Canceling my summer vacation to Disney World.

[mick063]

Will never, ever spend a dime in Florida.

Calling for the same consumer activists that went after Limbaugh to do the same.

Big money needs to take a long hard look at the terrible social costs from their hate inspired party of choice. The wealthy have crawled into a political bed with the Limbaugh inspired ilk for the sole purpose of getting a tax break.

I'm white, old, and sick to my stomach. My heartfelt condolences to the Southern black community and the family of the murdered child.

[GoneOffShore]

1. Cheaper and more fun to go to France.

[truebrit71]

4. Waaaaaaaaaaaay better food too...

...It is strange isn't it? It's actually cheaper to fly to Europe than it is to parts of America...

[Logical]

9. Cheaper? Really?

[mn9driver]

14. If you've ever been to D W, you wouldn't need to ask.

The whole place is very specifically designed to separate you from your money. They are very, very good at it.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

18. And in France, the experience is AUTHENTIC

[Sherman A1]

2. Interesting idea

and I agree, you should however contact the FL division of tourism or whatever they call it and order a tour guide and alike...

(It costs them money to send it to you )

[Drale]

3. It seems like so much of the awesome stuff in this country

are in the worst states. Disney World, Great Smokey Mountains National Park, Turkey Run State Park, and plenty of others.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. I live in Florida and wouldn't visit that hell-hole anyways.

Disney and the sprawl it brought is a wart on the Florida landscape.

[RebelOne]

11. I lived in South Florida and now live in Georgia.

And you would have to pay me an awful lot of money to ever go back to the hell-hole of the South, Miami, FL.

[tsuki]

26. Hear! Hear!

[JHB]

6. Be sure to let the governor, state rep(s) from Disney area, and...

...maybe a couple of editorial pages know.

They definitely are in need of a raft of clues.

[GoneOffShore]

7. And let Disney know.

They are AMAZINGLY attentive to their bottom line.

They should actually change the name of all of their parks to Litigious Mammon World. Certainly more fitting.

[malaise]

8. Excellent idea

Thanks

[Tikki]

10. We determined that we would never visit Florida back when they passed a ....

law stating that ONLY the victim of a medical mishap could sue the doctor, hospital
or provider and NOT the survivors if the mishap leads to a death. WOW..


The Tikkis

[cbayer]

13. While there are limitations, that is not exactly correct.

http://www.floridamalpractice.com/med22.htm

[Tikki]

17. Ok, if we ever find that we must go to FL we'll contact a malpractice lawyer first.

The Tikkis

[cbayer]

12. If you and your family like Disney World, try Disneyland in California.

They also have the Californialand park right there and there's more to do and see in LA than in Orlando anyway.

[OmahaBlueDog]

15. +1

Disney isn't the problem here. It's Florida.

[tsuki]

27. When I was a kid, we visited Knott's Berry Farm and walked

up the down.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

16. I went to a conference in Orlando where the hotel was literally across the street from

"Downtown Disney." Just strolling through that area was nauseating. Most of the stores sold Disney kitsch or were partly devoted to Disney kitsch and/or advertised the Disney kitsch in other stores, and the restaurants were overpriced for their "family restaurant" food.

I didn't visit Disney World. Purposely avoided it. The only commercial thing I did was attend Cirque du Soleil, and even there, the tickets were overpriced.

Mostly I simply sat around the hotel pool enjoying the fact that it was 75° at a time when it was 30° in Minnesota. Oh, and I had dinner with Lorien, another DUer.

[Cali_Democrat]

19. kick

[drm604]

20. If you had reservations and are cancelling them

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be sure to tell them why. They need to know that they're losing business because of this.

[gateley]

21. I agree with those who suggest to let TPTB in FL and Disney know. nt

[FailureToCommunicate]

22. Good choice. As my mother quipped "There's less here than meets the eye"

Go see Disney in Los Angeles instead. As the poster above said, there's more to do in LA anyway. And Lego Land is just down the coast and it's REALLY COOL!

[zappaman]

23. I will boycott too!

Which is easy since I never planned on going!

[bluestate10]

24. I was unaware of the Florida Stand Your Ground Law.

The law is moronic and open the door to get out of jail free murder. A person does not have to be Black in a state that has a crazy gun law to get killed. It takes nothing more than a mild argument with a store owner over a purchased item to get a person shot.

[tsuki]

25. Thank you. Florida of my youth was a sleepy state of

Bob Sikes/Lawton Chiles/Bob Graham. Maybe not the most progressive dems, but reliable.

Then came the military bases, Disney World, retirees (not a income tax state). And we started getting redder and redder and redder.

The natives have moved on. And now all we have left are the teabaggers and shitheads who think that every dollar they pay in taxes is an affront to their personal freedom. I am sick of it.

[MrSlayer]

28. I consider WDW a country unto itself.

I wouldn't go to Florida for any other reason though.

[HockeyMom]

29. I live in Florida (native New Yorker) and agree totally

People from other states, Florida NEEDS your Tourist $'r. That is the ONLY reason that Rick Scott called for a Grand Jury. Bad Publicity and lost of TOURIST MONEY which really runs this state.

Until they stop all their discrimination against minorities, voting rights, women, public employees, teachers, keep your MONEY OUT OF THIS STATE. That is what YOU can do to fight all this discrimination against just about everybody, except rich, white, male, christian, Repuke, gun toters.