Posted on 05/18/2014 8:35:07 PM PDT by jeannineinsd
since they went gay i wont go back. let all the homodollars they are gunning for keep these places afloat.
Exactly. I think the point was to ship the fidgedy little "Tom Sawyers" [who just drank a quart of soda] off to the island to pee in the woods (saves a trip to the restrooms) so mom and grandma could spend quality time in the Enchanted Tiki Room.
The Haunted House was nifty but there wasn’t much “there” there. The Pirates, though... definitely worth the lines. I wonder if they still have that “auction” going on or have the feminists completely destroyed the ride.
Tom Sawyers Island used to be so much fun! But then they took out the rifles in the stockade and the balancing rock. I think a little girl caught her finger in the trigger of one of the rifles and it cost them boatloads in a lawsuit. Ahhhhhh, the olden days were GOOD! I remember Sally Ride on her first Shuttle trip.......said it was definitely an E ticket.......I bet it was!
Mothers were surely way ahead of the curve. How many of them used the prospect of going on that ride as a threat, lol. I suspect that the Harmony Hut in Addam's Family Values was inspired by that ride.
Can you lend me a pass or something?
The shooting gallery is still there, but now it’s electronic.
The shooting gallery actually took coins, not tickets. It was unique in that way.
I remember when I was a kid that Knotts was free. They had panning for gold.
Walter Knott was a genius.
Boysenberry jam is delicious.
They tried it but the CIA interrogators were confessing too.
I was in orlando last month
Auction still there
Depp pirate everywhere now
Me and wyfe and our last 3
All boys under 15
500 for tickets
100 for food
250 for souvenirs
Lines so long we only did 3 rides in 7 hours
Monorail down
5-6 major rides down
Counting rooms for one night another 300 in Buena Vista
1100 to 1200 for Disney one day 3 rides
Screw that...’.4 hours later we are at South Beach.at the W Hotel
It im gonna go broke it aint gonna be surrounded by fat pink Americana and legions of Brazilians chasing mouse rides
Its gonna be on the beach in supermodel land
Mom loves beach and Bal Harbor and boys liked scenery same as daddy
My last trip was in September 1985. Bank of America night with my mother-in-law and two sons. I had 40 stitches on the top of each foot from a recent lymphangiogram. Follow up testing for cancer. No real interest in another visit.
We have an amusement park here that's been around for a hundred years. Not a big name, but a heckuva lot better than Disney.
Speaking of Knotts, back in the fifties, my oldest brother, about age 13 or 14, wrote to Walter Knott and asked if he and a buddy could come and spend the night where there used to be a group of circled covered wagons on the property. Mr. Knott graciously invited the boys to bring their sleeping bags and camp out. They rode their bikes out there from Long Beach and had a great time!
This was back when it didn’t cost anything to get in and the train, stage coach etc. were probably a dime to ride, if that. And robbers did in fact hop on board every train ride with guns blazing! And none of us kids ever suffered from nightmares or any other trauma as a result, we thought it was great fun and not far off from the cowboy movies we enjoyed.
My Dad and I would often drive out to the General Store at Knotts to buy the best licorice pipes I’ve ever had, plus horehound drops. Those were the days!
I am wanting to take my next vacation with you and your family. Although, I notice I didn’t see any drinking fund listed.
Six Flags are better and in New England, the oldest amusement park is a great park, Lake Compounce. Disney is overrated.
Oh, fiddlesticks! We're at Disney World right now celebrating our 25th Anniversary.
Haven't been here for about 20 years.
The "Cast members" have been extremely pleasant; the service is top-notch; it couldn't be a nicer experience.
Lines are long, but that's not Disney's fault. It's because lots of people are here, even in the "moderate" season. I'd call that a Business Success, which we Conservatives admire, don't we?.
Disney invented the "Fast Pass" system to help folks plan which attraction they want to see. With a Fast Pass, the wait is only a few minutes.
Food and incidentals are expensive, but we bought the Annual Pass which gives us a 10% discount on almost everything we buy.
We're staying at one of the "All-Star" resorts, which cost about $110 per night. That's not Motel Six pricing, but it's affordable. The room is smallish, but very clean. The bed is quite comfortable and the service is good - free movies every night. We had a problem with the (Gore one gpf) toilet not flushing - we reported it and it was fixed right away.
Whoever at Disney thought up the "Princesses" idea should be given some kind of award - there are thousands of little girls running around dressed as Cinderella, Snow White, Pocohantas, ... sweethearts all. The outfits sell like mad.
No, Disney World is still magic. We'll come back, I'm sure.
But don't ask me about Amtrak's Autotrain!
. . . back in the days when Walt himself was running things to appeal to families, not queers.
Just curious, how do you get in for free?
jeannineinsde, it's all by way of again reminding us of how important Mr. max americana is in Hollywood.
And we aren't, you see?
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