help pls

[postage stamp]

ya know everybody has something that "just aint happinin".................. for me its milk, cant get it past my lips, cant put it in a glass. if i see my wife putting it in the mashed potatoes i aint eatin em. im just sayin.

Didn't know discriminating against an entire class of people was the same as a food preference.


Thanks for the tip.

 

[Timrobb]

I cannot believe that this thread exists.

It is INSANE . . . live life for yourself.

We all make our own happiness and if you cannot find your own happiness at Disney, I fear you have a real problem.

 

[dalt01]

some people add to a discussion, some people just type.

 

[wendylovesdisney]

JEEZ the OP asked an innocent question. all this sarcasm, some even admitting it by using the word sarcasm........... nice........ and i get warnings and points for complaining about people who buy extra buns to split double cheeseburgers.

Ha! I thought this same thing too! I got a hit once for sarcastic/argumentative just because I posted that I hated TSA workers at MCO (who were IMHO not nice to my developementally challenged daughter)!! It was explained to me that I did not reveal the actual circumstances in my post so I was being sarcastic/argumentative.
On other threads threads though, it seems you can be really mean to people!

By the way, I have many gay friends, but am liberal enough to allow people to have their own feelings/concerns so the OP's original comment does not upset me. They were looking for advice. Ya know?

 

[avenueqpat]

I am here now ----- yesterday I saw one gay couple holding hands, and one with their arms around each other walking down the street.

I saw numerous straight couples holding hands and giving pecks on the checks. I saw one young "emo" straight couple making out hardcore.

I get what the OP wants to know ----- and I can't add anything about Gay Days ----- but I can say that no matter what day you go, you are going to have the potential to see something you are not comfortable with.

So you may see 2 men or 2 women kissing, or holding hands, but there is NO guarantee that you wouldn't see it on any other day that you go to the park - and if a kid sees it, they are likely to say - what's going on!

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

You know what? The OP has not been back. In SIX pages the OP has not posted again. Let it go. If the OP would like to retain those travel dates, fine, if not, fine. Whatever.

I will stop here. I could say more, but the rest of what I have to say would not be very nice.

 

[crazycatlady]

You know what? The OP has not been back. In SIX pages the OP has not posted again. Let it go. If the OP would like to retain those travel dates, fine, if not, fine. Whatever.

I will stop here. I could say more, but the rest of what I have to say would not be very nice.

Maybe she's afraid to....I would be. There have been some pretty harsh responses from fellow Dis'ers when she was asking for advice.

 

[ILoveDisney-Angie]

Maybe she's afraid to....I would be. There have been some pretty harsh responses from fellow Dis'ers when she was asking for advice.

My thoughts exactly. She was just asking for advice. In my experience, so may people on here are quick to jump on other people. So she may not have been "PC" in her question but that doesn't excuse the behavior of all of us adults. Geesh people, we all share a common love (WDW) but we aren't going to all share the same views. Please be tolerant and understanding of one another. I've had people mad at me before and go on and on about something I posted. I had no malicious intent, just stated my take on something and to have people treating me like I was a convicted felon was horrible. OP I totally understand why you have chosen not to post anything else.

 

[nic100308]

If they annoy you, don't post a reply. Just move on.

As a non-prejudiced, non-homophobe, Caucasian heterosexual woman, even I can understand the question. I don't feel it is necessary at Disney or anywhere else to celebrate ones sexuality or race. We don't have heterosexual days at Disney or anywhere else.

Why can’t we just celebrate the magic of Disney.

No I'm not sure that as an "unprejudiced" person as you say you are. If both of you were really unprejudiced it would have never been a question to begin with. You would have never thought twice about planning a vacation that happened to overlap Gay Days. As another person had said I think it is much more offensive to see a rude and inconsiderate person in WDW than it is to see gay people, many there with their families, and yes a gay couple that adopts a child is a family. Also, when you have faced the sort of ridicule that some people have had to face because of something they are then you have a right to make a comment like "I don't feel it is necessary at Disney or anywhere else to celebrate ones sexuality or race" Are you going to say that it is wrong for some organizations to exist based on race? Is it wrong that the NAACP exists because they are an organization for African American's? Is Disney wrong for hosting a Christian rock concert series? Is that not cantering to a special group? Also I think it is nice for Disney to give Gay people and their families a place to celebrate their life and love free of judgment. So they can also "enjoy the magic" as you put it free of people staring, gawking and pointing!!!!

 

[*Cassie*]

ya know everybody has something that "just aint happinin".................. for me its milk, cant get it past my lips, cant put it in a glass. if i see my wife putting it in the mashed potatoes i aint eatin em. im just sayin.

milk is not like being non judgemental to an entire group of people who are classified unjustly by their sexual preference. if you dont like gay people, then you dont. of course you are going to be called hateful and everything else. but saying FOOD is like being hateful towards gays is just ignorant and doesn't paint you in any better of a light.

OP, gay days is just another day at disney. I doubt you'll see S & M costumes or mickey making out with goofy.

