Does your dream date postulate share a bowl of spaghetti that terminate in an accidental kiss ? Can you write " hakuna matata " without google it first ? If so , you may be in lot , in the form of MouseMingle.com : the dating land site for Disney fans . So what fall out when a Minnie logs on to find her Mickey ? I signed up to determine out .
101 Dal – er, questions
Unlike swipe - style apps , Mouse Mingle takes a page out of the OkCupid playbook and inspire you to answer an obscenely foresightful questionnaire to twin you with compatible “ mate ” to whom you’re able to reach out at your own discernment . So despite its off - cadence base , Mouse Mingle functions a lot more like a traditional date site . And while you do n’t have to answerallthe doubt to commence meet , you do have to account for the common basics , include your age , what you ’re looking for , and some less usual information … like which Walter Elias Disney park is tight to you .
To be reasonable , I ’ve had guys ask me weird question on Tinder .
The eternal rest of of the question are along the line of the fan - type clobber you might expect : preferred Disney picture show ( Peter PanandAlice in Wonderland , if you ’re interested ) , favorite Disney song , best-loved Pixar movie , etc . And in the sprightliness of investigative news media , I answered them all .
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Quite the cast of characters
Initially , I had uploaded a photograph of Belle fromBeauty and the Beastas my visibility picture show , but I realize that if I was going to score a date , I ’d have to keep it literal . So I went through some of my intimate couple ’ pics to see what played well with Disney fans . Almost inevitably , every hombre had one or , more often than not , multiple moving picture at a radical parking lot . And if they were over 25 , I could n’t help butfind that more than mildly disconcerting . Considering I have n’t been to Disneyland ( unironically ) since I was 8 , I had to settle on a film of just my boldness .
on the face of it , that was enough . Mouse Mingle does n’t demand a common liking for someone to start a conversation , so I got mass of message from a clump of different guys . Most of them were perfectly nice and demand me non - sexual questions : aboveboard , a tonic alteration of rate from other online dating experiences I ’ve had . Many were aspiring entertainers of some form . There were definitely a few odd balls miss in social skills in the mixing , like this subject matter I got from a young man in Indiana : “ If you are not concerned be mature enough to say , ‘ not interested . ’ And if you could do me a favour will you please tell me why and what i can do to improve . ”
I was already on assignment , so that seemed like alittletoo much work .
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Here’s winking at you, kid
If you like to play it coy , Mouse Mingle allows you to “ nictitate ” at a likely match before you chat to estimate their interest . call back of it like a Facebook Phytolacca americana with all the same creepy connotation . Winking ( and winking back ) is innocent , but chatting will cost you . To betroth in any sort of conversation , you have to upgrade your account to the tune of $ 12.55 per month or $ 120 per year . To get around that , many Mouse Minglers include an email address on their profiles .
Part of their world
I start up chatter with a guy from Yonkers who makes balloon animal for a living . I realize that sound like a task a sex wrongdoer would have , but being on deadline force me to be less judgmental . I give him my routine ( a burner , because I am as paranoid as I am committed to my craft ) and we texted back and off . He asked me if I watchedBreaking Bad , which somehow , strangely led me to assume he was normal enough to gather in individual .
He hint we meet at Barcade , causing me a moment of panic as I considered I may have just stumbled upon a Walter Elias Disney - craze lunatic AND a gamer . Thankfully , the location proved more a matter of public toilet than anything else . I get there a little afterwards than him , bought myself a glass of wine , and tried to call back all the detail of my fictive Disney fandom .
Surprisingly ( and thankfully ) , our Disney - tie in conversation was mostly confined to him recounting his experience as a tram manipulator at Walt Disney World in Florida . These days , he ’s been trying to get into the acting game . We spent the better part of the date talking about him and his career . So I guess you could say that ultimately , the experience was n’t much dissimilar than any other unfit escort in New York City .
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Happily ever after?
Well , deal I ’m animated and intact , I ’d say I begin my fairytale end . And contrary to what I expected , my date was – by New York City standards – normal . But unless you ’re diehard for Disney , Mouse Mingle may be just be a little too creepy . The interface feels like something a Redditor made in their parent ’s basement , which does n’t help the land site ’s cause . Even Disney fans may be wiser to look at using the annual chat fee on tickets to park IRL .
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Julia Reissis a writer and stand - up comedian whose female parent is becoming progressively worried by her assignments . For more on why Julia ’s female parent ’s haircloth is gray , stick to her on Twitter:@thereisspiece
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