Have you ever had a shock?

[LiLIrishChick63]

When I was staying at All-Star Music last month we kept encountering entire groups of teenage cheerleaders dressed in nothing but sports bras & shorts so small they looked like boy-short style underwear. Part of me really wanted to say to them, "I know you are at your hotel, but couldn't you put some clothes on when you come to the food court?"

see i hate seeing posts like this only because i'm one of those people who have short shorts. but i don't do it on purpose. my legs are fairly longer than an average persons' so when i buy any thing like pants or shorts, they tend to be shorter on me. i always try and make sure that EVERYTHING is fully covered, but sometimes they just look plain short.

and i've worn my bathing suit top to the parks before. it was about 100 degrees and a tanktop was just too much fabric to wear, so i wore shorts and my bathing suit top. nothing was "falling out" by any means, but it was just too damned hot to wear anything more.

 

[LadyZolt]

Just curious if the next time someone runs into me numerous times with a stroller or something, or is being extremely rude in general can I use the line "If you do that to me again, I will rip your jaw off" or is that just a bit to extreme?

I think it's fine. I'd say it! I'm going to Disney World this Thursday and if anyone hits me with the stroller, I'll be forgiving the first time, but then I'm going to push back on it if it happens again. It's just not that hard to avoid hitting people.

-Dorothy (LadyZolt)

 

[LadyZolt]

i've worn my bathing suit top to the parks before. it was about 100 degrees and a tanktop was just too much fabric to wear, so i wore shorts and my bathing suit top. nothing was "falling out" by any means, but it was just too damned hot to wear anything more.

This is actually not the best way to keep cool. Ever see movies where people are out in the hot desert or something? They're covered head to toe in white because white reflects sunlight. Light colors reflect more than dark ones. A white T-shirt, white baseball cap or wide-brimmed hat, and khaki shorts are going to keep you way cooler than a bathing suit or tank top. With a bathing suit, you've got a lot of skin exposed and it's going to be soaking up the sun, not reflecting it. You're more likely to get a sunburn and you'll be a lot hotter than if you were covered.

-Dorothy (LadyZolt)

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

Just got back on Saturday. We had a great trip, but did encounter a couple of shocks- all on the same day!

The first was at Animal Kingdom. I was sitting outside a shop people watching waiting for my fiance and soon to be MIL to finish up inside. Along comes a middle aged woman in a string bikini top (she had some kind of a cover up on the bottom). This suprised me a bit- especially since I thought swimsuits were not allowed, then I realized she was smoking in a non designated area, and proceeded to put out the cigarette on the ground in the middle of the walkway and leave the butt there.

swimsuits aren't allowed where? i wore mine in MK before it was about 100 degrees. no one ever said anything to me. i don't think it should matter as long as you're not falling out of your bathing suit. it's really not fair for women anyway. men can walk around in just shorts "bathing suit bottoms" but women have to wear shorts and tank tops?? why should we be hotter?

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

This is actually not the best way to keep cool. Ever see movies where people are out in the hot desert or something? They're covered head to toe in white because white reflects sunlight. Light colors reflect more than dark ones. A white T-shirt, white baseball cap or wide-brimmed hat, and khaki shorts are going to keep you way cooler than a bathing suit or tank top. With a bathing suit, you've got a lot of skin exposed and it's going to be soaking up the sun, not reflecting it. You're more likely to get a sunburn and you'll be a lot hotter than if you were covered.

-Dorothy (LadyZolt)

my fiance wore white t-shirts the whole trip and he almost had heat exhaustion by the end of the trip. but i was fine when i wore my bathing suit top. besides, it's a "light color" anyway.....so technically it "refelected" the sun just as well.

 

[LadyZolt]

my fiance wore white t-shirts the whole trip and he almost had heat exhaustion by the end of the trip.

What did he weigh? Was he wearing a hat? Did he pace himself so he wasn't over-exerted? Did he drink lots of water to re-hydrate himself? His heat exhaustion was not due to wearing white. You can look this up yourself -- check out what people wear in really hot climates over the history of the world and you'll see that keeping skin covered, wearing hats, keeping hydrated and being careful not to over-exert oneself in the heat are techniques that are time-tested and that work.

-Dorothy (LadyZolt)

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

What did he weigh? Was he wearing a hat? Did he pace himself so he wasn't over-exerted? Did he drink lots of water to re-hydrate himself? His heat exhaustion was not due to wearing white. You can look this up yourself -- check out what people wear in really hot climates over the history of the world and you'll see that keeping skin covered, wearing hats, keeping hydrated and being careful not to over-exert oneself in the heat are techniques that are time-tested and that work.

