Are you a pAssholder?

[Kevy Baby]

Since Disney (and by extension, Disneyland) is the genesis of our little group, I have been wondering who still has an AP. No reason for this poll other than idle curiosity.

What say you?

[CoasterMatt]

Don't know how much longer, now that my home park has become a lot of fun again.

[Deebs]

Not for very much longer.

[BarTopDancer]

I currently have a Premium and it expires in a few weeks. I'll probably downgrade to a Deluxe w/Parking either via the Costco deal or using the Birthday Fun Card towards the renewal.

I still go quite a bit, mostly after hockey games but rarely on block out days.

[wolfy999]

Premium that I will let expire at the end of April since I'm a CM now.

[JWBear]

I have a premium that expires in a few months.

[innerSpaceman]

Premium expires in 5 weeks. Um, barely paid for itself this year.


Don't think I'll renew right away. But I've a feeling I will eventually, even if I hardly go anymore. I still like to be able to.

[Tref]

Yes, I am not.

[Andrew]

Premium after letting the last one lapse and buying a new one several months later with the Costco deal. First AP was the $99, 30 blockout days offered in mid-90s and been nearly continuous since then.

[Chernabog]

I've let mine lapse for many months at a time (ok, well 6-9 month lapses) but currently a Premium Passhole till November.

[Drince88]

Never had one, probably never will. Though I have had APs on the 'other' coast (and will get a new one of those in October).

[LSPoorEeyorick]

We lapsed between June and December, then we bought the lowest-level and upgraded to the second-lowest in the new year.

Weird to see so many premium-level passholders among you. I don't think I've seen a big group of you* in a park in... actually, since the last LashBear meet. I see you everywhere else, though.

*there were maybe eight of us for a half-hour in DCA, but that's not a huge group.

[Pirate Bill]

No entry for me in the poll so here's my write-in:

No, live too far away, but wish I could.

[Not Afraid]

Ours lapsed in early February and we haven't renewed. We've had Premium for the past 8 years but we're just not using it like we used to. Some of it has to do with how busy our lives have become, how much other stuff we do that's not Disney and how much time we spend at Dog Friendly places. I'm not sure what we're going to do in a few weeks. The "extra"$700 has come in handy so far this year.

[keith - SuPeR K!]

Premium that I will let expire at the end of April since I'm a CM now.

You are?! What do you there?

[keith - SuPeR K!]

I've had an AP since 1999... I always purchased the best one I could get at the time. (I think Premium started not too long after DCA opened...) I was really broke last year though, and I let it lapse over the summer (mid-June to mid-August) and ended up just getting a Deluxe with parking this time around. I've not had the need to go on any blackout days thusfar so I'm happy with it. Maybe I'll have more cash next year so I can get back to Premium...

[RStar]

I started the AP in 1994, and have had no more than 2 month lapses and renewed every year. I just got my new one in the mail a few days ago. I probably always will have one.

When I got the first one I don't remember there being different levels, but now I only get the premium so I don't have to keep track of the Block out days.

[Alex]

The last time I was inside a Disneyland park was to cover the premiere of the last Pirates movie. Didn't need a pass since I was press and never went farther into the park than my assigned spot on Main Street.

The last time I was at the resort was to work as staff two MouseAdventures ago but I had a role that never required leaving the Paradise Pier hotel during the event and never went near the parks.

The last time I was truly inside one of the Disneyland parks was in prep and to run the last MouseAdventure I was in charge of so I think that is two and a half years ago.

The last time I was simply in a Disneyland park to have fun and not as some form of MousePlanet work was probably sometime in 2002 (though there were still plenty of times where work was mixed with fun). Which probably explains why the place no longer holds any appeal to me. I kind of just view it as a burden. To the extent I think of Disney parks as a possible fun destination is WDW or TDL that I think of.

So, no annual pass for quite a while after a solid decade of them.

[~MS~]

Deluxe passholder for the last year, I tend to switch between Deluxe and Premium...I do let mine expire because the 20 dollar discount never covers the time I'd give Disney between trips and because we do like doing the early entry I tend to buy park hoppers and then upgrade to which ever pass fits the budget that trip, I have upgraded to premium a few times but since I can adjust the trips to avoid blackouts I save the extra for gas!

