To not get Disney?

[Fridaysgirl]

I'm talking about adults here, not kids.

Why do grown men and women feel the need to wear Minnie ears, buy mugs, bags and T shirts of Disney related stuff?

And why in god's name would you pay £££££s to go and gawp and an artificial pink princess castle when you could pay far less to see something real? Or cuddle a Minnie/Mickey Mouse (or should I say a stranger dressed up)?

Please can someone explain all this to me?

Ok here’s a little life lesson.

Different people like different things.

I shouldn’t be that hard to assimilate surely?

Some people did have a childhood and like to have the things they wished they could’ve had or experienced then, now.

People like different things.

It’s cute.

It’s cheerful.

If you explained the plot of a Disney film without saying it was a Disney film, most people would be interested in it. Then when you say it’s Disney, they’re not interested. Eg a boys mother is killed and he is raised by his dad until one day he goes missing and his dad has to track him down and navigate dangerous situations - Finding Nemo.

Just because.

Other reasons I can’t think of.

I wouldn’t wear Disney stuff etc or even watch the films, but I’ve taken the kids to Disney land and it’s a wonderful experience!! The customer service is fantastic, everything is made to be so friendly and easy as possible. They really do know how to make people welcome and have a comfortable stay.

I wouldn’t recommend it to all ages

I don’t understand people who travel thousands of miles to lie on a beach and see nothing if the culture of the country they visit - why concern yourself with what other people enjoy? Last time I looked, Disney hasn’t been made compulsory.

Have you posted one of these about every single thing you don’t like that other people do, or have you just singled out Disney for some reason?

You would hate me and my DH. We and some friends rented a villa with a pool in Orlando last Feb and went to all the Disney/Universal parks. We are all mid 20s and we had such a great time, on all the rides and eating junk food. Felt like we were kids again and we loved it. In our mouse ears. I felt a bit like you before we went and confided in my dad that perhaps we should wait & go when we had our own kids. He said ‘nah, kids will spoil it’. He and my mum went as part of a US road trip 30 years ago and loved it too. Horses for courses and all that.

I love all the old Disney films that I watched up until I was in my mid-teens, the newer ones are ok but definitely don’t excite me. So I think it’s a nostalgic thing for most people - Disney films and Disneyland has been around for a long time now, so it’s something that reminds people of their childhood. I do get what you mean a bit though - I have some family members (with a 2 year old - I don’t think they’re going for his sake really, and he wasn’t even born the first time) who have been to Disneyland 3 times in the last four years, and like you said it’s a lot of money. I admit I don’t get that - but it makes them happy I suppose 🤷‍♀️

Stop stressing op...
Just let it go....

Of course I get that everyone has different tastes.

I just don't understand the need for such total escapism in the artificial. There are so many genuinely really lovely things to see and do on the planet. I do get it for kids (and have taken mine) but as I say I just don't really understand why adults go. It's almost a cult- wearing all the clothing/buying the accessories. I just wanted an adult fan to explain it to me?

I love Mickey Mouse and only bought an Apple Watch because he says the time 🤷‍♀️... I've been to Disney a few times when and love a roller coaster .. as above people like different things 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🙄🙄

I think it’s nostalgia.

There are so many genuinely really lovely things to see and do on the planet

Quite. And going to Disneyland doesn’t immediately bar one from being able to visit other places.

Wine? People take perfectly nice grape juice, do stuff to make it go off and then go on like it’s better somehow? What’s that about?

Handbags? Why on earth are people paying loads of money to carry things that could just go in their pockets?

Why do we celebrate people’s birthdays? They don’t even remember the day they were born? Shouldn’t it be their mother that gets presents?

Why are hamsters pets, but squirrels aren’t?

Life is just full of weird things...

It brings out the kid in you - life is so serious and I can’t tell you how nice it was to just switch off and have fun for 2 weeks!

I'm with you OP
I do not get it at all.
However I have found expressing this to Disney devoted will make you feel like you have stabbed a newborn baby unicorn.

please can someone explain all this to me

Erm because I enjoy it?

I don’t know what more of an explanation you need? I hate skiing and camping but I know plenty of people who enjoy them, and while I personally think they’re crazy I also know we’re just all different. How boring it would be if we all liked the same things.

I like theme parks, I also like real things, the two aren’t mutually exclusive.

Isn’t enjoying any kind of fictional story escaping the real? Why watch a movie when you could watch a documentary?

I rather suspect your motive in starting this thread isn’t “help me understand” but actually “I want to mock people with what I consider unsophisticated and common taste and I want others to join me”.

I've done Disney twice with the DC and thought it was awful. But I also recognise that lots of people feel differently.

Horses for courses and all that.

People like what they like.

Walt Disney was a proper wrong 'un though

I enjoy it.
I love the films - yes it’s probably a sense of nostalgia from childhood, but I still enjoy them as an adult.
I love the music - a good Disney karaoke sesh in the car with my DCs can remedy the most dogshit of moods!
Disneyland and all the cheesy parades, character meetings and tat in the souvenir shops is my idea of a pretty brilliant holiday!
And the sheer joy on DCs faces when they come face to face with (what they believe to be) the real Elsa/Cinderella/Snow White etc is just a joy in itself.

And I say all those things as a generally pretty cynical, antisocial, glass-half-empty sort of adult!!

I agree with you about the hugging characters bit. I'd say most of Disney is enjoyable for all ages - it's fun, nostalgic, has exciting rides, generally designed to be a joyous experience. But the characters - I see why that's exciting for kids, but I just do not get why an adult would want to take pictures and get autographs off someone they know full well is a random employee in a costume.

I wasn’t that fussed then we went to DLP and got caught up in it all now we are going to Orlando next year, mainly for Star w
Wars and Harry Potter but will have to take a look at the big pink castle

It's not for me but I can that people would appreciate the nostalgia element. If there was a new kids on the block world I might go.

I do have some crazy friends going on about booking rides 60 days in advance and doing the character dining experiences, my DC are a bit older I asked them about the dining experience to which they said “why would we want our dinner interrupted by some employee in a furry suit?” So that was a no!

I love the films, the nostalgia. Also the customer service is very good and with it being primarily a enclosed holiday place everyone is in a very good mood so I end up in a good mood the full time I am there. Yes it is cheesy and artificial but it's an escape