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Originally Posted By -em Doesnt matter to me, I assume they wernt being utilized (heck I didnt know there were any besides Main Street) -em
Originally Posted By Doobie Yes, lack of utilization was the reason given. As long as there's at least one, i think it's no biggie. Doobie.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I can think of another reason why they went unused, aside from people not knowing they were around: cellphones. No need to buy postcards anymore, just send someone a text message and/or pic.
Originally Posted By Mr X I'm surprised they weren't being used. I'd think a lot of people would like to send out post cards asap... Although I suppose a lot of people are like me, when I send mail on the road I just make it out at night and give it to the front desk in the morning.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I can think of another reason why they went unused, aside from people not knowing they were around: cellphones. No need to buy postcards anymore, just send someone a text message and/or pic. << I agree a postcard is just a little old fashion for most people nowadays. My wife still sends one to her Mother, and one to her Brother, everytime we visit. We have sent them out from several locations in the parks early in the trip. Most of the time we beat the postcards home. I have a feeling they are not collected on a daily bases in the parks.
Originally Posted By rhodisney I've always bought my postcards the minute I set foot on Main Street, had them addressed and stamped and mailed them from there. They usually arrived a day before I got home. I enjoy doing that, it just makes the process a little more "Disney special" to use them. I never knew about the mailboxes in the other "lands" of the MK though.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 Sadly in the world we now live you would really like to cut down on the number of places someone can hide an object and walk away. I don't think I need to paint a picture here.
Originally Posted By hightp As bobbelee said, the postcards did not have a WDW postmark. I was always disappointed in that. You would have thought that for all the 'magic' Disney tried to create in their parks, they would have tried to get a special postage cancellation.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Hey, Rembrandt! (I mean disneydad...) Well said. It's probably a combination of the times we live in and the times in which we text, etc., instead of write.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<Sadly in the world we now live you would really like to cut down on the number of places someone can hide an object and walk away>> That could be a reason, but in this case I truly doubt it. If indeed that would be cause enough, then they would remove all the trash cans too.
