The hardest question known to man:...How many in your Party?

[fantasmike]

I really dont get what it is with these people. You stand in front of them while you are in line grouping, and the same words come out of your mouth every 10 seconds, and yet, when you ask guests that one question, they have a look of utter confusion on their faces.

ME- HOw many in your party?
Guest- um......1,2....4....6..., I think we have 4.... o wait, 4 and a half!"
ME- 5?
Guest- no, four and a half!

I really dont get this! It is a simple question, and yet every time I egt it, they all say the same, they can never give me one answer, they have to think about it, and every time, they think it is so friggin cute if the lady is pregnant, and she says a half for the stupid fetus in her belly! I dont care about the unborn child that will have attributes of their moronic parents!

Considering all our attractions ask the same think, you would think that they would get a sloid count before they enter the ride right? NO, of course not, I guess the half hour wait made the brain fry, and now they have to count all over again.
Does a child count as only a half of a person? IF a child dies on a ride is it a halfasuality?

And then there is the famous trying to find the party of two so that the ride doesnt go empty, you yell,"party of Two!", and everyone looks at you as though you didnt know what the hell you were talking about. Then everyone looks at eachother, starts to think, and then you get the party torwards the end of the line that say that they have two, and come uthrough the whole line to be in front, and yet they have three. THen when you get ready to load the next car, the first person you talk to in line has two.... I dont get it....

[GMC]

now i know why everyone that moves from steam trains to Indy, wants to come back, and now i know why i'm going to miss it: at steam trains we are...

encouraged to underload, especially if it will take more then 2 minutes to load the whole train.

We're encourage to discourage spotloading... ie party of two, party of two?

and all i do is open the gate, let the people flow, until i think i'm full, then make spots for people who don't have room.

[coldfire409]

I hate it when I'm loading and the parents don't count the children. Eventhough we allow lap sitting I still have to count off the party as they come through. Now at my location the guests in wheelchairs must wait in part of the queue, and then they spit off. At the point where they split off I hate it when a person in a wheelchair isn't the first one in the party and the party is a party of 12 to 15 and the rest of the party that was in front of the guest in the wheelchair gets all pissed off because I asked the person in the wheelchair how many in their party and they all have to backtrack.

Also what about when you ask them how many in their party and they say 5, but only two are at the load point, and rest of the party is half way back in the queue. We even have a spiel that says keep your party together in the preshow speil.

[VoodooDawn52]

God, I miss those days on steamtrains......but there's some room there!!! As guest points...." Ma'am there is another train right behind us," " But But But" I miss those days.......................... :twisted:

[lady ulrike]

What about the deer caught in the headlights look? You ask how many in their party and they just stare. Sometimes it's a language barrier, but by the end of the day they should have figured out what that question is, since they've been asked all day.

Another favorite, when they don't count the kids at all. You ask how many they tell you 4. Four people go by, including kids, you go to stop what you think is the next group and suddenly there's like three more people in their group because kids don't count as people or something.

Or when they divide up the group in a way they think yhou want to know, like when the vehicle is a two seater and so they tell you two, when really it's six. You're at the point where you've almost filled up the vehicle, ask how many in the next group, they tell you two you think great it's full, then stop the next guest and they say but I'm with them.

I don't understand why it's such a difficult concept, I think I had it down at about age 6.

[SassyTinkrBelle8]

Or when they divide up the group in a way they think you want to know, like when the vehicle is a two seater and so they tell you two, when really it's six. You're at the point where you've almost filled up the vehicle, ask how many in the next group, they tell you two you think great it's full, then stop the next guest and they say but I'm with them.
I HATE when that happens. Especially when:
me: how many
them: two, can we have the front please?
me: sure, row one.
Me: (to next group) how many?
them: We're with them (point to the "party of two" that I sent to row one)

I have to go get them, cuz we can't fit the party of four on rows one and two yet because our row one is about four trains long. so I make them wait to the side, and start to fill up four more trains, and they stand there looking mad because they think they are being cut in front of. UGH!!

The best is when they have like a party of five and they say "five, but we're gonna go two, two, and one."
:shock: REALLY?!! WOW!! I was gonna try to put three of you on one, and two of you on another one!! Silly me!! Do you want my name badge too? Should I give you my vest?!

I had a huge party one time that had no idea how many they had. Some of them were saying 14, 16, finally one said 20. I was so annoyed.

The sad part of all this, grouping is my favorite position!!

[coldfire409]

The best is when they have like a party of five and they say "five, but we're gonna go two, two, and one."
The attraction that I work at can fit 6 in a row, sometimes 7 or 8, and if they are small children I've fit 12 in a row. With that being said I've a guest say that to me once and they were a pary of five. So I split them up like they asked, and suddenly they got mad at me. :roll: I only did exactly what they said that they wanted to do. :twisted:

[VoodooDawn52]

I remember the time I had a party of 44---the only one who spoke english was in the front to tell me exactly how many was in their party----the attraction I was working at the time could only fit a maximum of 15 adults.......so it ended up being " Okay keep coming.....stop" as I put my arm out to stop and then rearrange everyone to the rows......Good times!!! :roll:

[Dalisair]

We have to ask in one of our surveys how many people are in their group today... it's just as hard at the front gate as it is inisde obviously...

[GMC]

What about the deer caught in the headlights look? You ask how many in their party and they just stare. Sometimes it's a language barrier, but by the end of the day they should have figured out what that question is, since they've been asked all day.
the best way to deal with that one is, Cuanto? almost everytime i get that look it's from a spanish speaking familiy, of course after Indy day 1 (which is kicking my ass, in a good way) i saw that look more times in one day than i had in an entire two months of steam trains.

then there was the family that i told to got two in 3 in one and two in row two, and they went three and three, so i sent the next party to row one, then the misplaced party decided to place themselves, where i had told them, and so i moved the foun to row three, and for somereason it didn't compute with them that i said, sorry change of plans you're in 3 now, eh, but i got more than i should have expected from a family wearing lime green tie-dyed shirts.... eep!
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[Scream162]

I understand that maybe early in the day you may not know how many are in your party, but towards park closing you SHOULD know. I can't count how times some groups did not know how many guests were with them at park closing. Hello?! You've been with them the whole day!

[lady ulrike]

I understand that maybe early in the day you may not know how many are in your party, but towards park closing you SHOULD know. I can't count how times some groups did not know how many guests were with them at park closing. Hello?! You've been with them the whole day!
There's even reason for confusion there. If there are kids that are too short for some rides in their party then there will be a change in their party size all day. But when I've been in that situation, I've double checked how many are with us this time just before getting to the loading area. I even did that before I was a cast member.

[DisneyPrincess]

Unfortunately it's not limited to just not knowing party size. I also work at a clothing store and when asking how many items they are taking it "um, I dunno" "x amount of shirts, x amount of pants" I want a total not each item. It takes them completely by surprise , yet every fitting room I've ever been into has asked how many items I had.

[fantasmike]

One of the best ones, which I got today was as follows
me- how many
guest- ya.....
me-sir, how many in your party?
guest- what was that?
--i then walk to the group in back of them , and let them go on in front of the first group--
AS the guest panicks
me- how many in your group
guest-um...um,.....1,2,3....4....i think we have 5...and a half
guests child- no we have four
me- how many in your party sir. :x
guest- we have 6, but I want to sit in front, and they can sit wherever they want!

The group was 8 by the way,.... :evil:

I sware, are these people really this stupid, or do they just act this way because it is appealing... :shock:

[reivaX]

no my friend's, the WORST is at Mickey's house. there are only so many people allowed in a room at a time and each room varies regard the maximum. groups of people will come in and tell me two people. when the door opens and it's time to let the flood in, they only counted the people that were going to be in the picture not mom and dad and grandma and grandpa, no. so i need to cut the grouping short and the people who thought they were going to be let in get pissed and the people i told to wait at the door get confused and step in front of the group i cut short and they get pissed at each other and i walk into the vault and let them duke it out and the family left standing gets to get their picture taken with the big cheese. while the other gets stepped on.

[Canoe30x]

Well I don't work at Disneyland, but once I was there, at the Matterhorn no one was grouping the people to get them onto the ride, and the people themselves were trying to figure out who went in which car and it really was going slower then you could imagine and everyone was confused, so I decided to be aq grouper for a evening, and asked how many were in each party and all that, and I found out that it really is harder than it looks. (and only a couple of ppl asked if I really worked there)

[fantasmike]

if you go to slow on matterhorn, most CM's know that the ride will station backup,

About canoe30x just wondering if you are an AP?

[Canoe30x]

An annual passholder? At the moment, ya, I got one for the first time this year, and it's about to expire anyway, but currently yes I am.

[SassyTinkrBelle8]

AGAIN!!! I was grouping, and had a group come down and tell me "two, can we wait for the front?"
me: sure, row one
me: (to next group) how many?
them: two
me: row 7
me: (to next group) how many here?
them: two
me: row 8
(three people start walking by)
me: wait, how many in your party? all together?
them: oh, well it's us and them (points to 2 people in back of them)
me: five?
them: oh yeah.
me: make sure you say your entire group number
them: well, I said two because they did (points to two people on row 7)
:bang:
me: (to guests on row 7) come back! How many total? 7?
them: yes
me: ok, well, make sure you say your entire group number next time.
them: oh, well, we're with them too. (points to group of two on row 1)
me: so you have 9?
them: yes
me: well, I can keep you 7 together because they wanted row one. rows 5, 6, 7, 8. make sure you tell them your ENTIRE party number at any attraction. :throw:

I look at my rows, which are USUALLY double grouped, the majority of them are empty. ::prays for lots of groups of two::
me: (to next group) how many?
them: two
me: (yay!) row 3
them: oh, can we get the front?
me: :hammer:

by the way, hooray for the CM's that accompany their friends/family and correct them when they come down and say two, and the CM says, no, we have 5!!! I say, "thank you." They look at me and say, "I'm a cast member, I feel ya!!" God Luv You Guys!!!

[reivaX]

hey canoe, are you a girl? and did you ask a higly attractive male cast member to let you group because everyone was confused?

