Grab a handicapped kid, and let's jump the line!

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www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/disney_world_srich_kid_outrage_zTBA0xrvZRkIVc1zItXGDP

You gotta hand it to rich white liberals from NYC, they really don't have a bottom to hit.

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I used The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland and highly recommend it.

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May 15, 2013 8:55:30 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

“You can’t go to Disney without a tour concierge,’’ she sniffed. “This is how the 1 percent does Disney.”

The woman said she hired a Dream Tours guide to escort her, her husband and their 1-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter through the park in a motorized scooter with a “handicapped” sign on it. The group was sent straight to an auxiliary entrance at the front of each attraction.

Members of the 1% are far more likely to be Republican, but whatever.

Years ago when we did the obligatory Disney tour with the kid there was a book out on how to (legally and ethically) get around the park more efficiently- a whole freaking book!  Someone lent it to me before we went.  The main point was, most people tend to go around the park in a clockwise fashion, so go counterclockwise to beat the crowds.  There was much more to it, but that was the main salient point.  It worked pretty well too, for the first half of the day.

Nevermind the fact you're wrong- the 1% are far more likely to be liberal, even if you were right- Republicans in Manhattan?  I'll grant you it was just a fun little dig, and not in any way based in fact-- even if they were "Republicans" in Manhattan, they sure as hell weren't conservatives.

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May 15, 2013 8:55:30 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

“You can’t go to Disney without a tour concierge,’’ she sniffed. “This is how the 1 percent does Disney.”

The woman said she hired a Dream Tours guide to escort her, her husband and their 1-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter through the park in a motorized scooter with a “handicapped” sign on it. The group was sent straight to an auxiliary entrance at the front of each attraction.

Members of the 1% are far more likely to be Republican, but whatever.

Years ago when we did the obligatory Disney tour with the kid there was a book out on how to (legally and ethically) get around the park more efficiently- a whole freaking book!  Someone lent it to me before we went.  The main point was, most people tend to go around the park in a clockwise fashion, so go counterclockwise to beat the crowds.  There was much more to it, but that was the main salient point.  It worked pretty well too, for the first half of the day.

We're old pros and the tips I'd give are hinged on this- but as important: you need to DECIDE in advance what you want to do- you won't do the whole park in a day.  You may not do it in three days.  So, narrow it down.  Get their early in the day- particularly if you have young children and will be spending a lot of time in "Fantasyland" and "Toontown".  If you think you're going to enjoy that area between 11a.m. and 2p.m. you are sorely mistaken.

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townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2012/05/02/americas_twofaced_liberals/page/full

President Barack Obama and Wall Street occupiers, along with their allies in the mainstream media and on college campuses, have maintained an ongoing attack on high-income earners, people they call 1 percenters. Listening to their deceitful demagoguery, you would naturally think of them as 99 percenters, but you'd be dead-wrong.
Last week, MSN Money posted a report titled "The richest counties in America." According to the report, residents of those 15 wealthiest counties "have median household incomes that are double the national average." Three of those counties have a median income of more than $100,000. The report goes on to say, "While many Americans struggle to find jobs, balance their budgets and get by with less, some folks are living high on the hog." Let's look at some of those counties.

Loudoun County, Va., has a median household income of $119,540, making it the nation's richest county. Virginia's Fairfax County is next, with a median household income of $103,010; the median price of a house is $507,800. Third is Howard County, Md., where the median household income is $101,771. These three richest counties have seven nearby high-income neighbors, which include Arlington and Montgomery counties. The nation's richest counties are close to Washington, D.C., where people come to do good and wind up doing well for themselves.

These 1 percenters are not wealthy right-wing Republicans; they are Obama's liberals. How can one tell? It turns out that seven of the 10 wealthiest counties in the Washington area voted overwhelmingly for Obama in 2008. These liberals portray themselves as 99 percenters when they are really 1 percenters. They're simply running a deceitful rope-a-dope, aided by the mainstream media, on the American people.

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Going back to the OP...I don't see an issue with it.  It's Disney's policy to let handicapped people push ahead of the line.  Nowhere does it say the people accompanying the handicapped person need to be related in any way.

If people don't like it, then tell Disney to drop the policy of allowing the cuts in line...problem solved.

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their early in the day- particularly if you have young children and will be spending a lot of time in "Fantasyland" and "Toontown".

Toontown was torn down for the expansion of Fantasyland. 

We went to WDW a few years ago with my mother, who needed a scooter to get around.  No going to the head of the line, though.

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May 15, 2013 9:42:21 GMT -5 jkapp said:

Going back to the OP...I don't see an issue with it.  It's Disney's policy to let handicapped people push ahead of the line.  Nowhere does it say the people accompanying the handicapped person need to be related in any way.

