Bowling, anyone?

[UrsulasShadow]

It's too bad the bowling lanes were postponed. It would definitely be the only thing to drag me to the Wide World of Sports.

Of course, they probably wouldn't even have REAL bowling there...only those really big balls, which is lazy man's bowling. Give me candlepin anytime.

[LMO429]

They just opened a Lucky Strike Bowling Lane in Midtown. It's cool because there are drinks at the bar available and waitress service that comes to your lane to deliver your drinks. A dj spins music ...It's a fun night out..but i highly doubt that this is what disney has in mind for their bowling alley...however I think it's right up your alley Mindy ;)

[UrsulasShadow]

They just opened a Lucky Strike Bowling Lane in Midtown. It's cool because there are drinks at the bar available and waitress service that comes to your lane to deliver your drinks. A dj spins music ...It's a fun night out..but i highly doubt that this is what disney has in mind for their bowling alley...however I think it's right up your alley Mindy ;)

My luck...the DJ would be an ABBA fan...:scared1:

[figment3258]

my daughter is a big candle pin bowler. She is only almost 6 but she is alreay on a league. We love it too.

[ADP]

my daughter is a big candle pin bowler. She is only almost 6 but she is alreay on a league. We love it too.

Dare I call candle pin and duck pin bowling the same? :confused:

[safetymom]

I love bowling. I can't wait for it to open. I am a fan of the big pins and balls. :)

[UrsulasShadow]

Dare I call candle pin and duck pin bowling the same? :confused:

You may...but you'd be WRONG.
This is CANDLEPIN
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e377/rosamindy/candlepinbowling.jpg
This is DUCKPIN
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e377/rosamindy/duckpin.jpg

[apurplebrat]

Love candlepin bowling!!!

[ADP]

You may...but you'd be WRONG.
This is CANDLEPIN
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e377/rosamindy/candlepinbowling.jpg
This is DUCKPIN
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e377/rosamindy/duckpin.jpg

Thanks. I was trying to figure out the "candle pin" thing. A descritption is nice, but a picture(s) is worth a thousand words.

[MenashaCorp]

Thanks. I was trying to figure out the "candle pin" thing. A descritption is nice, but a picture(s) is worth a thousand words.


Actually, Aaron... In November 2008, a picture is only worth about 240 words... :rotfl2: But I'm in it for the long term...:thumbsup2

[Annette_VA]

I honestly had no idea candlepin bowling even existed. It looks pretty cool!

[UrsulasShadow]

I honestly had no idea candlepin bowling even existed. It looks pretty cool!

Candlepin bowling has been around for longer than either duckpin or that poser, ten-pin. It's a whole lot more challenging, too!

[TSWJan78]

I think our next New England Meet should be bowling!! Candlepin of course!!

[figment3258]

count us in for that! That would be fantastic. Its a funny thing. i live in Northbridge and we have a candle pin alley down the road and on the same street is a store called the welcoming lantern. I went in there after bowling to buy light bulbs and the clerk and owner noticed my figment sweatshirt and asked if I had just come back from Disney. Well its turns out that he is a huge Disney fan as well and i spent 45 mins just talking Disney. it was a wonderful day.

A little off topic sorry.

Anyways if you want to go bowling we can get a great rate at the alley we go to. :):thumbsup2

[UrsulasShadow]

I think our next New England Meet should be bowling!! Candlepin of course!!

count us in for that! That would be fantastic. Its a funny thing. i live in Northbridge and we have a candle pin alley down the road and on the same street is a store called the welcoming lantern. I went in there after bowling to buy light bulbs and the clerk and owner noticed my figment sweatshirt and asked if I had just come back from Disney. Well its turns out that he is a huge Disney fan as well and i spent 45 mins just talking Disney. it was a wonderful day.

A little off topic sorry.

Anyways if you want to go bowling we can get a great rate at the alley we go to. :):thumbsup2

I'm in!

[kymickeyfan717]

Bowling is my 2nd favorite pasttime after the mouse. I bowl in 2 leagues a week so I am quite busy with bowling. I was really excited when I 1st heard about the bowling lanes coming to WDW.

Heck last night I even figured out how to record an MP3 to send in to the podcast team regarding the bowling lanes and today I hear the info on the podcast - I said " well - there goes my questions :sad2: "

Oh well - the idea was cool while it lasted but at least I figured out how to record an MP3 and send it in to the podcast team :)

[BilltM]

I'm in!

Okay I'll put it in print. I have my own "balls", somewhere :snooty: ... and there are three!

I bowled in leagues in the past (like high school and before). Candlepin is probably bigger here in the Northeast than anywhere. I usually watched Don Gillis (sp) on Saturday from Sammie White's Brighton Bowl (near Boston).

Love the 7-10 split

Bill

[georgemoe]

Candlepin rules Mindy. :goodvibes

[UrsulasShadow]

Hmmm, I have 4 balls...and my own shoes. Top that!

[djlexus]

I have fifteen haha and my own shoes my own glove haha. i only carry 6. But ive been bowling since i was 2. All the other balls are just sitting in my grauge. So who ever want to take me on ;-). im up for a money game.

[figment3258]

So who wants to meet for candle pin bowling at Sparetime in whitinsville ma and I can get a group rate and I bet I can get disney music played. Maybe after bowling we could get something to eat? Anyone in?

