Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA These appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle this morning. This one's the more typical smug I-don't-want-to-do-this-but-I-will type of trip report. <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/11/TRG5FOH4LR1.DTL" target="_blank">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/11/TRG5FOH4LR1.DTL</a> And this one about a guy who's got visiting the parks down to a science -- literally. <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/11/TRG5FOH4LP1.DTL" target="_blank">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/11/TRG5FOH4LP1.DTL</a>
Originally Posted By nemopoppins I only glanced at the articles this morning in my paper, but I saw the Cinderella castle picture with a caption something like, "The Cinderella castle is 17 stories tall and it's the entrance to Fantasyland, the same as Anaheim." I didn't have much faith in the article since Anaheim has a Sleeping Beauty castle and it's shorter.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I've only read the first article thus far, but it came across as sarcastic and bitter (especially when talking about how overpriced everything is).
Originally Posted By Chedstro Yes, I read both. Why would anyone try to do this if not to be sarcastic?
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I think they were both meant to be tongue in cheek...especially the first one.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 The trouble with articles like that, the writer has no idea what frame of mind the reader will be in, and the reader has no idea what mood the writer was in. I could see sarcasm and tongue in cheek in both. As far as "I didn't have much faith in the article since Anaheim has a Sleeping Beauty castle and it's shorter" I still have 2 glasses from King Stefan's Banquet Hall at WDW. Even Disney gets confused sometimes.
Originally Posted By Labuda Re the second article - OMG, I am sooo gonna email that dude who did the MK in a little over 10 hours when I get back to work ne4xt week! Wonder if I can hook up with him and get him to either meet me in my building or meet him in his building (betting he works in RR, not Austin, since it says he works for our IT dept) so I can get my hands on his touring plan! hehe
Originally Posted By exdisneyemployee Hey all, I've been a huge promoter of Bobs (sehligers) work for many years. The data that they collect is of a great benefit to visitors to WDW or any other parks that they write on. Interesting Fact: The top four most visited amusement parks in North America are #1 MK...#2 Epcot...#3 MGM Studios #4 AK.#5 DL....then some universal something or other...LOL Cheers, EDE
Originally Posted By dizneed Since when has Disneyworld been considered an "Amusement" park? I always thought it was made up of "Theme" parks.
Originally Posted By Labuda It's been considered an amusement park as long as it's been called Disneyworld.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I actually quite enjoyed the first report. I thought it was amusing.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo On that second one, it sounds like a killer day. I think I prefer a 2 hour meal in a table service and a chance tosmell the roses in the parks. My commando days are long gone!
Originally Posted By GalDisney <<Interesting Fact: The top four most visited amusement parks in North America are #1 MK...#2 Epcot...#3 MGM Studios #4 AK.#5 DL....then some universal something or other...LOL>> No. the top three are MK, Disneyland and Epcot.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> "The Cinderella castle is 17 stories tall and it's the entrance to Fantasyland, the same as Anaheim." << If you leave out the 17 stories tall part and the word "Cinderella", this sentence is true. Cut him some slack.
