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Post by gato on Apr 4, 2023 6:06:51 GMT -5
A neighbor lady I know, has a yearly pass for Disneyland. She uses it. A lot.
Now to me, finding myself on Disneyland's Main Street day after day, would occur either in a sweat-inducing nightmare, or be a sentence handed down by a gleefully vindictive court, in lieu of going to prison. What could be worse? Anyone? Anyone? I just found out:
The Ultimate Paradise Pass, for unlimited two-night trips aboard the 658 cabin Margaritaville at Sea. Yup, you and one other victim of your choice, for a one time fee of $899, get to go on cruise after cruise after cruise, from now until the end of the year (or, in my case, until I'm found hanging from a clothes hook in my ship's cabin.)
I guess Door #3 in the "worst possible" category, would involve being trapped in a movie theater strapped to a chair, and forced to watch Adam Sandler films on an endless loop. (I wonder if they show Mr. Sandler's movies aboard the Margarita at Sea cruise ship?)
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Post by RufusTeleStrat on Apr 4, 2023 9:17:20 GMT -5
Only Mr Deeds.
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Post by RogerD on Apr 4, 2023 9:28:09 GMT -5
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Apr 4, 2023 12:58:19 GMT -5
I can't speak to Disneyland, but I went to Disney World back in 2004 and really enjoyed it. I wouldn't want to go weekly, but a trip there every other year would be fine with me.
I did an ocean cruise in 2019....would not do one of those again. Prior to that, my wife and I did a river cruise (Scenic) in the Bordeaux region of France. That was wonderful and, other than the cost, I'd definitely do more of those.
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Post by Taildragger on Apr 4, 2023 13:40:01 GMT -5
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Apr 4, 2023 13:43:15 GMT -5
I went to Lowe's the other day and was standing in line. Ahead of me was a girl about 13 with a pacifier in her mouth. Behind me was a guy standing about 8" away from me and acting like his arse was on fire.
I have made some conclusions about our species and decided I will no longer participate in unnecessary interactions.
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Post by LeftyMeister on Apr 4, 2023 14:28:21 GMT -5
The one I don't understand is Epcot Center. The last time I was there, it was $65 admission to merely walk around a bunch of food places. Soooo, one pays $65 for the privilege of spending money on food?
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Post by Taildragger on Apr 4, 2023 14:46:34 GMT -5
The one I don't get is the people who find throwing money away at casinos to be "entertainment".
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Post by LeftyMeister on Apr 4, 2023 14:48:59 GMT -5
The one I don't get is the people who find throwing money away at casinos to be "entertainment". I've always said they don't build those places by giving away money. |
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Post by gato on Apr 4, 2023 15:24:26 GMT -5
The one I don't get is the people who find throwing money away at casinos to be "entertainment". I like how the casinos are so understanding. Every time I brag about a new roulette system, they not only let me play until I've lost my kid's college fund... they let me come back and do it all over again as often as I like! |
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Post by hilltop87 on Apr 4, 2023 15:35:30 GMT -5
Speaking of Epcot. About 16 or 17 years ago I was down with my BIL and his family. Our kids were all little then.
My BIL and I just wanted to go to Germany in Epcot and score some brats and beer. Hotter than hades out. We make it to Germany and put in our order at the take out window.
The girl tells my BIL "Sorry, but we ran out of brats". My BIL face is crestfallen and he replies "But this is Germany. How can you run of brats in Germany?". Everyone in the line starts laughing.
I say "Let's go to Mexico and get some beer and tacos instead". Have not been back to Epcot of DW since.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Apr 4, 2023 15:40:44 GMT -5
Before moving from Fla my wife and I got some tickets and had a grueling day with our sons family and their friends. Just my wife and I later returned for the remaining passes and went to Epcot. It was allright. I enjoyed "Soarin'", did that ride twice. No desire to go back.
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Post by Taildragger on Apr 4, 2023 17:11:09 GMT -5
Only time I've ever played anything at a casino was in Reno about 40 years ago. I was on my way to Flaming Gorge in north-eastern Utah and stopped to eat something at a Denny's. To get to the food, you had had no choice but to walk past several banks of one-armed bandits. Just to see what the rate of return was on the quarter slots, I decided to play til I'd used up my original roll of coins. Turns out it gave me back roughly 30%: just enough to let me hold on to the delusion that "I should take one more chance: I'm not losing that bad" but not so much that I wouldn't wind up progressively further behind the longer I kept at it.
