Yes, it's closed

[GapToothed]

So a major attraction at the whale's place is closed for 2 weeks. I'm STANDING in the drained lagoon, there's a giant crane sending over new chains, there's an a-frame sign stating the ride is closed for maintenance. The park opens. Guests come up to the op stationed to shoo guests away.

GUEST: Is the ride closed?
OP: Yes, for two weeks.

GUEST 2: Is the ride closed?
OP: Yes, for two weeks.
GUEST 2: All day?

Oh brother...

[brad]

ugh.. it's closed? when's it gonna be open again?

[Notatourist]

You can tell them that they are going to have skateboarding there later... :twisted:

[CelebrationNM]

Overhead this one the other day. Gentleman in his 70s drives minivan up to a parking lot.

STAFF: Sorry Sir, the lot is closed. There is handicap parking only.
GUEST: Is being stupid a handicap?

Now that one made me think a little.

[BRWombat]

STAFF: Sorry Sir, the lot is closed. There is handicap parking only.
GUEST: Is being stupid a handicap?A self-aware SG? Could it be??? :eek:

[Big Wallaby]

Ah, Wombat, you give too much credit.

He only realizes he's a SG if it benefits him in some way.

I would bet he's used that before and it got him results, so he tried it with Celebration.

The obvious answer to his question is yes, but not for the purposes of parking. Of course, hindsight brings the best comebacks.

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

A self-aware SG? Could it be??? :eek:

It would be too good to be true, lol!

Ride is down. Standing at greeter at End Of Line, doors closed, chains closed at entrance.

SG: IS this ride closed?
Me: Yes!
SG: All day?
Me: No.

[Freak]

Oh man I totally love people like that. I think one of the best Ive ever seen was when I was at Mine Ride, looking across the park (since the dock is up on that mountain you can see quite a ways across the park). Anyways, Im sitting there with my SL and we were chatting about something, when we noticed teenagers running up the stairs to Silver Bullet. Now of course on any given day this would have been fine--except for the fact that Bullet had been closed for the week for rehab...and the fact that there were parts strewn about the dock since they were working on the station. Not to mention the fact that both of the coaster trains were parked in the transfer dock.

So they get up there, they act all suprised to see the ride wasnt running, and sadly mope down the stairs..bwaha. I kinda wish I was over at Bullet to see the looks on the kids faces after tearing all the way up that huge stairway just to see the ride was closed. :D:

[mahuika88]

During downtime it's always the same questions:
1. Is the ride closed?
2. How long is it close for?
and occasionally
3. What's wrong with the ride?

It's especially funny when people ask "is it closed", when one train is stuck on the lift, and one in the approach with people on it.

[BRWombat]

It's especially funny when people ask "is it closed", when one train is stuck on the lift, and one in the approach with people on it."Yes, it's closed. If you'll notice, that car on the lift is full. If it weren't, we'd have you just climb on up there and take a seat. :rolleyes:"

[Princess Susi]

Overhead this one the other day. Gentleman in his 70s drives minivan up to a parking lot.

STAFF: Sorry Sir, the lot is closed. There is handicap parking only.
GUEST: Is being stupid a handicap?

Now that one made me think a little.

This is good. Very, very good. Made me laugh til the milk came out of my nose!!!!!!! :hysteria:
susi*still laughing*slicker

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

This is good. Very, very good. Made me laugh til the milk came out of my nose!!!!!!! :hysteria:
susi*still laughing*slicker

Dosn't that Sting?

[Big Wallaby]

I love it when I pull out of a load zone, Signal 72 (and when I go 72, I make sure I have it full), and occasionally, I'll have someone run out in front of me trying to stop the bus. Sometimes they don't understand when I don't stop, I go around the loop, open my window on my left side and explain to them (as they're standing in the middle of the road) that I can't legally stop, and even if I could they couldn't fit on my bus anyway.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

I love it when I pull out of a load zone, Signal 72 (and when I go 72, I make sure I have it full), and occasionally, I'll have someone run out in front of me trying to stop the bus. Sometimes they don't understand when I don't stop, I go around the loop, open my window on my left side and explain to them (as they're standing in the middle of the road) that I can't legally stop, and even if I could they couldn't fit on my bus anyway.