If people don't like it, then tell Disney to drop the policy of allowing the cuts in line...problem solved.

That sounds easy enough to agree with, but the fact is that what's happening is not in line with the spirit of the courtesy provided by Walt Disney Parks.  Some things can't be managed, some things are on the honor system, and simply must be at the mercy of the self government of individuals.  I think shame may suffice.  I doubt Disney will step into the legal morass of trying to ascertain good faith on the part of those possibly engaged in this practice.

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May 15, 2013 10:30:45 GMT -5 mollyanna58 said:

their early in the day- particularly if you have young children and will be spending a lot of time in "Fantasyland" and "Toontown".

Toontown was torn down for the expansion of Fantasyland. 

We went to WDW a few years ago with my mother, who needed a scooter to get around.  No going to the head of the line, though.

It has been re-opened since- we were there in Jan. and it was open.

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May 15, 2013 9:15:32 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

May 15, 2013 8:55:30 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

Nevermind the fact you're wrong- the 1% are far more likely to be liberal, even if you were right- Republicans in Manhattan?  I'll grant you it was just a fun little dig, and not in any way based in fact-- even if they were "Republicans" in Manhattan, they sure as hell weren't conservatives.

But Paul, you insisted once that Tina Fey was a republican.  

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May 15, 2013 13:40:06 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

May 15, 2013 9:15:32 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

Nevermind the fact you're wrong- the 1% are far more likely to be liberal, even if you were right- Republicans in Manhattan?  I'll grant you it was just a fun little dig, and not in any way based in fact-- even if they were "Republicans" in Manhattan, they sure as hell weren't conservatives.

But Paul, you insisted once that Tina Fey was a republican.  

don't doubt him, ever. 

[thyme4change]

Oh that's right.  And asking clarification is akin to doubting.  I had that same problem with an executive at work.  

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I'm having a mental block about thinking Tina Fey was a Republican.  I can't imagine why I would have said that- let alone "insisted"- but hey, I am not above making mistakes and admitting them.  It's how I was raised- in my all former Democrat family.  

Nevertheless, I think my overall thinking on this is that I hope people are shamed into not doing this.  If not, it is going to destroy all the good will intended, and that people have for the disabled and their legitimate travel companions- friends and family, not "employers".

The practice that REALLY drives me crazy is that of sending one person as a place holder, and then 106 other people wade through the line to 'catch up' to them.  My wife hates it, but I have the habit of stopping them, asking where their part is, and telling them we'll send them back to you.  I've gotten to be a real asshole about it because anywhere else, it's line jumping and will get you the boot.

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May 15, 2013 9:15:32 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

May 15, 2013 8:55:30 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

Members of the 1% are far more likely to be Republican, but whatever.

Years ago when we did the obligatory Disney tour with the kid there was a book out on how to (legally and ethically) get around the park more efficiently- a whole freaking book!  Someone lent it to me before we went.  The main point was, most people tend to go around the park in a clockwise fashion, so go counterclockwise to beat the crowds.  There was much more to it, but that was the main salient point.  It worked pretty well too, for the first half of the day.

Nevermind the fact you're wrong- the 1% are far more likely to be liberal

um....no.  that is not correct.  note: this chart only takes you to the top 10%.  the top 1% is even more skewed:



this is true for EVERY election in the last (30) years, btw.  if you don't believe me, look up the data yourself.

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May 17, 2013 10:21:48 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

May 15, 2013 9:15:32 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

Nevermind the fact you're wrong- the 1% are far more likely to be liberal

um....no.  that is not correct.  note: this chart only takes you to the top 10%.  the top 1% is even more skewed:



this is true for EVERY election in the last (30) years, btw.  if you don't believe me, look up the data yourself.

Those graphs are pretty solidly below 50%, DJ.

Considering "Conservative Protestant" is the only one that breaches 50%, aren't you proving Paul's point?

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May 17, 2013 11:13:18 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

May 17, 2013 10:21:48 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

um....no.  that is not correct.  note: this chart only takes you to the top 10%.  the top 1% is even more skewed:



this is true for EVERY election in the last (30) years, btw.  if you don't believe me, look up the data yourself.

Those graphs are pretty solidly below 50%, DJ.

Considering "Conservative Protestant" is the only one that breaches 50%, aren't you proving Paul's point?

not unless you think that the balance are Democrats.  they aren't.  about 1/4 of all registered voters are neither Democrat OR Republican.  registration among the two parties is about equal.

but what i was trying to illustrate is that the idea that there are more wealthy liberals than wealthy conservatives is false.  unless you think there are a lot of liberals that vote GOP.

NOTE: as i pointed out, the 1% is way more skewed than the 10% shown at the top of this graph.