[GMC]

i think she is, but couldn't we get in shitloads of trouble if a DOSH spy came-a-lurking, i mean, no offense canoes, but what if the sleds crashed or something, or even if you'd been knocked into the track by another guest, not only would spalsh be the only mountian in the park up and running, but it could damn near shut down the park, however, thanks for helping out you're CMs, some people get annoyed when a passholder takes on the taskes of a CM, but i think it strengthens the bonds that we should be trying to establish between CM and Regular Guest, let's see how popular I am, let's instead of calling them all of our negative Passhole-der names we'll call them RGs, the people that you see each day. as for you canoes, you sound like you'd make a good CM, you should talk to any of the CM's on the site, and get a referall code from one of us, and directions to our casting center.

what do we say folks, RG's and not APs? and get Canoes a job?

by the way canoes, what you did is something that i wouldn't even have the balls to do, of course it could cost me my job, where as you'd either get a sticker or a two week suspention of your pass, thank you very much for taking inative to help out with the people who bust thier asses each day to make your day magic!

[Canoe30x]

Lol, firstly, no I didn't ask a highly attractive male cast member to let me group, But yes I did get permission from the first CM I saw there. Secondly, ("some people get annoyed when a passholder takes on the taskes of a CM") the people weren't annoyed because som of them were really having troubles there, ("Are you getting on this ride?" "Uh, I don't know, I'm waiting for someone to tell us what to do") So actually everyone was happy. But of course if you don't think I should do it, I won't do it again. By the way, reivaX, what's your name?
Lol, actually I've been told several times (while I was at Dland) that I should get a job there, I'd like that actually.

[fantasmike]

Ill let REVIA X tell you his name, but let me tell you , in case you were interested, he is very attractive, and an all around nice guy, I work with him often, and I think you two will make a great couple. :lol: he also works out! Arms of steel! and abbs to kill!

[Canoe30x]

haha, thats not why I was asking reivax's name. :roll:

[Dalisair]

Ill let REVIA X tell you his name, but let me tell you , in case you were interested, he is very attractive, and an all around nice guy, I work with him often, and I think you two will make a great couple. :lol: he also works out! Arms of steel! and abbs to kill!
Why does it all gotta be about the abs? Darn it....

[GMC]

Abs of flab baby, wel actually that's been changing since i started working here, and canoes, i'm not mad at you at all for helping out, it's just that with this recent thunder incident the park has been CRAWLING with DOSH, and i'd hate to see you, the matterhorn crew, and anyone else applicable get in trouble for you doing a good, thing, so if you do it agian, and you see someone that looks like they might be evaluatiing, or you see dress casual, jump in a sled and go, and i'm going to tell you the same thing they told me in the "Attractions, and You" training segment,

"if someone comes up to you and starts asking about the rides operation status (or whatever, ie what makes it go down) don't ofer any information, other than it goes occasionaly, also, if they idenify themselves as DOSH, and insist that you HAVE to give them information, you don't, and if they'd like, or insist that you do, you're lead is happy to help them with any questions, which basically means fuck off, with a smile"

But definatly, go and apply with us, to work attractions, you do have to be 18 tho

[Canoe30x]

Ok, :) thanks for the info, I'll remember that.

[Canoe30x]

I would work there for sure, except I live 7 hours away and am not 18 yet; as you can probably guess, the best would be to work on the canoes...

[GMC]

well alot of people that have family in the area ask for CT and work in the peak season, and live with nearby friends and/or family. I'd invite you to come live with me but, one ur a girl (who's younger) and that could/would/should, cause alot of "talking" two, i hardly know you, and three, no room, but if you ever move closer, go for it, from the small amount you've posted so far, you're what disney is looking for, also if you're 17 you can work foods, or shops until ur 18 then transfer.

[Canoe30x]

"if someone comes up to you and starts asking about the rides operation status (or whatever, ie what makes it go down) don't ofer any information, other than it goes occasionaly"

Well then, lol, I think I would make a great DOSH spy cus I have gotten info like what makes the ride shut down and all that from CMs from several different rides.

[GMC]

we can generally tell who the spies are, and what they say isn't always nessicarily what happened, also it pretains more to if anyone got injured, or a human error, computer malfunction, anything along the lines of a situation in which there was/is potential for damage of any kind.

[coldfire409]

Today I was at Star Tours and I was loadin my cabin. Now the seating at Star Tours is eight people in rows 1,2,and 4. Three people in row 3, and nine people in row 5. At least once every 3 loads I had a guest ask me. "Are you sure that 7/8/9 people will fit in this row. I felt like sayin "Are you doubting that I know my attraction"

Then I had this one guest get into a fit when I tried to measure his child because she went on this before. Like I have never heard that one before. Well when I went to measure the child the guest looks at me and says "I paid your salary" I look at him and said "Then I need her to stand by the height sign because I'm going to earn it." I don't think he liked that response very much. Partly because his child didn't make the height requirement. So they decided to storm off and nobody in their party was going to go on the ride. At that point I'm thinking whatever and went back to loading my cabin.

Then even later on I had 2 loads in a row where nobody knew how many was in their party in all of the parties that came to me. So I did the only thing I could think of doing. I overloaded the cabin. :twisted: At least there was one party in that load that knew how many they had. Each time. Then the last load that I did at the cabin nobody could speak english. Oh well at least by that time we slowed down considerably and there were only 23 people in that cabin.

[SRT_GB]

Well when I went to measure the child the guest looks at me and says "I paid your salary" I look at him and said "Then I need her to stand by the height sign because I'm going to earn it."
Good answer to that one! I usually say something stupid like, "that's funny, I didn't see your signature on my paycheck" or if I really feel like being a smartass I bust out a calculator and point out to them that less than one cent of what they paid to come in the park goes into my pocket.

[thedingo]

coldfire409 wrote:
Well when I went to measure the child the guest looks at me and says "I paid your salary" I look at him and said "Then I need her to stand by the height sign because I'm going to earn it."
Good answer to that one! I usually say something stupid like, "that's funny, I didn't see your signature on my paycheck" or if I really feel like being a smartass I bust out a calculator and point out to them that less than one cent of what they paid to come in the park goes into my pocket.
I'd just cut to the chase & inform him that I'm not a salaried employee :P

[coldfire409]

I actually heard that line first in Farenheit 9/11. I laughed so much at that line that I decided that I was going to use it on guests when they start to say stuff like that.

[GMC]

i think the only guests that get mad when you want to check their kid, are the ones that know the kid ain't gunna make it, it really blew for some people tho, they somehow managed to get the kid all the way thru the line at indy w/o being checked, and being the good little trainee that i was i checked the kid, and put my sad face on, and had to tell them sorry, but they seemed pretty cool with it... I love the guests that put safety first, it makes my jorb alot eaiser

[LaDolceVita]

i like it when you get the "all together" answer....

BUT MY ALL TIME FAVORITE IS THIS ONE....

Me: Hi guys, how many in your group?
Guest: oh, all the way back to bob.
Me: uh....who's bob? do i know bob?
Guest: the guy with the hat......*pushs child past me and attempts to group herself*
Me: *puts arm in the way* Ma'am...just tell me the number of people in your group...you look smart..im pretty sure you can count...how many?
Guest: are you telling me i cant count?
Me: No, you're doing a fine job of that yourself.

[FebruaryStar02]

I've been waiting to do this. Maybe one day. Maybe when I know the grouper. Maybe not.

Anyway, next time I'm in line for something (preferrably as a single rider) and the grouper asks me how many, I'm going to start counting everyone behind me...using my fingers and toes, too...and then turn around and say, "One."

It's gonna be awesome.

[CujoSR]

I've been waiting to do this. Maybe one day. Maybe when I know the grouper. Maybe not.

Anyway, next time I'm in line for something (preferrably as a single rider) and the grouper asks me how many, I'm going to start counting everyone behind me...using my fingers and toes, too...and then turn around and say, "One."

It's gonna be awesome.oooo.. That'll be fun. :twisted:

[GMC]

they'll put you on the vehicle that tends to time out, stop, loose it's undercarriage, explode, or something terrible like that, or they'll give you a Smilie Run, all alone, only they'll "accidentally" pull you're car off the track, to bad so sad

[Dalisair]

they'll put you on the vehicle that tends to time out, stop, loose it's undercarriage, explode, or something terrible like that, or they'll give you a Smilie Run, all alone, only they'll "accidentally" pull you're car off the track, to bad so sad
Can I request one of those runs?!?!?!

[Canoe30x]

Aww, too bad I didn't read this post *before* I went to disneyland the other day... that woulda been fun to try ;)

Actually one thing funny that happened was when me and my friend were getting in line for the jungle cruise, Mom and my brother happened to be going there too, and it was late and I was tired, and so when the grouper asked me how many were in my group I said "Two-- I mean 4, no 2, oh wait, (turned around) Mom are you with us or not?" :?

[GMC]

tell me, did you somehow miss the boat and hit the water?(pushed) was it on purpose, or did you really not know if you're mom was going to go as part of you're group.

[Canoe30x]

Haha, well it would have been fun to miss the boat and hit the water, but no one pushed me. Well I never really stopped to think about it, I mean since we were doing the buddy system, they werent really part of my group, on the other hand, they were with us at that time, so I wasnt sure how to count it. Thankfully, the grouper didn't press the point, but just put all 4 of us on the boat, lol.

[GMC]

It has finally happened to me....
"How many in your party?"

"Two and three"

"so five then?"

"yes"

"ok, 2 in row 2 and three in row three, you want to make sure that you tell the total # so that we don't put you in two seperate vehicles."

i didn't think it would happen to me, but i suppose i derserve it for being stupid. may favorite part though was separating them the same way they had themselves already separated.

[aliceindisguse]

This is my favorite one....
me: How many are in your group?
guest (looks around makes a sweeping motion with there hand around there group): all of us.
me: which is how many?
guest: all of us.
me: I need a number here...
guest: ohhhhh..... 6

[GMC]

oh i hate that.

[Stduck]

I just ask "How Many?" untill they give me a number. If that number is wrong then its not my fault that you said 8 and your party had 12. Next time tell me the CORRECT number and I will be able to group you accordingly. Good times good times. I can't wait to go back to my ride where we don't group.

IT'S MY HUNDREDTH POST!!!! GO ME!!!

[coldfire409]

When a guest tells me that they are "all of us" I ususally reply with "the entire line." Most of the time the guest realizes that I would have no idea how many are in their party and then tell me a number.

[GMC]

holy cow i had three or four asian tour groups of 25 or so, and at least two tour groups of 15+ that spoke english (thankfully) those were fun to group, but my favorite was as follows:(ok so this guy is in front a group that's just come from the film room, the station has been starving for a few seconds (which seem not alot of time, but when you're dispatching every 18 seconds, and five vehicles come trough and get sent empty, groupers ae happy) yeah so this guy is head of the pack, and into the story, agian...)