[mousepod]

Since H works for the mouse, we have "Silver Passes". Initially, I was worried that I'd have to buy an AP because of the 6-week blackout in the summer and the Christmas-New Year blackout, but in the past 18 months, we've only wanted to go once during those days (and had free tickets anyway).

[innerSpaceman]

It's too bad we don't all go to the Park anymore.

Not because I miss Disneyland, per se. But because we don't hang out in a group nearly as much as we used. I guess time marches on, but this is sad. And, though we got bored of it, the Park and DTD and the Grand Cal lobby are just much better public hang-out spaces than the local mall or some such.

Winter just ended, and it's the first year we didn't try to spice up the normally slow social season with a formal Swanking or two.


I'm glad the Lashes will inspire some big get-togethers coming up ... but otherwise I'm a little whistful about the route time is marching along for the peeps of the LoT.

[Kevy Baby]

Since H works for the mouse, we have "Silver Passes".Damn: you just reminded me that I was going to include a "Sliver Pass" category.


Is there such a thing as a Gold Pass?

[Kevy Baby]

Not because I miss Disneyland, per se. But because we don't hang out in a group nearly as much as we used to.I was thinking the same thing

[CoasterMatt]

Is there such a thing as a Gold Pass?

Yes there is, and it is a thing of wonder.

(A friend of mine just got his, he's been with the company for 35 years)

[Prudence]

We've got premiums and have, according to the stack of parking thingies, been to the parks an average of once a week since we moved down here.

[Morrigoon]

Yeah, Kevy, no category for the CMs? WTF! ;)

Functionally I guess we could call them "premium" passes...

[Cadaverous Pallor]

SoCal, and the only reason we renewed when we did was that we had to visit the park with GD's sister. It was the day after ours expired.

I do not go often for a very simple reason. I'm bored of it.

Whenever I ponder going I think "what will I do there?" After our last time when the line for TSMM was an hour long and we skipped it, it became apparent that there's no reason for me to attend. I have the place memorized. I'd rather do pretty much anything else, 99% of the time.

I still see swankers regularly, so I have no issues with letting go.




Oh, and we are still attending MA, and it would be hard to let go of that. That would probably be our very last thing to drop regarding the park.

[lindyhop]

Premium. I haven't used it as much the past few years but I like the convenience of not having to think about whether it's a blackout day or not. When I was a kid we had maybe one visit a year and it still feels like a fabulous luxury to be able to go whenever I want. Lately I usually go on Saturday nights to dance to Stompy Jones so blackout dates would impact my fun.

I also miss that we don't get together at the parks so often these days.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Add my voice to those lamenting our regular park meets.

[innerSpaceman]

I think I enjoy the Jazz Kitchen more than I do Disneyland.

But I've had Disneyland "memorized" since before most of you were born. I get bored of it quite regularly ... and actually let my AP lapse for a 3-year period just before I met most of you. It was the best thing I ever did, considering I enjoyed for a good spell with the LoT gang afterwards.


I'm pretty bored with it again. But if I have soup, I like to be able to park for free and go in the Park for a single attraction and a look around.


I just wish we had replaced The Resort with Something Else. And I think the reason we stuck with it even as long as we did is there's nothing else exactly that hangoutable on a repeating basis.


Oh well.


I'll likely go while K!'s in town in a couple of weeks, then Lashvisit, then MA, and I think I'm waaaaay overdue for Soup Kitchen with Isaac, so I just might be visiting the Park as much in the next month as I have the entire first 11 months of this year's AP. Heheh. :D

[Morrigoon]

Add my voice to those lamenting our regular park meets.
I miss the meets too.

There's no law saying we can't set up a generally-acceptable monthly meet or something. Say, the first Sunday of the month at Carnation Plaza?

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Excellent idea Goonie!

[Ghoulish Delight]

You know, I can't say I miss the meets. I miss seeing as many people as we used to see, but I do not miss being in a large group at Disneyland. It lost its luster for me and I've had my fill of it for a LONG time. Unfortunately, as iSm points out, there just isn't anything that can really fill that void with something I'm not burned out on while offering the opportunity to be with the group.

