Weekend trip to Disneyland with Tavernertoddler

[Taverner]

His first time to the "happiest place on Earth"...

Here he is, trying to swim



Tavernertoddler and Goofy...



Enjoying the water on a 90+ F day in SoCal...



Toddler meets mouse...

[LostinVA]

1. Even though Disney is evil, I LOVE Disneyworld

We always stay inside and everything, ever since I was a kid, when the only thing there was the Magic Kingdom, the Polynesian, Contemporary, and Fort Wilderness.

I can somehow disconnect between the Evilness and the Enjoyment.... it is either a gift or a curse.

I'm 41, and don't mind saying I LOVE Chip 'n Dale, and always get my photo taken with them.

[Taverner]

2. Exactly - I was there for the tyke :)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. They've got a great product.

It's too bad they're an evil corporation and Disney himself was a rotten bastard.

I was at Disneyland myself this last Christmas season. It's still a great place all these years later. It was looking a little long in the teeth, but still a well oiled machine.

I've got the same picture of my wife with Mickey, only she's grabbing his ass.

[LSK]

4. why is Disney evil?

:shrug:

[Taverner]

5. Walt Disney was a known anti-Semite

Who would not hire Jews, Blacks or Hispanics. Having said that, he did contribute big time to efforts to take in Jewish Refugees from Germany during WWII. I guess there's a point where you can go too far for even anti-semites...

He also was a notorious union buster, paid his animators crap, was a firm believer in Manifest Destiny, and was a Republican to the core.

There are more strikes against him as well - this is all I can think of at the time.

However, he did build a wonderful place to take Toddlers. Goes to show you there are no blacks or whites, just shades of grey...

[LostinVA]

6. Labor issues, etc.

It goes all the way back to Walt Disney.

There are several great books about their evilness... but Chip 'n Dale aren't evil. I love them. And Tower of Terror. And the Tiki Birds. And teh Haunted Mansion. And Pirates of the Caribbean. And even the horribly annoying "It's a Small World."

I worked on Disney property for a third party company -- they are evil!!!