Have you been picked on?

[El Tel]

On my previous trips to Orlando I noticed that the British always seemed to be the favoured targets for dragging out of the audience and made fun of (in the nicest possible way).
I'm not sure how they can tell we are brits from a distance (maybe the Union Jack tee-shirts)?
Is this my imagination, or some kind of retribution for the Boston Tea Party? Anybody else found the same?

 

[AndRu]

It's usually because most Brits wear soccer shirts and are either a pasty white colour (only just arrived) or lobster red! I only got picked on once in US on Earthquake where the announcer in the pre-ride show asked me top jump and then fell over as he said 'I caused an earthquake'

 

[snookhams]

we were picked on in a nice way last year at Epcot, we arrived early, really cause we are all used to getting up early at home and its just routine, and joined the queue at the gate when a CM asked me how many in our party, I replied 4 and he said 'would you like to be our family of the day', I had no idea what this meant but I wasn't going to say no!! , anyway we were the family that opened Epcot that day, got lots of treats first go on Test Track and a free photo, front of the line on Mission Space, Front of the line pass for Soarin' and a Front of the line pass for any other ride of our choice ~ we chose Soarin again! an ice cream each and a special area for viewing the fire works that evening, it was the most fantastic day ever.

 

[Lizzy Lemon]

That must have been just the most brilliant day. Is that really your son in the photo, he looks a lot more grown up than your previous one with the character.

 

[Minniespal]

We have never been picked to be in a Parade or be in a show. The last time my mum and I were in Florida a group of New York business men liked our accents so much they paid for our dinner. It was fab because we were eating in Narcossee's and the bill came to well over $200.

 

[snookhams]

Hi Lizzy Lemon ~ yeah thats the same son 14yrs old and 6' 4" which causes no end of problems cos no one believes him when he tells them he is in yr 9

 

[Lizzy Lemon]

Blimey - my 13 year old is only 5'3" and about the smallest in the class. Good luck to him with his swimming, its a brill photo.

 

[kkymmy]

A lot of Americans I spoke to asked me if I knew people (they cant comprehend that although our contry is small we still ave a vast enough population!)....most of the time they would just give the first name as well which didn't help....so most of the time if they asked if I knew Bob then I'd "yeah he's doing great!" and head off on a ride! I must have had that five times at least!

Other than that I don't think we've been 'picked on' or more 'picked out' for being Brits because there's usually so many there!

 

[Funniebunny]

My Fiance got picked to be in the boat that get's covered in MGM on the backlot tour. I had done it many years ago but it was his first trip so he had no idea what was going to happen. He laughed so much and really hammed up his part

 

[T16GEM]

I got picked on at the Mummy ride, actually I was quite scared! The woman was really freaky and had black eye make up all round her eyes to make her look dead and she was tormenting me with a plastic snake - I didn't dare go back through that ride incase she picked on me again!

 

[tashasmum]

Maybe it's because we have a great sense of humour.

 

[cheryl.UK]

We were in the Backstage lot ride last year, the bit with the ship. I was also chosen to try out the demo of the Magic carpet ride (from DQ) way back in 1996. They were doing a small scale trial in Epcot.

 

[El Tel]

A lot of Americans I spoke to asked me if I knew people (they cant comprehend that although our contry is small we still ave a vast enough population!)....

That reminds me of a time I was in a restaurant in Chicago. The waitress correctly identified my accent as English on this occasion (rather than Australian, which often happens). She said she loved the accent...etc, etc.
She also said she would like to visit England but didn't like the idea of being on a tiny island surrounded by water in case it flooded or something. I explained that I lived about 50 miles from the coast so there was little danger of that. Then I carried on with my meal looking out across the vast expanse of Lake Michigan a few hundred yards away.
She must have thought Great Britain was like one of those desert islands you see in cartoons (with a solitary palm tree in the middle). Or maybe she had read rather a lot on global warming recently.
She was very pleasant and sweet though.

 

[mushumadness]

I would love to be picked on to be grand marshall at the parade lol

other attractions and I would run a mile

 

[daipp]

That reminds me of a time I was in a restaurant in Chicago. The waitress correctly identified my accent as English on this occasion (rather than Australian, which often happens). She said she loved the accent...etc, etc.

A few years ago we were trying to get into a show (think it may have been Fantasmic) but we were told it was full. A female CM was just staring at me so I was beginning to feel uncomfortable. She then said that she absolutely loved my accent and that I sounded like Richard Burton - she then grabbed me by the hand and told my family to follow and took us past everyone to roped off seats in the fron of the theatre - wow!!!

David

 

[kkymmy]

wow! that rocks! hehe i cant wait to get back out there....the old birthday badge usually earns you a trick or two as well!