[BDBopper]

No entry for me in the poll so here's my write-in:

No, live too far away, but wish I could.

Ditto.

[Scrooge McSam]

It's too bad we don't all go to the Park anymore.

So I'm hearing.

Oh well, I'm coming in December anyway. A meet would be nice, but I won't expect it. Maybe I'll try to hook up with a few of you off property.

[Ghoulish Delight]

So I'm hearing.

Oh well, I'm coming in December anyway. A meet would be nice, but I won't expect it. Maybe I'll try to hook up with a few of you off property.
Out of town visitors are usually a good way to motivate a decent group of folks.

[Scrooge McSam]

Pfft... who wants to hang with decent folks?

I'm coming out to see you guys

:cheers: <-- Sidecar for you

[Prudence]

Oh well, I'm coming in December anyway. A meet would be nice, but I won't expect it. Maybe I'll try to hook up with a few of you off property.

Oh Sam, are you coming out for my birthday? How sweet of you! Don't worry - you don't need to bring anything big. Jewelry is fine and should fit in your carry-on.

:p

[€uroMeinke]

As much as I like Disney, I like art and music more - so I continue to post about such things and even put a few on the calendar. They rarely turn into large meets, but I think they are just as fun. We've done camping trips, museum visits, concerts, El Cap screenings, game nights, etc. I suppose Disney is the common denominator among most of us, but there are so many cool things going on in the area.

Then again, for me it's always been more about the people than the park, which is why this place exists, so we can continue to connect and interact, even if we can't be at the hub at noon every Sunday.

[madmonkeygirl]

After visiting Magic Mt we're tending to head back to our home park. I for one am Disney'd out locally speaking. With the huge crowds lately and the birthday Celebration and 2fer offerings. Nothing new at Disneyland and the way that park looks and feels compared to Magic Mt. It's getting longer between visits. Between vacation in June and other interests that we splurdge in not really missing Disneyland all that much.

One can get a season pass for Magic Mt, Universal Studios and Knott's Berry Farm all for the low price way below the Premium Season Pass that Disneyland offers.

Our passes expire in August so if we renew we are doing the monthly payments rather than putting down the whole entire lump sum which we do not have nor will have when the renewing time comes. I don't see us eliminating Disney completely either since we always have a good time there. Plus next year i'm probablly going to have out of towners visit so definitely need a pass.

I do and don't miss the meets. I used to be able to have Sundays free and the meets were no problem. Then working on Sundays for a long while. Now that i do not work on Sundays it's great to have Sunday's off (now the car needs to be saved a bit from driving so far). Let's not start about food on property either.

[Not Afraid]

I miss seeing people I love regularly and the spontaneous thing we used to do, I just don't miss them at the Park. Maybe Chris and I should go back to our old "Salon" idea and start implementing some Sunday Stuff. (And, soon, Cinema Chihuahua may be up and running as well.)

[JWBear]

I miss seeing people I love regularly and the spontaneous thing we used to do, I just don't miss them at the Park. Maybe Chris and I should go back to our old "Salon" idea and start implementing some Sunday Stuff. (And, soon, Cinema Chihuahua may be up and running as well.)

A weekly salon; how very Parisien. I love it!

(And, I couldn't think of a better patronesse.)

[katiesue]

We have premiums. For us Saturdays are usually the better day to go and as others have said, I hate figuring out when I can/can't go. We still go quite a bit. Maddie still enjoys it. It's our Mommy/Maddie thing to do. We usually only go for a few hours at a time.

I still like to go by myself sometimes. I usually just walk around, people watch, window shop, have a meal.

[mistyisjafo]

I'll always have an AP. Now with this whole pay monthly style it'll help break up the cost but it's going to be a struggle to continue to buy it for the next year.

This year I've been using my pass more since so many people go for their b-day. It was worthwhile to renew!

