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Dinglehopper86

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Cesar R M said:
you know, speaking of pokemon go.
When my cousin drove me to downtown to see how much it has changed (tons of new high risers and buildings). the downtown parks were full of young teens and young adults(30 or less).. all playing pokemon go.
Id say that 80% of all the people in the downtown park..were pokemon go players.
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Being a Physical Education/Health Teacher I am all in favor of people being more active and walking around playing Pokemon Go. Just use common sense though and don't go wandering into shady areas to catch some Pokemon. Also there is no need o play the game while driving. Have seen some reports of accidents while drivers playing this game and that is senseless.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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Dinglehopper86 said:
Disney is my #1 by far and will always be. No matter if the attractions are older and not as wild as the Uni rides. Disney for me is much more than that. It is the entire package. Seeing the characters in person I so love on the screen in the movies, having a Mickey Ice Cream Bar, listening to the park music as I stroll around looking at the smiling faces. That is just a few of the things that will keep me coming back to Disney. Now I do like Harry Potter so I did have to visit Uni for 1 day and see that park and it was stunning. Do I have to go back? No, unless they add something really new to it. Uni just does not have the same atmosphere as Disney where it will attract me day in and day out.
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I want to go back to Uni just for the HP stuff someday. I'm a HUGE HP fan and I did the London studio tour and went through London and Lacock to see all the HP sites, like Platform 9 3/4, Godric's Hollow, etc. I went to Universal when Hogsmeade had JUST opened a month before and it was just too crowded. My kids were 2 and 4, so they were too small for any of the rides, the SHORTEST wait time was to get into Honeydukes...15 minutes...for a store. I've NEVER heard of a wait time for a store at Disney. To get into the main shop where all the regular souvenirs are sold it was 45 minutes to an hour. The Forbidden Journey ride was 3 hours, Ollivanders was 90 minutes. We got there before 10 am and Hogsmeade was already at capacity, so they told us they could put us on the waiting list, but it would be about 3-4 hours, OR we could come back at 3 or 4 in the afternoon and then usually people could get in. So we came back in the afternoon and we got in, but those were the wait times. I didn't really get to do anything. I couldn't stand in line for 3 hours, or even for 90 minutes with 2 munchkins. We had a butterbeer, got some postcards to send, went through...must have been Dervish and Bangs? where I got clobbered trying to look at the wands...it was just too packed in there..wasn't room to swing a kneazle. And then we went home. I ended up not even getting a wand because I couldn't get close enough and as soon as I would get near the wands, someone would come from behind, push me out of the way, or jump up above me to look and come crashing down on my head...it wasn't worth it. I was completely disappointed with it, having traveled over seas to see it and not really getting to DO anything. They just didn't anticipate the crowd size it would generate and they made it way too small. I'm glad they've added Diagon Alley now, and I'd really like to see it, but my kids are still a bit young and have only made it through movie 4 and book number 1. I didn't want them to see spoilers, which they would have if we had gone there this summer. So we opted not to do it this time. Hopefully I can talk my husband into another trip in 5-10 years and then we can do WWoHP. The only good thing was that the people we were staying with complained to Universal and they gave me a free wand. So I HAVE a wand....I just would have liked to choose it myself...or better yet, do the Ollivander experience and have it choose ME. Maybe next time.
But the rest of Universal I can skip. Most of it holds no interest for me, and I don't do coasters.
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Gabe1 said:

I look at @figmentfan423 comment about kids liking Uni better and yours about slipping away slightly differently.
Early on Uni wasn't very appealing to Disney fans, many went once and others hated the Uni Parks without ever stepping foot in the competitions parks. My kids never had the opportunity to like Uni better, we arrived in the Disney Bubble and stayed put. It has become difficult for most to rag on the Uni parks now. Some of their attractions are awesome and they have the ability to build quickly which keeps drawing guests back.

While the new Fantasyland is beautiful the new attractions are hardly a GRAB for preteens and teens. Even Dwarf while creative with the true Disney flair it is short, kinda tame and difficult to get on with FPs and standby waits. So my take is more the kids are just lately being exposed to an alternative theme park experience that prior their parents would never consider allowing (like with my Kids they were brought up Disney.) If it wasn't for my School Board convention a decade ago who knows when we would have left the Bubble.
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perfect take on the whole issue.

If they had made the mine train longer, it would be as appealing as Thunder Mountain.
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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Gabe1 said:
Yeah, but seriously there is a bit of truth in that. I've tripped across a bit too much of it lately. I was never a baby boomer but they changed that while I was in my 40's and lumped me into that or just missing it depending on which chart you look at. Everyone hated the entire hippie generation and now it seems to be the same with the Millennials. A chunk of the aging seem to take their own frustrations out on the youth. Ironic it is my generation and my folks generation that created the nightmare the Millennials are inheriting. Seriously college going up 500% since I went off to school? The debt we created for their start in life. I got annoyed by two posts about the Disney College Program students by people from my age demographic lumping them all into the same stereotype. And it wasn't the first time I've seen it. Unfortunate.

The college program opened so many doors for my DS. I watched what the program did for his perspective on life and his commitment to education to further his advancement. At age 20 it was a turning point. And in reality he isn't even a Millennial. He wasn't nearly turning an adult at the turn of the millennial. I read the recommendations his supervisors wrote for him. Millennials and Z's are not really anything different than the diversity of other generations. Just my perspective is I want better for my kids as my parents wanted for me.

