Originally Posted By bobbelee9 <<>> Your sarcastic response is flawed--- but then again a lot of what you offer is flawed or of no value, so no surprise there. << What a totally tacky thing to say!>> Thanks MPierce, but in a way he was right, after I hit the "post" button, I saw the part about terrorists, and I realized my mistake. I'd swear it wasn't there when I first read it. Sorry. What I was trying to say was that % wise, the monorail, planes, trains and cars don't have that many accidents. But yes a terrorist would make a big difference. We drove to WDW 21 hours on Sept 14/15, 2001. And we weren't all that sure what to expect when we got there. Happy Haunt refused to eat in the Castle that trip because she considered it a target for terrorists.
Originally Posted By mousermerf I was at Universal/IOA after 9/11 (had Uni/IOA passes - told ya'll I was a fan of IOA) and kept getting stunned looks and comments from the workers when spoke because we were American. In the small crowds we blended enough with the various foreign tourists who were still there but all the Americans were essentially gone and the locals besides us apparently weren't interested. Really sort of odd, walk up the coke cart near MiB and order and the girls uddenly perks up and goes "Oh - you're American! Where are you from?" because of the accent/lack-thereof.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< I was at Universal/IOA after 9/11 (had Uni/IOA passes - told ya'll I was a fan of IOA) and kept getting stunned looks and comments from the workers when spoke because we were American. >>> What a sad thing that says about our country. I remember flying to Las Vegas about 2 weeks after 9/11 and it was a very odd feeling - the airport, flight, and the whole city of Las Vegas were like ghost towns. Then I flew overseas less than two months later and people thought I was crazy.
Originally Posted By Mr X Yes, I really don't get that mentality. If anything, you're probably safer following something like that due to the heightened vigilance and security. It's when you LEAST expect it that it happens, anyway. That attitude isn't exclusively American though (and perhaps 9/11 being so unbelievable really scared some people). I knew a drum corps director in Japan who cancelled the groups' planned trip to America in 2002, but it wasn't entirely his choice. According to him, many of the parents demanded it (and the group had been going to America every few years prior).
Originally Posted By SuperDry I think Japan has a lot in common with the US as far as being prone to emotional over-reaction to improbable events. After the anthrax attacks in the US, I remember reading a quote from some housewife in Osaka that she'd "never open the mail again" out of fear of contracting anthrax. More to your point, I'm personally familiar with annual school trips to D.C. from Texas that were canceled in 2002 and 2003 because of fear of additional attacks. BTW, one of the mothers that thought this was a good idea also was insistent that her kids eat only Freedom Fries.
Originally Posted By Mr X <a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/terrorism-not-likely-cause-of-fire-at-local-laundr,75" target="_blank">http://www.theonion.com/articl...aundr,75</a>
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I was at WDW the last week of September 2001. And while it was dead (and eerie during the week ... imagine being the ONLY guest in Mara at 6 p.m. with a dozen CMs standing around), over the weekend the MK and EPCOT were packed as people (mostly locals) just descended on Disney and decided that the time for living was back. I've never seen such a dramatic change in just 48 hours.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 We had a private showing of Masquerade that Sept. Epcot was a ghost town at mid-day.