"how many?"
"alot"
"(to quote aliceindisguse) do you have a number for me?"
"i dunno, they're all (and kinds points up at the queue and people commming down the stairs) commming"
at this point both ends of this conversation are thing holy cow what an idoit
"are they all with you"
(ambigous answer of sorta words sorta body language)
to the person behind him "how many in your party?"
"two"
"ok row one"
in the mean time "frontman" we shall call him, has decided to mosey on over to row one, by himself :roll:

the guy was a single rider, and thought i wanted to know how many were in the line! th couple behind him, who had been there for the whole thing, kinda rolled thier eyes at me, and i gave them that sorta "yeah, i know, sad" look, and then we all got married and li... no that was a different disney ending, so then we all went about our daily stupities.

[GMC]

I can't wait to go back to my ride where we don't group.

IT'S MY HUNDREDTH POST!!!! GO ME!!!
congrats on 100, i put my 200th in a reply on the communications forum, so i couldn't go edit it to say go me. but i was wondering where they've got you stuck now? Pooh(p) or Splash (seems to me that that's where just about everyone from mansion goes, i'm kinda jealous, one of your fellow butler's went to splash, and i went to indy, he got a mountian, and i got a fancy dark ride ridden with down times, and we hired on the same day (orentationed anyway) oh well it's not the end of life.

[Stduck]

Thank you GMC. I have no SGTs to add cause I have had no hours. (8 months means NOTHING!) I'm at Pooh. I should have fought it for Splash (lots of people got splash with less seniority). But I was gracious and took it. Yeah being stuck at Pooh -grumbles- but it is funny to watch the canoe boys fumble and get scared of the buttons. I offered one a paddle and he screamed "Yes!"

[SmallWorldGuy76]

I hate it when I'm loading and the parents don't count the children. Eventhough we allow lap sitting I still have to count off the party as they come through. Now at my location the guests in wheelchairs must wait in part of the queue, and then they spit off. At the point where they split off I hate it when a person in a wheelchair isn't the first one in the party and the party is a party of 12 to 15 and the rest of the party that was in front of the guest in the wheelchair gets all pissed off because I asked the person in the wheelchair how many in their party and they all have to backtrack.

Also what about when you ask them how many in their party and they say 5, but only two are at the load point, and rest of the party is half way back in the queue. We even have a spiel that says keep your party together in the preshow speil.You have my sympathy when it comes to that! At Small World, we had a maximum of 15 guests including kids and the answers I get from brainless guests are four but to them it meant 6 or 8. I reply with I thought you were four and they come back with "Oh, they're with us!" You must include EVERYBODY!

[Alyssa3467]

Another favorite, when they don't count the kids at all. You ask how many they tell you 4. Four people go by, including kids, you go to stop what you think is the next group and suddenly there's like three more people in their group because kids don't count as people or something.

I saw a similar thing happen yesterday on the Monorail. I asked if I cound sit in the nosecone, and waited by the door. The pilot saw that I was the only one there, and said that due to policy, he couldn't have just one person in the nosecone, and he asked for a party of 4 from the front compartment. A family of 5 come out, since apparently they didn't count the kid. I offered to sit in the cabin, but the pilot told me not to... I felt kinda bad about that fifth family member who had to stay behind... :(

[PirateJohn]

I felt kinda bad about that fifth family member who had to stay behind... :(That makes one of us.

If they don't know how to count to five, then they're not bloody smart enough to ride together in the nose cone.

[Thatguy]

Presicely, if four are asked for that means that only four get to go. the end, buh bye.

[sledspace]

This has to be the most stupidest answer I got when asking how many do you have? The answer: 0. Yes, 0 and they were serious too! Took them a good 30 seconds to realize they had more than 0 in their party. Boy its going to be a long summer.

[IrritatedIndy]

I really dont get what it is with these people. You stand in front of them while you are in line grouping, and the same words come out of your mouth every 10 seconds, and yet, when you ask guests that one question, they have a look of utter confusion on their faces.

ME- HOw many in your party?
Guest- um... 1, 2... 4... 6... I think we have 4... o wait, 4 and a half!"
ME- 5?
Guest- no, four and a half

And then there is the famous trying to find the party of two so that the ride doesnt go empty, you yell,"party of Two!", and everyone looks at you as though you didnt know what the hell you were talking about. Then everyone looks at eachother, starts to think, and then you get the party torwards the end of the line that say that they have two, and come through the whole line to be in front, and yet they have three. THen when you get ready to load the next car, the first person you talk to in line has two.... I dont get it....I may have the answer to man's hardest question!: applause, fireworks, trumpets:

I think that the people are so shocked and stunned to finally reach the ride that they are incapable of speaking. (sort of like the deer caught in headlights kind of thing)

[alexp2005]

When we don't have ops ppl in toontown (Hall of Fame) the loader gets the ppl. I love when guests say "3 kids will be seeing the characters" or "we will be only taking X pictures." I SAID HOW MANY IN YOUR PARTY! Of course the classic splitting the families up b/c they are retarded. Half of the family went in to the room and the other half stayed in line b/c they said 5 (when they had 8) and I took 5 and made the rest wait. I felt so powerful :)

[Jumboshrmp]

Here is a hilarious one from space mountain I heard when i was at WDW for the Everest passhole preview.

CM: "How many in your party?"
Guy in front of me: "What party? I thought this was a ride."
:banghead:

[SWTexasBelle]

I have taken to holding the requisite number of fingers up as I approach the CM loader - oftentimes he/she will greet me with "4?" I say "Yes" and load. Couldn't be easier.
At restaurants I will tell them " 4 - and I will need 1 highchair." This sometimes confuses the CMs - "5?" - ME - "No, 4 in the party, and we need 1 highchair."

[bpgstudios]

I hate when they try to 'help out' by splitting their party up.
How Many?
3 and 4
For a total of 7?
Yes
(in my head: Crap what rows was I loading again?) Rows 2 and 3

Its especially bad when they then procede to take three rows.

I love the ones that act like they have such a HUGE party when they say things like 6, 7, or 8. Honney, I've seen partys of 83 come down the queue in small world. Parties of 15 or more do screw me up though.

On a side note: Why would you visit a park TOGETHER with more than 15 people? there are very few attractions that you will be able to ride together. Why not split up into saller, more manageable groups. Plus if a few in your party decide not to ride you have a frantic recount to do (but please do it before you get to the grouper/load).

Gotta love the parties that, at 10pm, don't know how many they have. Or the party of four that wants to ride 2 and 2 on small world when our queue is out the door. Or the people that loudly state "He won't mind if we take three rows instead of 2."

Gotta love loading. Thank god there's no rows on belt attractions :belt: JUst two-three per pirate ship/doombuggy/clammobile

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

Gotta love loading. Thank god there's no rows on belt attractions :belt: JUst two-three per pirate ship/doombuggy/clammobile

AMEN TO THAT!!!! Guests still tend to how many by holding up "2" and saying "2", which doesn't help at all.

[bpgstudios]

AMEN TO THAT!!!! Guests still tend to how many by holding up "2" and saying "2", which doesn't help at all.
Of course they would. They have to be 'helpful' when not applicable. Like how at Pan parties of 13 are split up if they havea wheelchair with them (usually no more than 4 taken to unload personally, but we're allowed to go up to 6, the rest go down fastpass) get pissed, yet they split themselves up at small world and screw up our wheelchair queue by waiting around for the rest of their party to come down the queue, then hope the wheelchair boat is in the right load for them.

Can't win can we! :p:
In case you don't know me well, my posts may come across as hating of guests. I actually love them, they keep me on my toes and give me great stories, and many are extremely nice and thankful (see the most recent thanks CM thread).

[mechurchlady]

What burns me is that you get in the assigned line then as you are about to board the people next to you hop into the seat you are assigned. Those people just do not understand assigned rows. I been in line behind those people who stand there on the cell phone yapping away or otherwise distracted to the point that they do not hear CMs or warnings. It was worst on Splash Mountain probably with people just jumping into boats and not even waiting for people to get out or going to the right seat.

[lady ulrike]

On a side note: Why would you visit a park TOGETHER with more than 15 people?Well, I have to say we actually attempted this here at SGT. The goal was 40 and the reason for it was because I thought it would be great to go and literally take over some of the rides, for example... Star Tours holds 40 people, Jungle holds a bit more (I think), but with 40 and a slow day we could probably get our own boat, and last but not least, some of the dark rides we could literally fill the ride, Toad or Pan are the ones that come to mind (12 or 13 cars, no more than 3 per vehicle and with Toad you can't fit 3 adults)

Anyway, I just had to chime in with that, we didn't get anywhere near that # of people, but if we had we were going to have just a few decide where to go next, etc and just meet there, not trying to keep track of each other en route.

[Zazu]

Why would you visit a park TOGETHER with more than 15 people?Um, because it's fun to answer that most difficult of questions with, "42!" and be correct. :D:

Want proof? How's this:
http://figzu.com/38splash.jpg

[SirWillow]

Most of the time the really large groups are tour groups. Though I've been part of a couple of larger groups in the parks, but it's usually for a shorter period of time, a couple of ride takeovers, like the other 2 mentioned. Trust me, it's a blast to be able to fill a ride with a whole bunch of your friends.

But at the same time, we've also always built in time for people to split up into smaller groups and go do as they want. That way you can do more throughout the day, and do what you want, while still having places and times to meet with your friends for common rides, meals, etc. I wouldn't want to do it all day, but for parts of a day it can be a lot of fun.

[felinefan]

At Knott's, the largest capacity ride we have is the Calico Railroad. When we had school groups, we could usually put one average group in each car. The number of guests the Stock Car and Gondola can hold depends basically on butt width, if people are sitting properly with belongings under the seat (didn't see that too often!), plus two wheelchair places in the Stock Car, the Baggage Car plus three coaches made for plenty of seating. If I remember right, the Gondola could hold at least 20-25 people, Stock Car about 20, each of the coaches with three people in a seat, 18 seats is 54 per coach, or 162 in all 3, and the Baggage Car had fewer seats, 14 I think, that's 42, so all told about 251 capacity if both wheelchairs spots were used. Caboose is train crew only, and believe me we always had someone asking if they could ride in it. Add two Bandits, a conductor, fireman and engineer, and there could be 256 people on board. Our other train I never really got to estimate how many it could hold, but as it wasn't wheelchair accessible, if we got 4 in a seat, with six cars, all cars having six seats, front car had the very front seat cordoned off for the conductor, so I'd say the Grand Sierra Steamtrain in Camp Snoopy can hold 141, 143 if you include the engineer and conductor. I wasn't on Mine Ride, but in talking to people who were certified on it, it could carry more per hour than the train, but that was because fewer safety checks were required.

