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jeff1784

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flynnibus said:
Because there is a difference between 'fear' and 'dig in my heels and starve because of that fear'. Someone may fear elevators, but when pressed, I'm sure still begrudgingly get on because climbing 20 flights of stairs is more disruptive than their fear. They don't stop fearing elevators... they just 'get by'.

For probably 95 out of 100 that think they would never ride this... will be fine after they try. For the 5 that refuse after that... go deal with your irrational fear on your terms. The world isn't going to bend to you.
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MisterPenguin said:
I think it's less than you might think. The only way to know for sure is a scientific survey.

Or, to notice that people going to Disney generally don't have an issue with the monorail which is as high off the ground as the gondolas will be.
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FWIW there is no way in hell I will get on a gondola, but I will ride a monorail. I did it once, never again. Yes I fly in planes, and I will get on most of the Disney roller coasters (but have a hard time on boring standard coasters that are just a thin beam on a tall pole). The monorail is also fine. The truth is everything triggers my fear of heights, but hanging from a chord really tweaks it. Funny enough my stepdad will get on anything tall, and ride any ride, but wont get on an airplane. That's just how it works. You can go on and on about how safe it is, and yeah sorry doesn't help. It's also possible to hang someone upside-down from a 10 story rooftop safely - if done properly :)

Disney did send out a survey recently and I did tell them no way I am adding points on or staying at Riviera for that reason. Even if I could just get over it, the whole point of the trip is to relax, so no thanks.
 
flynnibus

flynnibus

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jeff1784 said:
Disney did send out a survey recently and I did tell them no way I am adding points on or staying at Riviera for that reason. Even if I could just get over it, the whole point of the trip is to relax, so no thanks.
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As long as you accept that fear is on you... I don't think anyone will care. You can take any other transportation offer you want.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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2percenter said:
This is one of my fears - losing track of my car in those massive parking lots. I even looked into those "remember where we've parked" apps. My sister used to bring an antenna ball for the rental car to help us find the car. I even remember buying a Mickey antenna ball at the Emporium.
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Years ago, in the stone age, before cell phones with camera's, there was nothing simpler then parking at Disney. You had a numbered, labeled row and before the phones they had you repeat over and over what row you parked in. I mean over and over. I still remember my first one in 1983. I was parked in Goofy 16. At the end of the day they'd stop in the area covering all of the Goofy area and you just found your row number walked down the row until you found your car. I don't think it could get any simpler until now. Now they don't make you memorize it, but all you have to do is take a quick picture of your row/number save in your phone and you will never be lost. It just seems that some people search for ways to make their life complicated.
 
NobodyElse

NobodyElse

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Goofyernmost said:
Years ago, in the stone age, before cell phones with camera's, there was nothing simpler then parking at Disney. You had a numbered, labeled row and before the phones they had you repeat over and over what row you parked in. I mean over and over. I still remember my first one in 1983. I was parked in Goofy 16. At the end of the day they'd stop in the area covering all of the Goofy area and you just found your row number walked down the row until you found your car. I don't think it could get any simpler until now. Now they don't make you memorize it, but all you have to do is take a quick picture of your row/number save in your phone and you will never be lost. It just seems that some people search for ways to make their life complicated.
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Not sure about WDW, but at Disneyland the parking tickets have had places where you could (assuming you had a writing implement) circle your location for as long as I can remember.

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Santa Raccoon 77

Santa Raccoon 77

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Goofyernmost said:
Years ago, in the stone age, before cell phones with camera's, there was nothing simpler then parking at Disney. You had a numbered, labeled row and before the phones they had you repeat over and over what row you parked in. I mean over and over. I still remember my first one in 1983. I was parked in Goofy 16. At the end of the day they'd stop in the area covering all of the Goofy area and you just found your row number walked down the row until you found your car. I don't think it could get any simpler until now. Now they don't make you memorize it, but all you have to do is take a quick picture of your row/number save in your phone and you will never be lost. It just seems that some people search for ways to make their life complicated.
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Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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GCTales said:
Ahhhh. These.

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People should try carrying a stone icebox up to that level. Makes me sweat just thinking about it. I celebrated when I finally was able to get that second sheep and move into a ground floor place. Course that had it's own problems what with mastodons and saber-tooth tigers randomly wandering in during the night.
 
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xdan0920

xdan0920

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MisterPenguin said:
Maybe from the ever-increasing banks of solar farms that WDW keeps putting up?
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I would love to know what percent of WDWs energy consumption is coming from said solar farms. I would also love to know how leveling so much property impacts the carbon footprint of WDW. Can you google that for me?
 
jakeman

jakeman

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MisterPenguin said:
Maybe from the ever-increasing banks of solar farms that WDW keeps putting up?
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xdan0920 said:
I would love to know what percent of WDWs energy consumption is coming from said solar farms. I would also love to know how leveling so much property impacts the carbon footprint of WDW. Can you google that for me?
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So I know this is a bit of snark going back and forth here, but there was an article that said that the solar farms would supply 25% of the power for WDW at peak sunlight (or whatever the proper term is). I think that's what it said. I don't care enough to check if I'm right.

As for the carbon footprint, don't know and don't care. You can hammer punch lemurs in the face as long as the product is worth my money.
 

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