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Being Drunk in the World
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Tony the Tigger
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Just trying to be helpful.Really embodies the whole point of the thread however, which was never about alcohol being "bad", about suggesting Disney stop serving, or about how some people behave as poorly sober as some do drunk. It's about the fact that if you do wish to make a drunken POS out of yourself, there are places for that. WDW, which is, and has always decidedly been a family environment, is not the place.
So helpful, thanks.
The larger point of the thread, IMO, is everyone has different opinions about what is appropriate and where - and trying to impose your opinion onto other people is going to get you nowhere.
There are rules at WDW. There are no generally accepted unwritten rules by people on a fan site that matter in any way.
There is no monolithic "we" in this country. Different, sometimes opposite, things are offensive to different people.
The trouble with that is the circumstances behind "the behavior" are usually unknown by an observer.
People are on vacation. That means folks who don't drink at all year round may drink. Folks who don't drink much may drink more. They are less experienced in this setting. That can sneak up on them unintended.
They are more than likely unfamiliar with and underestimating the sun in Florida, and walking miles in that sun while drinking. That may sneak up on them unintended.
They more than likely don't generally mix several different liquors with several different sweeteners, plus beer in one night, as is the case when sampling drinks from different countries - drinks that often don't taste very strong. That may sneak up on them.
Finally, there are other factors that may contribute to someone "getting sick" at Disney. They may actually be ill with the flu or stomach virus. They may have eaten something that didn't agree with them, experimented with food they don't normally eat, or they may have overeaten in general. They may well have experienced motion sickness from any number of attractions. They may have eaten right after or right before one of those attractions.
OneofThree
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So you would consider it greater misdeed to imposition someone with an opinion on a "fan site" that doesn't "matter in any way", than the imposition of drunken behavior where children are present, which includes bumping into people, spilling beer/drinks on them, obnoxious outbursts, face-planting, and vomiting? Wake up sir.
Tony the Tigger
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Did I say that?
Minnesota disney fan
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We have been at WDW during Jersey Week several time and never heard any cussing. Didn't even realize that we were going during Jersey week til someone on this board mentioned it! The only things we heard over and over were things like this, "Hey, Tony, get ovah heah!!!!"
OneofThree
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networkpro
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Theres plenty of that sans alcohol consumption.
OneofThree
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networkpro
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Well thank you keyboard warrior! Disney has been a business for quite a while and they do change directions to keep up with changes in society. I'd add a few choice words, but stuffed shirts never care about anything but winning in their own minds.
OneofThree
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This comment is so dissimilar from first, in the sense that it doesn't really address the issue. WDW resort remains a family destination, and their marketing reflects that quite accurately.
Tony the Tigger
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Try Reading Comprehension 101.
OneofThree
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It has to be said, that the number of ad hominems and red herrings being thrown around this thread really is a total indictment upon those who would struggle mightily to justify drunken stupidity at WDW. In a sense, it's also sort of tragic as well, on a number of counts.
Tony the Tigger
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The second quote is your interpretation of the first (my) post.
If you think that's what my post means, you have serious reading comprehension issues. That's neither red herring nor ad hominem.
And no one is struggling mightily to justify drunken stupidity at WDW. But that's another example of your lack of skill in the arena of reading comprehension.
OneofThree
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Your first post was a response to one of my own. The subsequent context absolutely informs your comment as provided for. And yes, claiming that this thread (entitled "being drunk in the world", for reference) was ever about "people having different opinions" is definitely one in a long line of red herrings.
Thought I might provide the definition of drunk.
adjective
1. affected by alcohol to the extent of losing control of one's faculties or behavior.
"he was so drunk he lurched from wall to wall"
Yeah, a Disney theme park is definitely no place for this.
21stamps
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Newsflash- there is no public place where drunken stupidity/harming others/harming property is acceptable. Hence the various Public Intoxication laws around the country.
(With the exception of maybe Fantasy Fest and Mardis Gras)...but I’ve even seen people get tickets or arrested at FF.
(With the exception of maybe Fantasy Fest and Mardis Gras)...but I’ve even seen people get tickets or arrested at FF.
OneofThree
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Maybe so, but there's an enormous difference IMO, between say, a crowd of drunks at a club full of adults and a theme park where parents take their children.
Tony the Tigger
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No.
You don't get to tell me what I meant. I'm telling you what I meant, and it was not what you twisted it to mean. You are clearly reading into posts by me and others.
You did it again in your most recent one quoted above. I did not claim this thread was "about people having different opinions." I said (in my opinion - specifically stated as such) that was the larger point of this post - meaning that's the larger point I take from this post and I think others might as well - rather than the intended point of the original post. All this thread did was show different people have different opinions about what is acceptable and what is not - alcohol, cursing etc.
You seem to take your own opinion as generally accepted rules. If that were the case, they would be part of Disney's rules. Since they aren't, those opinions don't matter (IMO.)
Quote: "The larger point of the thread, IMO, is everyone has different opinions about what is appropriate and where - and trying to impose your opinion onto other people is going to get you nowhere."
And now I'm done with you. This is getting silly.
networkpro
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Fewer weapons and less skin, that's about it.
networkpro
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Ok, then lets settle this. Do you own a majority of the voting shares of the company or are a member of the Disney Board of Directors?
Your opinion is just like any other customer without any more force than single ply toilet paper.
OneofThree
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You know. You're absolutely right. Not sure why I didn't see the world of difference there.
It should go without saying that a family destination frequented by many young children isn't an appropriate place for drunks. That some would need this outlined in one of Disney's rules seems. . . pathetic, for lack of a better word.