[bpgstudios]

Um, because it's fun to answer that most difficult of questions with, "42!" and be correct. :D:

Want proof? How's this:
http://figzu.com/38splash.jpg
Wow! Thank you Zazu you made my day. That has to be the best splash photo I have ever seen (and I admit curiosity has gotten the best of me over at a certain "other" site). :p:

By the way, theres only 38 people in that uber-log. Must have not counted the children (though they only count as half-people anyways).

I can see the thought process for big groups to takeover an attraction, but that's not often the case I see. Most of the time its Mom, dad, 4 brothers, 9 sisters, grandma, grandpa, uncle fred, aunt marg, cousin joey, baby sally, nephew alex, and the family friend bob smith. They have never been to the park before, and are upset when you tell them they wont be riding all in one row. Now if they have a wheelchair with them at Peter Pan, they get very upset that they wont all be riding together. You wouldnt be riding close to each other anyways since we have to keep at least one boat in between your party when loading from unload (evac reasons i think).

:waves: -How many in your party?
:crowd: -42!

[TinkerBelleRoo]

I actually had a bad experience once with this question on Spaceship Earth in Epcot. My family had gone on vacation there at the end of August and we were five people. Two parents, three kids. We had told the cast member when they asked this question that we were 5 and then they proceeded to squish three of us into a seat clearly meant for two. Now that I think back it probably was even a little unsafe and not at all our idea.

If anyone's familiar with the ride vehicles you'll know what I'm talking about with the speakers and molded seats meant for two. Needless to say, now whenever anyone in my family is ever asked this question at WDW we look at the ride vehicles first and then answer as to not have a repeat of this.

[monorail_man1979]

I really dont get this! It is a simple question, and yet every time I egt it, they all say the same, they can never give me one answer, they have to think about it, and every time, they think it is so friggin cute if the lady is pregnant, and she says a half for the stupid fetus in her belly! I dont care about the unborn child that will have attributes of their moronic parents!

Nice "magical" attitude there.

[smileNnod]

ya the whole "we have 5 and a half" thing gets old real fast.

[mechurchlady]

CM: How many in your party?
Guest: Let me see. uuuuuummm, Uncle Sal, his wife, their daughter, her three kids, me, my wife, oh and our 5 kids, and our daughter's boyfriend and his 4 cousins.
CM: How many in you party?
Guest: I just told you. ( or other annoyed remark because the CM should know there are 21 people in the group. He forgot some of his kids when counting, lol.


I have had that happen to me too many times. You are hungry or want to see a ride or show but they chit chat away. Where is that poker.

[wolfchild]

Well, when the DH and I go to Disneyland just the two of us, obviously the answer is pretty darned easy.

But the first two times we went, it was with large groups. The first year got up to 22 and the second year was around 18. Now, for all the people that keep saying that by the end of the day you should know how many are in your party, I have to respond to that. As people are known to do, they have have differing tastes and opinions so we, as a single group, did not stay together all day long. Sometimes pairs split off, sometimes we all split up, sometimes we split in two equal groups. And sometimes you have specific meet-up times to regroup and other times you run into folks on your way to a ride and decide to regroup. Whatever the reason though, we were very rarely ever the same number in the group for more than a few hours.

Mind you, pretty much everyone there was a Disneyland vet and we always had a solid count before we got to the front. But I just wanted to shed a little light on why it's possible that people have different counts than are actually in their party. It may have very well been only eight people for the last half a dozen rides that they went on and is suddenly 10 or 12 becase they ran into some friends along the way.

And actually, on a similar note that I remembered as I typed that, I made a solo trip to Disneyland in August and bumped into some friends halfway through the second day, but had my own SG moment when I got the front and started to say one (but was saying "no, three" practically before I finished the word.) ;)

[AlpineDL]

What I want to know is if the "and a half!" for kids people had two 6 year old kids, they'd add them together as one.

[Main Streeter]

people had two 6 year old kids, they'd add them together as one.
Doubt this would happen as SG can't add nor even count to 6! :(

[Zazu]

I was thinking about this thread today when a guest replied to The Question with, "Let's see, two adults, three kids, and a baby."

I quietly placed the calculator on the counter and as I pressed the buttons I muttered, "Two... plus three... plus one... equals...." I then looked up and said, "For future reference, that works out to be six," then moved on to book their reservation.

I don't know if it sunk in, but they did look at me like deer in headlights for a while. :deer: :deer:

[bpgstudios]

I was thinking about this thread today when a guest replied to The Question with, "Let's see, two adults, three kids, and a baby."

I quietly placed the calculator on the counter and as I pressed the buttons I muttered, "Two... plus three... plus one... equals...." I then looked up and said, "For future reference, that works out to be six," then moved on to book their reservation.
Exactly! I'm standing at load trying to count these up, looking at the size of the baby, and trying to remember which row I last loaded. It gets worse when they interject my thought pattern with new numbers, row suggestions, and "someone can go before us".
Like our speil says... "...Please know the TOTAL number of passengers in your party". But they don't listen to it. Proof: I was a bit rusty on the speil, and tried to do it from memory.."In order to keep your wait time as short as possible, the lighting around the magic kingdom will be reduced. For your own saftey---ah dang!" Noone even questioned it or gave a weird look.

[SirWillow]

If it's any consolation, my kids made sure that we ended up looking like SG's the other day at Animal Kingdom. It was just me and my 2 kids. Every time we walked up to Expedition Everest, they gave a different number in our group. The first time they thought it was 4 (oops, forgot mom is working today). The second time it was 2 (they forgot me). The third time they just stared. Urgk.

The number is 3 kids. Three! How they made it to 10 and 11 years old, I'm still wondering. :)

[The Canuck]

THere's alwasy the fun answer of "All of us", or when they just point to random people... although at Mission Space I had this happen once.

Outside at launch ticket (by the greeter position so right at the front of the line).

Me: "More intense or less intense"

Them: Yes there's nine of us actually 7 adults and 2 kids.

At least he was prepared (must have heard more than 10 or less than 10 I'm guessing).

[UncleHans]

If there weren't so many CM's with tales of numerically challenged guests, I never would have guessed that this question would pose such a problem. Whether travelling with just my wife or a crew of 6, I have always known how many were in my party. It's not something I've had to concentrate on, it's just second nature to know who you are with. It's become second nature also to always hold up the corresponding number of fingers, when asked, in any place where the loader was a distance away or if the area was loud.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised by guest obliviousness, when I worked in fast-food they often left me confused by their confusion.

SG: ...and a chocolate shake.
ME: What size shake, sir?
SG: I SAID CHOCOLATE!!
ME: Yes, what size chocolate shake?
SG: CCCHHHOOOOCCCOOOLLLAAATTEE!!!

At this point I would ring it up as the largest size available and act as stupid as the guest when they can't understand why their total is so high. :twisted:

[bpgstudios]

Just the other night, they struck again!
CM: How Many?
SG: Hi.
CM: How many in your party sir?
SG: Uhhh.... (thinks)
CM: I need a number here.
SG: You count.
CM: I see 500.
SG: Like 10 or 15 or 20.
CM: I'll get back to you when you have a number (goes to flick off flik cards)
CM: Ya got a number yet?
SG: Nine.
CM: Rows 3, 4 and 5.

They ended up having 7. Grrrrrr.

And a teaser, a'la Indy:
It is coming. No SG is safe from the elephants. No yellow glasses can save you now!

[whopper_49]

Let me tell you my side of the story. Last Xmas my son, daughter, her husband and I spent a week in WDW. My SIL is a great guy 30 YO who loves my daughter. It is his first trip. He also has ADD. The first day, at EPCOT, he has to be first in line. At Test Track when asked how many he says two. We inform the CM it's four. We get M:S, the same thing. I tell my SIL you have give the TOTAL number, not just the two of you. He nods his head while looking at the Park map. We go to Soarin' and he says two. Anyway..... we had a great week and he entertained us the whole time. We arrived on Sunday and by Tuesday he and my daughter have ridden every and I mean every attraction in all four Parks. He proudly informed me this had to be record. My son and I had let them go on their own.
Our biggest laugh would be when the four of us were deciding what to do next and he would ask my daughter "Have we rode that?" He couldn't remember the names of most of the attractions he had been on. He didn't want to ride "The up-and-down-thing" again (SSE) and we got him to ride the steam boat in MK by telling him it had rapids.
Was he a SG? In a way he was, but not intentionally. BTW, I think he had the best time of all of us and declared WDW to be better than Six Flags!

[hhsrat]

My personal favorites:

CM: How many in your party?
SG: Yes.
CM: Didn't realize it was a yes or no question, party of 1, row 5.

CM: How many in your party?
SG: 2
CM: Ok, row #8. (last row in the vehicle) How many in the next party?
SG2: But we're with them
CM: They said they only had 2, they obviously don't want to go with you. Take it up with them after the ride. How many?

[SmallWorldGuy76]

My personal favorites:

CM: How many in your party?
SG: Yes.
CM: Didn't realize it was a yes or no question, party of 1, row 5.

CM: How many in your party?
SG: 2
CM: Ok, row #8. (last row in the vehicle) How many in the next party?
SG2: But we're with them
CM: They said they only had 2, they obviously don't want to go with you. Take it up with them after the ride. How many?

LOL! I always got this at Small World years ago. Guest spent all that time griping about the long lines but don't remember the number of people in their party. Ay, ay ay!

[lady ulrike]

CM: How many in your party?
SG: 2
CM: Ok, row #8. (last row in the vehicle) How many in the next party?
SG2: But we're with them
CM: They said they only had 2, they obviously don't want to go with you. Take it up with them after the ride. How many?

I use this all the time....although I usually get the correct number from someone and adjust so they can ride together....but I'll look at the last, however many over what they said, and say, I'd be careful I think he/she is trying to get rid of you, they told me there were only x number of you when there's really y number. They usually laugh, but I bet they don't let the SG be in front and say the number for them again.
My favorite is when they start arguing over the number and neither one is right.
Me: how many in your group?
SG1: There's 6 of us.
SG2: No, there's not, there's 8 of us.
they argue for a bit
Me: so, which is it?
still arguing
Me: okay, who's the last one in your group?
SG1: The fat, bald guy (they always seem to describe them like this)
I count, discover there's 10
Me: Okay, just for the record, you're both wrong, there's 10 of you.

