Through the years, I have blogged on some controversial topics. With my tongue firmly in cheek I have bitten Biden, trashed Trump, grumbled for gun control, and campaigned for the Constitution.

But I bit off more than I could chew when I floated my feelings for the Manor of the Mouse.

Loyal readers will recall that a week ago I blogged an open letter to Bob Iger, CEO of the Disney Corporation. I let Bob know of my dream for Disney World, a dream where the Colossus of Disney Artificial Intelligence would create a free phone app that all park visitors would use to ensure easy access, shorter lines, and a better food experience. I named my app Disney Daze, and it is still Bob’s for the taking.

To my subscribers and other regular readers, the piece was a ho-hummer–a few comments and a thumbs up or two. No big deal.

But then, like a storm chaser hunting the next big tornado, I posted a transcript of my blog on the pages of two Facebook groups dedicated to visitors to Disney World. I found the storm I was looking for.

To be clear, the response was overwhelmingly positive. The Facebook posts received hundreds of smiles, hugs, and hearts. There were plenty of comments saying “Great Idea!” and “I wish this existed when I took my five kids to Disney.”

But I unleashed a horde of people who were not so happy with my idea proposal…

“Who wants to be tethered to their phone all day?” responded people who responded so quickly after I posted that they were obviously tethered to their phones anyway.

“Who says the lines are too long? We only spent 50 minutes waiting for Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure,” said people who apparently thought having to wait for almost an hour to go on the adventure was superior to not having to wait almost an hour to go on the adventure.

Some folks advised me to try Genie+, an app they claimed would do everything my app would do. After using Genie+ for a week in Orlando, I can tell you that this balky and confusing app that requires users to start pinging it a 7 am is not what I have in mind!

I was a bit surprised by people who claimed the food at Disney was already magnificent and memorable, virtually Michelin-star quality. And of course, I got the “if you hate Disney the way it is then you should never go there,” comments, the Mouse version of “America, Love it or Leave It.” So 1970s!

Perhaps my favorite comment was from the fellow who compared me to a 19th-century British economist, though not in a good way. Still, I consider the comparison a rare honor.

My conclusion is that Disney World, much like Donald Trump, has a hardcore base that will never ever leave it. And I wouldn’t be too surprised if the examination of a Venn diagram of those two bases would show a lot of overlap. But that is a story for another day and for a sociologist, not a 19th-century economist.

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