Grad Nights, You Can Get Away With........ [Archive]

scoobygirl92882

11-13-2003, 09:12 PM

One of the first grad nights that I worked after I had Hired in, I was in the tower position at Pirates when I caught tis kid stand up at the first drop. I got on the PA and told him to sit down. He did, then as they came around to the next drop, he decides to switch rows right before the boat went over the drop. I stopped it and yelled at him again.
So need less to say, I yelled at him through out the entire ride. I yelled at him for jumping out of the boat, staning up, sticking his hands out, etc. So, finally he returns to the station, where I happend to be waiting for him. I pulled him aside and said, "why am I talking to you?" He shrugged and said "I don't know." Thats when I let him have it. I told him this: "You are a young adult. If you have enough brains to graduate high school, then you have enough brains to act like an adult. I should not have to tell you to sit down or to keep your hands inside. Like that stunt you pulled jumping out of the boat you could've fallen in and we would be dragging your body out of the water." The he inturupts me and says "how did you see me?" Well duh :roll: . I told him " We have cameras." And his resopnse was "you have cameras on this ride?" And I said "ya think? We have 23 cameras on this ride (we really only have 13. just said that to scare him :wink: ) and I watched you the entire time. Do you think I was yelling into the ride to amuse myself? We recorded your image and sent it to security so if you screw up again, your grad night is over."
After that, I kicked him off the ride permantly for the rest of the night, and with that, I have never seen a kid run so fast out of a ride in my life. The best part was I knew I scared him cause when I mentioned sending his image to security, the color drained from his face and he went white. So, at least I made impression on someone that night!!! :lol:

Weeble

11-15-2003, 10:57 AM

Grad nights=good times, bad times. Some of my best and worst memories are of grad nights. Cutting loose on jungle with the grad night spiel. Walking to your locker backstage and seeing all the kids that were being "naughty" lined up. Kids humping left and right on all the rides like Benobo Chimps on Animal Planet and of course, my favorite, confiscating *party favors* from them. We used to save it all and have some fun parties after grad night season was over.

:pbjtime:

Tim Gaines

11-22-2003, 09:49 PM

I never had to work on GRAD night but I hear theyre a blast. Heck, I may just have to reapply to do so. However, I suppose I had my own fun times regardless of Gradnight, infact, I never let NON-GRADNIGHT stop me. There was a time on Auto when I was bored, so for the hell of it, and I do mean the hell of it, I stopped the next young couple, taking control of the guys car and driving him at a totally SLOW speed while I told his girl friend to GO FASTER. When it was almost impossible for him to catch up, I'd leave... in essence ruining their BUMPING fun. Ha. I suppose I could have torn the kids throat out with my wickedly sharp hook, but I wanted to be nice. Argh, I should have worked at Pirates.

coldfire409

12-14-2003, 06:42 PM

I remember the first grad night I worked quite well. Shortly after midnight smelling marajuana in the queue for Space Mountain :pimp: , and having to put up with some stupid decision to use fastpass. Also since the guests in grad night had to dress up a little bit a lot of loose change fell out of their pockets, breakfast money 8) , this was a long time ago when this happened. I also like that CDS crashes at midnight so it's useless. I absolutly loved working grad nights, but I hated to work Night of Joy. The last Night of Joy I worked we had over 20 arrests. And these guests are supposed to be Christans. :throw:

Freak

12-14-2003, 06:46 PM

^ I looked into that, KBF's Joy Night (Praise Night) has the highest amount of arrests and highest amount of theft for their operating season. Seems like its spread all around. Go religion! :roll: :hammer: :throw:

VonSeegs

12-15-2003, 10:00 PM

after midnight smelling marajuana in the queue for Space Mountain.

Yah man! I never got to "confiscate" some of that stuff. I don't think they understood that if they shared we wouldn't have gotten so pissed off! (tee hee)

And coldfire... how long ago did you work there? Were you there that one Compton night when they completely graffitied the fly-by? I'm so glad I wasn't the lead that night. I saw pictures though and it made me want to cry.

coldfire409

12-17-2003, 07:52 AM

Vongseegs that was actually at WDW but we put up with the same $@!& every day anywas. I never actually worked at DLR.

Weeble

12-18-2003, 04:26 PM

yeah, in my experience, it was the Christian groups that always caused the most trouble. Standing up on rides and just plain rudeness all around. Maybe it's a repression thing... :twisted:

Dante101

12-18-2003, 05:35 PM

nitro-junkie

02-05-2004, 12:53 AM

Ah, Grad Night....I'd like to take this opportunity to thank every cute girl that chose me when it was decided she needed to kiss a CM. I'd also like to thank every beast who didn't choose me, as well.

you're only young once. Except for Dorian Gray. And that's just creepy.

