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| Jim in Merced CA
Sat 5/10/2008 11:58a | Pet peeve...
'You can't judge an attraction from a YouTube video or online pictures.'
Well, I do! |
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| Spirit of 74
Sat 5/10/2008 12:00p | <<My personal favorite is when fans defend any change with the line "Disneyland will never be finished." As if that is defense enough for any and all changes that can possibly be imagined.>>
Great one.
But the fans get that from Disney PR ... everytime anything gets opened, closed, added or changed at DL (or WDW etc ...) that line gets dredged up.
I'm sure by now even Walt is tired of hearing it!
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| Spirit of 74
Sat 5/10/2008 12:13p | <<With that said, the only thing I have ever found wrong with a fan is when one thinks he is better than other fans.
Sometimes they think they're better because they're more knowledgeable. That's annoying. >>
I don't know if being more knowledgable makes you a better 'fan.' It simply means you have more knowledge.
That is usually a good thing no matter the subject, although it gets annoying when I see 'kid geeks' studying the parks down to their tiniest detail. I kinda think the whole fun aspect gets tossed out the window in order to find some tiny detail hidden off somewhere.
<<And the internet has just made it all the worser. Jab. Hide. Jab. Hide. Jab. Hide.>>
I think the Internet has created and helped perpetuate some unhealthy lifestyles and behaviors. It's why I think everyone should take a break from this site and any other online site (Disney or not) they digest regularly.
I have seen the Internet totally warp peoples' perspectives and self-images. People who have no social skills whatsoever in the real world and would never even approach a celebrity Imagineer like Joe Rohde (who would likely hate that I called him that) use the Internet to allow their egos to grow or be fed based upon posting words (or pictures) and engaging in discussions.
Of course, this isn't really a pet peeve with the Disney 'fans' so much as it is the whole world in this My Space, FaceBook, era ... people can use the WWW to mask all their social phobias and issues. But now I've really digressed ...
Anyway, my next peeve: 'fans' who have bad experiences at parks, restaurants and resorts but won't complain because 'it's Disney.'
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| RoadTrip
Sat 5/10/2008 12:18p | <<Jack was the official voice of WDW. He was the one you heard on WDW Radio welcoming you to the Vacation Kingdom of the World as soon as you left Kissimmee's cow pastures behind.
He was the one who helped plan your day with up to date hours and information.
And then his voice was featured all over the resort.
Jack Wagner was The Voice of WDW.>>
If I'm not mistaken he also recorded the spiel on the Trams at MCO.
<<But one can also be a casual fan who enjoys the surface and chooses not to look too closely, either because they don't have time or they don't want to shatter the illusion.>>
Bingo.
<<With that said, the only thing I have ever found wrong with a fan is when one thinks he is better than other fans.>>
Yup. And some comments to the contrary, I don't think that the Spirit ever does that.
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| FerretAfros
Sat 5/10/2008 12:42p | "If I'm not mistaken he also recorded the spiel on the Trams at MCO."
He also did the voice work on the gate to my grandma's neighborhood. Sure, he was great and all, but I really have trouble thinking that he's much more than a nice sounding voice. |
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| MPierce
Sat 5/10/2008 2:40p | I try not to associate with Disney fans, their all crazy! |
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| MPierce
Sat 5/10/2008 2:43p | ...However, I wouldn't mind slowly choking the life out of some Disney Geek when they said, "What would Walt do". |
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| MPierce
Sat 5/10/2008 2:44p | Did I just say that on a Disney Fan site? |
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| bobbelee9
Sat 5/10/2008 2:52p | I hear Jack Wagner every day that I go to work. I have Mouse World Radio on my pc, and at 8 every morning he welcomes me to WDW. There are days at work when I couldn't make it through without my Disney parks music & attractions. Yes I know I'm pathetic. |
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| DlandDug
Sat 5/10/2008 3:24p | >>I hate when you casually mention you would like to Japan/France/Hong Kong to see the Disney park there(okay, maybe not HK)and people jump on you because you have the audacity to spend your own money and apparently don't want to see anything else in that country.<<
Years ago I had an unexpected weekend in Paris. Never had been to Paris, but there it was. And I spent half a day at Disneyland Paris. I can pretty much neatly divide my circle of friends into two groups. One group says, "You had just one weekend in Paris and you went to Disneyland?" And the other group says, "You had a weekend in Paris and only spent half a day at Disneyland?" |
