Ya' know Paul, I, along with probably most of the population of the eastern US, did the Orlando thing a few years ago. I'd been in and out of Orlando a lot in my past business life but never did the mouse stuff. Frankly, my main association was always the fine selection of titty-bars up on 41! Anyway, we did the touristy thing, but as Karen and I were taking the kids somewhere after a few days of that insanity, we got to talking about wanting to see the "old Florida." Even the old time tourist traps like Gatorland have far more appeal and even something oddly "cultural" that all the glitz of the mouse and his surrounding fiefdoms completely lacks. We actually did stop by Gatorland and frankly my brood at the time (included several foster kids) enjoyed THAT a lot more and even for me it brought back vacations of my childhood with tourist cabins, wacky postcards, and the like.

Tourism can be both profitable and a pain in the ass on any level, but Disney took the whole thing to a new level.....one I will never repeat. 'Course if I was single, I'd be doing them titty-bars proud!

Spaw