 

[dalt01]

milk is not like being non judgemental to an entire group of people who are classified unjustly by their sexual preference. if you dont like gay people, then you dont. of course you are going to be called hateful and everything else. but saying FOOD is like being hateful towards gays is just ignorant and doesn't paint you in any better of a light.

OP, gay days is just another day at disney. I doubt you'll see S & M costumes or mickey making out with goofy.

never heard of a metafore have ya. and I"M ignorant. LOL. just for the record my sister and one of my daughters is lesbian. i am very tolerant. and you maam know not of which you speak.

 

[dalt01]

certainly not my place to decide, but, this thing is going down hill fast

 

[ILoveDisney-Angie]

Dalt - I just love your puppy. SOO cute!

 

[matthewthompson87]

certainly not my place to decide, but, this thing is going down hill fast

Nah. This isn't going down hill THAT fast. No ones even mentioned the protesters yet.

The OP shouldn't reschedule. There's not really much to see when the OP will be there except the 3rd and 4th... and if they visit a different park than the "official park" those days, its like the events aren't going on.

To put my opinion in the mix though... any Disney World fan owes it to themselves to visit the the Magic Kingdom the first Saturday in June at least once in their life.

Here's what you're missing on that Saturday:

Crowds more enthusiastically applauding and cheering at shows and characters than any other day.

Giant groups of people in front of the castle singing Disney songs before the 3'oclock parade starts.

At 1pm, The Country Bear Jamboree at standing room only (for several shows in a row these days) with every audience member singing along LOUDLY.

Fun Stuff.

 

[palavra]

and that friends is what the OP meant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But why does she assume she is going to see any of that just because of going during Gay Days. The last time I checked, it wasn't called PDA Days.

 

[Aisling]

To the OP, I was there once during gay days when my kids were 4 and 10. I didn't see anything that stood out as far as inappropriate behavior. Seriously, don't worry about it.

 

[DisneyWalker44]

and that friends is what the OP meant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The OP asked about gays. They said nothing about PDA. Why would you jump to the conclusion that gay=PDA.

The OP doesn't want to see gay people. Other posters assume that gay = inappropriate PDA. Do people really not understand why those attitudes upset some people?

Simple rule for those that don't want to be bigoted or judgmental: Treat gay people like straight people. That's not so hard, is it? If you have a religious problem with people being gay, threat them the same way you treat straight people who your religion doesn't agree with. If your religion thinks it's wrong to be Jewish, do you avoid going to WDW world when then are straight Jews in the park? Do you object to straight Jews who flaunt their Jewishness by wearing Star-of-David's??

 

[dalt01]

But why does she assume she is going to see any of that just because of going during Gay Days. The last time I checked, it wasn't called PDA Days.

The OP asked about gays. They said nothing about PDA. Why would you jump to the conclusion that gay=PDA.

The OP doesn't want to see gay people. Other posters assume that gay = inappropriate PDA. Do people really not understand why those attitudes upset some people?

Simple rule for those that don't want to be bigoted or judgmental: Treat gay people like straight people. That's not so hard, is it? If you have a religious problem with people being gay, threat them the same way you treat straight people who your religion doesn't agree with. If your religion thinks it's wrong to be Jewish, do you avoid going to WDW world when then are straight Jews in the park? Do you object to straight Jews who flaunt their Jewishness by wearing Star-of-David's??

if mom, pop, little jimmy and suzy from podunk arkansas are walking up main street and they see two raccoons walking along they pretty much know they are raccoons, gay people? not so much.....unless....unless....some kind of behavior clues them in. PDA's are their only frame of reference. they dont know unless given a show.

 

[Colleen27]

The OP asked about gays. They said nothing about PDA. Why would you jump to the conclusion that gay=PDA.

The OP doesn't want to see gay people. Other posters assume that gay = inappropriate PDA. Do people really not understand why those attitudes upset some people?

I don't think it is necessarily about inappropriate PDAs, but rather discomfort at having to explain a perfectly innocent, acceptable PDA to a child who doesn't yet know that hasn't yet been exposed to homosexuality. It was never a concern for me because we have a close relative who is homosexual and my kids have always known that man + woman isn't the only relationship/family paradigm, but I can understand why a parent wouldn't want to have that conversation with her kids for the first time in the middle of the Magic Kingdom.

I don't think it is condemning homosexuality or stereotyping to say that you're more likely to see a same gender couple holding hands or kissing during Gay Days than you are on an average day at Disney, and I don't think it is indicative of prejudice to prefer to leave those kinds of serious parenting conversations for the real world.

 

[DisneyWalker44]

I don't think it is condemning homosexuality or stereotyping to say that you're more likely to see a same gender couple holding hands or kissing during Gay Days than you are on an average day at Disney, and I don't think it is indicative of prejudice to prefer to leave those kinds of serious parenting conversations for the real world.

The path away from prejudice is to consider that conversation no different from one about straight couples holding hands or kissing.