As evidenced by many comments in this thread, a number of people find single male adults "of a certain age" visiting Disney alone - without ever having had children that they took to Disneyland - to be somewhat odd. However, note the last paragraph in my post where I say "I agree that adults should be free to visit Disney without kids without stigma...". Apparently you didn't read that far.
My wife and I are Disney fans and had annual passes before the price went astronomical. We'd go the Disney Anaheim just to have dinner at Pirates of the Caribbean, watch a parade and some fireworks, and then leave. This was before kids. But, we were in our early to mid-20's and visited Disney many, many times as kids. We double dated there with other Disney fans and would occasionally point out Disneyland visitors who seemed out of place. Most of the time, this was lone males in their 40's or thereabouts wearing Disney attire that seemed inappropriate for adults, such as ill-fitting short Micky Mouse shorts, non-black mouse ears with their name glittered on it and other themed bling - like hand-held props that didn't match other elements of the costuming - that just struck us as strange at worst and tone-deaf at best. There was a creepy feel to it.
I don't deny that childless adults visit the Magic Kingdom, and I'm fine with that. But don't slam people who find that to be odd in certain particular cases.
All that said, I reacted to this story before I know all of the facts. Graham was visiting a high end restaurant in a resort location outside of the Magic Kingdom park itself. He was with other adults and was wearing a suit. TMZ's characterization of his visit and the pile--on by detractors is unfair. Frankly, I'm not eve sure I have a beef with him visiting there during the TSA shutdown. I'm sure congressional members of both parties still went out to nice dinners with their families or business associates during the budget impasse. We libs might be overplaying our hand on this one - as much as I HATE Lindsey Graham.
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