Larry and Dennis' fabulous Tiki Room shirts!
This is the queerest episode ever of Those Darn Cats! Jennifer is joined by our listeners Danielle, Larry, and Dennis to talk about Gay Days at Disney Parks, to celebrate last weekend’s Gay Days Orlando. So, it deserves the queerest show notes ever.
Want to know more about the history of Gay Days? There’s a great essay in the book Rethinking Disney: Private Control, Public Dimensions, now on Google Books.
You simply must watch the instructional video for Worthie Meacham’s Tiki Room meet at Disneyland Gay Days:
We’ve also got some great pictures here, courtesy of Larry from San Diego:
I'm not sure they're feeling festive enough.
Everyone loves a parade!
And yes, things do sound like they get quite a bit steamier at the after-hours, private parties.
Guess they spend a lot of time in the gym, eh?
Foam party? I'd expected everything else, but . . .
Yay. Loved this episode.
I wore my red shirt this weekend even though I haven’t been since 2004.
In the beach pic. The guy in the tight red trunks I keep picturing as Anderson Cooper
Thanks Ken!
And everybody, if this topic’s close to your heart, you might want to check out my column last Friday at StudiosCentral, Pixie Dust for Gay Days! There’s even an interesting thread in the comments there.
i was logging on to say i miss home (aka san francisco(, but then ken said ANDERSON COOPER! sigh…. hottie mchotterton!
Please will the owner of these images get in touch with me via my website ASAP? I would love to use some of the images to accompany a feature I wrote on Gay Days at Disney for a major online travel magazine. Need to get permission immediately as deadline is Friday!
Hi Gillian, those are Larry’s pictures; I’ve dropped him a note, to bring your comment to his attention.
[...] If you haven’t been to Gay Days and wonder what they’re really like, try listening to a few people who have. (I haven’t been yet myself, and receiving happy photos from a friend over the weekend [...]