SirWillow

02-06-2004, 12:17 PM

yeah, in my experience, it was the Christian groups that always caused the most trouble. Standing up on rides and just plain rudeness all around. Maybe it's a repression thing...
It's a throwback from the Inquisition days of old... :evil:

Actually it's more because the good kids and people in those groups go out of their way to invite the worst of the worst out there hoping that the "good Christian atomosphere" will make them want to change their ways. How little they know...

That and others take it as an opportunity to rebel against the rules that they would normally be afraid to break, thinking they can get away with it. For others it's one of the few times that their parents would let them go to the parks (long story on that one) But as a Christian, it disgusts me to see so many doing crud like that and giving us a bad name.

pixiedust

02-07-2004, 01:46 PM

yeah, in my experience, it was the Christian groups that always caused the most trouble. Standing up on rides and just plain rudeness all around. Maybe it's a repression thing... :twisted:

I dunno.. the bus-loads of 12 years old who don't speak a word of english may follow a close second. :)

Boy1nterrupted

02-08-2004, 10:26 AM

During my second year of gradnites at the Haunted Mansion, we had the great idea to take all the "contraband" that we aquired and display it in the glass case at the tower area. Needless to say we had an impressive show of plant life that we named "REEFER Madness". The next day the display had miraculously dissappeared never to be seen again...
"Ripley's...Believe it or Not!"

BirdMom

02-08-2004, 03:48 PM

...the next day the display had miraculously dissappeared never to be seen again...

that sounds suspiciously like the graveyard maintenance crew at Mansion back in my day. Our old A lead would get us brand spanking new flashlights for evacs, lock them up in those knarly lockers in service, and find the bolt cut and the flashlights gone when opening the next day. They also broke my personalized coffee mug that I stored in one of the lockers whenever I'd take summer shifts there...that crew reminds me of certain members of my family - they want something of yours, it's theirs no matter what precautions you try to take... :(

flippin_mermaid

03-30-2004, 10:53 AM

SpaceRanger

03-31-2004, 06:29 PM

I actually LOVE Grad Nights! Other cast members are always complaining about rude teenagers and the likes but I have never had a rude teenager at a Grad Night and I have worked quite a few. Maybe it's because teens like to joke around and they're just there to have fun? Or maybe it's because I look like I'm their own age and I also like to joke around and just have fun? Anyway, I love the music also. And my FAVORITE Grad Nights ever worked? Owl Photo, baby! The Critter House/edit room was blowin up during those nights!
I LOVE grad nights too! I've had a few rude teens, but not many, most of them were REALLY nice, even when they were complaining about something... of course I AM the same age as they are, so idk if that has anything to do with it... but even the few who were rude, weren't too bad... at 3am I'm generally too tired to remember them anyway. The party we had the morning after the last grad night ended kicked butt last year!

Am I the only one that finds the hour between 3am and 4am the hardest to survive? For me, it always seems like that hour lasts longer than any other hour and is the hardest to stay awake during. I can make it til 3 ok, and after 4 I'm generally ok, but it's not a good idea to send me on my lunch at 3:15 unless you're gonna be kind enough to come find me and wake me up when I'm supposed to be back.

SweetAurora

05-10-2004, 11:31 AM

Wow..some of these are horrifyingly hysterical....

I'm working my first Grad Nite this coming Thursday...someone told me the location is "Main Gate"...anyone know or remember what the CMS at Main Gate do? Just confiscate all the cool stuff kids bring in?

SpaceRanger

05-10-2004, 03:05 PM

Oh wow, they start so soon? My body ain't ready for this yet tho!

lady ulrike

05-10-2004, 03:41 PM

At Main Gate, at least a couple of years ago, you basically make sure all the kids go to Disneyland and not DCA (that's not exactly tough) and then make sure they don't overwhelm the Security.

SweetAurora

05-10-2004, 09:45 PM

Ok...is that including going through their stuff/telling kids without tickets to bugger off? That's what I was told...but don't the actual Main Gate CMS do that stuff?

Hm...sounds kind of boring for a 9pm-3am shift. Lol!

mahaihai

05-11-2004, 04:01 PM

Welcome to my world. The Main Gate is my home, in fact i will be there on thursday night. Main Entrance GC lead. This year you will most likely be responsible for not only keeping kids from going to Dl not DCA etc.. but also you will have to help keep the kids from fighting with each other in the Esplanade. Its pretty cake but its always fun for me at least to pull kids out of line hwo smell like booze, pot, whatever.

reivaX

05-11-2004, 11:48 PM

haha i remember a grad nite when they were calling people's names off before we started to see who was there and the lead at the time called me javier and i jump from the back of the group in a fluster to correct this person... is that you?!

lady ulrike

05-12-2004, 09:24 AM

Yeah, sounds boring, but the night I did it, I was the only one unscathed. You have to stop a mass crowd of people from moving and their all teenagers who know everything, so they don't want to. You have to basically bodily stop them and then when it's time for them to move again get out of the way quick. My lead had a big cut on his calf from getting pushed into a planter, and everyone else had some minor scrapes and bruises. I'm just quick. :)

Also they were letting everyone go home after all the kids were in (which was fairly early) and anyone who wanted to stay went by the castle to do GC for the so-called fireworks.

