My letter to Disney on VMK

Dear Ms. Philips and Ms. Vidal

I am writing to let you know the effect your closing of Disney’s VMK is having on my daughter. She is in tears.

My family and I have been Disney fans since childhood. My wife and I had our honeymoon at Disney and even became DVC members so we could take our kids there every year or two as we can afford it. I had an image of Disney that was caring of it’s guests, and especially the children. The effect your closing of DVMK is having on my child without even thinking about ways to save it has damaged my view to say the least.

My kids pay you monthly for Club Penguin, why can’t you do this with DVMK?

I will be watching closely what is done with DVMK and it’s effect on my kids. What do you need to hear to keep it going? Would I pay for it like Club Penguin? YES!

Perhaps you want to hear the down side instead? If this becomes too much of an issue I will have to discuss options with my kids such as dropping Club Penguin since supporting it would support the folks that closed DVMK. I may also have to look at how I feel about supporting a company that can hurt my child this way. I am sure I can find other places to go on vacation and cut back on our trips to the parks, assuming that the kids want to go after this. I don’t thing you understand the impact this is having on my 10 year old child. You have done a great job crushing her today, she is in tears and writing you to save her game.

If you think you are loosing money on DVMK, think about how much more you will loose with the damage this will do to the Disney image held by the kids that play on DVMK and their families. Think of the lost revenue if we start looking for other places to spend our vacation money.

Please think this through all the way before you close DVMK.

I look forward to seeing what you choose.

Disney VMK or Virtual Magic Kingdom

Disney has lost it’s way it seems. For the first time I have seen Disney do something that hurts itself and the kids it celebrates so much

They are closing the Virtual Magic Kingdom (VMK). I know this has hit home in my house. My younger daughter is in tears over this closing. She loves this game like no other. We are a family of Disney nuts so we were happy with her playing on it knowing it was Disney so child friendly. In May all that will be gone and I have to say I am not sure how to deal with it. Part of me say she will get over it and move on, but part of me also says Disney should not be closing this and it has started to change my opinion of Disney and not in a good way. I love that Disney that lets us all be kids in the parks, and we go there every few years to enjoy a vacation that can only be Disney. Heck we are even DVC members (own their time share) and love it. . . . Now I don’t know what to do. I am going to attach contact info at the bottom of the post on efforts to save Disney VMK. If you have kids, or still in contact with your inner kid drop them a note . . . ..

What if we don’t save it?? I don’t know. I do know that my image of Disney has taken a big hit for the pain it is causing my daughter. I was hooked, and I got them hooked on Disney. They seemed to be different, but now they are starting to look like any other company that is out for my money. . . This will take a few days to sink in then I will see where I stand with them. I guess I will start with writing them and go from there. . .

You can contact the Disney Internet Group via:

CALL:
818-623-3200
818-623-3764
866 993-6263

EMAIL:
Brandy.Phillips@disney.com
brandy.phillips@dig.com
zayda.vidal@disney.com

WRITE:
Walt Disney Internet Group
5161 Lankershim Blvd., 4th Fl.
North Hollywood, CA 91601

FAX: 818-623-3577

Also check out

http://www.savevmktoday.com/

http://www.vmkmagic.com/vbulletin/

Charlton Heston Part Two

What is it with the media on this? On one side they will praise Mr. Heston on his great acting abilities and some of the all time classic movies that he has been a part of. Then they get to his later years as a conservative and NRA leader and they treat it like he suddenly changed into a bad guy (yes, this was to be expected)

May I suggest that the media needs to look at it’s history better? Charlton Heston did not change from the great man and actor that worked for civil rights and did great movies as he aged, the county changed on him. He stood for equal rights, and all the rights RECOGNIZED by the bill of rights all along, it just became un-hip when the hippy liberals took over the media to support them. So, all I can say to you media folks is that Mr. Hesaton did not change, he was a great man and patriot from the start. He fought for civil rights and the rights of us all. It is you folks in the media that changed and not for the better. . . . Try something new for a change – go back to reporting the facts as they are, not as you would like them to be. . . . .

Obama one more time

And the Obama house of cards continues to fall down. . . First his wife made her nice comments on how she had never before been proud of her country – and the blogs and some media had a field day with that.

Then Obama’s preacher came out and showed us how much of a racist he is and again the blogs and some media had another field day. To finish off this error Obama did not even come out against the guy. . . claims he never heard the speeches even though he has been going to the church for 20 years and still respects the guy. . . what a bunch of bull

Now he let slip that he really is for that gun control that he said he was not for. . . He wants a national ban on concealed carry. . . All I can say is it is legal in 48 states for a reason and after the Supreme Court rules on the Second Amendment (expected to go with the individual right reading of it) and those two states will probably have CCW permits soon.

This guy is a mess, three strikes and your out dude. . . I don’t think he can get elected period at this point. Add in the damage he and Hillary are doing to the Dems and I think they have once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. . .

The morning from HELL. . . . .

OK, here is the day so far. . .

1 - Guys came early to build the new shed

2 - My Subaru would not start AGAIN. . . Subaru sucks. . .

3 - On the way to work my truck got a flat on the drivers side, shredded the tire getting off the road. . . .

4 - Called AAA then my cell phone battery died. . .

5 - Got to work late, and could not find my badge. . . was in the car – fell off when I had to pull it apart to get to tire jack stuff. . . .

I guess it can only go up from here. . .

Charlton Heston

He was a great man, a great actor and a great patriot.

He played so many historical figures, I wonder how he is dealing with their critique in person now. . .

Rest in Peace, you earned it.

Daughters view of shooting. . . . .

I took my daughter shooting a few weeks back and posted some photos here. . .

Today she wanted to post a few pictures from the trip on her MySpace page. . . I figure no harm, may even scare off a boyfriend or two = )

I asked her why she went with the AK photo and was told it was a prettier gun than the AR so she posted that photo. . . . I guess she just likes wood stocks over plastic. In her defense I did sand and refinish the stock, so it is not the unfinished laminate that it came with. It did clean up nice. . . .

Anyway I guess it is just further proof she is my daughter. . . .

Kaizen Done!!

I finished the Kaizen today at work. . . . Should be back to normal blogging next week. . . . for now - NEED SLEEP. . . . It was a very long week

Day by Day

Had to share this one from Day by Day:

Karate Update

Big news of the day around here. . . . My younger daughter got her next rank at Karate today!!!!

She now has two yellow stripes and she also got an award for perfect attendance too!!!

We are all very proud of her and she is just bouncing at her new rank. I talked a bit with the teacher on it and was told she was doing very well with her focus and her first kata Sanchin is really good. Considering how much trouble she has staying on task some times this is all great news!!

Had to brag about it. . . . . It's a Dad thing. . .