I love the DLR and wish I still lived within an hour's drive. I'm very much looking forward to seeing all the new things in DCA when I'm back in LA for some much-needed R&R in September -- part of me is
almost as excited to get back in the Bobsleds again as it is to try out RSR!
Plus, like you said, there are like less than ten of us here :/
LOL That's just off the top of my head there's a few more regulars dweezil, Cosmic and of course Nicole! But really not that many.
I admit to rarely visiting the DLR forum these days... in the past, I'd come by whenever I logged onto WDWMagic but hardly see any regular activity, so I started checking in much less frequently. But it does look like there is more activity here now, which is good to see.
But we are REALLY WDW-centric.
That seems to be due in no small part to the large number of posters here who have literally no experience with any Disney parks other than the ones in WDW. It always surprises me to find out how many forum regulars have never been to DL, let alone one of the international parks.
And I'm not talking about a 16-year-old who might not have had the opportunity yet to travel extensively, but the large numbers of 30- and 40-somethings who have been visiting WDW for decades, are in the parks five or six days a week (and can insta-Tweet hourly updates on the length of the queue for Dole Whips), yet have no apparent inclination to get on a plane to check out the park that started it all.
I still remember vividly my first DL visit as a high schooler. I'd already been to WDW many times and really enjoyed it, and it just seemed natural that someone who loved WDW would have an innate desire to check out the park in Anaheim -- especially since it had that nifty snow-covered mountain that was missing in Florida! I saved up for a
long time to pay for my own park ticket and the cost of souvenirs, but it was well worth it.
Sure, plane tickets are expensive, but so is going to WDW day in and day out and dropping untold thousands on QS snacks and pins over the years. With a little digging around, one can usually find roundtrip airfare between the East Coast and Southern California for less than the cost of a single night in an AoA suite...