But...But....I want ON!! Don't you know how much I paid to be here! (HEHEHEHEHEHE)

[Cranbiz]

I'm with Wallaby, My bus is NOT 72 unless it is really full. In fact, I use these two lines when filling my bus.

"Folks,if you can see the floor, there is room for more"
and
"Don't worry if you think you smell bad, everyones underarm deodorant stopped working 4 hours ago."

[Randy B]

But...But....I want ON!! Don't you know how much I paid to be here! (HEHEHEHEHEHE)

Well the only room left is standing room on the roof and I didn't bring my ladder today. I also forgot my ski rope so even if you have heelies you can't ski behind the bus this trip.

(just got a wild idea for a new smilie..a bus skier being towed... And speed bump mogles (sp?). ):D:

Randy

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

You could just put velcro on the outside of the bus and have those velcro suits available at each stop for the SG that wants "an extra special suprise!" in the transportation department!! (now driver, dont get too close to that building,....ooooh were gonna need a clean up crew!!)

[Big Wallaby]

"Folks,if you can see the floor, there is room for more"
and
"Don't worry if you think you smell bad, everyones underarm deodorant stopped working 4 hours ago.""Ladies and gentlemen, please take a look behind you. If you can see the floor behind you, please fill it in. Next, check the respiration of the person behind you. If they're not having any trouble breathing, get closer." or "Check the person behind you. Shake their hand, get to know them, and if they have any personal space, take it. Where we're going, they're not going to need it."

You could just put velcro on the outside of the bus and have those velcro suits available at each stop for the SG that wants "an extra special suprise!" in the transportation department!! (now driver, dont get too close to that building,....ooooh were gonna need a clean up crew!!)

I guess you don't know how closely I go by brush. And at the Magic Kingdom Toll Plaza, we'll find out just how squishy a person in a Velcro suit really is.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

You could "re-enact" the Indiana Jones movie, where he is driving the truck and the soldiers are climbing towrd the cab on the sides!! All you have to do is hum the music! DA da da Daaaaa, Da da daa!!

[felinefan]

Speaking of Indiana Jones, if you wanna keep SGs from running up the queue of a ride undergoing rehab, you just get yourself a really big boulder, and let that sucker roll down the queue right at 'em! (If you've seen the first five minutes or so of "UHF", it has a parody of the "attack boulder" scene from Indiana Jones.) Be really cool if it could squash all the SGs or at least chase 'em outta the park!:D:

[Shorty82]

I love it when I pull out of a load zone, Signal 72 (and when I go 72, I make sure I have it full), and occasionally, I'll have someone run out in front of me trying to stop the bus. Sometimes they don't understand when I don't stop, I go around the loop, open my window on my left side and explain to them (as they're standing in the middle of the road) that I can't legally stop, and even if I could they couldn't fit on my bus anyway.

Reminds me of a story a campus trolley (essentially modified buses) driver told me one time. The main road through campus is four lanes (two each way) but there is a place where the right lane becomes right turn only. The trolley goes by here so has to be in the left lane naturally. One time these two guys ran from the corner and banged on the side of the moving trolley trying to get it to stop in the middle of the left lane just past the biggest intersection on campus. The driver kept going until he was where he could stop safely at the right curb. The idiots were pissed he didn't stop at the corner. I don't remember if his telling them why appeased them or not.

[Princess Susi]

Dosn't that Sting?

Only when it is Pepsi, Gingerale or Club soda!!! Ach-chooooooooooooo!:eek:

[Princess Susi]

You could just put velcro on the outside of the bus and have those velcro suits available at each stop for the SG that wants "an extra special suprise!" in the transportation department!! (now driver, dont get too close to that building,....ooooh were gonna need a clean up crew!!)
Ooooh oooooh! That sounds like a new attraction! Fun!