[felinefan]

I remember one time I was working Calico Railroad at Knott's when I let a group in through the H/C entrance next to the turnstile. A couple of preteen boys said they were with the group. It looked suspicious, so I asked the group I'd let in if the kids were with them, they said no, so I said sorry dude, go through the rest of the queue like everyone else. They were just trying to get through to see if they could actually get away with it.

*Sigh* I still don't understand how behavior like that is supposed to make them more attractive to the opposite sex, or make them look cool, or whatever their motivation is.

[darph nader]

Girls try it all the time. Fair is fair.

(101) ;)

[Main Streeter]

(101) ;)
Describes you perfectly!! :p:

[joanna71985]

I had this problem all the time at TSM. I would ask how many, be told 2, only to have several more from the same party that didn't include themselves in the total. Some times I was able to fix it so they were all together, but other times they had to stay split up.

I'm hoping I won't have this issue at GMR (at least not right away, since I'm still getting used to the position).

[darph nader]

I had this problem all the time at TSM. I would ask how many, be told 2, only to have several more from the same party that didn't include themselves in the total. Some times I was able to fix it so they were all together, but other times they had to stay split up.

I'm hoping I won't have this issue at GMR (at least not right away, since I'm still getting used to the position).

It's called 'paying attention',on their part,not yours.

[turkeyham]

What is TSM? I have no idea what that means.

[joanna71985]

It's called 'paying attention',on their part,not yours.

That's true

What is TSM? I have no idea what that means.

Toy Story Mania. I guess it technically should be TSMM (Toy Story Midway Mania), but I always just put TSM down.

[Main Streeter]

What is TSM? I have no idea what that means.
You never hear TSM while working DL ODV? :confused: Unusual.

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

You never hear TSM while working DL ODV? :confused: Unusual.

Why's that??? :confused:

[Main Streeter]

Why's that??? :confused:
Are you addressing me? Seems unusual because CMs in DL always hear/use the term TSM. Maybe you didn't hear it when you were a CM.

[turkeyham]

We don't venture much over to DCA. I have been on that ride 3 times. Maybe I should go on it on Friday.

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

Are you addressing me? Seems unusual because CMs in DL always hear/use the term TSM. Maybe you didn't hear it when you were a CM.

You mean "TSM" as in "Toy Story (Midway) Mania?" I thoguht you were refering to something in ODV??

[Main Streeter]

You mean "TSM" as in "Toy Story (Midway) Mania?" I thoguht you were refering to something in ODV??
Yes, Toy Story Mania. Was keying to an ODV CM.

[turkeyham]

That is a word that none of our offices use. Our main goal in my area is to keep the area running. If we start to run out of food we call back. The only things we hear about are problems with registers and lack of crew showing up. Once in a blue moon do we hear about DCA. They are on a different channel.

[Main Streeter]

Once in a blue moon do we hear about DCA. They are on a different channel.
I give up. ;)

[Shorty82]

That is a word that none of our offices use. Our main goal in my area is to keep the area running. If we start to run out of food we call back. The only things we hear about are problems with registers and lack of crew showing up. Once in a blue moon do we hear about DCA. They are on a different channel.

She isn't talking about on the radio, I sorta doubt they use that acronym on the radio. She's talking about how CMs refer to the attraction when talking about it. It's Disneyese, like CM for Cast Member, ODV for Outdoor Vending, etc.

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

Yes, Toy Story Mania. Was keying to an ODV CM.

Gotcha! :thumbsup:

[turkeyham]

Close, ODV could be Ourdoor Vending and ODV on DCA is Outdoor Ventures.
We have 2 different radio systems. On our radios out here at Dineyland we have several connections. When you join, you push a button and you are connected into the Disneyland side. When we hear about certain areas which are having down time (101) or (904 alarms) there will be a long tone and they say "attention all areas"... That's when we do hear about info from both parks. Usually control says this.

[lady ulrike]

Close, ODV could be Ourdoor Vending and ODV on DCA is Outdoor Ventures.
We have 2 different radio systems. On our radios out here at Dineyland we have several connections. When you join, you push a button and you are connected into the Disneyland side. When we hear about certain areas which are having down time (101) or (904 alarms) there will be a long tone and they say "attention all areas"... That's when we do hear about info from both parks. Usually control says this.

They're not talking about radio calls or calls on the radio. None of this has to do with a radio, we're just talking about general CMs talking in the breakroom or wherever about things. For example, I never say Disney's California Adventure, I say DCA, it's a small world is just world, and so on. That's what is being talked about here, it has nothing to do with what's said on the radio.

[Disneyguy85]

We don't venture much over to DCA. I have been on that ride 3 times. Maybe I should go on it on Friday.

If you do make it over to DCA, have fun, but be prepared to see a lot of construction walls. :cool:

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Whenever I see TSM, I automatically think "Terminate and Stay Mania"

hehehehehhe

[Main Streeter]

Whenever I see TSM
I'm thankful I'm not there. ;)

[Main Streeter]

On our radios out here at Dineyland we have several connections.And chatrooms. :D:

[joanna71985]

Ok, I really didn't mean to start all this. Sorry! :o:

[turkeyham]

I did see the walls. I did walk the areas. Toy story mania did have a 30 minute wait. I went in there to look for some stuff for my sister. After looking around and chatting with my friends. I was heading towards the front and High School Musical 3 showed up and I made a quick exit.

I did go over to Disneyland thinking it would be more quiet. I was wrong. It was busy. I did walk around certain areas and got on Buzz light year and Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Had my cream cheese pretzel and late lunch at Bangel BBQ.

[Shorty82]

30 minute wait for Toy Story?! WOW! That's a nothing wait, especially compared to Toy Story over here, 2 hour or more wait times are normal.

[turkeyham]

You guys have a smaller que line. We have the one that goes through a few mazes. Usually DCA is slow and you can walk onto the ride. I think it was crowded because of the 2 fer or possibly from NAMM.

[Disneyguy85]

You guys have a smaller que line. We have the one that goes through a few mazes. Usually DCA is slow and you can walk onto the ride. I think it was crowded because of the 2 fer or possibly from NAMM.

Yeah, generally speaking the queue for DCA's Toy Story Midway Mania goes fairly quick, even when the line is long. Probably because there is no fastpass for it at DCA.

[joanna71985]

30 minute wait for Toy Story?! WOW! That's a nothing wait, especially compared to Toy Story over here, 2 hour or more wait times are normal.

Actually, that's a bit extreme. On average, the wait for TSM over here is around 1 hour.

[Shorty82]

Actually, that's a bit extreme. On average, the wait for TSM over here is around 1 hour.

Then it's dropped since the last time I was over there (which has been a while, I'll admit).

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Yeah, generally speaking the queue for DCA's Toy Story Midway Mania goes fairly quick, even when the line is long. Probably because there is no fastpass for it at DCA.

Last time we were there we pretty much walked on.

at DHS we fastpassed it.

[turkeyham]

When we went in October 2009, the wait was 120 minutes. The goal was to get a FP.

[CptnSkippy]

Friend of mine went right before Christmas. She took a picture of the standby time of 300 minutes for TSM.

[joanna71985]

Friend of mine went right before Christmas. She took a picture of the standby time of 300 minutes for TSM.

Yep, it did get that long during that week. And I can tell you, it was no fun at all. :(

[disneyprincess1988]

I remember seeing a wait that long for TSM in October of 2008. Considering that is not a busy season for Disney, I was really shocked to see it.

[joanna71985]

I remember seeing a wait that long for TSM in October of 2008. Considering that is not a busy season for Disney, I was really shocked to see it.

Well, I'm actually not that surprised. It had only been opened for around 5 months at the time, so people would have been riding it for the first time.

[turkeyham]

Yesterday in the park, I was next to Big Thunder RR. The cast member said on the intercom, please let the cast member know how many are in your group, that will make the line go faster.

Next, I heard the same cast member say: Please do not climb on the rocks. Please get off the rocks. If you climb on the rocks, you might fall off and get a major boo-boo. I was laughing when I heard that. If they Sg can climb on a rock, let them get a new hair cut when the train travels above them. :eek:

[Disneyguy85]

If they Sg can climb on a rock, let them get a new hair cut when the train travels above them.

They might get more than just a haircut...:eek: :twisted:

[turkeyham]

Maybe if they swung a leg up? Nice shaved leg or bye-bye leg!!:D:

[EeyoresButterfly]

I loved grouping as it was kind of like doing a puzzle, but man, people had a lot of problems with that question! My favorite was a ride like Pooh where you had a merge point. I would ask somebody in standby how many, they tell me two. I let them in then switch over to fast pass and all of a sudden people will be yelling at me because there were five more with them! FP and Standby are separated by a wall and I did have a habit of standing on the other side of the wall from standby when letting FP in so I didn't have to see the standby death glare. I have had it happen before where the people I let in don't say anything and when I get back to standby they are really pissed because I just loaded 20 people between them and their party. I do feel bad, but I bet they will learn to answer the question properly!

[Cheshire Figment]

We have the same problem at the Pass Gates. With the turnstile printing the readmission tickets we have to enter the number of people coming in on the MGP. So most of the time when we ask a CM "How Many In Your Party" they manage to not include themselves!

[Shorty82]

We have the same problem at the Pass Gates. With the turnstile printing the readmission tickets we have to enter the number of people coming in on the MGP. So most of the time when we ask a CM "How Many In Your Party" they manage to not include themselves!

I can understand this one. Cast are used to coming in on just their ID and don't realize when they are using their Main Gate to get friends in that they too are coming in it.

[hhsrat]

We have the same problem at the Pass Gates. With the turnstile printing the readmission tickets we have to enter the number of people coming in on the MGP. So most of the time when we ask a CM "How Many In Your Party" they manage to not include themselves!

I always answer "Me plus (however many I have with)" while gesturing to the folks I'm maingating.

[turkeyham]

I usually take in a few friends. I will hold onto their gate passes and pass it to them before we all go in together.

If there is a 5 minute wait for Big Thunder RR, why is it hard for SG to figure out how many are in their party? I keep on hearing on slow days, attraction crew asking on the intercom, please let a host or a hostess know how many are in your party.