SweetAurora

05-12-2004, 04:11 PM

HAH! Bustin' kids sounds like fun. FUN FUN.

I survived New Years Eve out in the hub this past year...I think I'll be fine.
Hey GC lead! I'll be looking forward to seeing ya out there...I'm the crazy blonde chick from da West Siiiiide. Ai Ai!

Is it true that chapstick isn't allowed? A past Grad-Nite CM told me girls got really pissed when they were told they couldn't bring their chapstick in in case it had "drugs" in it, or something of the sort. Anyone hear of this?

I heard from another CM that Main Gate CMS can go dumpster-diving and get all the confiscated stuff. HAH!

Cloud Buster

05-12-2004, 10:54 PM

I really hope I get a chance to work a grad night or two in the next week. I don't think my schedule for the coming week is even written yet, since I started working mid-cycle (next schedule coming out Saturday will be for the period 2 weeks from now). Maybe I can ask to pull one of the third shifts, maybe it'll even be a good way to start pulling my weight. Show Services should be pretty crazy during a grad night with all the talent and special events. I imagine we'd have to run all over non-stop the place to take care of business.

SRT_GB

05-12-2004, 10:57 PM

I have one tomorrow night. I haven't worked a Grad Nite since 2002. Wish me luck!

mahaihai

05-13-2004, 01:36 AM

See you all there...it wil be fun.. oh and dumpster diving is done but heavily frowned upon. Yelling at kids usually is more than enough fun

reivaX

05-13-2004, 03:17 AM

i can't wait to see what th COD will be tomorrow night at the matterhorn. come visit GC Kids

SweetAurora

05-13-2004, 09:46 AM

See you all there...it wil be fun.. oh and dumpster diving is done but heavily frowned upon. Yelling at kids usually is more than enough fun

Euw...I know people who dumpster-dive, but I sure as hell won't. ::tosses hair:: Hahaha.

I can't wait to yell at kids..but I'm only a year older than them...so we'll see how THAT pans out.

TheManator

05-13-2004, 06:26 PM

How many people are kicked out usually during Grad Nights for having sex, doing drugs, etc etc?

Is it none? Some? None? ???

I am curious because I know people that brag about not getting kicked out on grad nights for the stuff above, and I want to know how strict disney is on this issue?

TheyMakeMeSigh

05-13-2004, 06:33 PM

Well get ready folks, tonight's the first night! I'll be over at Big Thunder Mountain. Wish you all luck in staying awake tonight!!

Zazu

05-15-2004, 04:51 AM

How many people are kicked out usually during Grad Nights for having sex, doing drugs, etc etc?
Oh, we don't let them off so easily as kicking them out. Nooooo, that would be too good for the little miscreants!

We drag their sorry butts over to Columbia Harbor House and turn them over to the chaperones ... who make them play Canasta with them for the rest of the night!!!!! :pbjtime:

Fate worse than death for most teens.

Wiseone2980

05-17-2004, 01:39 PM

if i get scheduled a grad nite this year, there will be hell to pay. Thank god my location isn't open. Its just club Super Estrella.... My first year in the park when i worked at Coke Corner, i remember a guy telling me that his brother had a gun and was pissed off.... i tell you, security was on that guy as fast as i've ever seen them move. Its an interesting atmosphere, especially since they too get tired and cranky....

SRT_GB

06-18-2004, 04:39 PM

ohhh man....I got to help out with main entrance guest control inside the park at the beginning of a grad nite. I wanted to smack so many of those little punks. I saw one of the kids coming back through the tunnel (they're supposed to enter and go all the way through the tunnel to Main Street and not come back out) so I stopped him.

Me: You're gonna have to go back through the tunnel, please.
Him (trying to sound like a tough guy): What if I have to wait for people and shit?
Me: You can wait for them on the other side of the tunnel. And I'd appreciate it if you didn't use that kind of language with me. (I threw that in just to be a punk)
Him: What fucking language?
Me (waving my flashlight as if directing an airplane): All the way through the tunnel.
Him: What fucking language?
Me (still motioning for him to move): All the way through the tunnel.

This went back and forth a couple more times before he finally went back through. I got my way and managed to piss him off so that made my night.

wolfchild

06-19-2005, 02:57 PM

When I was there for my high school Grad Night many moons ago I remember being really surprised by what I saw some of the kids doing. But when one of the kids from my own class got caught with alcohol on him they kicked him completely out of the park. But, thankfully, my school also layed down the law on him. They called his parents (at dark o'clock in the morning) and made them buy a plane ticket to fly him back home asap. They also didn't let him walk during our graduation.

