Spirited News, Observations & Thoughts IV

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GoofGoof

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SirLink said:
Well if they put an age of 5 on - Disney can stop companies who have stroller rental businesses coming on property to drop/pick up strollers. Then the family with a 7 year old that comes in with Magical Express will reconsider their use of a stroller.

Nope they will not need to ask, if your kid is over 10+ they would be carrying an adult ticket so rules that group out, Disney could require you have photo I.D. for each child that could have their age printed on. Yes if Disney is renting out strollers to children up to age of 5 - if your 6 year old is in the stroller your breaking your agreement with Disney on the rental.

Its easier if there are less than 100 strollers to none in the parks.

I foresee in the next 7 years that it will swing back in the other direction for Disney by crook or by hook.
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Photo ID for young children? How would that work exactly? They don't even need photo ID to go through airport security. Seems pretty impractical to require your guests to obtain a photo ID just to rent a stroller.

If there are less than 100 strollers in the parks I guess it would be "easier" for the people who don't have young kids although I still haven't heard anyone explain exactly how these strollers are negatively impacting their experience. It would also be "easier" for able bodied guests if there were no wheelchairs in the parks. It would also be "easier" for people with young children if there were no adults traveling without kids in the parks. Less waiting in lines plus easier for the kids to see at the parades. I'm not suggesting any of these things. Just pointing out that "easier" is pretty subjective and can change based on what is going on in your life at the time. Disney does a pretty good job of accommodating all types of people in the parks. I don't see that changing.
 
TalkingHead

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Goofyernmost said:
I didn't mention you by name, I was leaving others to conclude whom I meant, but since you spoke up and are proud of it, I feel the need to say that if you intended it not to be funny you succeeded beyond your wildest dreams.
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It's amazing how attracted you are to a thread that you find so much fault with. Glutton for punishment?
 
Disneyhead'71

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Goofyernmost said:
I didn't mention you by name, I was leaving others to conclude whom I meant, but since you spoke up and are proud of it, I feel the need to say that if you intended it not to be funny you succeeded beyond your wildest dreams.
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I wasn't to be funny. I just felt the picture was apropo to the topic of strollers, smokers, and obesity all wrapped up in one concise visual.
 
jensenrick

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TP2000 said:
Roughly 1995 by my watch. And it's sickening.

The good news is that I have some young family members who are raising toddlers now; they are super "hipster" and live in hip neighborhoods in Portland. They go to Disneyland once a year (ostensibly to come visit Uncle TP2000, but I know it's mainly cause I live 7 miles east of Disneyland and I have a pool), and they NEVER bring or rent strollers. The infants are held in backpack things, the toddlers and kindergartners walk all over the parks. The toddlers are occasionally carried for short periods of time by their very fit and fun young parents. When I bring up the subject of strollers and how I marvel that they are raising their children without them, they flatly respond that strollers are for people who don't know how to raise their children correctly and they would be mortified to have their hipster friends see them in public pushing their kids in a stroller.

So, at least there's hope, blossoming forth from the Great Pacific Northwest, just like Starbucks and Nordstrom did. Seasons One thru Three of Portlandia are available on Netflix now. And don't miss Season Four of Portlandia on the IFC network, premiering January, 2014 for more instruction on how to be hipster! :D
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Applause! :) thread win!
 
jensenrick

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The phrase "unnecessary stroller" really means "stroller I'm not personally using." No one finds their own stroller unnecessary, as I doubt people enjoy blowing $30+ on something they don't think is necessary. "Oh, we don't really need a stroller, I just enjoy pushing wheeled devices."
 
Skip

Skip

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71jason said:
Strongest HHN in years premiered this weekend. Or we can just rehash everything wrong with WDW for the 1000th time.
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Eh... I don't want to really start up that argument in this setting, but 2013 is only really better than 2012, and that's not saying much. Can't think of a single year in the last decade that was better than this year besides that.
 
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