I wonder if they eat something greasy and their brain goes bye-bye?:mad:

[Disneyguy85]

I wonder if they eat something greasy and their brain goes bye-bye?:mad:

hehehheh...
That is a definite possibility! :cool:

[turkeyham]

Today my sister Mo, my aunts and I went to D-land and DCA. We were in line for Space Mountain. There were a group of high school kids not paying any attention. We had to yell at them to move and get the line going. When the cast member was grouping, she asked the group how many? And let me tell you, the girl drew a blank expression on her face. She cast member told them to wait over to the side and come up with an answer. Yup, it was not greasy food, it was the lack of brains in this group. We play a game while we are people watching in our family. "Are you dumber than a 1st grader?" Yup, I believe this group of high school kids won that game quite quickly. :eek:

[turkeyham]

A few days ago there were a bunch of high school kids in the park. I believe this was Monday. Roughly 20 kids got in line for Big Thunder. This line was roughly 1 hour long. The kids decided to make the line shorter for them. They jumped into the fast pass line and were caught. Security did escourt them out of line and that was the end of their fun. :twisted:

[drcorey]

err, there is only 1 in my party,
but I can drink like there is 8...

[Disneyguy85]

A few days ago there were a bunch of high school kids in the park. I believe this was Monday. Roughly 20 kids got in line for Big Thunder. This line was roughly 1 hour long. The kids decided to make the line shorter for them. They jumped into the fast pass line and were caught. Security did escourt them out of line and that was the end of their fun.

I love justice. :D:

[SkipperGordon]

I had a tantrum in the break room a few days ago about this.
Me: How many in your party?
Him: Que?
Me: Quantos por favor
Him: Once'
Me: Cinco aqui y seis aqui
Him: Gracias

So they decided to shove past me and line up 5, 4, and 4...which makes this clearly NOT A LANGUAGE BARRIER!



*Excuse the terrible theme park spanish.

[disneyprincess1988]

I had a tantrum in the break room a few days ago about this.
Me: How many in your party?
Him: Que?
Me: Quantos por favor
Him: Once'
Me: Cinco aqui y seis aqui
Him: Gracias

So they decided to shove past me and line up 5, 4, and 4...which makes this clearly NOT A LANGUAGE BARRIER!



*Excuse the terrible theme park spanish.

Ug, not fun. Haven't had that happen yet at GMR, but I'm sure I will soon. Especially since we got a big Brazilian Tour Group at the ride today and I just have a feeling that foreshadows something to come.

[joanna71985]

Ug, not fun. Haven't had that happen yet at GMR, but I'm sure I will soon. Especially since we got a big Brazilian Tour Group at the ride today and I just have a feeling that foreshadows something to come.

Yeah, grouping the tour groups is no fun whatsoever. It drives me crazy.

[disneyprincess1988]

Yeah, grouping the tour groups is no fun whatsoever. It drives me crazy.

Speaking of which, I was trying to group a party of 14 today and while I was trying to figure out how to divide them up, most of them walked right onto the vehicle without getting clearance from me.

*facepalm*

And that was when I decided that ADB (one of our load positions at GMR) is the bane of my existence.

[drcorey]

Speaking of which, I was trying to group a party of 14 today and while I was trying to figure out how to divide them up, most of them walked right onto the vehicle without getting clearance from me.

*facepalm*

And that was when I decided that ADB (one of our load positions at GMR) is the bane of my existence.

Tourists are like lemmings, if you can get the leader to move, they will all follow. but if the leader gets spooked, they will all run too. and I heard they can also be taught simple tricks.

[turkeyham]

Today it was crowded in the park. The CM at BTRR were constantly asking on the loud speaker: To make the lines move faster, please tell the CM how many are in your group.

Also, I kept on hearing remain off the rocks, fences and trees. Also, no running and pushing in line.

Then again, SG are trying to find ice cream on that Turkey Cart. Oh boy! Would you like a stray with your 170 degree mickey sandwich? How about a 170 degree strawberry bar? DUH!!!!:eek:

[drcorey]

Today it was crowded in the park. The CM at BTRR were constantly asking on the loud speaker: To make the lines move faster, please tell the CM how many are in your group.

Also, I kept on hearing remain off the rocks, fences and trees. Also, no running and pushing in line.

Then again, SG are trying to find ice cream on that Turkey Cart. Oh boy! Would you like a stray with your 170 degree mickey sandwich? How about a 170 degree strawberry bar? DUH!!!!:eek:

Turkey Legs? those are really fowl...

[Disneyguy85]

Turkey Legs? those are really fowl...

Ugh...

That's just fowl play.

[joanna71985]

Speaking of which, I was trying to group a party of 14 today and while I was trying to figure out how to divide them up, most of them walked right onto the vehicle without getting clearance from me.

*facepalm*

And that was when I decided that ADB (one of our load positions at GMR) is the bane of my existence.

Yikes! I have to say, it is a little annoying when they decide to just head onto the vehicle without being assigned a row (that can really throw me off, which doesn't take much at ADA/ADB).

Tourists are like lemmings, if you can get the leader to move, they will all follow. but if the leader gets spooked, they will all run too. and I heard they can also be taught simple tricks.

Ha!

[turkeyham]

How does these SG eat these turkey legs? They are so salty and messy.

We need a fire hose to wash the gross gunk off our hands.

If the turkey cart is out of food, and the cast member desides to move all displays into a warmer, what is in the warmer?

Yup, the SG claims that they see food, really? I see you are dumber than a 5 th grader!! The correct answer is to walk away from the cart and stop bugging the CM for something that they are out of!

Now for BTRR, it broke down today. I heard SG complaining that they could not get on the ride and use their FP. Hello? If the ride is 101 and the ride has no line, yes you are not going to get on. :eek:

[delsdad]

Yup, the SG claims that they see food, really? I see you are dumber than a 5 th grader!! The correct answer is to walk away from the cart and stop bugging the CM for something that they are out of!


Time to sell them the signage and prop display food. A unique and exclusive souvenier of their Disneyland vacation! Managment should aplaud the initiative at exploiting a sellable moment !

[felinefan]

Yikes! I have to say, it is a little annoying when they decide to just head onto the vehicle without being assigned a row (that can really throw me off, which doesn't take much at ADA/ADB).



Ha!

Ever have people open gates or unlock turnstiles on you, then yell at you for trying to tell them not to do that? Happened a few times to me when I worked at Knott's. What part of "safety" do they not understand?

[PatchOBlack]

Ever have people open gates or unlock turnstiles on you, then yell at you for trying to tell them not to do that? Happened a few times to me when I worked at Knott's. What part of "safety" do they not understand?

Safety? That is what other folks have to be concerned about. According to SG logic, they should be free to do whatever they like without giving a second thought, or a first one for that matter. If they get hurt, then someone else is obviously at fault!

[turkeyham]

I remember going to Knott's a few years ago. This group of teenagers went on the Boomerang. They were in line and decided to jump over the yellow line area. The kids were escourted out of the ride.

Also, I did see a bunch of SG undo their belcrowe beat belts of the rapid ride and get up and switch places. I kept on hearing: Remain seated with your seat belt fastened. The SG were 3 rafts in front of us. Suddenly the ride came to a halt. The SG were greating by park security. Security did toss them out of the park! :twisted:

If I go back to Knott's I plan to people watch the park. :)

[EeyoresButterfly]

Ever have people open gates or unlock turnstiles on you, then yell at you for trying to tell them not to do that? Happened a few times to me when I worked at Knott's. What part of "safety" do they not understand?

I hate that! When I made assistant lead last year, the crew and ride I trasferred to were less than reliable. This meant we were not always open on time. There was one day I came in and had no crew.

I was the one ride in the park where the crew came in at the same time as the lead. This was because before maintenance could turn it over to us we had to run one full car to check the brakes. I always did my opening duties at our other ride first and would test the phones by calling over to the coaster and asking who was there from my crew so I could time them in. That day, maintenance told me no one. I figured it was just then 10, so by the time I got over there they should be there. Nope. I had the fun duty of calling my supervisor and telling him that I had no crew. Needless to say, we did not open on time that day.

The other issue is my ride breaks down a lot. We have had the ride go down during test runs. We block the entrance with trash cans and a chain. The park does let guests in early and I can't count the number of times they move the cans and drop the chains and then stand there and stare us down while we try to get the ride ready. It's the worst when we are waiting for somebody from another area to come so we have enough people to run the ride because the guests have no clue why we are waiting.

[joanna71985]

Ever have people open gates or unlock turnstiles on you, then yell at you for trying to tell them not to do that? Happened a few times to me when I worked at Knott's. What part of "safety" do they not understand?

Luckily GMR has no gates/turnstiles to worry about (although, people do drop the ropes in the pre-show area. That can cause a HUGE mess if it's busy enough). But at TSM, people would open the gate and go into Mr. Potato Head's enclosure. And that usually meant he would freeze, which was a huge pain.

[disneyprincess1988]

Luckily GMR has no gates/turnstiles to worry about (although, people do drop the ropes in the pre-show area. That can cause a HUGE mess if it's busy enough). But at TSM, people would open the gate and go into Mr. Potato Head's enclosure. And that usually meant he would freeze, which was a huge pain.

Oh lord, Jo. At least you didn't have the party of 18 I got who had decided to send two people through the wheelchair line and the other 16 were at least 3 or 4 queue lenghts behind them. God, it was a pain to try and group them. (Yes, one of them was in a wheelchair. But it would have made things 10,000 times easier for me had all 18 stayed together). And they came through right before the ride went 101 this morning so that was no fun at all.

[joanna71985]

Oh lord, Jo. At least you didn't have the party of 18 I got who had decided to send two people through the wheelchair line and the other 16 were at least 3 or 4 queue lenghts behind them. God, it was a pain to try and group them. (Yes, one of them was in a wheelchair. But it would have made things 10,000 times easier for me had all 18 stayed together). And they came through right before the ride went 101 this morning so that was no fun at all.

Gah! That is annoying! I can only imagine how crazy that was

[Zazu]

This is actually one of the things I miss about attractions. Especially the family who are spread out over two hundred yards from the fastest kid to granny with a walker. As each showed up, I told them to keep their party together. When it was time to dispatch, I did so.

Then everybody cried. If the ones on board wouldn't stay in their seats, I told them they could get off, but that others could not get on. Always sure to create brain-lock among the brain-dead!

The only thing even close is standing at the rail of a cruise ship and taunting those who pull up in a taxi after the ship has already let go and started to move.

"What part of, 'You missed the boat!' don't you get, buddy?"

[GaTechGal]

Oh lord, Jo. At least you didn't have the party of 18 I got who had decided to send two people through the wheelchair line and the other 16 were at least 3 or 4 queue lenghts behind them. God, it was a pain to try and group them. (Yes, one of them was in a wheelchair. But it would have made things 10,000 times easier for me had all 18 stayed together). And they came through right before the ride went 101 this morning so that was no fun at all.

