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03-02-2003, 05:18 PM
We made it to the last day of Tapestry of Dreams!
We were able to catch the first parade at 6:10. We arrived in Japan and found seats on the cement benches in front of the lagoon… we were about 50 minutes early. I stood up when the Dreamweaver came out onto the main walkway to get ready to dance and play with the puppets. A woman who was sitting a couple benches down came over and told me to sit back down because she couldn’t see around me. I told her that the parade was going to come past everyone and she walked away. Then another woman came over and told me to sit down because they couldn’t see from their seats. I told her that the parade was going to pass everyone and that I was going to stand where I was. She said, “You’re a *****,” and walked a couple steps away. I was so shocked that someone would say that at WDW that all I could think of to reply was, “So are you.” I thought of 100 better responses later.
Well, she said that in front of my children and I’m not about to let anyone intimidate them and keep them from doing something that they’re allowed to do, so I leaned over to the kids and said, “Hey, do you guys want to make two bucks (each)? Of course they did so I said, “Stand up!” Big smiles and they both got up. J
But I came to see the parade and play with the puppets. I learned a couple years ago that if you sing and dance and imitate the puppets and reach out to them, they’ll come over and play with you and that’s what I did. Plus, I purposely wore my Tapestry of Nations t-shirt. I sang and danced and imitated the puppets and got to interact with 13 different puppets! (Gene filmed it and we just watched the film and counted.) By interacted I mean that the puppets reached out and let me touch them or the cast member made eye contact and stood in front of me and we did the same moves together. I was able to tell a couple of cast members that we were going to miss them and one of them blew me a kiss. A lot of them really noticed my t-shirt and smiled and nodded as they reached out the puppet arms to me. J It was a fantastic, joyous experience to play with them one last time.
Justin got the biggest kick out of the little spat and we knew that it was just burning that woman up when the puppets would come over and acknowledge me. Every time a puppet came over, Justin looked over to see what she was doing. He said that she kept sneering and looking down. When the end of the parade passed, she was standing about 5 feet away and a little behind me, leaning against the fence. I turned around and said, “Well, did you get your head out of your *** long enough to enjoy the parade?” She squinched up her face and gave me the finger, but Justin said that her DH snickered.
It was the highlight of the kids’ day and we’re still laughing about it. Gene was so busy filming with his new camcorder that he missed the whole thing!
We were able to catch the first parade at 6:10. We arrived in Japan and found seats on the cement benches in front of the lagoon… we were about 50 minutes early. I stood up when the Dreamweaver came out onto the main walkway to get ready to dance and play with the puppets. A woman who was sitting a couple benches down came over and told me to sit back down because she couldn’t see around me. I told her that the parade was going to come past everyone and she walked away. Then another woman came over and told me to sit down because they couldn’t see from their seats. I told her that the parade was going to pass everyone and that I was going to stand where I was. She said, “You’re a *****,” and walked a couple steps away. I was so shocked that someone would say that at WDW that all I could think of to reply was, “So are you.” I thought of 100 better responses later.
Well, she said that in front of my children and I’m not about to let anyone intimidate them and keep them from doing something that they’re allowed to do, so I leaned over to the kids and said, “Hey, do you guys want to make two bucks (each)? Of course they did so I said, “Stand up!” Big smiles and they both got up. J
But I came to see the parade and play with the puppets. I learned a couple years ago that if you sing and dance and imitate the puppets and reach out to them, they’ll come over and play with you and that’s what I did. Plus, I purposely wore my Tapestry of Nations t-shirt. I sang and danced and imitated the puppets and got to interact with 13 different puppets! (Gene filmed it and we just watched the film and counted.) By interacted I mean that the puppets reached out and let me touch them or the cast member made eye contact and stood in front of me and we did the same moves together. I was able to tell a couple of cast members that we were going to miss them and one of them blew me a kiss. A lot of them really noticed my t-shirt and smiled and nodded as they reached out the puppet arms to me. J It was a fantastic, joyous experience to play with them one last time.
Justin got the biggest kick out of the little spat and we knew that it was just burning that woman up when the puppets would come over and acknowledge me. Every time a puppet came over, Justin looked over to see what she was doing. He said that she kept sneering and looking down. When the end of the parade passed, she was standing about 5 feet away and a little behind me, leaning against the fence. I turned around and said, “Well, did you get your head out of your *** long enough to enjoy the parade?” She squinched up her face and gave me the finger, but Justin said that her DH snickered.
It was the highlight of the kids’ day and we’re still laughing about it. Gene was so busy filming with his new camcorder that he missed the whole thing!