Disneyland and Disneyworld Square Off in Dumbest. Bet. Ever.

Wow. Two straight NBA posts here on the old travel blog! Just gets me all excited thinking about the overlap. Or something. What doesn't get me excited is the idea of having to watch the presidents of the two Disney properties (one's in "California" so he gets to root for the Lakers and one's in Orlando so, duh, Magic) squaring off in an NBA Finals bet. If the Lakers win, Meg Crofton will wear purple and gold Mickey Mouse ears that say "Go Lakers!" while walking down Mainstreet USA. If the Magic win, well, you guessed it! Ed Grier will rock blue and silver Mickey ears. Obviously, Grier's feeling pretty good right now.

You May Now Commence Riding Topless at Disneyland

Disneyland had a long-standing (10 years) policy about topless behavior on their Splash Mountain ride, as well as a handful of other rides, at Disney's California Adventure and Disneyland. Obviously, you weren't allowed to reveal yourself.

That's changed in the past few days as Disney has announced that they will no longer have employees specifically designated to monitor whether people are flashing the cameras or lifting their shirts on the rides.

Disneyland spokeswoman Suzi Brown says the changes took effect Sunday at Splash
Mountain, Tower of Terror, Space Mountain and California Screamin'.

Riders are photographed on the attractions and can then buy souvenir copies. Some have exposed their breasts in hopes that the picture would make it onto a photo preview screen at the ride's exit.

Ms. Brown stated that the "actual inappropriate behaviors by guests are rare" but my guess would be that "the wonderful economy" won't allow the park to continue "paying people to look for breasts."

Besides, shouldn't the inherent shame of showing one's fairly private parts on a screen at a Disney park be ample punishment for the deed at hand anyway? I say so. Free hat! Er, shirt.