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07-03-2010, 05:30 PM
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But for some who live near Disneyland, where fireworks blossom in the skies above Sleeping Beauty&#39;s Castle almost every night, the rockets&#39; red glare has ...

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Andrew
07-04-2010, 01:33 PM
I'm sympathetic to people who don't like having fireworks in their back yard, but the basis for their complaints seems specious at best. Disneyland has been there for 55 years and had fireworks since (nearly) the beginning. Did these residents buy their houses after 1955? If so, I have to think they must have known what they were getting. I feel the same way about people who live near airports and complain about noise from airplanes; the airport was there before the people so it's not like they went in blind.

Lilo143stitch
07-04-2010, 02:26 PM
If you look at the other locations under fire for fireworks they are mostly in beach areas... I can see how fireworks might become annoying but Disneyland has been there for 55 years now and when you buy prioperty there the fireworks come with the territory. Guess the critics should have thought twice before they bought there...

BlkPearlCptn
07-04-2010, 02:49 PM
It's like the people in our area who come in from the cities, want to live in the country... then complain like crazy about the cattle, horses, smells and other things. I really have no sympathy if people don't do their homework first. Less sympathy if they know full well what they are getting going in and go in with the attitude that they will get it changed!:rolleyes:

Toocherie
07-04-2010, 07:05 PM
Disneyland has been there for 55 years and had fireworks since (nearly) the beginning. Did these residents buy their houses after 1955? If so, I have to think they must have known what they were getting.


I can see how fireworks might become annoying but Disneyland has been there for 55 years now and when you buy prioperty there the fireworks come with the territory. Guess the critics should have thought twice before they bought there...


It's like the people in our area who come in from the cities, want to live in the country... then complain like crazy about the cattle, horses, smells and other things.

There's a legal defense term for this and it's called 'coming to the nuisance."

When I was a kid (not quite 55 years ago!) my Dad worked at the body and paint shop just across the freeway from Disneyland (for those of you who know the area it is now a Corvette shop). Back then Disneyland mostly had fireworks on the weekends, and every Monday morning the shop would get barraged with neighbors whose cars had been burned by falling ash that hadn't completely burned up before it hit the ground. (Not good for car paint.) Disney paid for the repairs--even 40+ years ago. So this is not a new problem.

I will say that unlike an airport, most people who buy in the area probably don't think about the fireworks or other issues associated with the parks--they're likely not inspecting or viewing the house during nighttime hours. However, if it's that much of a problem, then when the people complaining go to sell their houses they better darned well be putting it in their disclosures. I can't wait for the one of the mucky-mucks in this association to sell and move and then get sued by the buyer for not disclosing the noise and pollution issue--and producing this newspaper article where they are quoted as evidence!