I love it when I pull out of a load zone, Signal 72 (and when I go 72, I make sure I have it full), and occasionally, I'll have someone run out in front of me trying to stop the bus. Sometimes they don't understand when I don't stop, I go around the loop, open my window on my left side and explain to them (as they're standing in the middle of the road) that I can't legally stop, and even if I could they couldn't fit on my bus anyway.
"YOU are ruining my magic!:rolleyes: I need my sleep so I can get up and answer my wake-up call from Mickey Mouse. You BETTER get me on this bus so I can get back to the resort to get my beauty sleep!" LOL!:twisted:

susi*I don't need no stinkin' beauty sleep*slicker

[Randy B]

Ooooh oooooh! That sounds like a new attraction! Fun!


"YOU are ruining my magic!:rolleyes: I need my sleep so I can get up and answer my wake-up call from Mickey Mouse. You BETTER get me on this bus so I can get back to the resort to get my beauty sleep!" LOL!:twisted:

susi*I don't need no stinkin' beauty sleep*slicker

The thing is, if the SG was upset that the full bus left without them , they would also be upset if the driver let them on and they were crammed in. Either way they are going to be upset if they don't have an entire bus to themselves. (shrug)

Randy

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Oh...










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[CMGUY89]

During downtime it's always the same questions:
1. Is the ride closed?
2. How long is it close for?
and occasionally
3. What's wrong with the ride?

It's especially funny when people ask "is it closed", when one train is stuck on the lift, and one in the approach with people on it.
Of course the Disney Answer is always "Technical Difficulties" but I would love to get technical on a guest and be like:
"I'm glad you asked! A guest dropped a baby harness into the flume, when I advanced a boat the harness got caught on the load sensor and tore it off. This led to an Auto E-stop. I powered the ride down and back up but I kept getting E-stops. I called maintenance and they powered the ride up in maint. mode and manually advanced the boats so we could cycle out. After the ride was clear we dumped the queue, drained the flume and now they are replacing the load sensor."
Then the guest would be like: "Maybe Technical Difficulties was better..."

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

It's funny, they don't want the REAl answer, but they want hear an answer they want. They might understand it.

[Randy B]

Of course the Disney Answer is always "Technical Difficulties" but I would love to get technical on a guest and be like:
"I'm glad you asked! A guest dropped a baby harness into the flume, when I advanced a boat the harness got caught on the load sensor and tore it off. This led to an Auto E-stop. I powered the ride down and back up but I kept getting E-stops. I called maintenance and they powered the ride up in maint. mode and manually advanced the boats so we could cycle out. After the ride was clear we dumped the queue, drained the flume and now they are replacing the load sensor."
Then the guest would be like: "Maybe Technical Difficulties was better..."

It's even better if you can use technical terms and descriptions. So something like this: (note some of this stuff is made up numbers, procedures and references. If a real one is available, substitute, and if no such manual/part number/procedure exists, make it sound right)

A Guest dropped a harness strap into the water that became entangled on a bb356 and also entangled the next vehicle, causing the bb356 to be torn free of it mounting causing an automatic 101. Repeted restart procedures as per manual LP01 did not resolve the conflict and so the appropriate repair and recovery agency was called. They did a signal 87 start to allow the guests currently on hold in the ride to be cycled to unload. And this allowed a complete shut down and drawdown to be performed. So the electricians are currently in the process of clearing fluid from the housings and replacing the bb356 as well as checking all the sensors for damage that may have occured before the harness material tangled strong enough to make a fatal failure of the one circuit. But as soon as the recheck of the entire circuit is completed and the fluid levels can be brought to the design standards, we will run a test run in accordance with SOP. At that time we will return to operation for you. But due to unknown variables of repair and quality testing times I can not give you a hard time for return to operation. Please check back later when we may have a slightly more precise estimate available.

Nothing stumps someone more than when the description sounds logical but since they can't decipher the description they can't argue with it. If the whole thing is said in a tone of voice that says "I'm very happy to answer your question as fully as I can in hopes that it will make your day easier".

