Gay Days Update

[OrlandoMike]

Or should I say "Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh my!"

Well PI was packed last night, and we met up with Zac and his buddy and had a great time. (Although I must admit I felt like one of the Lollypop kids from the Wizard of Oz....they grow them Big in Indy! I think they are both over 6'6"!) But we had a great time and it was nice meeting fellow Disers and new CM's!

The bad news arrived today. The showers we expected on Saturday have now developed into "Tropical Storm Barry", YIKES

It's just after 11pm on Friday now, and it's raining pretty hard and the winds are picking up. Looks like tomorrow is a wash! It also is not looking good for Hurricane Season! The season just started today and were already on storm "B"........Yikes!

Well if its real bad and your in Orlando you can always come see me, its pretty much common knowledge where I work, but if you need to know PM me. We will be open, inside, and dry with good food and drinks!

Sorry guys! But it's Florida and this stuff happens, and we really do need the rain!

Hope everyone is having a great time despite the weather....

Mike

 

[Saxton]

Mike - thanks for the update. I've never been to Gay Days but with all the talk on this board maybe I'll go someday. I was down a few weeks ago and saw how dry everything was - I'm sure the vacationers aren't happy but you guys really need rain. I'll be down again in a few weeks and yeah, I would like sun but I'll deal with the rain if it happens.

 

[Viki]

Thanks for the update Mike. I am sorry for the revelers. Seeing you is always a good option but even I can't figure out how to sit there for 16 hours!!!

 

[OrlandoMike]

Well the good news is the rain has stopped this am, but it looks like the back end of the storm will hit this afternoon. Good news for those who like to get up early and hit the park when it opens. For those who like to sleep in a little later........looks like it's going to be a wet afternoon!

 

[OrlandoMike]

Warm, sunny, but very breezy all day!

The weather gods came through!

Or was that the weather girls?

 

[ConcKahuna]

Sorry Knox (CanadianGuy) and I missed you guys (totally my fault, I was moving slow and we didn't get there until after 9pm). We did go every night Wed-Sat (well, Knox did, I skipped Friday LOL). Let's just say getting up at 4:30 am this morning for work after a weeks vacation and not getting home until 3:30 am makes for one sleepy worker...

 

[Viki]

I'm glad the weather cleared for you all.

BTW - my experience of minimeets is that they are all good as long as everyone understands that the World has a way of trapping you right where you are!!!

 

[ConcKahuna]

Viki, what are you doing on at 8:30 am on a Sunday? Shouldn't you be getting ready for church?!?

 

[Viki]

Viki, what are you doing on at 8:30 am on a Sunday? Shouldn't you be getting ready for church?!?

I went, I went - remember Dis time is off - I was outta here by 8:15 and I was a smash (I'm judicatory and a consultant, so I travel to different congregations each week), and it was all smashing, because I'm a super preacher (raised Baptist and they know how to preach) and I pulled in quantum mechanics, Lucifer, and trinitarian doctrine all in one sermon, so there heads were spinning!!!

Now, thank you Jesus, I am home for the day!

Thanks for asking

 

[Boston5602]

Thanks for the update Mike. I am sorry for the revelers. Seeing you is always a good option but even I can't figure out how to sit there for 16 hours!!!

 

[Aaronbox]

We had SUCH a great time at WDW for Gay Days! PI on Thursday night (solo) was a giant series of gay bars. It was such a blast at 8Trax that I really only needed the one $11 entry there. As it was my first visit to PI, I wanted to keep my options open so I paid the full price instead. The line was too long into Mannequins, so I never entered it. I only dropped by Motion's red party for 2 songs as 8Trax was much more my speed. I danced my feet off. It was great to arrive around 11pm and see the dance floor PACKED! Those 80's videos really brought out the nostalgia. "It's Raining Men", "YMCA", "You Spin Me 'Round", "We Are Family", and several Madonna hits set the tone of the evening decidedly gay. I could have danced all night - and I did stay past "last call". I don't know if anyone noticed my lime green Mickey from Home Depot that night. I never did meet up with DIS folks.
But I DID meet 2 guys, comepletely by accident that I knew from my past. Seeing someone I know at WDW has never happened to me before. Suddenly, it happened twice in the same day. Oddly, neither of my gay friends were wearing red - yet I still saw them and we got to visit.
The main thing I didn't know ahead of this trip was that wearing red was for more than just MK Saturday. I really had to scramble for more red shirts to participate at all the parks. My Mom had a red outfit for each of the four theme parks. I only had 3, but I'll not make that same mistake next time.
Although I still enjoyed the Festival of the Lion King, Finding Nemo is my new favorite stage show. Using the Unofficial Guide's touring plans, we saw EVERYTHING at all 4 parks with time to spare. I'll never go back to standing in long lines again.

 

[SeattleRedBear]

The main thing I didn't know ahead of this trip was that wearing red was for more than just MK Saturday. I really had to scramble for more red shirts to participate at all the parks. My Mom had a red outfit for each of the four theme parks. I only had 3, but I'll not make that same mistake next time.

We had the exact opposite experience. All we brought were red shirts and when we got to the other designated parks, saw what appeared to us to be only a small number of gays and lesbians wearing red. Red is a horrible color on me anyway (makes me look like two tomatos stacked one on top of another) so I'll be just as happy in future to save my red for Saturday.

 

[ZacinIndy]

Or should I say "Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh my!"

Well PI was packed last night, and we met up with Zac and his buddy and had a great time. (Although I must admit I felt like one of the Lollypop kids from the Wizard of Oz....they grow them Big in Indy! I think they are both over 6'6"!) But we had a great time and it was nice meeting fellow Disers and new CM's!

The bad news arrived today. The showers we expected on Saturday have now developed into "Tropical Storm Barry", YIKES

It's just after 11pm on Friday now, and it's raining pretty hard and the winds are picking up. Looks like tomorrow is a wash! It also is not looking good for Hurricane Season! The season just started today and were already on storm "B"........Yikes!

Well if its real bad and your in Orlando you can always come see me, its pretty much common knowledge where I work, but if you need to know PM me. We will be open, inside, and dry with good food and drinks!

Sorry guys! But it's Florida and this stuff happens, and we really do need the rain!

Hope everyone is having a great time despite the weather....

Mike

Yes I am 6'6" and Matt is 6'7". We're giants. Mike and his partner were very fun to hang out with. Not to mention, very adorable. It's a shame we didn't see anyone else, though.

 

[Viki]

Yes I am 6'6" and Matt is 6'7". We're giants. Mike and his partner were very fun to hang out with. Not to mention, very adorable. It's a shame we didn't see anyone else, though.

Watch it, Zac, he's cute, but troubled!


(See the Nancy Grace thing ...)

 

[ConcKahuna]

Yes I am 6'6" and Matt is 6'7". We're giants. Mike and his partner were very fun to hang out with. Not to mention, very adorable. It's a shame we didn't see anyone else, though.

Sheesh, with you being that tall how did I miss you guys?

 

[Viki]

Sheesh, with you being that tall how did I miss you guys?

You are up early, Conch - and YES and I'm on way to worship, but I'm the guest preacher - can't get there too early, makes the natives CRAZY!

 

[ConcKahuna]

You are up early, Conch - and YES and I'm on way to worship, but I'm the guest preacher - can't get there too early, makes the natives CRAZY!

Work started at 6:30 today and there's only 14 concierge check-ins, so it's a slow one

And hey, nothing wrong with making the natives sweat a bit..