Anonymous
Post 02/11/2024 16:44     Subject: Is Disney addictive?
It wasn't addictive for us. We did one day as part of a bigger trip. It was a great day and I'm glad we did it. But like any other travel experience, I don't need to go back for a while - there are so many other places to go.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2024 16:36     Subject: Is Disney addictive?
Anonymous wrote:I feel like the same people who are “addicted” to Disney Theme Parks are the same people who are addicted to Carnival Cruises and Ocean City, MD.
nope. Never tried those.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2024 16:33     Subject: Is Disney addictive?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I feel like there is a deeply polarizing thread connecting:
Disney travel
The Villages
The Four Seasons
Cruise ships
The Cheesecake Factory
Stanley Cups
Veronica Beard blazers
Gender reveals
Golf Communities
The Wharf
The Rockville versions of The Wharf
Family photoshoots

None of these things are bad per se. The connecting thing is like a drug or medication or sugar. Some people think it’s addictive and corrosive and they train themselves to resist it. Some people think it’s terrific and they’re willing to stand in line and overlook being treated like cattle to coo over towels shaped like animals. I don’t think either response is “wrong” or “right” it’s just a thing we all encounter as humans in the age of plenty and capitalism, and as potentially harmful products go it is pretty benign.





They're all basic undertakings. For conformists. We Gen Xers are generally not fans of the unexamined conformist lives. I've done Disney and family photoshoots. Those two are the lesser of the evils on the list, per me.


Lol I’m can’t wait to hear about your examined non-basic and nonconformist lifestyle. Did you drag your kids to London or the Inca Trail?


DP. But London is about as basic as you can get if leaving the States.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2024 16:24     Subject: Is Disney addictive?
Lol, this post is timely for me right now.

I went with DH last October for the first time. I had never been as a kid, and considered a kind of unsophisticated thing that I wouldn't be interested in -- so I made it past 50 having never been. Finally curiosity got the best of me, and we booked a long weekend to stay at the Poly, and go to Magic Kingdom and Epcot. Figured it would be our only trip to Disney, life is short and there are so many places to go, right?

Well, we are headed back in May, lol. It hasn't even been a year. We are staying at Port Orleans French Quarter this time and going to Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios.

I think a big part of the attraction for us is that it is so easy to get to Florida.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2024 01:20     Subject: Re:Is Disney addictive?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don’t find Disney addicting, it’s not something we *must* do.
Nonetheless we’ve done WDW with kids several times in different seasons and anlways enjoyed it, and we love their cruise ships.
Perhaps the “must do” and nostalgia are more for people who grew up with an annual trip to Disney?


If you’ve been to a Disney park several times and on cruise ships, you’re deeply deeply into it.


Not true. Not PP.. but we visit family in SoCal and Florida every year so we tag on one day of Disney for each trip. It’s basically to entertain the kids.


We've been a few times and once on a disney cruise. It was the cheapest easy trip we could do. I didn't like the disney cruise. Too many parents not parenting their kids or considering the kids needs. I wouldn't do one again but it was the cheapest for the dates we wanted.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2024 01:17     Subject: Re:Is Disney addictive?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don’t find Disney addicting, it’s not something we *must* do.
Nonetheless we’ve done WDW with kids several times in different seasons and anlways enjoyed it, and we love their cruise ships.
Perhaps the “must do” and nostalgia are more for people who grew up with an annual trip to Disney?


If you’ve been to a Disney park several times and on cruise ships, you’re deeply deeply into it.


Not true. Not PP.. but we visit family in SoCal and Florida every year so we tag on one day of Disney for each trip. It’s basically to entertain the kids.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2024 00:30     Subject: Is Disney addictive?
No, its cheap and easy (or was with the military discount)
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2024 00:16     Subject: Re:Is Disney addictive?
Not at all. I went and was not impressed. Turns out, I dislike cartoons and animation, which explains a lot.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2024 00:15     Subject: Is Disney addictive?
It fake, looks fake, and the adults that are super into it are weird. Close second to a central Florida Walmart on the cringe scale.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2024 22:36     Subject: Is Disney addictive?
If anything, Disney is the opposite of addictive. We went once, for the obligatory trip with young kids, and have never had even the tiniest desire to go back. If I had never gone, I might buy into the whole weird mythology around it - but having visited once was enough to dispel me of any fantasies that it's anything more than just a chaotic amusement park. One and done.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2024 22:34     Subject: Is Disney addictive?
I feel like the same people who are “addicted” to Disney Theme Parks are the same people who are addicted to Carnival Cruises and Ocean City, MD.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2024 20:31     Subject: Is Disney addictive?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I feel like there is a deeply polarizing thread connecting:
Disney travel
The Villages
The Four Seasons
Cruise ships
The Cheesecake Factory
Stanley Cups
Veronica Beard blazers
Gender reveals
Golf Communities
The Wharf
The Rockville versions of The Wharf
Family photoshoots

None of these things are bad per se. The connecting thing is like a drug or medication or sugar. Some people think it’s addictive and corrosive and they train themselves to resist it. Some people think it’s terrific and they’re willing to stand in line and overlook being treated like cattle to coo over towels shaped like animals. I don’t think either response is “wrong” or “right” it’s just a thing we all encounter as humans in the age of plenty and capitalism, and as potentially harmful products go it is pretty benign.





They're all basic undertakings. For conformists. We Gen Xers are generally not fans of the unexamined conformist lives. I've done Disney and family photoshoots. Those two are the lesser of the evils on the list, per me.


Lol I’m can’t wait to hear about your examined non-basic and nonconformist lifestyle. Did you drag your kids to London or the Inca Trail?
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2024 19:37     Subject: Is Disney addictive?
Disney is not great. We took our 6 year old. Told her it’s a once in our lifetime opportunity because I will never go back. Adults that like Disney are weird. I don’t even think our 6 year old liked it that much.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2024 15:56     Subject: Re:Is Disney addictive?
Disney is satanic.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2024 15:36     Subject: Is Disney addictive?
I thought it was awful. Cheesy, overpriced, cringy, terrible food, commercial. I’m glad for people who like it but it’s definitely not for me.