Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-80346.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Couple is Halfway There - 183 Straight Days at Disneyland</b></a> <p>The Orlando Sentinel writes about <span>Tonya Mickesh and Jeff Reitz, a couple that is attempting to visit Disneyland every day this year and is now halfway there.</span></p>
Originally Posted By DyGDisney Interesting. I think I would grow tired of Disneyland if I went every day...it would lose the "magic" we crave when we visit. But, to each his own!!
Originally Posted By ecdc I'm very much in the "to each his own" category. Kind of a fun goal, even. Being unemployed and having a PAP gives me pause. But hey, maybe they have wealthy relatives or something.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>183 Straight Days at Disneyland<< Boy have I got bad news for them. <a href="http://www.gaydaysanaheim.com/" target="_blank">http://www.gaydaysanaheim.com/</a> ;-)
Originally Posted By 9oldmen >>Being unemployed and having a PAP gives me pause. But hey, maybe they have wealthy relatives or something. << Oh, I bet there's a LOT of unemployed PAP holders. They just don't all announce it to the world.
Originally Posted By Moon Waffle Mixed feelings about this one...if they love disneyland so much to go every day then good for them. But being unemployed and AP's, I wonder if they have their priorities straight. A Disneyland AP would be the first thing I would (sadly) cut out of my budget if I lost my job...and it would be sometime after being reemployed that I would feel comfortable getting another one...even on a good salary. I only hope my tax dollars aren't funding DLR AP's via unemployment checks!
Originally Posted By Tikiduck Speaking as a person who has limited time frames, has to travel and pay for food and lodging only to come to an overcrowded park, I find people like this rather annoying.
Originally Posted By EmmaJayne Tikiduck- I agree!! Nothing worse than having to watch a parade through the heads if people who have seen it multiple times before and can apes two hours waiting for a good spot. I get a week there eeeu few years so time is precious.. Of course some AP's are lovely and willingly give up their spots or offer some tip/ advice but it's frustrating.. Then again most of the frustration is born from jealousy!! Because if I lived close to a Disneypark, I'd be probably be one of them..
Originally Posted By Manfried It says The Orlando Sentinel writes about the couple. I clicked on the link and it went to The Orange County Register. I wonder how much they spend on average every day they go?
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I don't get the angst over these people. Who are they hurting? Live and and let live. Sheesh.
Originally Posted By danyoung >...and can apes two hours waiting for a good spot.< Apes? Cell phone spell check?
Originally Posted By 9oldmen >>But being unemployed and AP's, I wonder if they have their priorities straight. A Disneyland AP would be the first thing I would (sadly) cut out of my budget if I lost my job...and it would be sometime after being reemployed that I would feel comfortable getting another one...even on a good salary. I only hope my tax dollars aren't funding DLR AP's via unemployment checks!<< I'm afraid they just might be. Again, I get the feeling that unemployed AP holders are not that uncommon. In face, Newsflash! Why do you think that some of them are at the parks so often? Because you don't spend 365 days a year there (or 366 this year) does not mean that you're not there, say, 6 days out of every 7, or thereabouts. A lot of these people either got the APs as gifts, they are retired, they saved money when they were employed, they're on unemployment, or, and I bet this is really prevalent, they are already thousands, or tens of thousands of dollars in debt, and a few hundred a year for an AP doens't make that much of a difference. Just sheer speculation, but I bet that there's a LOT of unemployed people with APs who spend a LOT of time at the parks.
Originally Posted By Hannibal 8 I met these folks a while back when Mark Eades was interviewing them on the 100th day of their endeavor. Both were very nice and very genuine. I think they have just found something they like to do together and it will be a year they'll remember for the rest of their lives.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I bet you anything Disney will renew their passports for free when they've reached a year.
