A really interesting read, from the NY TIMES

[Greg K.]

Check this out! From the travel section of today's NY TIMES. Very cool.

Disney by the Numbers
By DENNY LEE

WHENEVER Len Testa goes to Disney World, he takes along his homework. On a recent Thursday morning, as young children were sitting on the edge of their strollers outside the still-closed gates in Orlando, Fla., Mr. Testa, a software developer for American Express, was hunched over a small notebook, applying last-minute calculations in his head. Just after 8 a.m. — 8:03 to be precise — the gates opened and a crush of baby strollers and fanny packs streamed onto Main Street. Mr. Testa, 36, a stubby man in a white T-shirt, khaki shorts and tube socks pulled over a Mickey Mouse tattoo on his ankle, led the way.

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http://travel2.nytimes.com/2004/12/...o+and+Disney+World&pagewanted=print&position=

 

[Hippychickali]

There is a thread about this already. I tried to post the article in the thread and a moderator took it down because of copyright laws. Just thought I'd warn you. I did check into it and you need to get permission from the New York Times to copy and use their material.

Ali

 

[DutchsMommy]

Poor Len

"Stubby" you say?!

More like a one-man tour plannin' Super-Dude!!