Of course if you get one of us who would just turn around and say "and now in english", a simple "it's broke and we're fixing it as fast as we can" (with a big smile).

Of course you might run into me and then the question would be more like: Any estimate of when I should check back in hopes of more information?

Randy

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

Of course you might run into me and then the question would be more like: Any estimate of when I should check back in hopes of more information?

Randy

Then we just say just check back every hour, or so.

[Big Wallaby]

Nothing stumps someone more than when the description sounds logical but since they can't decipher the description they can't argue with it. If the whole thing is said in a tone of voice that says "I'm very happy to answer your question as fully as I can in hopes that it will make your day easier".


I love it when you start that and their eyes kinda start drifting in opposite directions.

[hobie16]

I was set to teach a class in Australia to a group of sales reps and SEs. The woman who set the class up tipped me off that a technical instructor would be attending and he was pissed off because he thought HE should be teaching the class.

Half way through the first day, he asked a question about an obscure transmission method of delivering data. It wasn't the question, but the way it was asked, that set me off. I delivered a five-minute answer that delved into the technology, pluses and minuses, possible markets and customers, and ROI timeframes. I was even able to pull up a presentation I hadn’t used for years and add graphics to my answer.

Finished, I asked, “Did that answer your question?”

He finally stammered, “I wasn’t looking for that much detail.”

The woman who set up the class was in the back of the room doing the fist pumping YES move.

[Princess Susi]

The thing is, if the SG was upset that the full bus left without them , they would also be upset if the driver let them on and they were crammed in. Either way they are going to be upset if they don't have an entire bus to themselves. (shrug)

Randy

Exactly.
sues

[Princess Susi]

It's even better if you can use technical terms and descriptions. So something like this: (note some of this stuff is made up numbers, procedures and references. If a real one is available, substitute, and if no such manual/part number/procedure exists, make it sound right)

A Guest dropped a harness strap into the water that became entangled on a bb356 and also entangled the next vehicle, causing the bb356 to be torn free of it mounting causing an automatic 101. Repeted restart procedures as per manual LP01 did not resolve the conflict and so the appropriate repair and recovery agency was called. They did a signal 87 start to allow the guests currently on hold in the ride to be cycled to unload. And this allowed a complete shut down and drawdown to be performed. So the electricians are currently in the process of clearing fluid from the housings and replacing the bb356 as well as checking all the sensors for damage that may have occured before the harness material tangled strong enough to make a fatal failure of the one circuit. But as soon as the recheck of the entire circuit is completed and the fluid levels can be brought to the design standards, we will run a test run in accordance with SOP. At that time we will return to operation for you. But due to unknown variables of repair and quality testing times I can not give you a hard time for return to operation. Please check back later when we may have a slightly more precise estimate available.

Nothing stumps someone more than when the description sounds logical but since they can't decipher the description they can't argue with it. If the whole thing is said in a tone of voice that says "I'm very happy to answer your question as fully as I can in hopes that it will make your day easier".

Of course if you get one of us who would just turn around and say "and now in english", a simple "it's broke and we're fixing it as fast as we can" (with a big smile).

Of course you might run into me and then the question would be more like: Any estimate of when I should check back in hopes of more information?

Randy

:hysteria:


susi

[jrsilentbob]

Sounds like us over at ROTM.

Guest- Is the ride closed?
Op- Yes we are down for technical difficulty

Guest 2 standing next to Guest 1 at same time- So why is it closed?
Op- Technical difficulty

Guest 1- So the ride is closed? What about my express pass?
Op- Its good at all other attractions in the park.

Guest 1- Are they open?

OMG I can't stand when guest are that dumb lol

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Sounds like us over at ROTM.

Guest- Is the ride closed?
Op- Yes we are down for technical difficulty

Guest 2 standing next to Guest 1 at same time- So why is it closed?
Op- Technical difficulty

Guest 1- So the ride is closed? What about my express pass?
Op- Its good at all other attractions in the park.

Guest 1- Are they open?

OMG I can't stand when guest are that dumb lol

hehehe

You should have said: "Nope...Technical difficulties"

If he asked what they were: "SG's too stoopid to ride!!"

hehehe

[albino_pygmy]

A line of skippers blocking off the stairs heading towards Jungle Cruise in the pouring rain with thunder and lightning in the area.

"So, is the ride closed?"
-"No, we just like standing out in this lovely Florida weather talking to people preventing you to come down this way because we're on strike and demanding a longer lunch break because 5 minutes doesn't cut it, and we also don't like these khaki outfits, they make us look like we tell bad jokes, and . . ."
"So . . . are you closed?"
-I look up at lightning and point upwards "That mixed with metal boats floating and water, what do you think?"
"IS THIS RIDE CLOSED?"
-"Yes. And pirates is that way in case you're wondering"
"How did you know I was going to ask you that?"
-"I'm a skipper, I know things :D"

[EeyoresButterfly]

To be fair, I think we sometimes forget how much more we know about rides after working at it. At Disney, many FP queues are kept closed with chains until they are checked, so somebody met with a closed chain could honestly not know the ride is closed. As for a person seeing a ride stuck on a lift and not knowing it's closed, rides stop all the time but it doesn't always mean they're broken. And of course, when somebody finds out the ride is broken their next question will be when will it be fixed. They don't know that we can't tell them even if we know ourselves.

That being said, the person standing there haranguing you, or the one who listened to you tell the past 5 guests the exact same thing, those definitely qualify.

[kurtisnelson]

Sounds like us over at ROTM.
What is ROTM normally down for? It is down so much. And then there was the period of a couple months with no Imohotep.

[steverails]

The downtime situation is the same for any attraction I have worked. The standard information communicated to the people is:

-We are experiencing technical difficulties.
-We are working to correct the problem.
-We do not know how long it will be until we re-open.
-Please enjoy another attraction in the meantime.
-Yes, we will still honor your Fastpasses.

I usually communicate this as a spiel as opposed to telling every single family to save my breath. Regardless, there are still several groups who want you to repeat everything for them or want more detail.


SG Replies/Questions after the spiel:

-So what are the "technical difficulties?" or What really happened?
-So it's going to be closed all day?
-Do you have an ETA?
-Can you trade out my fastpasses?
-We came here just to ride this. Our vacation is ruined.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

The downtime situation is the same for any attraction I have worked. The standard information communicated to the people is:

-We are experiencing technical difficulties.
-We are working to correct the problem.
-We do not know how long it will be until we re-open.
-Please enjoy another attraction in the meantime.
-Yes, we will still honor your Fastpasses.

I usually communicate this as a spiel as opposed to telling every single family to save my breath. Regardless, there are still several groups who want you to repeat everything for them or want more detail.


SG Replies/Questions after the spiel:

-So what are the "technical difficulties?" or What really happened?
-So it's going to be closed all day?
-Do you have an ETA?
-Can you trade out my fastpasses?
-We came here just to ride this. Our vacation is ruined.

Disney should just have a bunch of big plastic moose's made, with a sign saying "sorry folks..."

hehehe

[smart1hermione]

Disney should just have a bunch of big plastic moose's made, with a sign saying "sorry folks..."

hehehe

That would be magnificent. You bring the plywood and I'll bring the saw.

I would like to speak for all SGs when I say that we often forget that the CM turning people away at the entrance probably isn't also the expert mechanic for the ride. That and we forget that we aren't entitled to everything.

Heh... oops!
:rolleyes:

[SRT_GB]

SG Replies/Questions after the spiel:

-We came here just to ride this. Our vacation is ruined.Pretty lame reason to spend thousands of dollars to visit WDW just to go on one ride.

I can't tell you how many SGs I got at the Splash Mountain photo shop who went on the ride near closing time, did something stupid that got their picture deleted, then when I told them the ride was closed and they couldn't go back on, they whined that they spent some ridiculous amount of money to travel from somewhere far away just to get a photo on Splash Mountain. Another version of this SGT had the SGs walk up to us after the Attractions CMs closed the doors, so we got to hear the "our vacation is ruined" whine since we were still open for the guests still on the mountain.

Man, how I wish I could have said, "So let me get this straight. You spent $1,500 to come from ____ just to ride Splash Mountain and buy a $15 picture of yourselves with 2 complete strangers, which we say is 5x7 but really is only about 2x5 because of all the bordering, and you waited UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY to do it?"

The sad part is, there were too many of this type of SG to count and I probably only worked there about 10 times in the 4 years I worked at the park!

Off-topic question here for Attractions CMs: On attractions with on-ride photos, do people really ask to be given their own separate vehicle just so they don't have strangers in their pictures? And if they do, do you give it to them? I assume it all depends on how many people they have and how busy it is....

[Theme Park Where]

We never had anyone ask at RnR but we would have said no if they had.

[hobie16]

Those people are dopes. We got on SM first thing in the morning with another couple. When we got to unload the other couple got off and the CM asked if we wanted to go again. Absolutely!! We got a great picture and upgraded to the cool wooden frame.

[kurtisnelson]

Those people are dopes. We got on SM first thing in the morning with another couple. When we got to unload the other couple got off and the CM asked if we wanted to go again.
Ah, that brings back memories of riding SM in loops one January when it was about 40 degrees out...Too bad they normally make you get off on rides such as the TTA.

[joanna71985]

-We came here just to ride this. Our vacation is ruined.

Ah, gotta love this line. I get the same one over with the characters:
"It's our last day of vacation, and all we wanted to do was meet ___".

Also, another one I get a lot is:
"Our plane is leaving in 5 minutes!".

[hhsrat]

Off-topic question here for Attractions CMs: On attractions with on-ride photos, do people really ask to be given their own separate vehicle just so they don't have strangers in their pictures? And if they do, do you give it to them? I assume it all depends on how many people they have and how busy it is....

I know there have been times that my group has ended up with our own ride vehicle ... at least a few times that I can think of on Tower. (granted, one of those times, our group was large enough to completely fill 2 whole elevators, so they really couldn't do anything other than give us our own vehicles) Another time, we wanted to do something special for the 100th ride of someone that was in our group (Hi Rachel!), so we asked for our own elevator, and they gave it to us.

[vixen101485]

I know there have been times that my group has ended up with our own ride vehicle ... at least a few times that I can think of on Tower. (granted, one of those times, our group was large enough to completely fill 2 whole elevators, so they really couldn't do anything other than give us our own vehicles) Another time, we wanted to do something special for the 100th ride of someone that was in our group (Hi Rachel!), so we asked for our own elevator, and they gave it to us.

Hey I know a bunch of ppl that were in that 100th picture. One of them I even sleep with when he is not relegated to the doghouse (aka..the couch) :D:

That has to be the coolest ride pic I ever saw BTW.

[Zazu]

Ah, that brings back memories of riding SM in loops one January when it was about 40 degrees out...Too bad they normally make you get off on rides such as the TTA.Unless it's mondo busy they don't. I have a bunch of friends who staged a TTA marathon one December. Kept a whiteboard to keep track of everyone's score (folks would get off at times to visit restrooms or grab lunch). The CMs thought they were exceedingly weird, but harmless.

[vixen101485]

LOL.. Hey Rat, how many times did you do with us on the TTA in Sept? Wasnt it 3 or so? Great place to rest the feet and get some unusual angle for photos of other attractions.(you have to time it just right;))

[DisneyMom]

*sigh*
I just wish I could get grouped on a ride with Mr. Depp for something or another, with or without picture.:D:
Any chance of that, CMs?;)

[Syndrome]

Here's my favorite picture of me in my own ride vehicle. On our Adventure by Disney we got to see Soarin' Over California behind the scenes. Then our group rode it. Everyone ran to Row 1, but I selected the back row because I knew it would be my only opportunity to ever ride in there with NO feet dangling.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g182/bnlifeskills/soarin.jpg

[joanna71985]

Here's my favorite picture of me in my own ride vehicle. On our Adventure by Disney we got to see Soarin' Over California behind the scenes. Then our group rode it. Everyone ran to Row 1, but I selected the back row because I knew it would be my only opportunity to ever ride in there with NO feet dangling.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g182/bnlifeskills/soarin.jpg

How was it back there?

