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[ToTaL ITK]

Re: Florida

When you arrive in Florida the jet lag means your up at 5am so not taking advantage of that is daft. We were always at the gates early most days for rope drop, it was never so hot in mid October so it was all good. Like you say cane it in the morning and back to pool Pm.
I’d probably still do this even with a Villa, I don’t think I could do August heat and queues mind after having it so easy in the past.

Get back on the plane and fly back home.

[goats]

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I don't think I've ever experienced jet lag traveling west. You're gaining time. It just takes a short adjustment.

Jet lag or adjusting to time difference/body clock. Whatever, we are always wandering about at 5am with plenty of other British arrivals…

[blue matt]

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Jet lag or adjusting to time difference/body clock. Whatever, we are always wandering about at 5am with plenty of other British arrivals…

:hehe::hehe: we were staying at Pop Century when the kids were young, went down to the food court about 5.30 am to heat up the little ones bottle , the food court wasnt open, sat around were maybe 10 British families waiting for the place to open at 6 :hehe: only other people around were the cleaners and a few people arriving for work

[Der Kaiser]

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Christ, never once suffered flying west, what on earth are you all on about. Back to the UK fair enough but even then just sleep on the plane.

Just go back to sleep :hehe:

[goats]

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Christ, never once suffered flying west, what on earth are you all on about. Back to the UK fair enough but even then just sleep on the plane.

Just go back to sleep :hehe:

Sleep on a plane? Yeah right….probably done 50/60 long haul flights and it’s yet to happen, even less chance with two young kids!

[jon1959]

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I have never understood the attraction of a monster commercial theme park that costs a fortune, is crowded, and acts as a money sucking machine for a giant corporation with a soiled past and a tacky present.

Maybe for the kids fed a diet of American cartoons and addicted to spin off stuff. But what is the draw for adults? A good number of posts in this thread (and the other ones Matt used to start of the years) suggest that accompanying kids are just an excuse for adults to deep dive into Walt’s empire.

Why? I must be missing something, but what is it?

[goats]

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I have never understood the attraction of a monster commercial theme park that costs a fortune, is crowded, and acts as a money sucking machine for a giant corporation with a soiled past and a tacky present.

Maybe for the kids fed a diet of American cartoons and addicted to spin off stuff. But what is the draw for adults? A good number of posts in this thread (and the other ones Matt used to start of the years) suggest that accompanying kids are just an excuse for adults to deep dive into Walt’s empire.

Why? I must be missing something, but what is it?

You don’t like a rollercoaster ride? It’s come a long way since those “old type fair ground stuff” to be honest…..new types of experience like Avatar take you through places, Star Wars stuff at Hollywood studios too. Simpsons ride is still up there…
Some people only ever go on these types of holiday, some folk just go Tenerife, get shitted and sit by the pool…..others don’t even make it out of wales and talk about politics all the time….:sherlock::hehe:

[North Cardiff Blue]

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I have never understood the attraction of a monster commercial theme park that costs a fortune, is crowded, and acts as a money sucking machine for a giant corporation with a soiled past and a tacky present.

Maybe for the kids fed a diet of American cartoons and addicted to spin off stuff. But what is the draw for adults? A good number of posts in this thread (and the other ones Matt used to start of the years) suggest that accompanying kids are just an excuse for adults to deep dive into Walt’s empire.

Why? I must be missing something, but what is it?

What holidays do you like that are so good?

If you haven't been, you probably wouldn't understand. That's like knobheads saying what's so good about watching a load of men kicking a little ball around for an hour and a half.

[jon1959]

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You don’t like a rollercoaster ride? It’s come a long way since those “old type fair ground stuff” to be honest…..new types of experience like Avatar take you through places, Star Wars stuff at Hollywood studios too. Simpsons ride is still up there…
Some people only ever go on these types of holiday, some folk just go Tenerife, get shitted and sit by the pool…..others don’t even make it out of wales and talk about politics all the time….:sherlock::hehe:

None of those options have got me hooked.

I know I was never the target audience for Disney - but I was genuinely interested to understand the attraction to people over the age of 12.

FWIW I am sitting with a beer looking out over the Sardinian coast at the blue sea after 16 days self driving around amazing scenery, historic sites, small villages with bars, restaurants and live music and other stuff a million miles from theme parks. Maybe we are all just wired differently.

