Excellent post, had me chuckling in a few spots!
Nothing screams "Happiest Place on Earth" like TSA level screening
Just more reason to have swat members roaming the park in Goofy suits.
If there's one thing I learned, there is no enjoyment with crowds. I don't care what the venue is. When we would go see the Giants play, we'd leave 6th inning to avoid the traffic out of the park.
As far as Disneyland, well we had a few good years due to loopholes in the system. The first time we went I was in 5th grade and we went in October. I actually remember running down the corridors to the Indiana Jones ride, it was that empty. Same with Back to the Future at Universal. I remember ignorantly thinking this was the norm.
Fast forward and I'm 14. My father was had a work related injury and his doctor issued us a temporary handicap placard. This got us preferred parking AND we didn't have to wait in line, we went through the exits. We got a lot of salty looks from people but who cared! That little trick soon caught on though and Disney patched it up.
We went to the SF Zoo last year, I took the day off from work and what a different place. No waiting in the back 4 lines deep just to see the Penguins fed. No perching over people in the cafeteria waiting for them to leave to grab a table. It was so calm and enjoyable.
Sucks to hear that Disney was such a pain, a victim of its own success.