Just for clarification, shouldn't that be the way that folks handle the wheelchair line? We've all heard stories about GAC abuse, and it sort of sounds to me like these folks were trying to do it the correct/honest way by sending a majority of thier party through the regular stand-by line. What IS the correct procedure?

[joanna71985]

Just for clarification, shouldn't that be the way that folks handle the wheelchair line? We've all heard stories about GAC abuse, and it sort of sounds to me like these folks were trying to do it the correct/honest way by sending a majority of thier party through the regular stand-by line. What IS the correct procedure?

At GMR, the entire party goes down together. Because of the way the queue line is set up (and how fast the line can move), and also because the wheelchair parties have to be loaded on first (within a certain amount of time), it would be a mess if all the parties did it that way. It's a LOT easier for the whole party to go down together.

[GaTechGal]

OK, I get it - I can see how that would be a problem at GMR. I guess that folks should just ask ride by ride as they all seem different.

[joanna71985]

OK, I get it - I can see how that would be a problem at GMR. I guess that folks should just ask ride by ride as they all seem different.

Correct (every ride will handle things differently). Most attractions are wheelchair accessable (meaning the wheelchair/ECV can fit through the queue line). However, there are some attractions that are not wheelchair accessable. This means the wheelchair and party either has to go through the exit (like with BTMRR), or go through part of the line and then split off (like with Splash Mt, Small World, and GMR).

[xliath]

I always hate it when I would ask how many and they would reply with 2 adults 3 kids. My attraction is not a resturaunt. I don't care how many of each just how many in general. :confused:

[drcorey]

Tell them you have to load the ride by wieght,
and watch the confusion and lying.

[Whazzup]

I always hate it when I would ask how many and they would reply with 2 adults 3 kids. My attraction is not a resturaunt. I don't care how many of each just how many in general. :confused:

Well, howdy there, xliath! How did you sneak in here? Now that you have found us, don't be surprised if a couple of marsupials descend on you with welcoming arms, er..paws... whatever.

Yoodyhoody - Wombat and Wallaby, your appendages are needed here for an official welcome.

[Lasolimu]

I always hate it when I would ask how many and they would reply with 2 adults 3 kids. My attraction is not a resturaunt. I don't care how many of each just how many in general. :confused:

Let me be the second to offer you a warm* welcome to SGT and suggest that when they do something like this you treat the kids as a separate group. Clearly that's what the parents want because they are telling you two group sizes aren't they?

*by warm I mean incredibly hot**
**by incredibly hot I mean you should probably get out of the fire you are now standing in.

[darph nader]

Well, howdy there, xliath! How did you sneak in here? Now that you have found us, don't be surprised if a couple of marsupials descend on you with welcoming arms, er..paws... whatever.

Yoodyhoody - Wombat and Wallaby, your appendages are needed here for an official welcome.

Don't worry xliath,'they' will be here for you. On the off side,Welcome. :cool:

btw,WTH is Yoodyhoody?? :confused:

[turkeyham]

Welcome to the happy family.

[xliath]

Thanks for all the Welcomes I have never had that kind of greeting on a forum. Now to add another story

it is worse when they tell you how many and fail to mention the slight detail, that half of their party is away at the bathroom. So then the family rushes up only to discover there is no more room. and what do they do? They get mad and upset with me. For something I had nothing to do with. :twisted:

[disneyprincess1988]

Thanks for all the Welcomes I have never had that kind of greeting on a forum. Now to add another story

it is worse when they tell you how many and fail to mention the slight detail, that half of their party is away at the bathroom. So then the family rushes up only to discover there is no more room. and what do they do? They get mad and upset with me. For something I had nothing to do with. :twisted:

Yes, welcome to SGT! Be ready for lots of entertaining SGT stories!

And another thing that irks me when I'm grouping: Guests who say something like "3 1/2" and the 1/2 is the baby with them. Since when is a baby 1/2 person? Just say "4 people", folks. It's that simple and is easier for me to group more per row if it there are small children in the party.

[Main Streeter]

Thanks for all the Welcomes I have never had that kind of greeting on a forum.
Welcome on SGT site is sincere & unique because there is no finer forum on the www! Glad you joined us. :) All the way from Citrus Heights. :cool: Like that area of Sac.

[PatchOBlack]

Thanks for all the Welcomes I have never had that kind of greeting on a forum. Now to add another story

it is worse when they tell you how many and fail to mention the slight detail, that half of their party is away at the bathroom. So then the family rushes up only to discover there is no more room. and what do they do? They get mad and upset with me. For something I had nothing to do with. :twisted:

Welcome! Here, have a marshmellow.... :)

[DisneyMom]

Let me be the second to offer you a warm* welcome to SGT and suggest that when they do something like this you treat the kids as a separate group. Clearly that's what the parents want because they are telling you two group sizes aren't they?

*by warm I mean incredibly hot**
**by incredibly hot I mean you should probably get out of the fire you are now standing in.

Maybe the parents are trying to "accidentally" lose their kids:twisted:

[BRWombat]

Sorry I missed the first post, and apparently BW is off being CEO (http://www.stupidguesttricks.com/showthread.php?t=6152&page=6).

xliath, :welcome: to :sgt: from :wallaby: and :wombat:!!! :D: :D: :D:

[drcorey]

Welcome! Here, have a marshmellow.... :)

ah geez, once you feed them they never go away...

[Main Streeter]

apparently BW is off being CEO
Thad be CEO of hypno. Or maybe BW is still updating his FB. ;)

[PatchOBlack]

ah geez, once you feed them they never go away...

Isn't that the idea? :)

[turkeyham]

The SG come to the turkey cart in Frontierland wanting ice cream and hot dogs. I am not the food court in the local mall! :mad:

[Whazzup]

Don't worry xliath,'they' will be here for you. On the off side,Welcome. :cool:

btw,WTH is Yoodyhoody?? :confused:

Just tryin' to be silly, Darpho. It's a silly version of Yoohoo! You DO know what bein' silly is, dontcha? Yeah, I thought so. :p:

[PatchOBlack]

The SG come to the turkey cart in Frontierland wanting ice cream and hot dogs. I am not the food court in the local mall! :mad:


Mmmm! Meat onna stick! :eat:

[delsdad]

Mmmm! Meat onna stick! :eat:

:homer: says all meat tastes better on a stick !

[turkeyham]

Meat with a glob of butter!

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Meat with a glob of butter!

or a turkey and ham..with Mayo....

[Ms. Matterhorn]

Meat wrapped in bacon!

[Lasolimu]

Meat wrapped in bacon!

I can only think of better than generic meat wrapped in bacon...bacon wrapped in bacon.:D:

[PatchOBlack]

I can only think of better than generic meat wrapped in bacon...bacon wrapped in bacon.:D:

How about little bacon-bots (http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20081013)?

[Cheshire Figment]

I think that it is possible to buy chocolate covered (cooked) bacon.

[TomMorrow]

I think that it is possible to buy chocolate covered (cooked) bacon.

It is. And it's very tasty. I have a friend that makes bacon fudge. Yum!

[Zazu]

Meat wrapped in bacon!

Had that at a party I threw last week; one course was yellow-fin tuna wrapped in prosciutto. English failed me, I had to describe it a ausgezeichnet!

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

I can only think of better than generic meat wrapped in bacon...bacon wrapped in bacon.:D:

OH YES...ITS REAL...



http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/

[Lasolimu]

OH YES...ITS REAL...



http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/

This is what we eat when we want to kill ourselves in a semi-fast fashion.

I would say slowly, but I don't think that death will be all that slow.

[Main Streeter]

ausgezeichnet!
darph, your coaster have this one? Need help here. ;)

[JugglingFreak]

darph, your coaster have this one? Need help here. ;)

"ausgezeichnet" German for "Excellent"..

[darph nader]

"ausgezeichnet" German for "Excellent"..

There you go MS,JugglingFreak's got you covered. (besides,it wasn't in my coaster :()

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

This is what we eat when we want to kill ourselves in a semi-fast fashion.

I would say slowly, but I don't think that death will be all that slow.

I always wanted to try that, maybe at a family gathering and cut up small for nibbles.

I did notice they they are now selling them if you dont like to cook.

Hmmmmmm!!!

have to get out some brewskis to go along with it!

[Bright Scouter]

We smoke those all the time! Called fatties by most people that smoke meat. Pizza fatties are my favorite. Loaded with pepperoni, mushrooms and cheese. Breakfast fatties are great too.

[PatchOBlack]

OH YES...ITS REAL...



http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/

I swear, just by looking at that, I heard three of my arteries slam shut....

Still looks tasty, though!

[Main Streeter]

"ausgezeichnet" German for "Excellent"..
Fantastico Juggling! Thank you. :cool: Guess darph doesn't google. :rolleyes:

[ktulu]

Fantastico Juggling! Thank you. :cool: Guess darph doesn't google. :rolleyes:

Nope, but I know he oggles!

[Main Streeter]

Nope, but I know he oggles!
Only when The Baker isn't looking. :D: I may need to Em her. ;)

[JugglingFreak]

Fantastico Juggling! Thank you. :cool: Guess darph doesn't google. :rolleyes:

Actually, I took German in High School. I though it would help with the many pockets of German neighborhoods here in southeast Georgia

"Ausgezeichnet" is one of the words that always stuck with me. That and "unglaublich" which our teacher would usually say while shaking her head after someone usually did something really dumb..

[hobie16]

Fahrvergnügen!

[drcorey]

We smoke those all the time! Called fatties by most people that smoke meat. Pizza fatties are my favorite. Loaded with pepperoni, mushrooms and cheese. Breakfast fatties are great too.

smokin' fatties?
hmm, I think I saw them near thunder mountain trail.

[Main Streeter]

JugglingFreak "unglaublich" which our teacher would usually say while shaking her head after someone usually did something really dumb..
Tonta is the word usually applied to me. After English, Spanglish & Sign Language I'm lost. :confused:

[Bright Scouter]

Or in "Up in Smoke"!

