Day drinkers at Epcot upset about relocation of a trash can

I used to make jokes that if someone started a line behind a trash can at Cedar Point, people would get in it. Well, here we are.

“When I enter the parks, I just feel really good. It brings back all those childhood memories,” Sher told the paper. “That’s really magical as an adult, especially when you introduce a few cocktails.”

To me this says a lot.

There are several reasons day drinking can turn into a bad idea but I had no idea this would ever be one of them.
And speaking of lines, years ago I was with a friend on my one and only visit to Nashville’s Opryland (I feel fortunate) and it was insanely busy. The crowd was so tight and there was barely a place to stand let alone sit. We got a couple of hotdogs and for lack of a better place leaned up against a split rail fence on a path near the log ride. As we were eating I had this strange sense that there were people lined up along the fence with us and I asked the people next to us what they were doing. (They weren’t eating) The lady said “This isn't the line for the ride?” “No, we’re just having a hot dog” “Oh shoot!” And about twenty people took off to look for the actual line. We cracked up.
Funny thing about that place- on that busiest day the rides were doable with fairly comfortable wait times. The shows, however, wow. They were full all day with long lines throughout. Kind of like Dollywood at Christmas.

Jeff:

if someone started a line behind a trash can at Cedar Point, people would get in it.

In the line or the trash can?

Both?

Depends on how trashed they were.

30 years ago when I joined the Disney Blotter Paper on my Tongue club, I might have had a conversation with a trash can or two. Turns out, for me at least, it wasn't the best place to trip. And now my idea of a trip is to drive 500 miles to see my folks, and make a side drive to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, where you can get tall boys by the way.

Happy to not be part of either club now. 😉

RCMAC:

my one and only visit to Nashville’s Opryland (I feel fortunate)

I had a chance to visit Opryland. That declaration just makes me feel old.

Ditto what you said about their live entertainment thought. Fabulous...which comes as no surprise given its location.

If she thinks a cocktail makes Disney magical, we gotta get this woman an edible. They would all love the garbage can location, it would be totally fine.

I can say with absolute certainty that Magic Kingdom would be far more magical with a cocktail or three.

Back in the day, I was known to stop off at Mizner's for a martini or three before making my way into the park.

Disney the cooperation cant be too pleased with something called the Day Drinkers club whose mission is to get sloshed at the park. Was this a punishment of some sort?

Have you been to Epcot? That's pretty much the point of it for a surprising number of people.

They sell alcohol quite literally every 50 meters or so around World Showcase during all of the festivals. Groups of all sorts get T-shirts. The good news is that I don't see a lot of clumsy-stupid drunkenness at the park. At $12+ per drink, after paying to get in, it's an expensive day.

Have you been to Epcot? That's pretty much the point of it for a surprising number of people.

Yes. Many times, but always with my family.

if I’m getting sloshed, I could think of better places than a Disney park. But I’m not a local, so I don’t know the local culture there.

There's a difference between enjoying some drinks at a park with (adult) friends and "getting sloshed", which I don't see as part of their mission statement. "Please drink responsibly" is, though.

It's Disney, not a Carnival Cruise.

True story;

On our first trip to WDW as a family (which was my own first trip to WDW since 1993) in 2014, I honestly had no idea there was no alcohol sales in the Magic Kingdom, we were hot and wanted a drink and headed to Gastons, because...well...Gastons.

Oops.

But there's antlers in all of the decorating.

I can't say that I really "indulge" unless I'm there on one of our staycations, which is about every other year. And even then, I'd rather hang out at Three Bridges in Coronado Springs, or if I'm feeling able to deal with crowds, Jock's Hanger Bar at Disney Springs. Otherwise, I have a bar at home, and it's well provisioned.

I’m far from a prude….but I imagine there are plenty of Disney faithful who are all like “Walt is rolling in his grave” at the selling of adult beverages in the parks.

Sailed, Ship.

Normally, I would not describe the Epcot crowd as sloshed. There's usually a bachelor(ette) group or three that has a few members who've overdone it, but they are relatively few and far between.

The exception was during Food & Wine. They opened up some extra bathrooms in trailers between two of the countries (I forget which), and My Dude was sitting on the side of the path because he Could Not Anymore.

The other memory from that trip was going to Party of the Senses, which is "all you can eat/drink over the course of a few hours for too much money." Let me tell you, people were getting their money's worth. My wife went to the bathroom near the end of the event, and reported that there was a group of Woo Girls that were easily in their 30s who were using the facilities to boot-and-rally.

Yeah, it happens, but it's not like it becomes a spring break atmosphere.