tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post557909266103786207..comments2023-10-31T05:07:19.353-04:00Comments on Delenda est Carthago: Do the Wagoner Kids Go to Six Flags?Dr. Φhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-57331264407633001492010-07-18T06:35:03.072-04:002010-07-18T06:35:03.072-04:00Here is the website for the "VIP Tour Guide S...Here is the website for the <a href="http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/tours-and-experiences/vip-services/" rel="nofollow">"VIP Tour Guide Services"</a>, but I haven't called to verify the details.<br /><br />There is also a third party outfit called <a href="http://www.magicalvipguides.com/" rel="nofollow">"Magical VIP Guides"</a>, but I can't imagine how they would be able to get people past the lines.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-89331363859243335242010-07-17T19:47:28.055-04:002010-07-17T19:47:28.055-04:00Phi, if you find the details online, please link. ...Phi, if you find the details online, please link. I wonder if it works for Disneyland too. Two-fifty seems an awfully small price to pay for something that would triple or quadruple one's rides in a given amount of time.Sheila Tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02353632937706232702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-70143345574219951492010-07-08T01:08:40.277-04:002010-07-08T01:08:40.277-04:00It's probably better than parks allow highly r...It's probably better than parks allow highly recognizable celebrities to skip waiting in lines. Not that I care about the celebrities, but being stuck in a line next to a famous person probably would be a major annoyance for ordinary people. Imagine spending an hour in line next to, say, Miley Cyrus, engulfed in mobs of gawkers. Not fun.<br /><br />I doubt that Rick Wagoner would be sufficiently recognizable to attract gawkers, however.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-32459401556918396182010-07-07T09:42:07.364-04:002010-07-07T09:42:07.364-04:00For seasonal parks, I think Trumwill called it. A...For seasonal parks, I think Trumwill called it. A corporation hires the park in the "after-season" (when it's cooler) for a minimum-wait special event, and the CEOs make sure the Buffets and Gates get invited. It doesn't attract media coverage because it's all under the corporate name and the marquee-level people can enjoy relative annonymity.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-29360604595992222662010-07-07T09:34:40.721-04:002010-07-07T09:34:40.721-04:00A friend from the Orlando area, who circulates amo...A friend from the Orlando area, who circulates among this kind of people, writes:<br /><br /><i>Well- the secret is known and, you too can have magical dreams and champaign wishes---when you hire a $250/day host who usheres you and your fellow VIP clan thru the rides. Its a small tip in NYC and well worth it if you want to see Disney in a style you're accustomed to! Search for details as they now promote this to anyone with a check book!</i><br /><br />I haven't been able to find the details online, but if this is true then it's actually much more democratic than I would have guessed.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-40720532718345053852010-07-07T08:55:54.850-04:002010-07-07T08:55:54.850-04:00D!sney (why the exclamation mark?) parks don't...<i>D!sney (why the exclamation mark?) parks don't advertise the fact that bigshots are able to skip waiting in lines, but in fact that's what they do. I would suspect it's the same way at the park you attended.</i><br /><br />Perhaps counterintuitively, I think this really highlights the fact that ours is a middle-class, egalitarian (by historical standards) society. Yeah, bigwigs get in faster. But they don't actually have their own off-limits theme parks. Everyone goes to the same place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-38810899718556645902010-07-07T02:48:11.289-04:002010-07-07T02:48:11.289-04:00I second Peter. Famous people go to Disneyland al...I second Peter. Famous people go to Disneyland all the time and you don't see them waiting in lines. There's clearly some way around it.<br /><br />As Will points out, another alternative is having non-famous people, such as relatives or nannies, take the children. Who'd recognize Suri Cruise if she weren't with her parents?Sheila Tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02353632937706232702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-35437852284202468092010-07-06T14:54:29.753-04:002010-07-06T14:54:29.753-04:00When I was a kid, we used to go to the "Colos...When I was a kid, we used to go to the "Colossal Kingdom", a local Six Flags operation, one night a year. What would happen is the government installation where Dad worked would rent out the park for employees. There were still lines, but nothing like what you get on a normal day. I suspect that's what happens for people like Wagoner. Or they just have their nanny take the kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-63019698248151385022010-07-06T14:25:56.327-04:002010-07-06T14:25:56.327-04:00D!sney (why the exclamation mark?) parks don't...D!sney (why the exclamation mark?) parks don't advertise the fact that bigshots are able to skip waiting in lines, but in fact that's what they do. I would suspect it's the same way at the park you attended.<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com