So, whatever you guys do to the kids at the parks-you can probably also guarantee that they get even more layed down on them by their school. (and more than likely, their parents as well)

SRT_GB

06-22-2005, 12:22 AM

So, whatever you guys do to the kids at the parks-you can probably also guarantee that they get even more layed down on them by their school. (and more than likely, their parents as well)
Not always true. I've seen quite a few chaperones who don't care if the kids get caught doing something stupid. And if they don't care I'm sure the kids' parents and school administrators won't find out that they got in trouble. Of course this makes the rest of us wonder what the hell they're doing as chaperones, but that's another debate for another day.

Main Streeter

06-22-2005, 02:41 AM

Not always true. I've seen quite a few chaperones who don't care if the kids get caught doing something stupid. And if they don't care I'm sure the kids' parents and school administrators won't find out that they got in trouble. Of course this makes the rest of us wonder what the hell they're doing as chaperones, but that's another debate for another day.Chaperones are @ DLR Grad Nights to ride attractions & SHOP. I've done 7 Grad Nights so far ( 2 left) & I ring them up all night long in stores. Many even sleep on the benches! :rolleyes: Can't shop, sleep & watch at the same time. :( Chaparones are almost useless, & they don't believe their group of angels would ever commit the acts we CMs actually see. :twisted:

Tutter

06-22-2005, 05:48 AM

Chaparones are almost useless, & they don't believe their group of angels would ever commit the acts we CMs actually see.
Well, for the past couple of weeks I have only been lurking but I have to respectfully put my 2 cents in now.

I chaperoned for a local high school for 10 years, 9 trips to WDW & 1 trip to IOA. Every year before the kids get on the bus they are subjected to a very thorough search, not only of their person, where we check to enforce Disney's dress code & for any hidden items, but of everything that goes with them on the bus ~ purses, wallets, pillows, cd's, extra clothes, deodorant & other personal items. BTW ~ while I am glad that Disney has a dress code for graduates, have you ever tried to explain to a parent that new jeans are still considered jeans & are not allowed! That when Disney says no strapless tops they mean tube tops too!! We have turned several graduates around & sent them to Walmart minutes before the bus left!! Never mind ~ I know that ya'll have to explain the obvious to idiot guests all day every day!!

I know first hand that my "group of angels" are far from angels,:twisted: they are teenagers that have to prove they are smarter than any adult/authority figure. The very first year I went we did not search the kids & 3 of them did get through with some acid, one kid tripped on the acid in the park & our lead chaperone got to spend some quality time with him the in the hospital until his parents got there. I think his only punishment once he got home was he wasn't able to march with his class. His little stunt held up all the buses for about 5 hours, we couldn't leave until the lead chaperone got back from the hospital. We drive down one afternoon arriving just in time for the kick off party & then drive back when the park closes the next morning.

You have to remember, as chaperones we have absolutely no control over students that are not our own & the chances of running into our kids are slim. As chaperones we are told that the lead chaperone has the Disney supplied pager & unless that goes off & we are called, we are free to wander the park as a guest.

You'll notice that I said that I said I "chaperoned" past tense ~ the kids from our school, for some reason, have decided that they would rather go to IOA than WDW & I now REFUSE to go. The people at IOA don't have a clue how to handle grad nite & they have no idea how to treat a chaperone. I hold WDW CM's in very high regard, I do realize what crap you have to put up with on a daily basis, it's not fair that you have to be subjected to it on Grad Nite too.

If the kids ever decide to go back to WDW I might decide that a 6 hour bus ride (one way) with 40 16/17 yr. olds, staying up over 36 hours, putting up with 40 kids that won't clean up their own mess, putting up with MAJOR attitude problems (both kids & other chaperones!) & buses that break down every year is worth it.

Oh yeah, chaperones do this for free. The only compensation a chaperone gets for putting up with all of it is free admission into the park & the free breakfast WDW gives us.

Tutter

Stduck

06-22-2005, 09:21 AM

Zazu

06-22-2005, 08:44 PM

Chaparones are almost useless, & they don't believe their group of angels would ever commit the acts we CMs actually see. :twisted: Oh, I dunno, I've used them a couple of times during my few Grad Night shifts.

Caught three kids smoking one night. Told them to empty their pockets of all smokes, matches and lighters and I'd let them go back and play.

Two did so, and promptly bugged. The third gave up his smokes, but said he couldn't give me his lighter. "It's my grandfather's, and my dad doesn't know I have it!"

"It's your choice, buddy. Either give me the lighter or spend the night playing canasta with the chaperones."

He paled. "Will I get the lighter back?"

"Nope."

Gotta admire his moxie. He squared his shoulders and said, "Canasta it is then."

Marched him over to Columbia Harbor House. When we entered, everything went silent as all eyes turned to us.

"Well, which of you is going to claim him?"

