He Didn't Like Stay in Cindy's Castle

[kai2234]

Honestly, I found it kind of amusing.

Please don't beat me up!

[JPL]

I'm guessing this just wasn't in his range of interests. I have actually herad a story of people turning down the castle stay because they didn't want the hassle of getting stuff together to move in for the night. I'm sure most of us can't even imagine turning it down no matter how inconvienient it would be to stay. I would even change my flight if I won on my last day before I was scheduled to leave.

I'm sure when selecting the reporter they wanted someone who was not a Disney fan but this guy was alittle too much out of his element. I didn't find the story offensive just a story written by someone who doesn't get the Disney experience. I have had friends who visited WDW and didn't think much of the experience at all and questioned why I go back so often.

[Donald A]

I'm sure when selecting the reporter they wanted someone who was not a Disney fan but this guy was alittle too much out of his element. I didn't find the story offensive just a story written by someone who doesn't get the Disney experience. I have had friends who visited WDW and didn't think much of the experience at all and questioned why I go back so often.

Well said......
I didn't find the story offensive either. To be honest I would probably turn down the castle suite unless they would let me skip all the parade and restaurant stuff and just sleep there. Now I love Disney and am even a DVC member, but I would not like the attention. I am a very private person and my wife is even more private. We would not want to be in a parade and have everyone look at us. Being pointed out in a restaurant is not something I would like either. My wife and I don't even have people sing to each other at the restaurants on our birthday. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

[Auntie]

Sounds like a 27 year old single guy. They should have had someone a bit older with a litle princess of his own. Funny how you see Disney through the eyes of a child when you have one. It's a totally different view.

[KAT1811]

I wonder how Disney reacted to his article? They allowed the AP to purchase a night in the castle suite, something that they have extensively publicized as "priceless". I'm sure they did it expecting a glowing review about how magical the suite is. I'm sure someone made a not so Disney phone call to the AP. Can't say that I would blame them.

I can understand him not being a Disney fan (okay I don't quite "understand" it but to each his own) but I did think that his comments about Cinderella and the lack of Jack Daniels in the mini bar uncalled for.

As a mother of 3 Disney princesses I would give anything to stay a night in the castle, no matter the hassle of moving (which I'm sure Disney does a good part of) we are going in September and it would be the most magical time for us as I'm sure it would be for the rest of you!

I hope one of our fellow Intercotees wins a night in the castle. If they only knew how much we love the World. There is a piece of the magic that lives in each and every one of our souls.

I hope this 27 year old reporter marries and has a few Disney princesses of his own and can reflect on this article and see how disappointing it was. It was a chance of a lifetime wasted.

Good luck to all! I'm still looking for the post that says one of us won!!!

[jeromyanddana]

To me it sounds like one of Snow White's dwarfs (maybe dopey got lost in Cinderella's Castle. I really see the fault on the APs shoulders for not picking a more appropriate guy or lady for this once in a lifetime experience. Come on, let yourself have a little fun without having to booze yourself up first. Who needs alcohol when there is MAGIC What a waste of a night on this man. Let the disney guests stay there-its a surprise for them, which is fun and I'm sure it would be more appreciated.

[Lehman Family]

I can't blame the reporter for this article because it is how he feels. I can, however, blame AP for sending the wrong reporter. They should have sent a reporter that is in the target demographic that Disney is looking for to stay and report on the suite. Putting someone who doesn't like what it's all about shouldn't be there. If you don't like Disney, or crowds, or the ideas behind it then you wouldn't be there in the first place. If you say that's unfair then pick someone who will report with an unbiased opinion and tell you what's in there and let you decide for yourself if it's something you would like to do or not. This is why I barely ever pay attention to the news, evey reporter has their own spin on things, but people need to make their own opinions about if they'd enjoy something like this or not.

[Spaceship Tigger]

I can't blame the reporter for this article because it is how he feels. I can, however, blame AP for sending the wrong reporter. They should have sent a reporter that is in the target demographic that Disney is looking for to stay and report on the suite. Putting someone who doesn't like what it's all about shouldn't be there.

I also really didn't think the article was that bad considering who the reporter was. It could have been far worse. The AP, however, should be ashamed because they sent a 20-something single male with no prior Disney experience to do this. And you know that they selected this reporter intentionally to make they article more 'entertaining'. The AP was never interested in maing Disney look good here. They had their own agenda, like most news organizations have today.

[The Bookseller]

Maybe we should rename the article "Loser at WDW". Here's a guy who got no sense watsoever about what the magic is all about whining about the lack of Jack Daniels(TM)! You don't need booze at MK!

AP blew that one up due to the wrong choice of reporter. This is just sad.

[prttynpnk]

Honestly, I found it kind of amusing.

Please don't beat me up!

