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Oh, I'm sure they would, but it's nice to offer. In fact, I could brag that I tried to help, but they wouldn't let me. And then, off to the bar with a clear conscience. By the way, USA Today just reported that Disney plans to open the parks back up tomorrow.

Call me crazy, but I would have a real hard time sitting in my room with this going on. I'd probably be out there helping to clear brush or something. Yeah, it's "vacation", but I would feel better looking back at the end of the day knowing that I did something productive.

As I understand it, younger trees might make it, but older ones would have a harder time. Root damage is a funny thing. As a band aid, it might not hurt to prop them up until they can be replaced. Given that it's Florida, there might be a chance that they'll recover. Boy would I have been...

I would bet all kinds of money that the parks will indeed be open on Tuesday. Some areas might end up being off limits, but the gates will be open.

Very true. The big adult party boats ala Carnival would have me worried. RC and NCL are pretty good at keeping a limit on the bad behavior, from what I understand. I did see a topless top deck on my NCL cruise 20 years ago, and there certainly was a lot more drinking, smoking and oglers among...

I don't think many people have a problem with a little card playing, a few drinks, and some sane adult time. Minus the gambling, that's exactly what you get on a Disney cruise. I do have a problem with cruise lines that go beyond that and actually market themselves to people who want to engage...

Thanks for basically agreeing with me. "Judgmental" has nasty connotations to it, but I indeed do make moral judgments. I have a few drinks on vacation myself, and before kids I used to actually be a card counter at blackjack at casinos (20 years ago). Since kids, I don't binge drink, and I...

I would certainly condone the Aquaduck, and I think few would consider it "adult" behavior.

Exceptions are bound to exist. There are miscreants in every crowd of 1,000 people or more. I also doubt that many passengers on Cunard are young and adventurous enough to try anything like that. DCL has a market niche of families, often with younger kids. Other people book as well, but...

Excellent points, but I may be so bold as to say that Disney cruisers are indeed more likely to be noble and respectable. Consider the converse: People lacking in respectability and noble goals would probably be more likely to want to get hammered, to mess around behind a spouse's back, to be...

Your logic escapes me. Allowing the gambling and over-drinking would attract problem people that would compromise Disney's customer base. Disney attracts the family set because their guests don't miss the gambling and over-drinking. Why offer something as a lure for problem people? If Disney...

Because there are limits for any income bracket. To me, a few thousand dollars more is not that important. A few tens of thousands more would be. Plus, there's the acknowledgement that splurging on pointless (or marginal) extras for tons more money is just wasteful. I don't need 1st class...

Are you talking zip lines, climbing walls, and that sort of thing. I agree, those would be amazing, but I wonder how easily they could be done without becoming mega behemoth ships. One thing I just saw was some sort of canopy that can be electronically rolled over the pool areas. I've...

I guess my question: Are other cruise lines magical? Yeah, kind of a silly question that's impossible to define, and probably less pronounced if you don't have young kids and/or the novelty of each cruise has long since passed. It's kind of like comparing one Disney character to the next. At...

The disco era was at the end of the 70s, otherwise known as the post-pill pre-Aids paradise. Not alot of restraint in the disco era. Yeah, this post might get deleted.

Or the original Epcot attractions, none were based on characters or cartoons that had been on a TV or movie screen. It was unique in that respect, and I truly liked the break from the cotton candy and bubble gum of Mickey and Goofy and the latest princesses. I don't think many of us on the...

I understand your point, but the parks are actually too crowded right now. People still stream in. If you lowered the price, even more suffocating crowds would arrive. Plus, the world debates the use of minimum wage, but few people with families are scraping by on minimum wage. Most people...

I think you'd have a different opinion if the yeti was in full working A mode.

Yeah, "I've been to the county fair--why would I spend all that money to go to Disney World?"

What's so wrong about taking pictures of people in flip flops?