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Post by gato on Apr 5, 2023 4:51:43 GMT -5
Only time I've ever played anything at a casino was in Reno about 40 years ago. I was on my way to Flaming Gorge in north-eastern Utah and stopped to eat something at a Denny's. To get to the food, you had had no choice but to walk past several banks of one-armed bandits. Just to see what the rate of return was on the quarter slots, I decided to play til I'd used up my original roll of coins. Turns out it gave me back roughly 30%: just enough to let me hold on to the delusion that "I should take one more chance: I'm not losing that bad" but not so much that I wouldn't wind up progressively further behind the longer I kept at it. The few times the wife has dragged me to Vegas, I have viewed the slots and video poker as spots to rent a stool until the coins are gone. She always comes home a winner (or at least breaks even). Once, a long time ago, I decided to take a shot at craps. I wandered over to the only table that wasn't packed like a crowded elevator and plopped my silver dollar down on the Come line. Everything came to a screeching halt. The other players stared at me like I had just bet a button off my shirt. After a moment of silence the croupier says, "Sir, this is the $100 minimum table." I guiltily retrieved my dollar and slipped away thinking, "no wonder there was room at that table." |
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Post by Ragtop on Apr 5, 2023 5:45:19 GMT -5
Many years ago, I was leaving work for the day and ran into a friend of mine. I told him that I would see him next week as we were leaving in the morning for Las Vegas. All he said was "Red 32."
A few nights later we were walking through the Mirage casino at about 2am. The casino was empty, nobody there. We walked past a roulette table, and I took a five dollar chip out of my pocket and put it on Red 32. Practically had to wake up the table guy, but he spun the wheel and dropped the ball. (I should mention that this was the first time I ever played roulette.)
Well, you can see where this is going. Sure enough, the ball dropped in Red 32. The table guy was as amazed as we were. He pushed a big pile of chips my way, something around $250. I gave him a tip, then said to my wife "let's get out of here quick!" Went up to our room, fell asleep, and woke up in the morning to a big pile of chips sitting on the dresser. It was like a dream.
When we got home, I bought lunch for my friend at work and told him the story. He got a big kick out of it. We still laugh about it. And I've been back to LV several times, but have never played roulette again. Just that one time.
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Apr 5, 2023 6:43:48 GMT -5
The one I don't understand is Epcot Center. The last time I was there, it was $65 admission to merely walk around a bunch of food places. Soooo, one pays $65 for the privilege of spending money on food? We liked Epcot. Two of our favorite rides (Mission to Mars and Soarin') were there. Plus they had some cool cultural shows. We saw some drummers ("China"?) that were amazing, for example. |
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Apr 5, 2023 6:54:03 GMT -5
I don't do casinos. There's a local one that has some good concerts, but, like above, you walk through the gauntlet of bandits and table games to get to the event center. The people there playing the slots look so empty. The sit, glazed look of desperation on their face, drink in one hand, cigarette in the other and mindlessly push a button hoping to magically hit it big. My wife's brother's wife's parents lost their retirement savings at the casino. They came to my BIL begging for money to pay the mortgage. Really sad stuff. gato - if your wife always comes home even or ahead, that's nothing short of astounding. I can see it if you've only been there a couple times and got lucky, or if she plays blackjack and counts cards, but other than that, if you've been there very often and she hasn't lost money she seriously beating the odds. Short of being that one in million statistical anomaly, you can't go there with any regularity and not lose money overall. |
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Apr 5, 2023 7:09:36 GMT -5
I've always said they don't build those places by giving away money. Vegas was not built on the backs of winners. Places like that allow customers to experience a dream for a fee. |
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Apr 5, 2023 7:25:19 GMT -5
Ahh, the casino. A family member's ex-wife made the casino part of her ritual on the way to financial ruin and eventual rx drug overdose.
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Post by Leftee on Apr 5, 2023 7:33:57 GMT -5
Gambling addicts are a sad lot. The few I’ve met never remember losing. Or, at least, they never admit losing.
