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Oct. 27th, 2022 11:56 amI am going to Disney in a few weeks. I have a work trip in Orlando, at a Disney hotel, and they allowed us to extend the stay at a discounted rate, so that's what I did.
Weirdly, S was in Orlando in September and I mandated that she go to Disney. She'd never been to a theme park--never been to Florida at all--so I told her she had to go to Disney World if she wanted to understand America. (Her verdict was that it was very good but not worth the money. And that's going on one of the least crowded days!)
So I am now going to Disney separately from S. We have decided that global happiness is increased in this manner. Also--there are so many places I want to travel that it's hard to justify spending the time and money on Disney World, even though it's prime people watching. But since I was going anyway so I'm just paying the park ticket and a few nights of hotel, that seems worth it to me.
I've actually been to the Orlando theme parks quite a lot. My grandmother lived in Winter Park, so any time we went to visit her, we also hit the parks. But the last time I went to any Disney property was 2000. (I went to Universal for a work event in 2019, but that is a different animal when they've rented out a park for the evening.)
Since the fun of travel is planning for me, I have spent a lot of time on websites with names like mousehacking. I have a spreadsheet. It seems like the Genie+ era requires less optimization than the Fastpass+ era, but there's still lots you CAN plan in advance.
Basically, it now seems like a visit to the park combines two of my least favorite activities: refreshing a website looking for availability AND waiting in line. It's like trying to see Daniel Radcliffe in Merrily We Roll Along and also like trying to see Shakespeare in the Park. I mean--I've discovered that you can see the wait times for every ride in the park on any given day from their app, whether you have a ticket for that day or not. Which means I can vicariously stress about how long I will spend waiting from home! Yay!
( In which I read a guide book for entertainment value )
Anyway, my brain is 100% Disney now. Which almost guarantees that I get a headache and a sunburn when I'm there.
Before someone hops in the comments to mention--I have of course seen Defunctland's Fastpass documentary. I love that shit. I've watched it three times now. I rewatched a bunch of videos on Defunctland and Yesterworld when I booked this. Have to have the bizarre history of EPCOT front of mind to properly take in the experience.
Weirdly, S was in Orlando in September and I mandated that she go to Disney. She'd never been to a theme park--never been to Florida at all--so I told her she had to go to Disney World if she wanted to understand America. (Her verdict was that it was very good but not worth the money. And that's going on one of the least crowded days!)
So I am now going to Disney separately from S. We have decided that global happiness is increased in this manner. Also--there are so many places I want to travel that it's hard to justify spending the time and money on Disney World, even though it's prime people watching. But since I was going anyway so I'm just paying the park ticket and a few nights of hotel, that seems worth it to me.
I've actually been to the Orlando theme parks quite a lot. My grandmother lived in Winter Park, so any time we went to visit her, we also hit the parks. But the last time I went to any Disney property was 2000. (I went to Universal for a work event in 2019, but that is a different animal when they've rented out a park for the evening.)
Since the fun of travel is planning for me, I have spent a lot of time on websites with names like mousehacking. I have a spreadsheet. It seems like the Genie+ era requires less optimization than the Fastpass+ era, but there's still lots you CAN plan in advance.
Basically, it now seems like a visit to the park combines two of my least favorite activities: refreshing a website looking for availability AND waiting in line. It's like trying to see Daniel Radcliffe in Merrily We Roll Along and also like trying to see Shakespeare in the Park. I mean--I've discovered that you can see the wait times for every ride in the park on any given day from their app, whether you have a ticket for that day or not. Which means I can vicariously stress about how long I will spend waiting from home! Yay!
( In which I read a guide book for entertainment value )
Anyway, my brain is 100% Disney now. Which almost guarantees that I get a headache and a sunburn when I'm there.
Before someone hops in the comments to mention--I have of course seen Defunctland's Fastpass documentary. I love that shit. I've watched it three times now. I rewatched a bunch of videos on Defunctland and Yesterworld when I booked this. Have to have the bizarre history of EPCOT front of mind to properly take in the experience.
