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Income inequality on the ski hill

YellowSnow
YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,850 Founders Club
This is borderline Tug, but I'm the skiing and Central OR news bored so fuck off.

The locals and our goofy, Sen. Ron Wyden are up in arms about the new "fast pass" which Powder Corp (owners of Bachelor and many other resorts) started this year. Pay $49.00 extra per day and get to cut the line.

https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2021/10/sen-ron-wyden-skiers-concerned-about-new-mt-bachelor-fast-pass.html
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,869 Standard Supporter
    So, same thing as the Disney "fast pass" for Disneyland.
  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,850 Founders Club

    So, same thing as the Disney "fast pass" for Disneyland.

    The logic against seems to be that a resort like Bachelor operates on US Forest Service land, so there's a bit of a egalitarian thing going on here. Disneyland being private property can gouge the fuck out of everyone as much as they want. Shit I spent like a $100.00 alone on blended margs at California Adventure this past August.

    Speaking of Disneyland, what can we do @UW_Doog_Bot to get them to start selling drinks in the OG park?
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 116,018 Founders Club
    One great thing about California is the fast track. Pay to use one or two separate lanes from the riff raff

    Some are pay only, some are carpool or pay

    Most vehicles in the Southland (iltcit) are single occupancy

  • BennyBeaver
    BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346

    One great thing about California is the fast track. Pay to use one or two separate lanes from the riff raff

    Some are pay only, some are carpool or pay

    Most vehicles in the Southland (iltcit) are single occupancy

    CSB
  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,850 Founders Club

    One great thing about California is the fast track. Pay to use one or two separate lanes from the riff raff

    Some are pay only, some are carpool or pay

    Most vehicles in the Southland (iltcit) are single occupancy

    I do love that San Joquin Hills toll road.

    So in August I had my first experience driving around LA using Waze. Some of these short cuts they had us taking on surface roads to avoid 405 bumper cards were fantastic.
  • whlinder
    whlinder Member Posts: 5,412
    Everyone in all politics hates airlines and shits on them for political points.

    Airlines have had rich class and poor class for 80 years.

    Time is money. Always has been.
  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,850 Founders Club
    whlinder said:

    Everyone in all politics hates airlines and shits on them for political points.

    Airlines have had rich class and poor class for 80 years.

    Time is money. Always has been.

    And before that there was steerage on the Titanic.
  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,782 Standard Supporter

    whlinder said:

    Everyone in all politics hates airlines and shits on them for political points.

    Airlines have had rich class and poor class for 80 years.

    Time is money. Always has been.

    And before that there was steerage on the Titanic.
    @RaceBannon was there!!!!

  • BennyBeaver
    BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346

    So, same thing as the Disney "fast pass" for Disneyland.

    The logic against seems to be that a resort like Bachelor operates on US Forest Service land, so there's a bit of a egalitarian thing going on here. Disneyland being private property can gouge the fuck out of everyone as much as they want. Shit I spent like a $100.00 alone on blended margs at California Adventure this past August.

    Speaking of Disneyland, what can we do @UW_Doog_Bot to get them to start selling drinks in the OG park?
    Titanic and airlines are more analogous to the Disneyland in regards to being private businesses. Bachelor is MY hill but I don't have a strong opinion either way. I get both sides but if I'm buying a lift ticket, I'd upgrade to the fast pass no problem on a busy weekend. Mid week or during shitty weather, there's no need.