Recent content by Tom P.

Turn this around. What if I said "I love watching a bunch of 30 year old black women arguing about something that has zero effect on them"? Would you call me out as racist? If so, then take a look at what you wrote and think about it again.

They are currently selling Park Hopper tickets for 2021. And for any tickets that begin after March 7th, when the first water park is scheduled to re-open, you can purchase the Park Hopper Plus that includes the water parks. I think, at least for the moment, that Disney is expecting park hopping...

Everyone is different. I'm sure you don't hear things the same as me. But I grew up on Jim Henson's Kermit and my favorite era of the Muppets is still The Muppet Show. And I can hear none of Jim Henson's Kermit in Matt Vogel's performance.

I don't care if Mickey himself drives you to the Magic Kingdom in your own private limo on Christmas, there is no way that a standard room at a value resort is ever worth $265 a night.

I'm sorry, I'm just not going to be able to adjust to Kermit's new voice. It totally takes me out of the show or video. It just isn't Kermit.

Is there some significance to March 7th? Why that specific date for re-opening a water park? I really do not understand the logic of keeping the water parks closed, and haven't from the beginning, unless it is strictly a cost cutting measure. I would think the water parks would be the safest of...

Candlelight Christmas Evenings at Biltmore is most definitely a special event, one that is ticketed separately from daytime admission. And Christmas at Biltmore is AMAZING. Well worth the price of admission, IMHO.

1-2 hours is being generous, unless Disney does not continue the reduced hours into November. Even during the "shortest" days of the year, the earliest it is dark is 5:30 p.m. and right now Disney is closing up the Magic Kingdom at 6 p.m. each day. Now, I hope that since they are planning...

Chicken and egg, though. Attendance and guest spending would likely be higher if Disney was offering more for guests to do. I just cannot fathom going when the park closes at 6 p.m. each day, for example. I would imagine the Christmas party would have brought a lot of people in.

"The States" is a place, though. I'm talking about how to refer to the people. Americans is a widely used, widely understood description for people who live in the United States. I can't think of an equally succinct and easily understood word that would include people from the United States but...

I have always wondered about using the term "Americans" to denote people in the United States, when there are numerous other countries in the Americas. But it is commonly accepted usage. And what is the alternative? Saying "people in the United States" is a bit more cumbersome. United Statesians?

Football vs. soccer is a much simpler conversation. Americans are right. Europeans are wrong. That's just fact. 😁

Worry and fear, especially to excessive levels, does nothing to help anyone. A healthy dose of concern that prompts one to take reasonable precautions is good. But there is only so much we can do. You can't live your life in a bubble, totally isolated from the outside world. Even Dr. Fauci said...

Of course. There will always be dishonest people who take advantage of any attempt to do good. My point, though, was that you can't help renters who are in trouble by shifting the burden to the landlords. All you are doing is breaking the financial backs of the landlords instead of the renters...

Eviction bans are not a solution. As a very shot-term stopgap, perhaps, but it is not sustainable over any period of time. You simply cannot expect landlords to carry tenants for months and months with no rent. Without that income, many landlords would not even be able to pay the mortgage...