Me too!
I have a visual of some editor assigning this guy to the story to make him miserable...instead of accepting the million innapropriate bribes from other reporters!

[ibrowse17]

Some people will never get it. We must pitty them.

[fielin]

The AP was never interested in maing Disney look good here. They had their own agenda, like most news organizations have today.

I perfectly agree with you, Spaceship Tigger, except for this last sentence. Of course they didn't have to make Disney look good... Why should they ? This is information, not advertising.

I liked this article, because it told me, in a perfectly unbiased (i will go as far as saying unenthusiastic) way of what happens when you are chosen to sleep in cindirella's suite.

I didn't even get the impression that the guy didn't like it... He did a good job in reporting the ups and downs of winning the night in MK.

The bad : you cannot do what you might wish to do as an adult (i.e. going out, drinking, being left alone...)

The good : you have a front line access to any ride you might want, you are treated like a royalty, you can access the park while it is empty, you sleep in a wonderfully equipped suite, with a fantastic jacuzzi.

I found this article to be entertaining, and very informative, which is all I ask from an article... If the journalist had only praised Disney, I would have been suspicious.

If anything, this article made me even more anxious to come to Disney !

[Goofy Pilot]

I wasn't really that offended by the article. However, the 27 year old reporter sounds like a 15 year old: he sounds like he thinks he's too cool for the room (bad pun intended). Well, that's my impression, anyway.

It sounds like he was able to touch the highlights of the room pretty well, although it's obvious he has no clue about the effect Disney has on families.

I guess the only thing that bothered me really, was the comment about the lack of Jack Daniels in the mini-bar fridge. That sounds completely adolescent to me. This guy is 27 years old? He could have fooled me.

[mrsgaribaldi]

I guess I'm in the minority here but I didn't find his article that offensive. I have lots of friends who are not Disneyphiles like me, and the writer's take was not all that negative (IMHO, at least) and his comments were typical for someone who's not "into" Disney. In all, I found him a lot less jaded than the authors of the Unofficial Guide.

I'm with you Ellen. I thought he was poking fun, not trying to be mean really.

[DawnluvsEeyore]

The article didn't offend me at all. It seems like it was written mainly tongue-in-cheek. Like someone posted before, he hit all of the highlights of what happens if you win a stay, which, really, I had no clue. If you're not up for all of that attention, then at least you know what to expect if you're chosen and can turn it down.

[breezysmom]

Unfortunately this kind of cynical attitude about anything wholesome or decent in the world is the most common attitude in today's liberal media! Had you sent him into a prison for the night he would of glowed about how wonderful the inmates were! These kind of people just aren't happy unless they are raining on other people's parades!

AMEN!!!!

[TinyDancer]

I thought it was funny, and I agree with all the posts about choosing a different reporter and whatnot.

I would LOVE to stay there, LOVE it. I hate attention being drawn to me, but somehow at Disney it is different (to me at least). Last year we opened MGM on our first full day there, then went on to be in the stunt show on the Backstage Tour thingy, were the Official First Safari Family another day, etc etc etc. If you know me (and my sisters might chime in to back me up), I don't even like people really looking at me all that much, lol. I mean, I don't mind it but I don't like people WATCHING me doing something. At Disney it is natural!

If I got to stay the night there, I would probably cry. Yes, cry, lol. And take more pictures and video than God intended when he allowed us to create the technology, lol. At the same time, I know how magical it would be for a little girl to stay there.

Whenever we're there we try to outmanouver everyone else, but we will just about always either help or not pass someone who its their first time (we talk to everyone so we know, lol) or who have little kids.

I love Disney, lol!!!

[jennsky]

Unfortunately this kind of cynical attitude about anything wholesome or decent in the world is the most common attitude in today's liberal media! Had you sent him into a prison for the night he would of glowed about how wonderful the inmates were! These kind of people just aren't happy unless they are raining on other people's parades!

Even with being a television news director myself, I have to agree with what you're saying! Pretty pathetic world we live in. That's why I'm a director and not a producer. The producer chooses who does which story and if it had been me, I totally would have chosen someone with a family who would appreciate the experience they were getting. After reading the article myself though, I don't think his article was as critical as the first writer led me to believe...maybe because I can understand reporters' cynical attitudes, but I totally get why it would come across as such. As a side note, if AP only paid $500 bucks for him to stay there, I betcha each of us would save every last penny to be able to stay there ourselves, no?!? And I think my bath would have lasted longer than 16 minutes!!!

[Hammer]

Moderator Alert!!

Let's keep this thread on the topic of this one man's stay in the Castle. We are starting to stray into the political arena with some of the comments, and that is not what this thread or Intercot is about.

Thanks!

[faline]

They don't want to leave the suite, and frankly neither do I.

Maybe I'm missing something but I took this to mean, when all was said and done, that he actually enjoyed his stay.