Why AP Holders are waiting in line for hours to pay $20....

[Disney Irish]

How much freaking popcorn does one person (or even a whole family) need in a day? Are they just grazing on it for hours? And do they show up at the turnstyle the next morning with their bottomless cornbucket ready to go???

These are APs that go multiple times a week and probably eat a bucket of popcorn once or twice a trip. With a $1 for refill it basically pays for itself after a week or two.

 

[D.Silentu]

This thread reminds me that somewhere I have a DCA popcorn bucket from opening week. I wonder if it's worth anything?

 

[TragicMike]

Meh, people have spent more money on more ludicrous things. Let them do whatever they want, less people in line!

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

...I don't even like popcorn.

 

[TragicMike]

...I don't even like popcorn.

It's honestly the worst snack to get at Disneyland. It's expensive, doesn't fill you up and makes you thirsty.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

This thread reminds me that somewhere I have a DCA popcorn bucket from opening week. I wonder if it's worth anything?

Hmm. Not likely. Popcorn bucket collectors? The holy Grail is this Titanic one with the original promotional art.

 

[Stevek]

This has very little to do with it being a refillable popcorn bucket, they have been doing that for a while now and I don't recall seeing lines like this. We had one of the simple AP buckets, didn't wait in any line, refilled it once...#suckers. This is all about them wanting the collectible little green man bucket.

 

[Phroobar]

 

[Rich T]

Meh, people have spent more money on more ludicrous things. Let them do whatever they want, less people in line!

Yeah, but they're uglying up the park! (I'm referring to the line, not the individuals). This isn't as awful as the Fantasmic Blanket Brigade that turned New Orleans Square into a Hobo Camp for years, but it's in the same category!

 

[Rich T]

It's honestly the worst snack to get at Disneyland. It's expensive, doesn't fill you up and makes you thirsty.

Wait, can you upgrade to Caramel Corn or Kettle Corn? If so, then maybe I--- NO, NO, WHAT AM I SAYING????

 

[vancee]

they're not even there for the popcorn or bucket, they are there for the profits.

 

[Rich T]

The fact that her arm is covering up the "A" elevates this pic to award-winning.

 

[Rich T]

[QUOTE="Disney Irish Bruh, post: 8179517, member: 114194"...go multiple times a week and probably eat a bucket of popcorn once or twice a trip. With a $1 for refill it basically pays for itself after a week or two.[/QUOTE]
That's the best description of a typical AP holder I've ever read. Add in the fact that they're lugging the tacky bucket *back* to the park for the privilege of paying a *reasonable* price for their popcorn fix. Do they think they're "Sticking it to the Man" when all along "The Man (The WDC)" is manipulating them like puppets?

This is a really fun, goofy topic to discuss, and I agree when it comes to "entertainment" for people... whatever. Let them eat popcorn. But I also agree that a large number of these people are scalper jerks.

 

[shortstop]

This in a nutshell is my problem with many AP’s. They care more about merchandise, special food items, limited time festivals, etc. than they do about attractions, theming, history, etc. It skews the idea of what a Disney Park should be. For too many, it is not a place to go every once in a while and be wowed by feats of imagineering, it is a place to go 3x a week because they released a new popcorn bucket, or a new flavor of donut, or added a new float to a 10-year-old-parade. Smh

 

[TROR]

Something only has value when someone perceives it as valuable. To them these things that a "mega corporation is producing" are valuable.

Sure, but if you pledge your allegiance to a corporation who sees you as a walking wallet, you are a sucker.

 

[Disney Irish]

Sure, but if you pledge your allegiance to a corporation who sees you as a walking wallet, you are a sucker.

You just summed up the entire US economy.

 

[Phroobar]

I wish there was a tag we could see who here has an AP and how long they've had it. I'm willing to bet the most vocal anti-AP people all have one for years. "Only my friends may have an AP. Everyone else must not have one since you are not my friend."

 

[shortstop]

I wish there was a tag we could see who here has an AP and how long they've had it. I'm willing to bet the most vocal anti-AP people all have one for years. "Only my friends may have an AP. Everyone else must not have one since you are not my friend."

It’s not APs themselves people have problems with. I’m sure the vast majority of people who have APs are fine. What’s more annoying are those who are entitled and go (what seems like) multiple times per week.

 

[TROR]

I've never owned an AP and also they murdered by cat so I'm allowed to hate them.

 

[Rich T]

I wish there was a tag we could see who here has an AP and how long they've had it. I'm willing to bet the most vocal anti-AP people all have one for years. "Only my friends may have an AP. Everyone else must not have one since you are not my friend."

No AP here. I'm a "buy my park-hoppers at AAA for my annual trip" guy.