When Sitcoms Went to Walt Disney World Part II 

Love your videos! I can answer your question about "Could you get the park maps before you went back in the 90s when the Roseanne episode aired?" See I grew up in Orange County and went to Disneyland all the time. (In fact I work there now and have for many years!) But when I moved away to Colorado, I took a trip back to go to Disneyland because I missed it so much. And there are 2 ways they could have done it. The way I did it was I went to the Disney Store to buy my tickets in advance. That way after the tickets were bought all I had to do was worry about travel. I was staying with an old high school friend in Anaheim so lodging was free. When I bought my tickets (and some Disney dollars for spending money, member them?) They just gave me the park map. (Disneyland at the time only had one park.) So assuming the Langord Mall was typical of most shopping malls in mid America at the time, there would have been a Disney Store there to facilliate this.The other way is if they used a travel agent. This is less widespread now than it was then because most of us make our travel arrangements on our phones or computers. But back then it would have been easier for Roseanne to use a travel agent. There were multiple rooms at whatever hotel they were at and a bunch of plane tickets. So as soon as they got their tax refund (which is where the money came from in the story) she could have gone to the travel agent and booked everything through them all at once. Those agencies would include park marks when they gave you your tickets. Hope this was helpful!

Also since this was paid by tax return, they probably filed as soon as they could and got the refund (or got a return advance from H&R Block). Lower income people like me do that ASAP. I usually get my return in early to mid February so your guess about what time of year this was is probably spot on! I could also observe that Illinois natives don't know how to dress in Florida but you're right. Other people in the shots are dressed similar. Though it's supposed to be early February (I'm guessing), they likely shot at least a couple months earlier and did a lot of shooting with extras before park opening. That happens at Disneyland a lot.

@@bleedinggreen5748 They got the money for the trip when Dan quit his job with the city. He had vacation time compensation. Instead of saving the money, they decided to blow it on the trip to Disney. Again, showing how most people are... they get a windfall of money, that would pay off some bills...but instead, they take a vacation.... part of the reality of life the show went for.

CNN just aired a really complimentary docuseries about Las Vegas. Wondering if they have some type of corporate partnership.

Interesting! I always collected the maps (and still do!) anytime I'm down in the parks but I thought you could only get them on Disney property for example, not before you got to the area.

​@PeaceLoveDisney I think Disney will actually mail maps out

@@amykosikowski2647 You could write and still can write to most State Capitals travel offices and they will send you a huge envelope filled with information on things to do in the state. Florida was always Disney heavy, and included maps and such in their state packets.

@@PeaceLoveDisney I also collect maps from theme parks including Walt Disney World maps.

I know I didn't mention it during this video but in Part 1 I did mention that I wouldn't be covering everything yet because they went to Disneyland not Disney World. Those episodes will be talked about in a future episode focusing on Disneyland :D