[darph nader]

After English, Spanglish & Sign Language I'm lost. :confused:

I speak fluent 'drunkenees' if you ever need any help. ;)

[hobie16]

I speak fluent 'drunkenees' if you ever need any help. ;)
This might be of help too.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1310/932030643_314eb734c5_o.jpg

[turkeyham]

After 5 drinks you are on the floor or worshiping the spinning bathroom.:rolleyes:

[DisneyMom]

This might be of help too.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1310/932030643_314eb734c5_o.jpg

How Many did you have the first time you got up the nerve to ask Mrs. Hobie out?;)

[Main Streeter]

I speak fluent 'drunkenees' if you ever need any help. ;)Pass. :D:

[hobie16]

How Many did you have the first time you got up the nerve to ask Mrs. Hobie out?;)
None. I was providing music at a Hobie Christmas party so I stayed sober.

She came with a friend who told her, "There's only two things these guys are interested in. What's your name and how much do you weigh." Translation - skippers are always looking for crew that weigh just enough to meet the class rules minimum weight rule.

I was looking for a crew for the annual San Felipe West Coast Kick-off Regatta and... here I am!

[darph nader]

That's romantic as hell.

[Lasolimu]

That's romantic as hell.

I don't really consider hell to be very romantic, but that could just be me.

[DisneyMom]

None. I was providing music at a Hobie Christmas party so I stayed sober.

She came with a friend who told her, "There's only two things these guys are interested in. What's your name and how much do you weigh." Translation - skippers are always looking for crew that weigh just enough to meet the class rules minimum weight rule.

I was looking for a crew for the annual San Felipe West Coast Kick-off Regatta and... here I am!

Aw, I think it's romantic....How many times do you run into a sober guy who thinks you are the perfect weight?:p:

[Main Streeter]

That's romantic as hell.
Well look who's talking? :D: Am sure a 30 pack might be your idea. ;)

[hobie16]

Aw, I think it's romantic....How many times do you run into a sober guy who thinks you are the perfect weight?:p:
I got bonus points for asking her if she could gain ten pounds in two months.

[Main Streeter]

I got bonus points for asking her if she could gain ten pounds in two months.
Did she? I sure couldn't, but for you....maybe ;)

[hobie16]

Did she? I sure couldn't, but for you....maybe ;)
Nope. I ended up carrying a bar bell weight so we'd be at minimum weight.

[Main Streeter]

Nope. I ended up carrying a bar bell weight so we'd be at minimum weight.
Now this is love. :hugging:

[Double T]

I don't really consider hell to be very romantic, but that could just be me.

Many people consider candlelight or a fireplace romantic....isn't hell just kicking that up a few hundred notches?

T

[Lasolimu]

Many people consider candlelight or a fireplace romantic....isn't hell just kicking that up a few hundred notches?

T

I don't know, there are probably people out there who would consider torture romantic, but I am not one of them.

[darph nader]

Ok,Ok. A poor choice of words. :( Next time it'll be "Romantic as all get-out". :rolleyes:

[DisneyMom]

Did she? I sure couldn't, but for you....maybe ;)

You must have a Churro Aversion!:rolleyes:

[turkeyham]

Today behind the turkey cart in Frontierland, security kept on kicking out teenagers. The SG teens were crawling into a fenced area that had the beautiful cactus plants. Security told them, the plants are there for a reason. If you are to fall or become part of the plant by mistake, it is your fault. The last warning after the SG teens ignored his warning was that he walked them out of Frontierland with 2 other guards.

I was wishing they would had tripped and got a body full of spikes. :twisted:

[Main Streeter]

You must have a Churro Aversion!:rolleyes:
No, not at all DM. :) Have eaten them all my life.. Think I'm lost. :confused:

[Main Streeter]

Ok,Ok. A poor choice of words. :( Next time it'll be "Romantic as all get-out". :rolleyes:
Poor choice of words?? There are days Ralph. There are days! signed, Alice

[BRWombat]

Aw, I think it's romantic....How many times do you run into a sober guy who thinks you are the perfect weight?:p:Like. :D:

[ktulu]

No, not at all DM. :) Have eaten them all my life.. Think I'm lost. :confused:

I bet Darph can make you a compass out of a coaster and a paper clip.

You'll have to get him the paper clip.

[darph nader]

I bet Darph can make you a compass out of a coaster and a paper clip.

You'll have to get him the paper clip.

Actually ktulu, for some weird reason,I always cary one in my wallet. :eek:

[ktulu]

Actually ktulu, for some weird reason,I always cary one in my wallet. :eek:

That is weird, even for you!

[Main Streeter]

I always cary one in my wallet. :eek:
Well there goes the birthday gift I planned.

[darph nader]

Well there goes the birthday gift I planned.

Nothing but the best,huh? :rolleyes:
(damn,and I was looking forward to the 'plaid' plastic paper-clip) :(

[Main Streeter]

Nothing but the best,huh? :rolleyes:
(damn,and I was looking forward to the 'plaid' plastic paper-clip) :(
LOL, you will be lucky if i get to post office preppie. :rolleyes:

[turkeyham]

We should make compasses for arts and crafts on slow days at the parks.

Or we could make a home made twister game and play the game on the esponade. :eek:

[wicked]

That's one of the parts of Attractions I'm dreading...the how many in your party question.....sigh SG's can't wait....:eek::eek:

[Ms. Matterhorn]

That's one of the parts of Attractions I'm dreading...the how many in your party question.....sigh SG's can't wait....:eek::eek:

Don't worry, Wicked! It's all just part of the job! You will soon become psychic and know how many in their party, even when they don't!

[wicked]

Don't worry, Wicked! It's all just part of the job! You will soon become psychic and know how many in their party, even when they don't!

Ok, yeah lol, I hope...I'm really excited to work in Attractions....:D:

[lady ulrike]

Don't worry, Wicked! It's all just part of the job! You will soon become psychic and know how many in their party, even when they don't!

Ok, yeah lol, I hope...I'm really excited to work in Attractions....:D:

Ms. Matterhorn's right, sort of. You do start to be able to tell who's with who, but you'll still get it wrong sometimes too.

[joanna71985]

That's one of the parts of Attractions I'm dreading...the how many in your party question.....sigh SG's can't wait....:eek::eek:

Aw, don't worry about it. After awhile, it becomes second-nature (I know I worried about grouping at GMR, because at TSM it's only 2 people per row/4 rows per vehicle). :)

[wicked]

Aw, don't worry about it. After awhile, it becomes second-nature (I know I worried about grouping at GMR, because at TSM it's only 2 people per row/4 rows per vehicle). :)



what's TSM?

[Disneyguy85]

what's TSM?

Toy Story Mania. :)

[wicked]

Toy Story Mania. :)

duh..yeah that makes sense like TSM, Pooh, peter pan the ones that can only fit so many in 1 car (truck, doombuggy so on so forth)

[Madame_Leota]

I'm a SG who confused a CM at Tower of Terror once. We had four in the party, but my mom had no desire to ride and was planning on chickening out. So when asked how many int he party, we told them three, since that's how many people were going to be riding. The CM looked at my party with a confused look and asked if we were sure of that number. We told him yes, and explained the situation. He seemed okay with it, but I felt bad for slowing down the grouping process.

[Lasolimu]

I'm a SG who confused a CM at Tower of Terror once. We had four in the party, but my mom had no desire to ride and was planning on chickening out. So when asked how many int he party, we told them three, since that's how many people were going to be riding. The CM looked at my party with a confused look and asked if we were sure of that number. We told him yes, and explained the situation. He seemed okay with it, but I felt bad for slowing down the grouping process.

I think that may have been best in that situation because they were able to get an accurate account of who was actually going to be riding, but I am not in a situation to make that kind of call. Someone who has done grouping should be along at some point to give their thoughts on the matter.

Of course, I also noticed that this is your first post, so allow me toe be the first to offer you a very warm* welcome to that piece of the internet known far and wide(okay, probably not so much) as SGT! A member of the Marsupial Welcoming Committee should be along to make it official, but they may be busy welcoming all of the other new comers we have had lately as there have been a great number of them.

*by warm I really mean hot**, extremely hot

**by hot I actually mean that you are now literally on fire and would like to apologize for any inconvenience

[lady ulrike]

I'm a SG who confused a CM at Tower of Terror once. We had four in the party, but my mom had no desire to ride and was planning on chickening out. So when asked how many int he party, we told them three, since that's how many people were going to be riding. The CM looked at my party with a confused look and asked if we were sure of that number. We told him yes, and explained the situation. He seemed okay with it, but I felt bad for slowing down the grouping process.

What you did I would say is fine, the only thing you could've done differently (and I've done it) is answer 3 and 1 chicken, or something along those lines.

[Shorty82]

What you did I would say is fine, the only thing you could've done differently (and I've done it) is answer 3 and 1 chicken, or something along those lines.

That's the way I do it when someone in my party isn't riding. That way the CMs will know how many to direct to a row and can direct the non-rider to the proper area.

[BRWombat]

I still laugh that the ToT chicken exit is an elevator -- that didn't help much to settle down my freaked-out child when we took it many years ago!

Madame_Leota,
:welcome: to :sgt: from :wallaby: and :wombat:!!! :D: :D: :D:

[Rob562]

What you did I would say is fine, the only thing you could've done differently (and I've done it) is answer 3 and 1 chicken, or something along those lines.


That's exactly the response we used at Mission: Space for my friend. Must've been the first time the CM heard it, because he honestly cracked up laughing. ;)

-Rob

[wicked]

I still laugh that the ToT chicken exit is an elevator -- that didn't help much to settle down my freaked-out child when we took it many years ago!

Madame_Leota,
:welcome: to :sgt: from :wallaby: and :wombat:!!! :D: :D: :D:


That's funny that TOT would have an elevator as the chicken door...were you at WDW becuase I swear that DLR has steps...

WELCOME Madame_Leota!!!!

[BRWombat]

That's funny that TOT would have an elevator as the chicken door...were you at WDW becuase I swear that DLR has steps...

WELCOME Madame_Leota!!!!Yep, it was WDW. That was in 2003, and I still haven't ridden it there! (I did get to finally ride at DCA this past summer, though, and loved it.)

[DragonFox98]

Welcome, Madame Leota

And I answer the same way as mentioned above....something along the lines of "two riders and one chicken". Although, I will have to admit....it's been a long time since I've done that....my hubby rides almost everything now for our children....he even rode TOT! :bugeyes:

[wicked]

Yep, it was WDW. That was in 2003, and I still haven't ridden it there! (I did get to finally ride at DCA this past summer, though, and loved it.)

:)

[shinysparklybubbles]

I just started reading the first few pages of this thread and I've got to admit I can't even follow how screwed up some of these stories are. Now if you asked me what color undies I was wearing, I can see needing to think about it, but how many in your party? good grief!