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We here at THF spend a fair amount of time hanging out together, including our other friends that frequent the Tell Him Fred Forums. In a thread titled “This Weekend, What are You Doing?” we bounce ideas back and forth during the week and eventually come up w/ a plan.

This being a rare weekend that myself and Mrs_Opposite are around, I posted asking if anyone was up for hanging out on Saturday. ms_connections was the first to reply, and the conversation goes like this:

opposite_prime: “Then” is Saturday. My brothers and I aren’t working on the tree farm this weekend, so we’ll be around. Who else will be around this weekend?

ms_connections: Sorry Lads, but R and I (roommate) are heading to Flo-ride-a. Otherwise I/we would definitely be in.

opposite_prime: Have a good time! What part of florida, out of curiousity?

ms_connections: Orlando…we are going to Epcot to do an around the world…hoping to have a beer at each country. I’m also hoping it cools off and rains a little before we get there, my grand father lives in Daytona Beach and they actually had to evacuate a section of town because of brush fires.

opposite_prime: Too bad they stopped alcohol sales Disney World-wide. They cited some BS that they wanted a more “family-friendly” environment and that alcohol does not fit into the new Disney World philosophy.

ms_connections: If this is true, I have made a grave error in vacation planning…

jimmy hoffa: Yeah, there’s a series of articles in several beer magazines talking about how they don’t have the “around the world” beer trip anymore - which used to be a really popular thing.

opposite_prime: An attorney we work with took his sons (and wife) down there and was bullshit that he was staying, for a week, at a place that didn’t have beer anywhere except in the hotel lounge/bar.

ms_connections: Hmmm…if you guys are pulling my leg you are in for a world of hurt.

opposite_prime: I’m not! Here, I found the old Newsweek article / blurb:

ms_connections: Ok…as long as its just MK…Epcot still serves alcohol and that’s the only park we are going to. Thank God.

Cutty: Well, if you actually read the article, it says that it has stopped selling alcohol in “All Disney theme park locations.” That would include epcot.

opposite_prime: Here’s the rest of the text from the article. It’s all Parks.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – In a move designed to bolster the image of their zero-tolerance stand on drug abuse, the Disney Company has issued a press release announcing the cessation of sales of alcohol at all Disney theme park locations. Priscilla James, press secretary to Robert Iger, Disney Company CEO, said yesterday: “The Disney brand is all about children, and we want children to know that drugs and alcohol have no place in our parks, and hopefully, in their lives.” The decision to “go dry” came amid much controversy internally at Disney; the company will be losing an estimated $28 million in alcohol sales, but James says that despite what the public may think, Disney is not concerned with that revenue loss “To us it’s about the image we want children to perceive. We want them to know that this is a wholesome place free of drugs and alcohol.” Neither the press release nor James indicated when the move was to take place, but officials reached for comment at Orlando’s EPCOT Center indicated that they had already received instructions for shipping back stocks of beer and wine.

Barry Freed: Hey, when am I taking you guys to the airport again?
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Ms_Connections, if you’ve read this far, you’re likely pretty effing pissed right now. Hook. Line. Sinker. this is the part where Jimmy and I divulge that this was just a prank.

Have a great time in Epcot.