A Spirited Perfect Ten

[englanddg]

WIth all due respect to my Star Trek loving friends, but when did the needs of the few (or the one) become greater than the needs (or peanut love) of the many? And when does the insanity end?

It began the moment the minority became the majority.

 

[englanddg]

Today it it is seen as "smart" or "educated" to side with the "minority"...and many take that to extremes on any issue. And, they don't mind, because they don't have to deal with the dreck they create.

I do.

My daughter is a "minority", hell I am too (wanna see some fun EEOC investigations, watch them interrogate me about why I fired someone due to her "race" or "sex"...which I fired her because she's lazy, not for any other reason, but they love to play "race"...the trump card is American Indian, where I can tell them all to shove off (and I am 1/4 and registered, not some white dude sitting off to the side, even though functionally that's all I am).

Social engineering is a load of crap. My kiddo, I push into STEM, for one reason...it's the only higher education goal that is worth much. The rest is just touchy feely stuff.

 

[englanddg]

That said, the minority is worth a majority. If ONE accident happens at a park, it is unsafe. Context doesn't matter, and the park is liable (regardless of what they did to prevent it, say you shouldn't do it, and later pay for it in good faith).

Nope, better to just outlaw it.

 

[englanddg]

This is most people (including me)...we so hard!

 

[Tony Perkis]

A friend who has similar taste to me, but is an actual Marvel fanboi, said he liked it, but not nearly as much as the first one or GotG. Said there was way too much ''filler'' in there to set up the next 31 films (my slight exaggeration). I'll see it, but only because Spader's voice is in it! Much more looking forward to Tomorrowland and Inside Out.

Your friend is very much correct, in my eyes. It's a film that transitions from A-to-C, which has to be the ultimate insult to Whedon, unfortunately. I'm a fan of his. Dr. Horrible, Buffy, and Firefly are amazing, but this is unfortunately run of the mill blockbuster nonsense.

Spader is great, and there is a great villain hidden in this film somewhere, but it feels like the best of it got trapped on the cutting room floor.

 

[Tony Perkis]

Avengers 2 is an enjoyable and well done film, to be certain, but there is arguably too much going on - period. Way too many sub plots and developments which aren't adequately explored, reliance on prerequisite knowledge of the Marvel Universe (Winter Soldier, Agent Carter, etc.), and action scenes often too fast paced.

It's odd. Harry Potter had the same strategy, reliance upon previous plot points, but that series worked because the series was continually about 3 characters the entire time. When you bump up primary characters from 6-to-10, you will lose much in terms of interest.

 

[Longhairbear]

Seems like DVCers are not happy. Gee, why would that be? Disney certainly cares about them now that they have all that money, right?

After watching this, read the comments posted below it. I quit after reading about 20 in a row that were ripping Disney.

https://dvcmember.disney.go.com/post/your-memories-come-to-life-in-a-11726

Interesting that DVC hasn't taken these comments down.

 

[NearTheEars]

Spirited Bedtime Musing (hope the fanboi minions have the 600-threadcount sheets on the royal slumber chamber's bedding):

One of the dumbest and most absurd things I have heard that is bound to **** off folks who love being offended by me and my views:

http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2015/...peanut-butter-in-disneyland-and-disney-world/

Yes, that's right. One of the most basic staples of an ice cream sundae (and my favorite Gold Rush at Ghirardelli's) the peauut is no longer being used at Disney locations in O-Town and Anaheim.

I wonder when the company is going to grow a pair and stop catering to every special needs group out there. No peanuts on ice cream?!?! What do these idiot parents do when at a grocery store? Or when they send their children to friend's home? Or on a trip?

And what about chocolate?!?! Many people are allergic. That was Disney's excuse over a decade ago when they stopped giving free chocolates when they brought a check at full serve restaurants at WDW. To be on the safe side they should just close the shops down. And the candy shops as well ... they have peanuts, chocolates and all sorts of poisons on the shelves. Can't ever be too protective when thinking about a tiny minority of children (and adults). We should all have to change our lives to cater to them! If the allergy is truly that great, then common sense dictates that they are carrying an EpiPen with them everywhere they go.