Second rant over.
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I agree. It's different for marketers. Marketers need to understand trends within an age group to be able to market to that age group. That is needed. What is different is applying negative stereotypes to individuals. And then other stereotypes, such as entitlement, I think apply to the general human population, not just millenials.

As far as the DCP goes, I find that the two nicest groups of CMs are CP kids and older workers. I assume many older workers are ones who love Disney and decided to retire here and work here. The CP kids also genuinely want to be here and usually are very friendly and hard working. I find that CP kids are nicer to me than adult employees can be. Some are really quite rude, whereas the CP kids are never rude, to me or my parents.

So from Disney's point of view, they get a group that wants to be here and learns the ropes and may eventually transition into working for the company, plus they are cheaper and willing to do jobs many adults probably are not . Hmmm...
 
BAChicagoGal

BAChicagoGal

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I am very excited to see all the Harry Potter stuff at Universal. That is my main reason for staying at Cabana Bay for 3 nights. We will have three nights at the hotel, and 2 days in the Universal Parks. I can meander at my own pace while the others are off riding thrill rides, which I could care less about. My first and only look at Universal was back in 2012. It was a day trip, and I promised myself I would never do a day trip again. Can't really accomplish much when the people you are with are your ride, and they want to leave, and you have just begun to scratch the surface
 
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Dinglehopper86

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Songbird76 said:
I want to go back to Uni just for the HP stuff someday. I'm a HUGE HP fan and I did the London studio tour and went through London and Lacock to see all the HP sites, like Platform 9 3/4, Godric's Hollow, etc. I went to Universal when Hogsmeade had JUST opened a month before and it was just too crowded. My kids were 2 and 4, so they were too small for any of the rides, the SHORTEST wait time was to get into Honeydukes...15 minutes...for a store. I've NEVER heard of a wait time for a store at Disney. To get into the main shop where all the regular souvenirs are sold it was 45 minutes to an hour. The Forbidden Journey ride was 3 hours, Ollivanders was 90 minutes. We got there before 10 am and Hogsmeade was already at capacity, so they told us they could put us on the waiting list, but it would be about 3-4 hours, OR we could come back at 3 or 4 in the afternoon and then usually people could get in. So we came back in the afternoon and we got in, but those were the wait times. I didn't really get to do anything. I couldn't stand in line for 3 hours, or even for 90 minutes with 2 munchkins. We had a butterbeer, got some postcards to send, went through...must have been Dervish and Bangs? where I got clobbered trying to look at the wands...it was just too packed in there..wasn't room to swing a kneazle. And then we went home. I ended up not even getting a wand because I couldn't get close enough and as soon as I would get near the wands, someone would come from behind, push me out of the way, or jump up above me to look and come crashing down on my head...it wasn't worth it. I was completely disappointed with it, having traveled over seas to see it and not really getting to DO anything. They just didn't anticipate the crowd size it would generate and they made it way too small. I'm glad they've added Diagon Alley now, and I'd really like to see it, but my kids are still a bit young and have only made it through movie 4 and book number 1. I didn't want them to see spoilers, which they would have if we had gone there this summer. So we opted not to do it this time. Hopefully I can talk my husband into another trip in 5-10 years and then we can do WWoHP. The only good thing was that the people we were staying with complained to Universal and they gave me a free wand. So I HAVE a wand....I just would have liked to choose it myself...or better yet, do the Ollivander experience and have it choose ME. Maybe next time.
But the rest of Universal I can skip. Most of it holds no interest for me, and I don't do coasters.
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You definitely need to go back to Harry Potter World since your experience was terrible. It is actually fantastic.
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Dinglehopper86 said:
Being a Physical Education/Health Teacher I am all in favor of people being more active and walking around playing Pokemon Go. Just use common sense though and don't go wandering into shady areas to catch some Pokemon. Also there is no need o play the game while driving. Have seen some reports of accidents while drivers playing this game and that is senseless.
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unfortunately, a lot of these kids were busy watching their cellphones than paying attention on traffic as they crossed the streets.
fortunately.. the downtown area was almost empty of cars.
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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Songbird76 said:
I've NEVER heard of a wait time for a store at Disney.
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A couple of summers ago, there was only one shop selling Frozen stuff. It was in DHS where the 3rd TSM track now resides. If you hit it right, you could get in right away. But many times, there was a wait. They had a line outside, and CMs had to admit you inafter enough guests had finished. It was nuts. Disney was clearly not prepared for Frozagedon.
 
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Dinglehopper86

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BAChicagoGal said:
I am very excited to see all the Harry Potter stuff at Universal. That is my main reason for staying at Cabana Bay for 3 nights. We will have three nights at the hotel, and 2 days in the Universal Parks. I can meander at my own pace while the others are off riding thrill rides, which I could care less about. My first and only look at Universal was back in 2012. It was a day trip, and I promised myself I would never do a day trip again. Can't really accomplish much when the people you are with are your ride, and they want to leave, and you have just begun to scratch the surface
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You will definitely enjoy the Harry Potter stuff at Uni.
 
betty rose

betty rose

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donaldtoo said:
Yep, about 5 years ago my mom and pop lost their last pup, a toy fox terrier named Zeke. We always had dogs since I can remember.
Mom said "We loved them all, but, no more dogs. Too much attachment and emotion when they pass."
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Exactly the way I feel. The next door neighbor has a rottweiller, and I get to let him knock me over, and lick my face. No, really I sit on the ground to pat him, he weighs as much as I do. And he loves me.
 
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