Originally Posted By MPierce >> Well, first you take a cup and spit in it.... << I normally do that with what ever I'm drinking.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt >> I'm not a beer drinker either but Gritty kept giving us free stuff so how could I saw no! <, The only thing better than a cold beer. is a free cold beer.>> the beer wasn't free ($3 a draft) but the stuff was. We got 2 different bumper stickers, a hot pink bottle koosie & 2 bottle openers. If I had 1 more I could have got a free tee but candy bar bingo was over so we had to get the DD's. I was hamered anyway!!
Originally Posted By MPierce >> That was only the magical beginning. << If you start with spit, chances are everything will be an improvement after that.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> the beer wasn't free ($3 a draft) but the stuff was. We got 2 different bumper stickers, a hot pink bottle koosie & 2 bottle openers. If I had 1 more I could have got a free tee but candy bar bingo was over so we had to get the DD's. I was hamered anyway!! << You're only consider hammered if while attempting to shout BINGO, you puke on the little old man sitting next to you.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Well, I am not proud of how hammered I was on Wednesday, between two of us - 8 beers, 3 bottles of wine and half a bottle of Southern comfort. Not good.
Originally Posted By HMButler79 If the economy is the issue, then why were there TEN HOUR waits Opening Day and 2-3hr waits days after? If noone has money to spend, why can't they keep stock of $300 brooms, $99 robes, Cauldron Cakes, etc etc. The wands are doing gangbusters. So, the economy is ONLY affecting WDW and NOT UO? uhhuhhh. Guests have just finally gotten onto Disney's game of "stuff from 30yrs ago is new and will make you feel like a kid!"
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 I am amazed at the money some people out there have. And them spending it should help the economy. The gap between rich and poor gets bigger every day.
Originally Posted By -em >> So, the economy is ONLY affecting WDW and NOT UO? uhhuhhh.<< >> I am amazed at the money some people out there have. And them spending it should help the economy.<< I know I'm just a blip on the radar but in the 2 trips to Potter I've made in the last 3 weeks I've spent about 70-75 bucks compared to the 30-40 I've spent at WDW in the past oh 5 months (and thats WITH my 200 "free" dollars from my Disney Visa bonus) I still have a wants list for Uni including a wand and atleast 3 more pins (rest of houses) WDW- No pins on the horizon I need or even want. -em
Originally Posted By MousDad UO winning the substance war the Mouse can live with, apparently. UO winning the merchandise war? Oh, that must be driving the Mouse absolutely bonkers.
Originally Posted By CaptainMichael Wait until EE gets home tonight. Universal will have changed him.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>If the economy is the issue, then why were there TEN HOUR waits Opening Day and 2-3hr waits days after? If noone has money to spend, why can't they keep stock of $300 brooms, $99 robes, Cauldron Cakes, etc etc. The wands are doing gangbusters. So, the economy is ONLY affecting WDW and NOT UO? uhhuhhh. Guests have just finally gotten onto Disney's game of "stuff from 30yrs ago is new and will make you feel like a kid!"<< I think you answered your own question. Even during tough times if you have a unique and special product that people want, they will come. Look at the cell phone market. The makers of ordinary phones, which are the lions share of the biz, are hurting. Meanwhile Apple has addressed what is decidedly a niche within the cell phone market with its iPhone and its doing great.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>I am amazed at the money some people out there have. And them spending it should help the economy. The gap between rich and poor gets bigger every day.<< True, but there are only so many "rich" people out there. DL will be OK as its a "local" park, as opposed to WDW that relies on middle class families dropping 5 grand to enjoy the pixie dust. It would be interesting to see what attendance and room booking number the Orlando sharp pencil folks came up with for "no free meals" vs. "free meals", especially as it has turned into a virtually year round offer now. I suspect the place would have been a ghost town without the free meals.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Well, I am not proud of how hammered I was on Wednesday, between two of us - 8 beers, 3 bottles of wine and half a bottle of Southern comfort. Not good. << You probably would have felt much better had you limited yourself to just 1 of the 3 selections. But what the heck. You're probably already over the hang-over by now.
Originally Posted By MPierce The big question still remains though. Will Harry still be going great guns this time next year. Only time will tell.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>The big question still remains though. Will Harry still be going great guns this time next year. Only time will tell.<< In a year? I think there is a very good chance that Harry will still be the toast of OTown. 5 years? Maybe not so much.
Originally Posted By TTA <<The big question still remains though. Will Harry still be going great guns this time next year. Only time will tell.>> Depends on what the Mouse does (please don't let FLE be the actual "response"), if anything else at all.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << UO winning the merchandise war? Oh, that must be driving the Mouse absolutely bonkers. >> Except that J.K. Rowling is getting nearly all of the merchandise revenue.