I don't mean to make light about this, but when I was a child I never knew a sole Spirit who had a peanut allergy. I also never knew a sole Spirit who had Asperger's but I am not even going there.

WIth all due respect to my Star Trek loving friends, but when did the needs of the few (or the one) become greater than the needs (or peanut love) of the many? And when does the insanity end?

All of these 'pets' that have been appearing at WDW over the last decade that are just that and disguised as 'service animals' ... even Channing Tatum has a fake one and thinks it's charming. A local bar had to deal with a suit recently by some moron who wanted to take his 'comfort dog' to his local watering hole and would place the dog on a bar stool and even hold him over the serving area (a health code violation).

I'm all for special needs people getting some help. I'm all for fairness. But when we start catering to everyone who claims to be special and has issues, then the reality becomes no one is special and no one needs help and protections.

But thanks, crazy, overprotective Moms and ridiculous execs who worry about lawsuits when they pay people off left and right, I won't be going back to Ghirardelli. I'll just head to Friendly's and get a better, bigger sundae for half the price (or less) and I'll ask for extra nuts (my fanboi minions should most definitely approve!) The stupidity never ends. Anyone recall the mother who demanded Disney remove the peanut impressions in the Storybook Circus paving because her brat was allergic (apparently, to concrete peanut impressions)?

Yes, I'm an insensitive b@stard. I'm also 100% right about this.

Oh thank goodness, I thought you meant this was park wide.
It's only at Ghirardelli.
Phew.

 

[SpaceMountain75]

Spirited Bedtime Musing (hope the fanboi minions have the 600-threadcount sheets on the royal slumber chamber's bedding):

One of the dumbest and most absurd things I have heard that is bound to **** off folks who love being offended by me and my views:

http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2015/...peanut-butter-in-disneyland-and-disney-world/

Yes, that's right. One of the most basic staples of an ice cream sundae (and my favorite Gold Rush at Ghirardelli's) the peauut is no longer being used at Disney locations in O-Town and Anaheim.

I wonder when the company is going to grow a pair and stop catering to every special needs group out there. No peanuts on ice cream?!?! What do these idiot parents do when at a grocery store? Or when they send their children to friend's home? Or on a trip?

And what about chocolate?!?! Many people are allergic. That was Disney's excuse over a decade ago when they stopped giving free chocolates when they brought a check at full serve restaurants at WDW. To be on the safe side they should just close the shops down. And the candy shops as well ... they have peanuts, chocolates and all sorts of poisons on the shelves. Can't ever be too protective when thinking about a tiny minority of children (and adults). We should all have to change our lives to cater to them! If the allergy is truly that great, then common sense dictates that they are carrying an EpiPen with them everywhere they go.

I don't mean to make light about this, but when I was a child I never knew a sole Spirit who had a peanut allergy. I also never knew a sole Spirit who had Asperger's but I am not even going there.

WIth all due respect to my Star Trek loving friends, but when did the needs of the few (or the one) become greater than the needs (or peanut love) of the many? And when does the insanity end?

All of these 'pets' that have been appearing at WDW over the last decade that are just that and disguised as 'service animals' ... even Channing Tatum has a fake one and thinks it's charming. A local bar had to deal with a suit recently by some moron who wanted to take his 'comfort dog' to his local watering hole and would place the dog on a bar stool and even hold him over the serving area (a health code violation).

I'm all for special needs people getting some help. I'm all for fairness. But when we start catering to everyone who claims to be special and has issues, then the reality becomes no one is special and no one needs help and protections.

But thanks, crazy, overprotective Moms and ridiculous execs who worry about lawsuits when they pay people off left and right, I won't be going back to Ghirardelli. I'll just head to Friendly's and get a better, bigger sundae for half the price (or less) and I'll ask for extra nuts (my fanboi minions should most definitely approve!) The stupidity never ends. Anyone recall the mother who demanded Disney remove the peanut impressions in the Storybook Circus paving because her brat was allergic (apparently, to concrete peanut impressions)?

Yes, I'm an insensitive b@stard. I'm also 100% right about this.

