Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes I stumbled onto this topic as I rarely go to the WDW Section. WOW! I've never been so like minded with so many of you. I'll have to lurk in this section more often. Spirit, you sure have my respect for not starting this topic (I wouldn't have either). Bob, you sure have my thanks for doing so.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Blindly optimistic when it has no basis in reality. That's what I think sums up when Disney fans start going round the bend between a healthy hobby and an OCD type of disorder. That and, again, tying feelings and emotions that certain creative content (be it films, TV shows, characters, theme park attractions etc) elicits to a corporate BRAND. Loving Peter Pan, Pooh, Haunted Mansion, ToT, DAK Lodge etc isn't an abnormal reaction ... loving anything/everything that has a Disney label on it very likely is. ~GFC~
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Blindly optimistic when it has no basis in reality.<<< Well, what do you mean? Hoping for new attractions is part of being a fan, I think, and one can do so with expectations. Just hoping in general...? Human nature. Not sure what you mean....
Originally Posted By leobloom This is the kind of fanboy tripe that would fit in several current threads. Posted at some MAGICal place: >> As a Disney fan, we do not have to "rationalize" anything. Sure, WWOHP is popular, but what Universal doesn't have is the immense fan-base that Disney has to help crumble the competition. There are ways we as a Disney fan-base can swat Potter into a wall without having to "rationalize" what's going on over at IOC (Islands of Crap). For starters: We can go to as many theme-park-based discussion boards & review sites as possible, and give WWOHP a very nagative review. With the large numbers of Disney fans doing this...word will get out how overrrated HP is at Universal. Secondly: As fans of WDW, and on a WDW FAN SITE such as this..we should not be starting posts which degrade Disney's product under Universal...but rather, the other way around. Remember: WE have the strong numbers as fans of the Mouse. (Support your team, people!!) Finally: Simply do not patronize Universal. Sure, go see the HP films. But if we are true to our side (Disney), then why on earth would we even GO to Universal/IOC in the first place?? That is only feeding Disney's biggest competitor. With Disney fans pulling together (AS A TEAM), and with tricks Disney has up it's sleeve such as purchasing Marvel, and lord knows what else in the future, together it will *crush* the competition. DISNEY ALL THE WAY!!! << Puke.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 "Simply do not patronize Universal. Sure, go see the HP films. But if we are true to our side (Disney), then why on earth would we even GO to Universal/IOC in the first place??" GOOD!!! The less bodies in front of me when I get to ride FJ, the BETTER!!! Fact that less of them will be whiny 45 year old fanb*tches wearing mouse ears and shirts three sizes too small for them just makes my surrounding aesthetics that much more enjoyable! Mental illness, indeed!!!
Originally Posted By PotNoodle >> As a Disney fan, we do not have to "rationalize" anything. Sure, WWOHP is popular, but what Universal doesn't have is the immense fan-base that Disney has to help crumble the competition. There are ways we as a Disney fan-base can swat Potter into a wall without having to "rationalize" what's going on over at IOC (Islands of Crap). For starters: We can go to as many theme-park-based discussion boards & review sites as possible, and give WWOHP a very nagative review. With the large numbers of Disney fans doing this...word will get out how overrrated HP is at Universal. Secondly: As fans of WDW, and on a WDW FAN SITE such as this..we should not be starting posts which degrade Disney's product under Universal...but rather, the other way around. Remember: WE have the strong numbers as fans of the Mouse. (Support your team, people!!) Finally: Simply do not patronize Universal. Sure, go see the HP films. But if we are true to our side (Disney), then why on earth would we even GO to Universal/IOC in the first place?? That is only feeding Disney's biggest competitor. With Disney fans pulling together (AS A TEAM), and with tricks Disney has up it's sleeve such as purchasing Marvel, and lord knows what else in the future, together it will *crush* the competition. DISNEY ALL THE WAY!!! << Do you know what is pathetic about this? It sounds like a petulant 14 year old wrote it, but I'll hazard a guess some adult basement-dweller wrote it. <Fact that less of them will be whiny 45 year old fanb*tches wearing mouse ears and shirts three sizes too small for them just makes my surrounding aesthetics that much more enjoyable! Mental illness, indeed!!!> I like the cut of your jib, good sir!
Originally Posted By LeonardKinsey Well, there are people who frequent the parks who actually ARE mentally ill, not just weird fanbois. Anyone got a good list of them? For example: --Towel Baby Couple --Stuffed Animal lady @ Grand Floridian --Leah at DHS --??? There have to be plenty more. Like the dudes who have the creepy obsessions with the princesses and repeatedly stand in line at the meet-and-greets hoping to get a kiss. Or the ladies who do the same thing for Captain Jack. These people have taken Disney mental illness to a whole new level. Leonard Kinsey Author, The Dark Side of Disney "The Anarchist Cookbook of Disney Travel Guides" <a href="http://www.darksideofdisney.com" target="_blank">http://www.darksideofdisney.com</a>
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer There's an entire world out there, and people ignore it. I don't get it. I mean, I enjoy WDW, but it's not EVERYTHING.
Originally Posted By MousDad Okay, I've been holding off because I wanted Spirit's thread to materialize, but I'm going to throw out a nugget on this topic. Each and every Disney fan (myself included), no matter what level or label, needs to understand the following truth: If you couldn't walk away from Disney today (parks, media, lifestyle, whatever) and never set foot back in, then you have some kind of mental illness / addiction. Granted, it may be just an emotional need, or a harmless, even healthy addiction. But if it would be like the loss of a loved one, or take serious rehab to recover from, say, the closure of Walt Disney World, then you have a serious problem. And you most definitely should not be attempting to speak objectively about a company whose only connection to its great and storied past is its name.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I have an app on my phone called tune in radio. It has a wide variety of stations, one of them is Subsonic Radio which plays music and audio from the parks. It was one of the first things I added to my list of stations. Do I listen to it everyday? No, but I do enjoy it.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>If you couldn't walk away from Disney today (parks, media, lifestyle, whatever) and never set foot back in, then you have some kind of mental illness / addiction.<<<< Agreed. Granted, I'd be quite sad if WDW closed it's gates/went away/I couldn't go back... but... on to better and bigger things. The "sadness" certainly wouldn't be debilitating. Which I would think would be the reaction of most sane people here...