A man with the appearance of Chernabog and the voice of James Earl Jones slowly stood up and intoned, "He's mine...." :chernabog

Somehow, I don't think the kid spent much time that night at the canasta table. :twisted:

lady ulrike

06-23-2005, 09:58 AM

^ Sadly Disneyland doesn't enforce a dress code anymore. The things I see the grads wearing. My lead once said "If I ever caught my own daughter wearing that or owning that...." If you're dressed better you tend to act better.

Actually there is a little dress code, unfortunately there's just not much to it, one thing I know is on there is that the jeans have to be 'nice' (for lack of a better word), i.e. no holes, etc. There's some more on there too, I just don't remember, this was from like 4 years ago, when I just started at Disney and was still tutoring. One of my students was going to Grad Night and showed me the what you can't bring/wear list. And, oh yeah, she was complaining about it. At the time, I didn't know it used to be much stricter (never went to Disney for a Grad Night) or else I would've told her what it used to be like. :)

Main Streeter

06-23-2005, 03:37 PM

You have to remember, as chaperones we have absolutely no control over students that are not our own & the chances of running into our kids are slim. As chaperones we are told that the lead chaperone has the Disney supplied pager & unless that goes off & we are called, we are free to wander the park as a guest.
Tutter, thanks for more than 2 cents worth of info :). I wasn't aware Grad Chaperones had literally no control & only lead chaperone has a pager. Very difficult situation this presents. :( I do realize chaperones are not paid & some must attend Grad Nights because parent volunteerism is so low in schools. I give you credit for stepping up to the plate, & also reeducating me.

darph nader

01-31-2006, 06:15 PM

Hello Y'all. Hey this drugs & sex on grad nites. Did they have this when I graduated in (cough ) ( mumble ) 72.Sounds like fun. :twisted:

IdiotsAreEverywhere

01-31-2006, 08:23 PM

Hello Y'all. Hey this drugs & sex on grad nites. Did they have this when I graduated in (cough ) ( mumble ) 72.Sounds like fun. :twisted:
72 eh? Just 3 years short of the 60's, that would have been a hell of a lot of fun. :twisted:

The Cute Skipper

02-01-2006, 05:18 PM

^ Sadly Disneyland doesn't enforce a dress code anymore. The things I see the grads wearing. My lead once said "If I ever caught my own daughter wearing that or owning that...." If you're dressed better you tend to act better.

Someone tell me why in God's name kids have to wear NICE CLOTHES to wander around an amusement park and sit on dirty/wet seats all night? That makes absolutely no sense to me.

Then again, I highly disagree with dress codes in general. My high school didn't have one, thank goodness, and the students came out as more individual people than the "sheep" schools produced.

But still. Splash mountain in nice pants? Heck no.

IdiotsAreEverywhere

02-01-2006, 07:09 PM

Someone tell me why in God's name kids have to wear NICE CLOTHES to wander around an amusement park and sit on dirty/wet seats all night? That makes absolutely no sense to me.

Then again, I highly disagree with dress codes in general. My high school didn't have one, thank goodness, and the students came out as more individual people than the "sheep" schools produced.

But still. Splash mountain in nice pants? Heck no.
I don't believe they're asking for nice, I think they are just asking for suitable unoffensive clothes.

wolfchild

02-02-2006, 01:18 AM

When I went for my Grad Night in 97 it was definitely more on the "nice" side. No tennis shoes or sneakers were allowed, no t-shirts, no sweatshirts, no excessively baggy or tight clothing, no jeans and stuff along those lines were in the rules. I remember actually having to go buy clothes to wear to the park for six hours, in the dead of night with half the rides non-operational :P I don't even count that trip as an actual Disneyland trip. I think I got to ride three rides, Space Mountain broke down as soon as I got to the loading dock area after having been in line for about an hour or more and the park was more crowded that night than times I have been there during the holidays.

Jenny

pnutshuman

02-02-2006, 11:38 AM

Back in '89 girls had to wear dresses/skirts and boys dress shirts/pants and jackets, that really sucked(can you tel i hate dresses)
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CBeilby

02-02-2006, 09:38 PM

Back in '89 girls had to wear dresses/skirts and boys dress shirts/pants and jackets, that really sucked(can you tel i hate dresses)
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Hmm. You must be around my age, pnutshuman. I attended in 1990 (but graduated a year late due to variable credit in high school at one point.)

sandravb79

02-03-2006, 01:12 AM

Grad nights or not, I don't mind wearing a dress or nice pants to go to a Disney park.
Quite actually, I wore white linen pants on GRR, I went on it 4 times in a row (thank you single riders line) and well... let's say I was glad I was wearing very nice underwear, since everyone could see it through my wet pants ;)
(yes, that was ME!)

Raidermatt

02-03-2006, 11:43 AM

1986 for me and a jacket was required. I *think* a tie was as well.

