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Are Disney and its theme parks more popular with gay men than with lesbians? That is my impression.
So true I LOVE women prefer being with them over men. But do I want to sleep with them? Heck no!! LOL and it does seem that gay men like disney more so than lesbians.I wouldn't be surprised if these gay Disney fans are still going to the parks with their ex-wives. It has been my observation that gay men seem to like women more than "straight" men do anyway. I don't like the term straight very much though because it seems mean. If a heterosexual is "straight" doesn't that mean that the homosexual is bent?
So funny you post that question. I was JUST having a conversation about this the other day, and we came to the conclusion that you're right.
One of the things we were discussing is that not only is it extremely popular with gay men, but also that we all knew of formerly-closeted, formerly-married men who'd been Disney fans for years and married women who were also Disney fans. The joke in our circle of friends became, "If your husband's a big disney fan, be warned: You might be takin' a solo trip in the future!"
Richard/Tralfie
I think part of the problem is with the stereotyping. all the way around. outside of gay days and the red shirts, most people don't tend to notice many lesbians. girls can act flirty with girls, and even adult women can share seats in rides without it automatically being thought of as 'gay'. So lesbians can be a bit of a hard thing to 'spot' so to speak. Nevertheless, I know among some of my friends they do not like how few strong female leads there are in Disney. Yes, they have gotten A LOT better at the whole self-rescuing princess in recent years, yet when one first thinks of a Disney Princess.... we don't tend to think Mulan, we think Cinderella (or aurora...)
yep what Single Dad said.
The joke in our circle of friends became, "If your husband's a big disney fan, be warned: You might be takin' a solo trip in the future!"
Richard/Tralfie
I think part of the problem is with the stereotyping. all the way around. outside of gay days and the red shirts, most people don't tend to notice many lesbians. girls can act flirty with girls, and even adult women can share seats in rides without it automatically being thought of as 'gay'. So lesbians can be a bit of a hard thing to 'spot' so to speak.
Hmmm I had never really thought about this to be honest... Guess I don't really pay that much attention/take a second look over whose around me. This will be our first Gay Days experience I'll try and take notice of the crowds and I hope not our last!The only thing that would stop us will be if we find the heat unbearable since I've heard it can get very hot... so if at meets my hubby is quiet he's just brooding that it's too hot.
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Nobody thinks anything of it if two women rent a hotel room together while two men will be met with raised eyebrows or inappropriate comments or worse other than among hotel employees trained to keep their poker face.
You won't ever be the least bit cold in the summertime in Florida. At night the weather is very warm yet perfect.
I don't think this is quite as universal as people think. Our first true WDW trip my DW and I stayed at POP century and specifically requested a king bed room. Yet, at check-in, the CM said, "oh, that's a room with a king bed, I'll see if I can get you something better." We quickly said, "we prefer a single king bed to having and extra bed in the way and sleeping in the smaller queen". He looked at us askance before proceeding.
So, here we were at Disney and we encountered problems. I think people just don't consider the option that we are a couple as easily as they do with men...strange, but, it seems to be our experience that people get there pretty slowly.
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If this is your first time in orlando, FL during the summer please be prepared. It's the opposite of your winter months in canada. I walk around with a large cup of ice at all times. Weather is unpredictable there, last year it thunderstormed all week. It was ok, it was actually kind of fun. You won't ever be the least bit cold in the summertime in Florida. At night the weather is very warm yet perfect.
As for opposite to winter here -- I am from Vancouver; we don't have 'winter' here like some people assume Canada has. Ironically in 2009 when we were in Florida in Feb it was colder in Florida than it was at home -- I thought what sweet irony!![]()