We're losing an hour of magic!

[Nut4Disney]

As Lorena Bobbit once said "It won't be long now." We leave Sat. morn for WDW. I never understood the time change thing. I mean I know why they do it, to give the farmers more time in the fields, but there are some parts of Indiana and Arizona who don't change the time at all. :veryconfu

 

[bgraham34]

thanks for letting me know there is a time change. I was not even aware.

 

[PintoColvig]

BTW, times does not exist.

Does this mean I don't have to worry about my AP expiring?

 

[Goofy36]

I don't believe DST is going away - I think it starts a few weeks earlier next year and ends a few weeks later.

 

[littlered]

I don't know they way I think of it, you'll be getting to the magic sooner. If you lose an hour in the middle of the night, it makes morning get here faster.:sohappy:

 

[HauntedPirate]

Don't worry about losing that hour - I enjoyed the extra hour I got last October, so you can rest easy knowing that hour wasn't wasted. :lol: Of course, it messed up the kids big time... it only took us a few months to get them back on their sleep schedules.

 

[Ringo8n24]

We get frustrated when we drive to WDW and cross to the Eastern Time Zone. I hate losing that valuable hour for my Disney time. We always try to go around October fall-back time so that we do not have to change our watches. We just keep our time and fall-back when we get home.

 

[shoppingnut]

Why do we still have DST? I say screw the farmers! No one farms anymore.

It has very little to do with the farmers, they are actually opposed to DST because the animals don't adjust to it for several weeks at the start and end of it. I found an interesting story on it, but it seems it is really done for energy conservation. http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html

 

[figmentmom]

We have already sprung forward

...further proof that the British are ahead of us in every way...:lol:

 

[imagineerfan]

I hate the time change

That was probably the only advantage of living in South Bend, IN, not having to change your clocks. But not anymore...

Dan

*For all of you Notre Dame football fans, all games are on Eastern Time now

 

[pintraderpayee]

We get frustrated when we drive to WDW and cross to the Eastern Time Zone. I hate losing that valuable hour for my Disney time. We always try to go around October fall-back time so that we do not have to change our watches. We just keep our time and fall-back when we get home.

I know what you mean. I wish that WDW was on DL time!!

9 days until we are ºoºrlando bound with 27 teens on a school bus for 930 miles of smiles:hammer: :sohappy:

 

[Tom]

That was probably the only advantage of living in South Bend, IN, not having to change your clocks. But not anymore...

Dan

*For all of you Notre Dame football fans, all games are on Eastern Time now

Indy here! And yeah, this is gonna take some getting used to. Which night does it happen again? Between Sat and Sun?

Ugh.

 

[PintoColvig]

Indy here! And yeah, this is gonna take some getting used to. Which night does it happen again? Between Sat and Sun?

Ugh.

Change your clocks before going to bed on Sat. and you'll be on the right time when you wake up on Sun. :king:

 

[Kadee]

Time is relative and dynamic, it is not fixed. You are not losing anything. :wave:

That is pretty much what I was going to say. But we do lose an hour of sleep......until October. It is unbelievable how many people actually believe that by changing CLOCKS, we actually gain daylight!:lol: THINK about it, people!!!

We have this section in our local paper called "Sound Off" where readers can call in and "sound off" about things....pretty much anything. A few years ago, there was an article about "them" doing away with DST. You would not believe how many people called in and said, "We can't do away with DST. The farmers need the extra hour of sunlight for their crops." How riduculous is that??!!!! It is my understanding (and I could be wrong) that DST was intituted so that the daylight hours are shifted to the evening so the children of the farmers could be help with the crops for a longer time when they got out of school. Has anyone else heard this? Does anyone know the real reason for DST?

 

[Woody13]

Does anyone know the real reason for DST?

It has nothing to do with farming. Go here for the details;

http://familyinternet.about.com/cs/holidayfun/a/bldaylightfacts.htm

 

[Kadee]

It has nothing to do with farming. Go here for the details;

http://familyinternet.about.com/cs/holidayfun/a/bldaylightfacts.htm

T
hanks, Woody

Now I know DST is ridiculous.