As a person who has a peanut allergy, I find that incredibly stupid and unnecessary. If you don't want to have an encounter with a peanut, don't order anything with one. Don't deprive other people of something that can easily be avoided by just ordering the sundae hold-the-nuts. And in my experience Disney has been great with being allergy-cautious. There's no need to take this extra step to ensure something that's already taken care of.

 

[englanddg]

As a person who has a peanut allergy, I find that incredibly stupid and unnecessary. If you don't want to have an encounter with a peanut, don't order anything with one. Don't deprive other people of something that can easily be avoided by just ordering the sundae hold-the-nuts. And in my experience Disney has been great with being allergy-cautious. There's no need to take this extra step to ensure something that's already taken care of.

You haven't been following along.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...y-parents-of-child-with-nut-allergy/19809983/

It is only a matter of time.

 

[TP2000]

Avocados must be hella expensive in the US.

Here in SoCal they run about $1 a piece for the big ones at supermarkets. Sometimes they'll have a sale on the mid-sized ones for 2 for a buck. 8 months of the year they are California-grown. From December to March they're trucked up from Mexico.

Of course, here in demographically and climatologically and facial-filler perfect Orange County, California - avocados grow on trees in many backyards. I have several lemon and lime trees in my garden, plus kumquats, and my neighbor has two gorgeously large avocado trees, and we trade constantly most of the year.

There's nothing quite like using freshly picked backyard lemons, limes and avocados in your recipes when you are cooking dinner. Or when you are making cocktails. Or guacamole. With all the sliding doors in the house wide open in a perfect low-humidity and bug-free 75 degree climate, with a hillside view of the Disneyland fireworks each evening. Southern California living is pure heaven.

 

[Absimilliard]

I'm still scratching my head on the mommy bloggers.

Specially on the fact that the majority of these "bloggers" hardly have more than 100 watches on their "promo" videos.
And that was after a lot of members from here, were picked by curiosity on these accounts.

I don't get that as well. My own website which I don't pay to promote has a 100 views... every 1-2 days! But, I know WDW won't touch me because I won't be a brand advocate and I give everyone a chance to be shown, be it the small mom and pop "we're not worthy!" ride or the latest Disney or Uni 100 million dollars attraction.

Does anyone at Disney social media look at the actual readers or just that the message is correct?

 

[TP2000]

Does anyone at Disney social media look at the actual readers or just that the message is correct?

Fadra Nally! Don't you all miss her?!? Her Day 4 Video from the last Disney Parks Mommy Blogger event at Disneyland last year is already at 340 views! (After I kept linking her in these threads, which bumped her up by a couple hundred views)

Fadra! She's a brand advocate! 340 views! Give that woman some free New Balance running shoes and three comped nights in the Disneyland Hotel! Also a breakfast in Cars Land and unlimited rides on Radiator Springs Racers! 340 Views just doesn't happen on its own!

 

[ford91exploder]

Here in SoCal they run about $1 a piece for the big ones at supermarkets. Sometimes they'll have a sale on the mid-sized ones for 2 for a buck. 8 months of the year they are California-grown. From December to March they're trucked up from Mexico.

Of course, here in demographically and climatologically and facial-filler perfect Orange County, California - avocados grow on trees in many backyards. I have several lemon and lime trees in my garden, plus kumquats, and my neighbor has two gorgeously large avocado trees, and we trade constantly most of the year.

There's nothing quite like using freshly picked backyard lemons, limes and avocados in your recipes when you are cooking dinner. Or when you are making cocktails. Or guacamole. With all the sliding doors in the house wide open in a perfect low-humidity and bug-free 75 degree climate, with a hillside view of the Disneyland fireworks each evening. Southern California living is pure heaven.

Unless you want to run a business or pursue a hobby like restoring antiques, Then California is pure hell, Weather is great, place is beautiful but Sacramento went from the ridculous to the sublime to the completely bats--t insane years ago now more people (read taxpayers) are leaving than coming to CA.