[BilltM]

Hmmm, I have 4 balls...and my own shoes. Top that!

I'd like to try ... but I don't have my own shoes. My balls are monogrammed!

Bill M

[drakethib]

First off, I am not sterotyping all bowlers so save your breath. As Kevin says during hid dining reviews this was my experience, yours may be different.

I worked in a bowling alley for a while when I was in college and it was probably the worst job that I ever had. Boot Camp was better.

There were some good folks on some of the leagues but on the weekends I had to put up with a bunch of drunks, people trying to steal the ugly bowling shoes, throwing the bowling balls halfway down the lanes. Idiots.

I saw more men and women cheating on spouses then I ever have in my life. Some of the guys would ask me to cover for them if their spouse would call looking for them and was asked by many women to do the same.

I have literally seen a group of ladies talking by the desk in a group deciding on what bar or club to go to and watch them pull off their wedding rings and put them in their pocket.

We kept a uniformed off duty policeman as security a good portion of the time when the place was open. I have had many people escorted off the premises with the guy in the group threatening me as he was being hauled away that he was coming back for me at closing, (they never did although I was hoping a few of them would be "brave" enough to show up. Some I was concerned they would be back with a shotgun)

Some of the regular bowlers who was in leagues (I didn't say all so don't start yelling at me) would constantly b.. errr complain about something no matter how well the place was maintained. They sucked at bowling so they would whine about not enough oil on the lanes, too much oil on the lanes,etc. We poor desk clerks were constantly getting griped at.

It may have been the area we were in and I know I probably did not notice the good folks as much as I saw the bad, but to this day I get the creeps and pretty ticked off just driving in front of one of those places.

YMMV

[UrsulasShadow]

First off, I am not sterotyping all bowlers so save your breath. As Kevin says during hid dining reviews this was my experience, yours may be different.

I worked in a bowling alley for a while when I was in college and it was probably the worst job that I ever had. Boot Camp was better.

There were some good folks on some of the leagues but on the weekends I had to put up with a bunch of drunks, people trying to steal the ugly bowling shoes, throwing the bowling balls halfway down the lanes. Idiots.

I saw more men and women cheating on spouses then I ever have in my life. Some of the guys would ask me to cover for them if their spouse would call looking for them and was asked by many women to do the same.

I have literally seen a group of ladies talking by the desk in a group deciding on what bar or club to go to and watch them pull off their wedding rings and put them in their pocket.

We kept a uniformed off duty policeman as security a good portion of the time when the place was open. I have had many people escorted off the premises with the guy in the group threatening me as he was being hauled away that he was coming back for me at closing, (they never did although I was hoping a few of them would be "brave" enough to show up. Some I was concerned they would be back with a shotgun)

Some of the regular bowlers who was in leagues (I didn't say all so don't start yelling at me) would constantly b.. errr complain about something no matter how well the place was maintained. They sucked at bowling so they would whine about not enough oil on the lanes, too much oil on the lanes,etc. We poor desk clerks were constantly getting griped at.

It may have been the area we were in and I know I probably did not notice the good folks as much as I saw the bad, but to this day I get the creeps and pretty ticked off just driving in front of one of those places.

YMMV

That's not bowlers...that's Texans. (Wait a minute...gotta get my flame-resistant suit on...)

[MickeyMomOfThree]

If Disney adds bowling my kids will want to drag our Disney bowling balls down there, I can picture the look on my DH's face if I add them to our luggage! :lmao: We have 4 Disney balls in our family. I ahve the fab 5, DD14 has The Lion King, DD9 has princesses and DD6 has Nemo. We love them, they ar so pretty, but I can bet if there was bowling they'd wnat to pack them to take!

[drakethib]

That's not bowlers...that's Texans. (Wait a minute...gotta get my flame-resistant suit on...)

I was living in Louisiana at the time

Good try though

[bawstngrl]

Candlepin is probably bigger here in the Northeast than anywhere. I usually watched Don Gillis (sp) on Saturday from Sammie White's Brighton Bowl (near Boston).


Bill


Oh wow..does that take me back!!!! I grew up in Newton (Dian-er did too!) and Brighton was the next town over.....been there done that...and I do remember that TV show. My parents were in a league.

I have done both - candlepin and "regular" big ball bowling....honestly I am better at the latter, but I can do candlepin.

[mommyceratops]

Hmmm, I have 4 balls...and my own shoes. Top that!

No one can top that Mindy... 4 balls not even a man can claim that... :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[UrsulasShadow]

No one can top that Mindy... 4 balls not even a man can claim that... :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

I dunno...I think drakethib must have at LEAST that many to post smack on an "I love bowling" themed thread!;) :lmao:

[doconeill]

No one can top that Mindy... 4 balls not even a man can claim that... :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

I do have 4 balls...ten pin that is. Haven't used them in 10 years though...

Did some pseudo-serious tenpin at one time, candlepin was more for fun when the women tagged along... :)

[BilltM]

I dunno...I think drakethib must have at LEAST that many to post smack on an "I love bowling" themed thread!;) :lmao:

Kinda sounded like the group from Roadhouse (the movie) goes bowling except in Louisiana!