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Post by gato on Apr 5, 2023 8:10:01 GMT -5
I don't do casinos. There's a local one that has some good concerts, but, like above, you walk through the gauntlet of bandits and table games to get to the event center. The people there playing the slots look so empty. The sit, glazed look of desperation on their face, drink in one hand, cigarette in the other and mindlessly push a button hoping to magically hit it big. My wife's brother's wife's parents lost their retirement savings at the casino. They came to my BIL begging for money to pay the mortgage. Really sad stuff. gato - if your wife always comes home even or ahead, that's nothing short of astounding. I can see it if you've only been there a couple times and got lucky, or if she plays blackjack and counts cards, but other than that, if you've been there very often and she hasn't lost money she seriously beating the odds. Short of being that one in million statistical anomaly, you can't go there with any regularity and not lose money overall. Like I said ... a few times. We've been to Vegas maybe ... three times in the last 25 years. |
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Apr 5, 2023 8:15:15 GMT -5
I don't do casinos. There's a local one that has some good concerts, but, like above, you walk through the gauntlet of bandits and table games to get to the event center. The people there playing the slots look so empty. The sit, glazed look of desperation on their face, drink in one hand, cigarette in the other and mindlessly push a button hoping to magically hit it big. My wife's brother's wife's parents lost their retirement savings at the casino. They came to my BIL begging for money to pay the mortgage. Really sad stuff. gato - if your wife always comes home even or ahead, that's nothing short of astounding. I can see it if you've only been there a couple times and got lucky, or if she plays blackjack and counts cards, but other than that, if you've been there very often and she hasn't lost money she seriously beating the odds. Short of being that one in million statistical anomaly, you can't go there with any regularity and not lose money overall. Like I said ... a few times. We've been to Vegas maybe ... three times in the last 25 years. She's like my dad then. I think he's been to a casino maybe 2 or 3 times. Always plays roulette and came away a winner each time. I went to an opening for a riverboat casino....had $20 set aside for gambling, but there were no open spots at the blackjack tables so I played slots. Money was gone in 15 minutes and I spent the remaining 4.75 hours of the 5 hour cruise (the boats had to leave shore back then) bored stiff. I grew up boating on the Mississippi so being on a boat or the river scenery was of little interest. I only gambled one other time....my sister set up a "reunion" of the family members from my generation at a casino where everyone promptly went their own way and interacted very little. I sat at a blackjack table with $20 and walked away a couple hours later with $18. I figured I did pretty well. |
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Post by Laker on Apr 5, 2023 8:18:03 GMT -5
The one I don't understand is Epcot Center. The last time I was there, it was $65 admission to merely walk around a bunch of food places. Soooo, one pays $65 for the privilege of spending money on food? My wife and I spent a couple of days at Disneyworld on our way down to run the Key West Poker Run one year and I was kind of done with the Disneyworld stuff after one day. I got tired of getting on the elevator in our resort and hearing “it’s a small world after all” every freakin’ time we rode the elevator, and going to dinner where everyone is sitting there with mouse ears on. Epcot was a very interesting visit with displays that were more educational and adult. We felt the light show in the evening was a unique experience. |
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Apr 5, 2023 8:18:41 GMT -5
"Gambling addicts are a sad lot."
I remember back when Detroit opened up the casinos, it seems like it was just a short while later hearing a story about a cop that lost large and blew his brains out right at the table. I know it's a thing, but gambling "addiction" just does not compute in this brain.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Apr 5, 2023 8:33:32 GMT -5
I can't speak to Disneyland, but I went to Disney World back in 2004 and really enjoyed it. I wouldn't want to go weekly, but a trip there every other year would be fine with me. I did an ocean cruise in 2019....would not do one of those again. Prior to that, my wife and I did a river cruise (Scenic) in the Bordeaux region of France. That was wonderful and, other than the cost, I'd definitely do more of those. We go to Disney World at least every 2 years, sometimes more. In 2016 we went to Disney World in February, Disneyland in August, and Disney World again in October for my 40th. It is what it is, if you complain about standing in lines and being around kids and spending money, it’s definitely not the right place for you. If you are fun, you’ll have a good time. We’re going with 5 other families in August celebrating various events, including my daughter’s 16th. |
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