LilSWgirl

02-09-2006, 09:09 AM

Grad nites at Autopia are the worst. They bump the whole time....no BUMPING, so where we normally have like 2 positions out on the track, we have at least 4 with radios, ready to hop in a car.
Last year I had to run to 4 or 5, there were 2 makeout sessions, and one kid smoking in the car.

what's even better? Being almost puked on and told it was Pizza Port, yeah right. :mad:

smart1hermione

05-02-2008, 04:39 PM

I undertand dress code to keep the offensive clothing/gang issues out of the way... but I would be severely miffed to have to wear a dress. there goes any ride that have the strap between the legs...

My grad night, we were required to wear the same shirt and jeans.

The security detail SUCKED. girls had to be led into the restrooms to have their brastraps felt for drugs...

ShankaBaby

05-14-2008, 12:54 PM

i remember work'n atuo this one grad nite and this one kid (who i thought was mentally challenged) asked on my buddies to help him find his pipe that he lost in one of the cars.. i just about died laughing... retarded and high.. what a great combo lol

EeyoresButterfly

05-14-2008, 02:48 PM

Being high is not good, regardless of your mental status. Just because the kids didn't have the common sense to just leave without the paraphenalia does not make him retarded.

GuestJockey

05-14-2008, 07:08 PM

I would be severely miffed to have to wear a dress. there goes any ride that have the strap between the legs...

welcome to being a plaid. it's really great when one of the kids wants to ride the matterhorn with you and you're in a skirt. :)

EeyoresButterfly

05-14-2008, 07:43 PM

smart1hermione

05-14-2008, 08:46 PM

Does the Matterhorn have restraints with a between the leg strap? I'm trying to think, but I don't think WDW has a single one. I actually wear lots of skirts to the parks on my days off, but those are by choice. I would not want to ask a bunch of teenage girls to wear skirts, not with the epidemic upskirting, it sounds like it could lead to lots of trouble.

Well, Matterhorn isn't a between-the-legs strap, you're straddling the person in front of you.

I suppose it depends on what skirt you wear. Anything that's long and flowy, a peasant variety, would be fine.. But anything described as "pencil" or "mini"... bound to be a bad scene barbie.

welcome to being a plaid. it's really great when one of the kids wants to ride the matterhorn with you and you're in a skirt.

Yikes, I've seen the plaid skirts you guys wear! I didn't know plaids went on the rides too. I guess whatever the guest wants. My dream job is to be a
Plaid!

Mad Maxx

05-15-2008, 12:08 AM

I suppose it depends on what skirt you wear. Anything that's long and flowy, a peasant variety, would be fine.. But anything described as "pencil" or "mini"... bound to be a bad scene barbie.

And that my friend is one of the reasons working Autopia was interesting to say the least. The younger women/girls seem to forget that they didn't have something on under their skirts and over their undies. You got to see up MANY a girls skirts. Not like one wanted to see that, you just did... Yeah...

DisneyMom

05-15-2008, 07:07 AM

welcome to being a plaid. it's really great when one of the kids wants to ride the matterhorn with you and you're in a skirt. :)

Can you find plaid shorts to go under plaid skirt?

smart1hermione

05-15-2008, 09:59 AM

Can you find plaid shorts to go under plaid skirt?

I think Burberry would explode.

Randy B

05-15-2008, 09:14 PM

Can you find plaid shorts to go under plaid skirt?

Ask the guys in Off Kilter for their supplier. Think about it. Short Kilts, on a raised stage, acrobatic jumps while playing music. :eek: So they utilize plaid bicycle shorts. Since this is approved wear for those Disney employed persons, it should make it easier to get similar "protective garments" approved for anyone whos costume includes a skirt-like garment. Be sure to approach this as a "protecting the show quality" issue. Wouldn't want to provide inadvertant sex ed to the kiddies, now would we.

(on the other hand there have been a few CMs I wouldn't mind if they did a Brittney. :twisted::eek::D:)

Randy

GRUMPY PIRATE

05-15-2008, 10:55 PM

Ask the guys in Off Kilter for their supplier. Think about it. Short Kilts, on a raised stage, acrobatic jumps while playing music. :eek: So they utilize plaid bicycle shorts. Since this is approved wear for those Disney employed persons, it should make it easier to get similar "protective garments" approved for anyone whos costume includes a skirt-like garment. Be sure to approach this as a "protecting the show quality" issue. Wouldn't want to provide inadvertant sex ed to the kiddies, now would we.

(on the other hand there have been a few CMs I wouldn't mind if they did a Brittney. :twisted::eek::D:)

Randy

What? Sing badly, have drug problems, and be a big disappointment to many?

Randy B

05-15-2008, 11:29 PM

What? Sing badly, have drug problems, and be a big disappointment to many?