[jon1959]

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What holidays do you like that are so good?

If you haven't been, you probably wouldn't understand. That's like knobheads saying what's so good about watching a load of men kicking a little ball around for an hour and a half.

No I don’t understand - which is why I asked. But no big deal - each to their own.

[goats]

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None of those options have got me hooked.

I know I was never the target audience for Disney - but I was genuinely interested to understand the attraction to people over the age of 12.

FWIW I am sitting with a beer looking out over the Sardinian coast at the blue sea after 16 days self driving around amazing scenery, historic sites, small villages with bars, restaurants and live music and other stuff a million miles from theme parks. Maybe we are all just wired differently.

I’ve done plenty of stuff like that all over the place, from Mexico to India, NZ to Big sur. variety is the spice of life. I reckon about 80% of my mates have no interest in football at all, only about 3 have ever been to see us. We are all different, you know that right?

[goats]

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None of those options have got me hooked.

I know I was never the target audience for Disney - but I was genuinely interested to understand the attraction to people over the age of 12.

FWIW I am sitting with a beer looking out over the Sardinian coast at the blue sea after 16 days self driving around amazing scenery, historic sites, small villages with bars, restaurants and live music and other stuff a million miles from theme parks. Maybe we are all just wired differently.

I know I was never the target audience for Disney - but I was genuinely interested to understand the attraction to people over the age of 12.
Funny, lots of people say this to me about supporting a football club:hehe:

[Der Kaiser]

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None of those options have got me hooked.

I know I was never the target audience for Disney - but I was genuinely interested to understand the attraction to people over the age of 12.

FWIW I am sitting with a beer looking out over the Sardinian coast at the blue sea after 16 days self driving around amazing scenery, historic sites, small villages with bars, restaurants and live music and other stuff a million miles from theme parks. Maybe we are all just wired differently.

Adults who go to Disney without children, if I speak....... I am in big trouble.

[blue matt]

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Speaking For my family, We go for entertainment, fun, decent dining, its not that deep, maybe you are not that type of person, but each to there own, we are all different

I have never understood the attraction of a monster commercial theme park that costs a fortune, is crowded, and acts as a money sucking machine for a giant corporation with a soiled past and a tacky present.

near 50 million visitors to disney world a year, maybe they are not all wrong

sometimes its crowded, its been discussed in this thread how to avoid the crowds, it is expensive, but if people can afford it, its no drama

Im guessing with your dislike of Disney, you dont watch any of the films they make or any of the TV channels they own, which is a little blinkered, each to there own, we are all different

We know disney exists to make money for shareholders ( as do other corporations, coke cola for example, I hope on your Sardinian tour you havent had a coke, sprite or Fanta, wouldnt want to put money into a greedy giant corporation with its major issues to plastic pollution and the way in the US is has treated Blacks and people of colour over the years ) or a beer from any of the major brands, you dont want to look too much into who owns them or the past they have, Im pretty sure most bigger company has a not so pure ethical background


not sure what you think is its " tacky present " ?

Maybe for the kids fed a diet of American cartoons and addicted to spin off stuff. But what is the draw for adults? A good number of posts in this thread (and the other ones Matt used to start of the years) suggest that accompanying kids are just an excuse for adults to deep dive into Walt’s empire.

we have had the disney channel over here for years, now have disney plus, so you dont need to be American to be " fed a diet of American cartoons and addicted to spin off stuff " , its all about being entertained, they make money through entertainment, its not a secret

[blue matt]

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FWIW I am sitting with a beer looking out over the Sardinian coast at the blue sea after 16 days self driving around amazing scenery, historic sites, small villages with bars, restaurants and live music and other stuff a million miles from theme parks. Maybe we are all just wired differently.

thats cool, Im guessing by you posts here, even if you did go to disney ( and you won't ) you wouldnt like it anyway, save your money :thumbup: it'll free up a slot in a queue for people like me

Ive Backpacked around Europe, through Asia, around Austrailia, Ive seen them Blue Oceans while drinking a beer, Ive listened to Live music in Village Bars and eaten in restaurants, it was good, but its nothing to building a lightsaber or being the pilot and hitting the button that engages the Millennium Falcon hyperdrive or watching your kids faces light up when they meet Captain Hook or Sparrow, I could go on, but you either get it or you dont :thumbup: