The Happiest Place on Earth

[mowens]

I'm there now. It's as if hell had an amusement park.

[Incogneeto]

I'm there now. It's as if hell had an amusement park.

Lucky for you most the rides have Seat belts.

Stay off "The Chair" Ride.

[Incogneeto]

You're a Daredevil or a Masochist.

[SuperHoneyBadger]

Took my life into my own hands once at a park - without knowing beforehand:

Lined up for a coaster with 3 or 4 loops, and one big vertical twist.
Very excited, it had been awhile since visiting, I had gotten heavier since my teenage years though.
Get seated beside the wife, and tried to pull the bar toward me, thing didn't even get close... So pimple face comes over to help out, and then I get 2 attendants using their meager body weight reefing down on this poor little bar to try and get me in nice and 'safe' so all 30 other people can finally get moving to the drop.

Well, we finally got to ONE. SINGLE. CLICK. on that bad boy - to much fanfare - and they give us the green light.

Read up on rides after that and found out that 6'5" 330 lbs is drastically too meaty for rollercoasters, only by about 80 lbs though... So, I have personally tested the safety margins, and I don't think I need to again. That was a few years ago, and I have since reduced my overall mass, but I still get a little queasy thinking about the wife having to watch me rifle out of a loop-de-loop like a pudgy, swearing cannonball

[gcode]

I'm there now. It's as if hell had an amusement park.

Yes.. been to Disneyland once... never again..

It is nothing buy a giant conspiracy to extract the maximum amount of cash possible from the family's bank accounts
and brand Daddy the world's greatest asshole should he fail to reach for his wallet at every command.
I'm surprised they don't have divorce lawyers handing out flyers at the exits. What a shithole place!!!!

[neurosis]

I've never been and never plan on going.

I have a friend who goes every year and loves it. I think they have some kind of mental disorder. She makes her husband go every year and he has to pretend like he's enjoying himself.   

[gcode]

Yes.. been to Disneyland once... never again..

It is nothing buy a giant conspiracy to extract the maximum amount of cash possible from the family's bank accounts
and brand Daddy the world's great asshole should he fail to reach for his wallet at every command.
I'm surprised they don't have divorce lawyers handing out flyers at the exits. What a shithole place!!!!

and this was 20 years before the Disney franchise became an advocate for young boys and girls to undergo hormone treatments and surgeries to become mutilated sexless beings.

Today, I'd carpet bomb the place if I had the power to do so.

[YoDoug]

I read the thread title and thought. Wow Mowens is posting from the strip club.

[SuperHoneyBadger]

My clan made a visit in 2002 when I was a boy, 6 of us stayed onsite for a week. I heard it cost $25k back then.

I'd rather have gone to Univeristy, DAD. Well maybe, I wouldn't be hanging out with you chuckleheads if I did...

I wouldn't be surprised if the same trip was over 100k now. I can't fathom putting out that kind of money to visit the effigy of consumer devotion.

[neurosis]

One of the benefits of growing up poor is that you never get the chance to do any of that shit so you never know what you're missing. 

Give me a fishing pole, a pair of cheap waders, and a six pack and I'm entertained for hours for under $200.

[mowens]

The resorts and parks are great. It's just so miserably hot and humid. The sun is like a blow torch.

[mowens]

One of the benefits of growing up poor is that you never get the chance to do any of that shit so you never know what you're missing. 

Give me a fishing pole, a pair of cheap waders, and a six pack and I'm entertained for hours for under $200.

We never did anything but go visit relatives.

This the first real vacation I've had since 1994. I wouldn't be doing this if my daughter hadn't invited me.

[gcode]

The resorts and parks are great. It's just so miserably hot and humid. The sun is like a blow torch.

There is Disneyland in Anaheim Ca and Disney World in Orlando Fl
Both are hellish expensive and both have their own weather issues.
I think Disney World is bigger, has more to see and is probably much more expensive.

I did go to Orlando once about 20 years ago for a one week ICAM class.
I did not visit Disney World and I was very glad to get on a plane headed west.

[YoDoug]

The resorts and parks are great. It's just so miserably hot and humid. The sun is like a blow torch.

I just got home from Naples yesterday. Saturday morning around 8am I thought I should go out for a run before it gets too hot out. It was already 88 with a real feel in the upper 90's. I only ran 3 miles. I normally 4-6 miles but in that heat it was all i could handle.

[TSmcam]

Being from (way) outside the USA, it is kind of a rite of passage that if you travel to Southern California, one of the first stops is Disneyland.

We did that back a few years ago. Dang, I think it was about ten years ago. It was fun at the time, but I agree, it makes you bleed money. And then bleed more. Would I do it again? Nah... We went to Universal Studios in Florida a couple of years later. Still expensive but more fun. But, again, I wouldn't do that again.

I had more fun visiting vintage aircraft museums