No, get out of a limo sans complete under wardrobe. :rolleyes::twisted:

Randy

GRUMPY PIRATE

05-16-2008, 10:08 AM

No, get out of a limo sans complete under wardrobe. :rolleyes::twisted:

Randy

Yeah.....

There's is just something about a women who turns a private area into a public domain...but I don't think that "something" is a good thing.

Just very sad that she sunk that low to keep her "fame" in the papers!

GuestJockey

05-16-2008, 06:20 PM

After my first tour I learned real quick to always wear bike shorts under the skirt.

There's the rope bridge on Tarzan's Treehouse, Autopia, the Matterhorn, and the all-time favorite; the MALIBOOMER. Like I said, you learn to wear shorts under the skirt very quickly.

mechurchlady

05-17-2008, 05:14 PM

Yeah.....

There's is just something about a women who turns a private area into a public domain...but I don't think that "something" is a good thing.

Just very sad that she sunk that low to keep her "fame" in the papers!

There are people putting cameras in bathrooms. That bag in the stall next to you may have a hidden camera. There are dudes looking down onto women's breasts and from beneath at some areas and not just at WDW. There are voyeaurs everywhere and a lady is not safe any more. Some dudes will even drill holes in the floors or walls. Mice Tales has a story about the riverboat at disneyland and a dude who had a "drain hole" drilled in the floor of the pilot house. He was supposed to have invited ladies up there then went down stairs for a quick peek, lol.

DisneyMom

05-18-2008, 10:55 PM

I figure if anyone is "looking' at me while undressed, they won't "look" again!:p:

smart1hermione

05-18-2008, 11:09 PM

You think that the disney pervs would get their fill at flash mountain...

felinefan

05-19-2008, 12:15 AM

The person who invents underwear for women that would allow them to use the facilities without exposing themselves is going to become a gazillionaire. There have been times I've wished I could relieve myself without exposing myself. There was a time or two at Knott's I was forced to relieve myself in a styrofoam cup on Balloon Race. Really had to be aware of approaching guests (late night) as well as timing it just right to avoid "flashing somebody on Montezooma's Revenge. Tricky manuever, ending in slightly wet pants. There have been similar situations in my life like that.

Of course, at my size, if a cop were to arrest me, he'd have a hard time figuring out what to charge me with--public urination or inciting a riot.:D: People screaming in sheer terror...

Soundwave

05-19-2008, 12:35 AM

Working my first grad Nite This Thursday, after reading some of these I don't know if I want to work it or trade it away. :p:

hobie16

05-19-2008, 08:29 AM

The person who invents underwear for women that would allow them to use the facilities without exposing themselves is going to become a gazillionaire.
Would one of this do the job?

http://www.urinelle.biz/

http://www.shewee.com/

http://magic-cone.com/Instruction.htm

EeyoresButterfly

05-19-2008, 11:09 AM

kurtisnelson

05-19-2008, 02:55 PM

Frankly, I don't feel "exposed" when I am in the bathroom. I don't know, I find the idea of that kind of thing rather disgusting. I always feel bad for guys with those public urinals that put them on display for all to see, it seems very awkward.
The troughs are the worst. The worst (permanent, non rustic) bathroom I have ever been in is the Citrus Bowl one. Disney has the cleanest public bathrooms anywhere. Heck, they are cleaner than my bathroom.

Cranbiz

05-19-2008, 09:54 PM

EeyoresButterfly

05-19-2008, 10:12 PM

I'm sorry, troughs?

dancinghomer

05-19-2008, 10:22 PM

I'm sorry, troughs?

Its basically a basin/tub looking fixture against a wall that looks like an animal feed trough, except its a urinal that typically stretches about 10-15 feet.

It was always amusing to see at Penn State football games, cause the older bathrooms in the stadiums use them, when a person who had never seen one before walk into the bathroom and see it. Never seen people run to the stalls faster.

EeyoresButterfly

05-19-2008, 10:29 PM

I think I would wet myself first! :eek: That is disgusting!

GRUMPY PIRATE

05-19-2008, 10:37 PM

I think I would wet myself first! :eek: That is disgusting!

????

Umm, thats typical for older mens restrooms.

thats what WE get to put up with.

(won't even describe an older military style restroom, except to say that they save a lot of tax money by not having to install partitions!)

EeyoresButterfly

05-19-2008, 10:54 PM

That's why I'm glad I'm not a man. I really do feel sorry for you guys, nobody should have to expose themselves in public just to use the restroom. I honestly don't get why there is such a double standard for men and women.

Here's a case in point: I went on a retreat at another university, and we showered at their school's rec center. The girls' locker room had separate stalls for each shower affording everybody privacy. The men's locker room apparently had an open air shower situation so they either had to strip down in front of everybody or just not shower. That just doesn't seem right to me. I like my privacy and would not like being put in a situation like that.