[Syndrome]

Spoiled me rotten! I actually like the view from the bottom row because I like to look for the mountain climbers. How I'd love to always see it footless from any row (or better yet, watch it from behind the screen...that was way beyond cool).

[hhsrat]

LOL.. Hey Rat, how many times did you do with us on the TTA in Sept? Wasnt it 3 or so? Great place to rest the feet and get some unusual angle for photos of other attractions.(you have to time it just right;))

I don't remember how many times it was. At least 2, possibly more.

[vixen101485]

LOL...We kept switching seats so I lost track. You will have to join us in Sept again. There is a scavenger hunt in the works. Fun fun. Meghyn just adores you...for the life of me I cant figure out why tho:p: If you see Rachel, tell her hi from us..havent seen her online for awhile.

[Rob562]

Unless it's mondo busy they don't. I have a bunch of friends who staged a TTA marathon one December. Kept a whiteboard to keep track of everyone's score (folks would get off at times to visit restrooms or grab lunch). The CMs thought they were exceedingly weird, but harmless.

Hey, the CMs got into it! (for the most part) We even had a CM wait for our train to come around before hopping on with the grabber arm to pick up trash along the track. :)

I think my favorite thing about that day was the "Rocky Horror" type callbacks we developed in response to the on-ride announcements. :p:

In all, the people who were there ALL day rode 50 times. They could have made one more loop before closing, but decided to stop at the even number and try and beat the bulk of the post-fireworks exit. I think my total number of rides was somewhere between 38 and 42. I joined up with them late, got off for lunch and one spin on Space Mountain. The nice thing was that if you checked your watch as you got off, you knew you had 10 1/2 minutes (or a multiple of that) to make it back to the platform to rejoin the group.

-Rob

[smart1hermione]

I just remembered what TTA stands for. 50 times people? Really?

Though Rocky Horror style callbacks does sounds like fun. Whenever I hear the safety spiel in spanish, I start to sing Tragic Kingdom to myself...

[joanna71985]

Spoiled me rotten! I actually like the view from the bottom row because I like to look for the mountain climbers. How I'd love to always see it footless from any row (or better yet, watch it from behind the screen...that was way beyond cool).

That would be really cool to do that!

[Rob562]

Though Rocky Horror style callbacks does sounds like fun. Whenever I hear the safety spiel in spanish, I start to sing Tragic Kingdom to myself...

I'm trying to remember what they all were... Some of them evolved over the course of the day. At one point we noticed a Brazilian tour group walking down below as we passed Alien Encounter (yes, it was that long ago). We tried clapping in rhythm to see if we could get them to join in. Did that for every tour group we saw. "Brasil! [clap, clap] Brasil! [clap, clap]" Then it kinda morphed into someone saying that the Brazilian tour groups get all the attention, but that there are other countries that are VERY under-represented at Disney. So each time we passed AE we'd become a different country's tour group...
Kha-zak-stan! [clap, clap] Kha-zak-stan! [clap, clap]
Ice-land! [clap, clap] Ice-land! [clap, clap]
Best one of the day: Out-door Ven-ding! [clap, clap, clapclapclap] :D:


Cruising past Carousel of Progress we would sing "Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow". Of course it was also some sort of media day because it was around the time of the 100 Years of Magic kickoff, so there were tents with media people in them set up all between Space Mountain and CoP. We sang our hearts out to them a few times...

Oh, and we would cheer and wave like crazy as we passed through Mickey's Startraders trying to get the CMs to wave back.

I also seem to remember my friend and I ducking down in our seats while in the darkness of Space Mountain. When the car emerged into daylight, it was a few seconds before someone realized "Ummmm, guys? Where's Rob and Brian?"

