There's a banner in Central Florida warning of Gay Day in Disney

[Baitball Blogger]

"Warning: Gay Days at Disney 6/1" banner flown over Central Florida

A plane with the banner "Warning: Gay Days at Disney 6/1" is flying around Central Florida.

This morning, the plane appeared to be making loops from as far north as Altamonte Springs to as far south as Belle Isle, but it was hard to tell from the ground. The "warning" is in reponse to "Gay Days" at Walt Disney World, a tradition where thousands of gays gather at the theme park.

The "6/1" referes to June 1, the day Gay Days is held Walt Disney World.

As my collegue Sara Clarke reported in today's Orlando Sentinel, Walt Disney World has a neutral stance on the annual event, though the company offers several items for sale during the weekend, including rainbow mugs and red tank-tops. (Many of those in attendence wear red in order to be recognized.)

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/blogs/jon-busdeker/os-walt-disney-world-gay-days-warning,0,4037033.post

[GoneOffShore]

1. That banner could be detached from the plane you know.

[alp227]

14. Like in Family Guy?

[onehandle]

2. That's odd. I just hired a plane..."Warning: Intolerance in Central Florida 24/7 365 Days A Year" nt

[JHB]

9. Can you put that in line after mine?

My banner of "Get your tickets early!" works better when it directly follows the other guy.

[Puzzledtraveller]

3. What's wrong with being merry?

[Buzz Clik]

4. All the Disney characters will be cross dressing. Tinkerbell will be a dude with a beard.

It would be a good day to stay home to avoid catching The Gay.

[roamer65]

5. When a 9 year old makes more sense than his father.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/30/18633729-after-vote-allowing-gay-kids-to-become-boy-scouts-some-families-call-it-quits?lite

Read the part where the 9 year old boy says the Boy Scouts should be like church, where everyone is welcome...then daddy spreads his religious poison.

Absolutely pathetic.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. I read that this morning and could only think that the brainwashing will

continue in that family.

[Jennicut]

18. Punishing your children for your intolerance and stupidity.

My almost 9 year old daughter would flip if I forced her to quit Girl Scouts. Thankfully, that organization has been accepting for a long time. I feel for these boys, who are so far ahead on acceptance of others then their parents. And the only reason to stay away from Disney June 1st is the heat and crowds. November is the best time to go, went that month during my honeymoon. Then went in May with the kids...too hot!

[sarisataka]

6. Isn't every day gay day

at The Happiest Place on Earth?

[n2doc]

8. I'll bet a bunch of closeted fundie men from the area take the day off

to go cruzin' at the Mouse....

[joeybee12]

10. Why the warning? Just to let people know lines might be longer?

That's the only reason I can think of.

[quinnox]

11. well, the obvious one is that there are a lot of haters who would want to avoid visiting

there during the "gay day". Come on, that is obvious.

[joeybee12]

12. I should have included this...

[quinnox]

13. whoops, my bad.

[joeybee12]

17. It was just me being a smartass...

yet again!

[Whiskeytide]

20. Just the opposite, I think...

My family and two other families went last year during "gay days". We assumed the lines would be shorter because people would, in fact, stay away. I'm not a Disney expert and have only been two other times for comparison, but we all concluded they were, indeed, shorter. We had a great time. Saw some of the funniest costumes. A 50 year old, pot-bellied man with a mustache in a full-on Minnie Mouse costume - priceless! He told us it took him 3 hours to get dressed that morning. When my son told him he didn't look much like Minnie, he laughed and said "that's because I'm really Mickey in a dress, but don't tell anyone"!

We just figured the people in the park would either be LGTB and having a good time, or would otherwise be mostly people open minded about it - you know, democrats - thus making for a generally better class of folks and a much more pleasant experience overall. I think it cut down on redneck Bubba and church lady counts considerably. Our kids were all between 5 and 8 at the time, and had a blast. I keep looking for the severe emotional scars the experience inflicted on them, but so far they seem to be ok.

[joeybee12]

21. I was being a smartass...

Should have included this with my post:

[Whiskeytide]

22. I know...

... but I thought you were serious about the lines actually being longer.

[joeybee12]

23. I was...sort of...

Smart ass about the reason for the plane, although it would seem like the lines would be longer on Gay Day or any kind of special day Disney has...maybe they're better organized those days.

[kaiden]

15. My husband used to be an actor at Disney World.

He says the caverns beneath Disney World are filled with gay actors, choreographers and rubber heads. What? Disney World HIRES gays!

[joeybee12]

16. Oh, I heard that, too...

This whole thing makes me somewhat happy that there's some asshat out there shelling out money to fly a plane which is only making people aware of such ignorance and intolerance that is out there. I hope it bankrupts him.

[steve2470]

19. 1- Asshats they are ! and 2- FREE ADVERTISING, how ironic !

This gives my area such a bad name. I think the homophobes are a minority even in Central Florida.