GRUMPY PIRATE

05-19-2008, 10:56 PM

EeyoresButterfly

05-19-2008, 11:00 PM

Blue whale? I swear, the posters here speak a very unique language! ;)

Mad Maxx

05-20-2008, 12:55 AM

The troughs are the worst. The worst (permanent, non rustic) bathroom I have ever been in is the Citrus Bowl one. Disney has the cleanest public bathrooms anywhere. Heck, they are cleaner than my bathroom.

I dun remember where it was, but Ive been in a weirder one before. They had one wall of the restroom that was done a little differentially and had water running down it at a constant rate and a little gutter at the bottom. And you just walked right on up and did you duty on the wall. You know how weird it was to pee on the wall as a kid? It was freaking WEIRD.

mechurchlady

05-20-2008, 02:29 AM

Blue whale? I swear, the posters here speak a very unique language! ;)

maybe they throw gibberish at you so as to confuse you, narwhal spumoni nemo.

GaTechGal

05-20-2008, 05:45 AM

hobie16

05-20-2008, 08:33 AM

Men being men with men dammit!!

GRUMPY PIRATE

05-20-2008, 09:47 AM

Blue whale? I swear, the posters here speak a very unique language! ;)

Sorry, its the ending of a rather long story that explains why things are the way they are, and the futility of complaining about them. The gist is to just accept things you cannot control, deal with it, and then move on.

The blue whale part comes after probably a ten or fifteen minute talk about various animals on the planet and how they survive and live, and then from what would be about the life of a blue whale, swimming around, making small whales, eating small small food for such a large creature. Then it ends with the retorical question. "And do you know Why?" The answer is, "because thats just the way it is!"

This was told by an instructor to a group that included myself and fellow employees when we started to undergo a rather intense training course. When things got tough, one or more were heard to yell "blue whale" (and a lot of times broke us down to laughing!)

It sums up something that you may not have control over (SG's?) and can not do anything about, other than dealing with them and moving on.

KWIM?

I LUV Chip

05-20-2008, 09:59 AM

I like that!! Blue whale makes perfect sense. I'll have to remember that when I'm picking up the son from middle school. Talk about SGs. grrr

Zazu

05-20-2008, 07:10 PM

I dun remember where it was, but Ive been in a weirder one before. They had one wall of the restroom that was done a little differentially and had water running down it at a constant rate and a little gutter at the bottom. And you just walked right on up and did you duty on the wall. You know how weird it was to pee on the wall as a kid? It was freaking WEIRD.This sounds like a description of one of the public mens rooms at the Madonna Inn (http://www.madonnainn.com/) near San Luis Obispo, CA.

This was probably the first "themed hotel", as the rooms are decorated with a variety of themes. Most look like a high school shop project with an unlimited budget (and a C grade), but if you like kitch, you'll love this place!

IIRC, the "piss on a waterfall" restroom was at their gas station. When you stepped up, a photocell detected your presence, and a miniature mill atop the wall started turning, the water then cascading down a six-foot tall rock wall into a trough at floor level.

Yeah, I know. It's really hard to believe the descriptions until you've been there. But check out their web site above and look at the guest rooms. It's a hoot.

smart1hermione

05-20-2008, 09:59 PM

This sounds like a description of one of the public mens rooms at the Madonna Inn (http://www.madonnainn.com/) near San Luis Obispo, CA.

This was probably the first "themed hotel", as the rooms are decorated with a variety of themes. Most look like a high school shop project with an unlimited budget (and a C grade), but if you like kitch, you'll love this place!

IIRC, the "piss on a waterfall" restroom was at their gas station. When you stepped up, a photocell detected your presence, and a miniature mill atop the wall started turning, the water then cascading down a six-foot tall rock wall into a trough at floor level.

Yeah, I know. It's really hard to believe the descriptions until you've been there. But check out their web site above and look at the guest rooms. It's a hoot.

My aunt and uncle stayed there!

I find it hilarious that boys have group showers when girls have private ones. I've noticed that in most other cases, men are far more homophobic than women [i.e. sleeping in the same bed, etc.]

If anyone's ever ventured to France, in the less-Americanized regions female restrooms are stalls with holes in the floor. I hear other parts of Europe and Asia have this too...

http://www.capdagdefrance.co.uk/Pictures/French-turkish-toilets.jpg

EeyoresButterfly

05-20-2008, 11:30 PM

smart1hermione

05-20-2008, 11:58 PM

Squat toilets are common in China and caused a bit of a snafu with the planning for the Olympics. They didn't realize when they were constructing the stadiums that most of the industrialized world is not used to squat toilets and considers them unhygienic and had to go through and replace them.

Yeah, the first time I went to France, I was nine and slightly shocked to see the hole-in-one bathroom concept. I do believe my initial opinion of it was "ewwwwww"

I've heard arguments from both sides on hygiene of squat toilets... If you think about it, no matter the strategy [aiming or sitting] it's a pretty nasty affair.:D: