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Re: How Disneyland Came to Be

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Post by prawn »

chrisseaton wrote: post #18
prawn wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What makes you return there each year over other things you could reach with the same amount of driving? If you're near California or Florida, you are a day or so from a huge range of amazing places. Is it ease and familiarity? I'm Australian but have been to Disneyland (CA) twice and Disney World (FL) once; twice with kids, once without. It's a polished experience for sure, but we spent a lot of time baffled by peop…

> If you're near California or Florida, you are a day or so from a huge range of amazing places. What makes you think they don’t go to those places as well?

Personal experience talking to Americans who particularly like Disney properties. Obviously no drama either way, just curious to hear what drives it.

Some people wondered why we were only there for the day rather than a full week.

Re: How Disneyland Came to Be

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Post by knolax »

50208 wrote: post #3

Kinda interesting ... I'd be really interested in an exploration about how a sizable number of American adults have become Disney(land/world) fanatics. It strikes me as very strange and regressive behavior.

> sizable number of American adults

How much is sizable? Can you give an example of a specific Disneyland fanatic? Why only American adults?

Re: How Disneyland Came to Be

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Post by cardiffspaceman »

prawn wrote: post #12
armadsen wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll bite. I think "fanatic" is too strong a word, but I enjoy going to Disneyland, and have occasionally bought an annual pass despite living a day or two drive from Disneyland. I've also made a point to visit other Disney parks when I've been near them (Florida, Paris, Tokyo). Fundamentally, it's fun escapism. You go spend a few days enjoying some of the same stuff you enjoyed as a kid. My wife enjoys going too, so…

What makes you return there each year over other things you could reach with the same amount of driving? If you're near California or Florida, you are a day or so from a huge range of amazing places. Is it ease and familiarity? I'm Australian but have been to Disneyland (CA) twice and Disney World (FL) once; twice with kids, once without. It's a polished experience for sure, but we spent a lot of time baffled by peop…

We live 75 minutes from Disneyland. That means we can do things like time our visit so that the last night is Sunday night, stay in a hotel there, and then do the drive home as a commute to work. In any case we do a quick visit annually as a sanity thing after the silly season each fall.

But within California, we also go to places like the Sierra Nevada mountains and the central coast of CA that we can reach in a day or less by car.

Re: How Disneyland Came to Be

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Post by larnmar »

armadsen wrote: post #7
50208 wrote: post #3

Kinda interesting ... I'd be really interested in an exploration about how a sizable number of American adults have become Disney(land/world) fanatics. It strikes me as very strange and regressive behavior.

I'll bite. I think "fanatic" is too strong a word, but I enjoy going to Disneyland, and have occasionally bought an annual pass despite living a day or two drive from Disneyland. I've also made a point to visit other Disney parks when I've been near them (Florida, Paris, Tokyo). Fundamentally, it's fun escapism. You go spend a few days enjoying some of the same stuff you enjoyed as a kid. My wife enjoys going too, so…

I went to Disneyland once, as a six year old, and enjoyed it then, but as an adult and parent I’ve come to hate Disney with a passion for the way they just keep buying up or otherwise appropriating _all_ the popular cultural artefacts and turning them into products, churning out an endless series of repetitive, polished, just-above-mediocre lowest common denominator structured entertainment units.

It’s like watching all your favourite restaurants slowly get replaced by Cinnabon outlets.

Re: How Disneyland Came to Be

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Post by otabdeveloper4 »

armadsen wrote: post #7
50208 wrote: post #3

Kinda interesting ... I'd be really interested in an exploration about how a sizable number of American adults have become Disney(land/world) fanatics. It strikes me as very strange and regressive behavior.

I'll bite. I think "fanatic" is too strong a word, but I enjoy going to Disneyland, and have occasionally bought an annual pass despite living a day or two drive from Disneyland. I've also made a point to visit other Disney parks when I've been near them (Florida, Paris, Tokyo). Fundamentally, it's fun escapism. You go spend a few days enjoying some of the same stuff you enjoyed as a kid. My wife enjoys going too, so…

> You go spend a few days enjoying some of the same stuff you enjoyed as a kid.

Dunno, the stuff I was actually enjoying as a kid was the dangerous stuff parents wouldn't approve.

Seems like it's more of a conception of 'what adults think a child would enjoy' rather than what children enjoy.

Re: How Disneyland Came to Be

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Post by jedieaston »

prawn wrote: post #21
chrisseaton wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If you're near California or Florida, you are a day or so from a huge range of amazing places. What makes you think they don’t go to those places as well?

Personal experience talking to Americans who particularly like Disney properties. Obviously no drama either way, just curious to hear what drives it. Some people wondered why we were only there for the day rather than a full week.

I think that's because at Disney World, it's somewhat impossible to see everything in one day, even if you were to filter the list of attractions to things that you wanted to do. There's simply too much to see.

Re: How Disneyland Came to Be

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Post by mark-r »

otabdeveloper4 wrote: post #25
armadsen wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll bite. I think "fanatic" is too strong a word, but I enjoy going to Disneyland, and have occasionally bought an annual pass despite living a day or two drive from Disneyland. I've also made a point to visit other Disney parks when I've been near them (Florida, Paris, Tokyo). Fundamentally, it's fun escapism. You go spend a few days enjoying some of the same stuff you enjoyed as a kid. My wife enjoys going too, so…

> You go spend a few days enjoying some of the same stuff you enjoyed as a kid. Dunno, the stuff I was actually enjoying as a kid was the dangerous stuff parents wouldn't approve. Seems like it's more of a conception of 'what adults think a child would enjoy' rather than what children enjoy.

It depends on the age of the kid. When my daughter was 3 she had an amazing time meeting all the Disney princesses.

Re: How Disneyland Came to Be

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Post by pharaohgeek »

dawnerd wrote: post #19

The Disney+ show The Imagineering Story does a pretty decent job going over the history. https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-imagineering-story/6ry...

It's an outstanding show. It's quickly become my favorite content on Disney+. They could triple the amount of episodes and it wouldn't be enough. It's produced and directed really well with tons of great content.

Re: How Disneyland Came to Be

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Post by mark-r »

analog31 wrote: post #9
50208 wrote: post #3

Kinda interesting ... I'd be really interested in an exploration about how a sizable number of American adults have become Disney(land/world) fanatics. It strikes me as very strange and regressive behavior.

My experience with Disney resorts is limited to an evening spent on my company's nickel while at a conference. With that said, I could see that Disney sweats the details of entertainment in myriad ways to make the visit easy and pleasant for people. I left my jacket in one of their restaurants, called them when I got back home, and they had an entire streamlined system just for dealing with lost items. My jacket was…

I lost my rental car keys somewhere at Disney World. The rental company was completely useless, so I asked for help from the Disney hotel we were staying at. They sent their private locksmith over to the car, and he spent over 3 hours trying to make a key that would work using the keycode. Ultimately he was unsuccessful because the key had an electronic component. He did get the doors open though, and his professionalism and dedication were top-notch.

Re: How Disneyland Came to Be

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