The water wars are drying out the Central Valley (breadbasket of much of America) so they can save a non-native invasive species, Yes CA is in a drought situation but they made it worse with insane policies, I'm in silicon valley (Santa Clara County) frequently and everyone has to have a poison green lawn (it's the LAW) yet the place is basically a desert. Why is water being WASTED on LAWNS in a semi-arid climate????. Every place has an irrigation system because it's ILLEGAL to let your lawn go brown, The place is INSANE.

On the east coast at least where I live when it gets dry lawns go brown it's the cycle of nature, But we don't waste water that could go to agriculture on futile attempts to maintain non-natural areas.

Stuff like this is why FL and CA compete for the crown of 'Craziest State in America'.

 

[ford91exploder]

Fadra Nally! Don't you all miss her?!? Her Day 4 Video from the last Disney Parks Mommy Blogger event at Disneyland last year is already at 340 views! (After I kept linking her in these threads, which bumped her up by a couple hundred views)

Fadra! She's a brand advocate! 340 views! Give that woman some free New Balance running shoes and three comped nights in the Disneyland Hotel! Also a breakfast in Cars Land and unlimited rides on Radiator Springs Racers! 340 Views just doesn't happen on its own!

Yes and all the others like her, Not a fan of Lou or Ricky but they DO have a following and I can understand why Disney caters to them, Heck if I were running P&R I'd probably give them more goodies than they get now as they are one of P&R's most successful advertising mediums.

The 'Mommy Bloggers' like Fadra WHISKEY-TANGO-FOXTROT as to why they get ANYTHING as nearly all their page views come from us here and Celebration Place.

But I think it's because the 'Message' is correct Disney never checks sites like Alexa to see whether the so called 'blogger' actually drives any page views.

I've got a technical blog which gets more page views per day than Fadra has ever gotten but it deals with fairly abstract engineering stuff.

 

[Nmoody1]

Your Daily Spirited China Musing:

Word from the Far East is that Disney is shooting to open its Shanghai Disney Store (what will be the world's largest) the week of May 18th to piggyback on the kickoff of DL's 60th Diamond Anniversary Celebration.

when i was there two weeks ago, inside was fitted - signage, til POS, tv screens working. outside was where most construction was happening - sodewalk/planters. the store isnt as big as i expected. I'm not entirely convinced there will be room amongst the plush/princess merch for a Shanghai Disney preview.... we can live in hope! i did see a castle drawing (as you get in all disney stores - ie Cinderella castle in Orlando store) and it looked like Storybook castle.

 

[Nmoody1]

This truly speaks volumes! When you have 112 comments bashing the club because they do not see value in it any longer, you would think someone in the higher ranks would take notice! I for one am glad I never fell victim to signing up and spending tons of money on this crap (although it did seem like a better deal back when I was looking into it).

I also foundnit interesting reading the tokyo disney expanaion comments that slipped through the Disney Parks Blog filter (guess they were out organising cupcakes for this weeks event). Apparentlybthe parks blog filter doesnt pick up sarcasm!

 

[Disneyhead'71]

So, who was there for the dog, pony and Lifestyler show?

I shook hands with George K. And I saw Lou, Ricky, and Banks Lee. And a bunch of Mommy/Grand Mommy Bloggers.

 

[GoofGoof]

This truly speaks volumes! When you have 112 comments bashing the club because they do not see value in it any longer, you would think someone in the higher ranks would take notice! I for one am glad I never fell victim to signing up and spending tons of money on this crap (although it did seem like a better deal back when I was looking into it).

I think it's a bit of a reach to say that the 112 people commenting don't see value in DVC anymore. The vast majority of comments were referring to the ridiculous video that should have been embarrassing for DVC. I thought the video was a pathetic waste of time, but it has little impact on the value of DVC. There were also a lot of comments expressing disappointment that the no expiration tickets were cancelled. People should have stocked up like @ParentsOf4

 

[OSUgirl77]

There's nothing quite like using freshly picked backyard lemons, limes and avocados in your recipes when you are cooking dinner. Or when you are making cocktails. Or guacamole. With all the sliding doors in the house wide open in a perfect low-humidity and bug-free 75 degree climate, with a hillside view of the Disneyland fireworks each evening. Southern California living is pure heaven.

That's so not nice...