Disney Adults is a term that people use to describe those obsessed with Disney. While many people love Disney for a reason, there are some who feel they can’t live without it and will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to get more time at a Disney theme park or elite Disney club like Club 33.
Club 33 is an elite, private club that costs $35,000 to join and $15,000 annually in dues. The waitlist to get in can be five to ten years. An Arizona couple claims to have waited over ten years to get into the club and initiated a lawsuit against Disney when they were kicked out—a lawsuit they just lost.
Scott and Diana Anderson, both 60, claim they visited the Disneyland Resort 60-80 times a year, spending almost $125k annually to do so.
They became members of Disney’s Club 33 in 2012 but were kicked out in 2017 due to claims of “public intoxication” against Scott Anderson.
According to reports and testimony, on the evening of September 3, 2017, Scott Anderson was near the entrance to Disney California Adventure. He was showing signs of potential intoxication, including slurred speech, trouble standing and smelling of alcohol.
After the incident, the couple’s membership was revoked.
They were suing to be reinstated into Club 33 and reimbursed for the four months left in their paid membership for 2017 ($10,500) and $231,00, which was the equivalent of seven years of club payments.
Was it intoxication or a migraine?
Anderson’s attorney, Sean Macias, claims that the investigation was improperly handled and that his client only had two to three drinks that night. Instead of intoxication, the security guards witnessed Anderson having a vestibular migraine triggered by red wine.
“A medical expert testified for the Andersons that the symptoms of a vestibular migraine could be confused with intoxication, with a neurologist hired by Disney countering that Anderson’s behavior was more likely the consequence of drinking.”
The Andersons previously had run-ins with Club 33 before this incident.
In their filing the Andersons claimed that they felt this was retaliation for complainting about another club member harassing other members and staff. The judge did not allow that to be argued in court. But the Andersons’ attorney did admit that Diana Anderson had been briefly suspended for “salty language” over using the “F-word” a couple times.
The court ruled in favor of Disney
When the case was concluded the court ruled in favor of Disney and upheld the Andersons dismissal.
Scott and Diana Anderson vow to keep fighting even though it has cost them earlier retirement and $400,000!
Even after the loss the couple says they continue to appeal and fight. They have already spent over $400k for this case and Diana says she will sell a kidney to clear their name and get back into the club.
Scott Anderson told the LA Times,
“My wife and I are both dead set that this is an absolute wrong, and we will fight this to the death. There is no way we’re letting this go. My retirement is set back five years. I’m paying through the nose. Every day, I’m seeing another bill, and I’m about to keel over.”
Diana Anderson added,
“I’ll sell a kidney. I don’t care.”
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Source: LA Times
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