The Filthiest Place on Earth
 

Heh.

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai...dm020000c.html

wow........thats...kind of amazing really.
while I'm the last to call myself a 'world traveler' by any stretch, picturing that being a norm in a culture of that size is hard to do thru 'american eyes'. add to that, picturing any DL being trashed by the masses is just so contrary to what Ive seen its truly hard to imagine.

I did find one line in that a bit odd really. Not being versed in mainland chinese culture I thought this line was particularly interesting:

isnt that terribly capitalistic in what is supposedly the largest communist country in the world?

/shrug

very interesting article.

It was interesting. I believe this is taken from an unbiased source. A Japanese paper? And relations between the two countries are, well...they may not be the best people to talk about mainland Chinese people. Still, spitting a pissing at Disneyland. Gross.

Fragrant Harbor.

Sounds delicious!

(On a side note: as I was reading the article, the suite from Mulan came up on my iPod playing in the next room. Don'cha just love synchronicity?)

I'm going to go ahead and assume you meant biased.

Oh, I was being sarcastic. It was a *very* biased article. Though, biased or not, spitting in public is almost never acceptable in my book. Gyah.

Well, the article was harsh, but the reports are out there regarding the, uhmm, cultural differences between the Chinese mainland guests and what we would call the 'Disney code of behavior', and they seem to support this story. I have to say, I know quite a few persons from Taiwan and China, and I've never seen that sort of behavior exhibited. Of course, I've never had to stand in line with them before..... :rolleyes:

There are plenty of awful stories about behavior at our park. Just ask around. I've seen naked children, dirty diapers, etc. I'm sure there's some exaggeration in the article, but who knows how much? I'll bet it's probably half as bad as they're portraying.

Here is one report, and this from Russia. To be fair, I wasn't horrified by the sight of a kid peeing in the begonias, but there is a bit of noise out there regarding these issues, so it's not just the Japanese.

Hey, at least those people have the decency to use the bushes and planters as urinals; instead of the drinking fountains :)