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The couple took over a decade to actually join the club, with annual dues of $31,500, but spending closer to $125,000 a year to visit the Anaheim parks. They were expelled from the club five years later when park security guards found the husband intoxicated in the park, a violation of club rules. The couple has since spent $400,000 suing to regain access to the club and ‘clear his reputation,’ claiming he was not drunk but suffering from a “vestibular migraine” which looks a lot like being drunk and can be triggered by red wine. They claim they were targeted for retaliation because they complained about a different club member harassing other club members and staff.

The couple plan to appeal.

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[–] Restaldt@lemmy.world 57 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes I will sell a kidney to keep suing this company that has more money than god for the privelege of (let me check my notes) paying them thousands of dollars per year to not get drunk in their fancy exclusive club

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Don’t build your identity off a relationship with a corporation.

If your local country club kicks you out, at least you can appeal to the membership.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In this case it seems they actually own their local country club:

“My wife and I are both dead set that this is an absolute wrong, and we will fight this to the death,” Scott, who owns a golf course in Gilbert, Ariz., told The Times. “There is no way we’re letting this go.”

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like he should start his own Club 33 with blackjack and hookers.

[–] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

And bottomless red wine glasses.

[–] noride@lemm.ee 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Besides a wealthy tithing Christian, what loser pays 100k a year to hang out in a place you can't drink or use profanity?

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 17 points 11 months ago

Students in Utah universities?

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 6 points 11 months ago

Clash of clans players and other mobile game whales.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As an outsider who never heard of this case, I'm going to side heavily with the large corporation. If I can literally feel how insufferable this couple is, then imagine what it would be like to have to be around them for hours at a time. I'm utterly convinced that the guy was drunk, and that Disney made sure that they were on solid ground before punting these clowns.

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Insufferable couple vs insufferable corporation.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

unstoppable force vs immovable object

[–] FatherGascown@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Honestly, if they end up dead and broke for their own stupidity, so be it. Natural selection should be more present nowadays, but modern society allows idiots like these to live.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 8 points 11 months ago

Fun fact: hypoglycemia mimics drunkenness, right down to the smell. Not sure about migraine. I used to suffer from them for days, and treated them with sunglasses in bed, when I had the luxury to do.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There has to be more to the story. I know a few people who got hammered at the drinks around the world thing and all that happened was security made sure they got back to their room safely.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

It sounds like there’s a specific clause for members of Club 33. I suspect it goes back to Walt’s old bans on alcohol in the parks.