Yeah, we had no lives... :cool:
(Though that doesn't mean that I have found a life yet, either...)

-Rob

[DL_Josh]

I also seem to remember my friend and I ducking down in our seats while in the darkness of Space Mountain. When the car emerged into daylight, it was a few seconds before someone realized "Ummmm, guys? Where's Rob and Brian?"

-Rob

Sounds like the time my friends and I were on Pirates, with an empty row in front of us. I decided to jump to the empty row just as we were traveling under the Davey Jones fog waterfall thingy. They went ballistic when they saw I had moved :D

Josh

[Whazzup]

Sounds like the time my friends and I were on Pirates, with an empty row in front of us. I decided to jump to the empty row just as we were traveling under the Davey Jones fog waterfall thingy. They went ballistic when they saw I had moved :D

Josh

Uh...Josh.... that sounds kinda like SG behavior. :rolleyes:

[Lasolimu]

Uh...Josh.... that sounds kinda like SG behavior. :rolleyes:

I was going to give the friendly advice to not admit this kind of behavior on here as it could get him labeled as an SG and then we would have to create another site because they have infiltrated this one, and that would inconvenience everyone.

[EeyoresButterfly]

I wouldn't do that as a CM, not only could they kick you out of the park for that, if they find out you are a CM you can lose your job.

ETA: woops, didn't see that you are a Knott's person. You can still get kicked out of hte park for that, if Iwas the CM working security would be there in heartbeat. I don't put up with behavior like that, if you get killed on my ride for your own stupidity, I'm still going to have to deal with the questions, the incident report, all the bad press, etc. If DL's is like WDW's, there is a drop right after Davy Jones (If I recall correctly) make that a very stupid maneuver.

[CBeilby]

Fortunately, the drops on Pirates DL are both well before Davy Jones. But it's still a stupid and, potentially, dangerous thing to do.

[turkeyham]

Today my sister and I were at NFFC . We decided to meet up with a few friends at DCA. We went on the Toy Story Midway Mania. The second time we wanted to go on it, it was down. These SG in front of us was ticked off and wanted to ride it. Obviously this guy did not quite get the answer he was looking for. My sister's friend told they guy, if the ride went down, it is not working and the cast members do not have a magic wand. The guy finally gave up and walked away. 15 minutes after he left, the ride cam e back up. :eek:

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Today my sister and I were at NFFC . We decided to meet up with a few friends at DCA. We went on the Toy Story Midway Mania. The second time we wanted to go on it, it was down. These SG in front of us was ticked off and wanted to ride it. Obviously this guy did not quite get the answer he was looking for. My sister's friend told they guy, if the ride went down, it is not working and the cast members do not have a magic wand. The guy finally gave up and walked away. 15 minutes after he left, the ride cam e back up. :eek:

maybe they were waiting for him to leave?

hehehehe

[joanna71985]

Sounds like the time my friends and I were on Pirates, with an empty row in front of us. I decided to jump to the empty row just as we were traveling under the Davey Jones fog waterfall thingy. They went ballistic when they saw I had moved :D

Josh

Why would you do that? That is extremely dangerous.

[DL_Josh]

Uh...Josh.... that sounds kinda like SG behavior. :rolleyes:

Did I say me and my friends? Whoops... I meant..uh... the guy and his friends in the boat in front of us :rolleyes:

Yeah I know it was dangerous.. I won't be trying it on Perilous Plunge tho... :eek:

[DisneyMom]

Jumping up during the Davy Jones effect is EXACTLY what some kiddies were doing while being tailed by undercover Disney Security one time we were on POTC....
I'm thinking they were pulled aside after the ride.....:rolleyes:

Be Careful! They are Watching!:eek:

[ktulu]

I saw a dad change boats to scare his kids who wanted their own boat. It was close to park closing, so POTC was empty. I almost yelled at the guy, but I was hoping we'd get e-stopped instead so I could look around more :D: