Originally Posted By gpiltz Hi Everyone, It's great being a part of this larger LaughingPlace community. It would be even greater however, to be able to easily find local fans, as well. Since it does not look like D23 will connect us, I'll give our forums a try! With the loss of our Disney Store, Disney Outlet, and pretty much all merchandise related to the Mouse in chain stores, we are cut off from Disney. Surprisingly, Disneyland is hard for most of us to visit, who are simply surviving in this most expensive area. I am a lifelong Santa Barbara resident with a love of unique and obscure Disney endeavors. Let's band together to ask Disney to reach our potential market. If there are other fans out there, I'd love to find out who is residing in the Santa Barbara area. Kindly reply to this post, and we'll get connected! Cheers, Geren
Originally Posted By beamerdog Hi gplitz, If you're willing to actually meet in person, you can truck on over to the LP Meets section and see if there are others with whom to meet up! Wish I were over on your side of the country!
Originally Posted By DlandDug I would also recommend the LA Chapter of the NFFC. It meets once a month in Burbank-- a bit of a drive, I know, but a lot closer than Disneyland. <a href="http://www.nffc-la.org/" target="_blank">http://www.nffc-la.org/</a>
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb You forgot about the Disney Catalog now of fond memory. I've been on LP since late '05 and you're the first person, other than myself, post from our area. If there are others, They aren't saying so.
Originally Posted By llanatoye Hey Geren and Deb, I was born and raised in Santa Barbara and will always consider it my home. I haven't lived there for many years but I was there every weekend while my mom was living. I miss it like crazy. But I do feel your pain and if there is anything I can do to make the connection to the Disney folks then please let me know.
Originally Posted By gpiltz I really appreciate everyone's feedback, and I am glad to meet and connect with everyone. I never gave NFFC much thought, but I will seriously consider it in an effort to stay in touch with the community. Hi Deb, thanks for sharing your location and passion for Disney. I've toyed with writing Disney Consumer Products and asking for some presence in our town, even a high end Disney Couture store or Walt Disney Gallery selling high end furniture and pens, as the recent D23 merchandise joke goes. I did join to give it a chance, however we may all feel about it. llanatoye, thank you for your kind words, and once you live in Santa Barbara, you are always a Santa Barbarian at heart. LaughingPlace truly is MY laughing place!
