holiday, when most Fridays have not been blocked out?
Originally Posted By kmsandrbs Nov. 11 = Veteran's Day = Holiday = most children out of school and many businesses closed. But I agree with the DCA thing.
Originally Posted By LilliBelle There is a holiday today, Veterans' Day. It's a three day weekend for most school districts, etc.
Originally Posted By cstephens Yep, holiday for schools, government offices, that sort of thing. I don't mind having to work today because the drive to work was fabulous. I think that if you personally don't get the day off, you might not think of it as a holiday. I didn't know it was a government/school holiday until this morning, though I knew that today was Veterans Day. /cs
Originally Posted By YourPalEd You mean there's no car traffic on the street today? I'm going to Disneyland!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Well that question made me more than a little sad for our veterans... Including my father-in-law, a highly decorated bomber pilot from World War II who's been laying in a hospice for eight days now as his life of 85 years slips away.
Originally Posted By potc101 I think Veterans day and Memorial day need to merge. Like Presidents day (funny how we honored a president, Washington, who slept around). Too many holidays.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <You mean there's no car traffic on the street today? I'm going to Disneyland!> Good deal, YourPalEd. Maybe you can drum up some support for your STOP THE CHANGES AT PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - IT'S UNAMERICAN campaign.
Originally Posted By Elderp I am bummed out it is a blockout day but it isn't that big of a deal I go mostly on Mondays anyhow.
Originally Posted By hiddencat3 I wish Veteran's Day would be more widely celebrated. I have veteran's in my family all the way back to the Cival War. It always bothered me that my school (SDSU) celebrated Cesar Chavez Day, but not Veteran's Day. I am not saying Cesar Chavez isn't great, but I do think our Veterans have done more for the whole American population. Anyways, they should allow APs into DCA on blockout dates. It would be a very good business move.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Annual Pass Holders wouldn't be affected, would they? Their passes are supposed to be good for 365 days a year. They can't be blocked out can they?
Originally Posted By hiddencat3 Not everyone is as cool as the Premium Annual Passholders. I am blocked all major holidays and Saturdays in the summer. You can still buy a ticket on blockout days at a discount. I think you can get a 1-day parkhopper for around $30.
Originally Posted By Ursula wonderingalice, sweetheart, I got your back. I am wearing mostly reds and blues and I have on my Mickey Icon American Flag pin. My grandfathers both were in the armed services. I know one of them was in WWII but not sure where. He didn't talk about it much, but we have pictures of him and his sexy squadron colleagues in front of several planes.
Originally Posted By Ursula And I'm very sorry about your father-in-law. Send him good thoughts from my family.
Originally Posted By potc101 <It always bothered me that my school (SDSU) celebrated Cesar Chavez Day, but not Veteran's Day.> Why should school children celebrate this holiday by staying home? They are kids. They had nothing to do with the war. They can "learn" about it in school by being at school on the day of the "holiday".
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Ursula, there's so much I'd like to say to you... I just hope you know how much I've appreciated you from the moment we met last January. You are so very special. *HUGS*
