Originally Posted by
FWAAA
CLT-Brazil O&D is extremely low, and US employees have reported that many (most) of the passengers on the CLT-GIG flight are actually headed to/from MCO. As AA already flies four daily peak season MIA-GRU and a couple more MIA-GIG flights, MCO connections are much more efficient from MIA, not CLT. No need to fly all the way north to CLT if you're headed to Orlando to see the mouse.
Good heavens...I knew that Disney was the #1 family attraction for Americans, but it is mind-boggling to think that Brazilians with the means to travel would go all that way just to visit an entertainment theme park! Yikes! Wouldn't they rather take their family to somewhere with some real national significance, like Washington...? Disney is not "real American culture." It is the antithesis of it, in fact, IMHO.
Epcot Center is one of the most bizarre places I have ever seen in my life. And I have traveled extensively throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Maybe it is because I am an academic and a historian. Those artificial theme parks drive me crazy.