[Kevy Baby]

I still like to go by myself sometimes. I usually just walk around, people watch, window shop, have a meal.Still my favorite thing to do: either alone or with Susan. Oft time, the only attraction we take in is the train (though I still hate Grand Canyon/Primeval World)

Went last Thursday night after work (and the park was REALLY crowded) and had a very pleasant evening.

[Prudence]

Still my favorite thing to do: either alone or with Susan. Oft time, the only attraction we take in is the train (though I still hate Grand Canyon/Primeval World)


That's our favorite part! It's the make-out section of the attraction.

[Kevy Baby]

That's our favorite part! It's the make-out section of the attraction.Well there is that.

But it is hard to get in the mood with squawking dinosaurs making all that noise.

[Tom]

But it is hard to get in the mood with squawking dinosaurs making all that noise.

Unless you're into that sort of thing.

[Kevy Baby]

Unless you're into that sort of thing.I may have one strange tastes, but that is not one of them

[Prudence]

The sound of hatching animatronic dino-ettes is your cue that daylight is coming soon and you should prepare to disengage. Awfully thoughtful of Walt to set it up that way!

[Nephythys]

had an AP for a year- got good use of it.

Since I only come out once a year (if I am lucky these days) I just buy passes for the time I am there- like the Lashpair visit coming up.

I did enjoy those big meets-oh so long ago. Fun times-:) But I am glad I am not there enough to get bored with it. I still have wonderment when I step through those gates.

[Prudence]

I miss the regular meets 'cause I used to just read about them and now that I'm down here it no longer happens. It's harder to get to know people personally when there aren't so many free (if you have the pass already....) ways to do so.

[Not Afraid]

Chris and I have something up our sleeve.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Is it your arms?

[Not Afraid]

THAT didn't take long!

[Kevy Baby]

Is it your arms?Knowing Chris, that is actually a fair question.

[€uroMeinke]

You know, I bet any Sunday, noon at the hub you'd find a meet if you still want to experience that. The cast of characters may be different, but we've all been there, so I'm sure there are some cool folks to meet. I know a lot of us here got burned out on Disney, but there are plenty still into the magic, so don't let that spoil your groove.

[Prudence]

Yes, but I don't want to meet random people, I want to meet LoTters. You know, people I can trust to construct complete sentences that don't consist entirely of "me too!!!!"

[LSPoorEeyorick]

I'll wait to see what's up the NA/E sleeves, but I've been thinking of doing a monthly (non-birthday) creativity picnic at the old zoo (or elsewhere.)

I enjoy going to Disney a few times a year. Count me in with the folks who are a little burned out after exploring too frequently for too long. I find I appreciate it a lot more if there's a couple of months between visits.

I did truly enjoy the social aspect. I see the group maybe once every other week (or once every month) and that makes me happy.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'll wait to see what's up the NA/E sleeves, but I've been thinking of doing a monthly (non-birthday) creativity picnic at the old zoo (or elsewhere.)

Will they be installing an escalator?

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Hee. That's partly why the "or elsewhere."

[€uroMeinke]

Yes, but I don't want to meet random people, I want to meet LoTters. You know, people I can trust to construct complete sentences that don't consist entirely of "me too!!!!"


But random people was what the meets were all about - then ditching the one's you'd rather not hang with, and poaching the cool ones. Sunday meets were always a crap shoot.

[CoasterMatt]

We need more LoT fun at the beach. Or CityWalk. Or the Getty. Or... :cheers:

[wendybeth]

Hey, Pru- we're looking at coming down in mid-July, and we're probably going to stay at the DLH. (They're running a stay 3 nights, get two free promo). We also want to stay in L.A. or San Diego for a night or two, so perhaps an offsite (DL) Swanking can be put together. My sis Bobbi is going as well- the first thing she said she was going to do with her share of our inheritance from mom was go to DL- I'm so proud! (sniff).

[Kevy Baby]

Yes, but I don't want to meet random people, I want to meet LoTters. You know, people I can trust to construct complete sentencesMe too!!!!

[Prudence]

I'll be holding more game nights again, as well. I just have to plow through the backlog of housekeeping that wasn't done while I was off traveling. And prepare for the (eeek!) mom visit. But after that - game night! Now with one of my favorite games: Witch Trial!