-Dorothy (LadyZolt)

i don't think weight is any of your business. he didn't wear a hat because he was too hot. trust me, if he had worn a hat, he would have passed out. what kind of question is the water one?? "no he didn't drink water at all." of course he drank water! and we weren't running around the parks like mad people, we were taking our time. i'm just saying that it was from him being so hot and being in the parks, i'm not saying "oh he got it just because he wore white"....i'm not a complete idiot.

apparently i'm a horrible person because i wore my bathing suit top to the park.

 

[LadyZolt]

apparently i'm a horrible person because i wore my bathing suit top to the park.

LOL!!! Oh, I see -- you're one of those people who goes right to "oh, I'm being attacked -- pity me" instead of actually trying to understand what the other person is saying. Let me clarify: I don't think you're a horrible person for wearing a bathing suit to the park (or for any other reason). I'm trying to say that wearing a bathing suit is more than likely going to make you "hotter" than wearing more clothes of a light color which will reflect sunlight and keep your cooler because your skin isn't going to reflect it as well. Now, again, I suggest that you actually check out what people throughout the history of the world have worn when they are living in a hot climate. You will not find a lot of bathing suits and tank tops. Ask yourself "why" this might be and you can reach your own conclusion.

-Dorothy (LadyZolt)

 

[LindsayDunn228]

i don't think weight is any of your business. he didn't wear a hat because he was too hot. trust me, if he had worn a hat, he would have passed out. what kind of question is the water one?? "no he didn't drink water at all." of course he drank water! and we weren't running around the parks like mad people, we were taking our time. i'm just saying that it was from him being so hot and being in the parks, i'm not saying "oh he got it just because he wore white"....i'm not a complete idiot.

apparently i'm a horrible person because i wore my bathing suit top to the park.

Chick, take a breath.

 

[LuluLovesDisney]

swimsuits aren't allowed where? i wore mine in MK before it was about 100 degrees. no one ever said anything to me. i don't think it should matter as long as you're not falling out of your bathing suit. it's really not fair for women anyway. men can walk around in just shorts "bathing suit bottoms" but women have to wear shorts and tank tops?? why should we be hotter?

As a former CM, I can tell you that no one is permitted to wear swimwear while walking around the four major theme parks. My managers and co-CM's often told women and men to put their shirts back on. Men are NOT permitted to walk around bare-chested. Women are NOT permitted to walk around only in bathing suit tops. Yes, there are a few CM"s who will ignore it, either because they don't care, or because they feel uncomfortable confronting a guest, but those CM's are NOT performing the job the way they are supposed to.

I don't think it is that difficult to wear a t shirt or tank top, and it certainly will NOT be the cause of someone passing out. If one becomes overheated, the best remedies are a break in the shade or a cool drink, not skimpy, inappropriate clothing.

I have seen many people be required to put shirts on, or to otherwise adjust their clothing coverage in order to be allowed admittance to a park. Security will not allow someone in a bathing suit to enter.

No one is a horrible person because of the clothes they wear, but short shorts and a bikini top ARE inappropriate. You could be a very wonderful person in inappropriate clothes, just as someone else could be a difficult person in appropriate clothes. They have very little to do with one another and are exclusive, independent issues.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

As a former CM, I can tell you that no one is permitted to wear swimwear while walking around the four major theme parks. My managers and co-CM's often told women and men to put their shirts back on. Men are NOT permitted to walk around bare-chested. Women are NOT permitted to walk around only in bathing suit tops. Yes, there are a few CM"s who will ignore it, either because they don't care, or because they feel uncomfortable confronting a guest, but those CM's are NOT performing the job the way they are supposed to.

I don't think it is that difficult to wear a t shirt or tank top, and it certainly will NOT be the cause of someone passing out. If one becomes overheated, the best remedies are a break in the shade or a cool drink, not skimpy, inappropriate clothing.

I have seen many people be required to put shirts on, or to otherwise adjust their clothing coverage in order to be allowed admittance to a park. Security will not allow someone in a bathing suit to enter.

No one is a horrible person because of the clothes they wear, but short shorts and a bikini top ARE inappropriate. You could be a very wonderful person in inappropriate clothes, just as someone else could be a difficult person in appropriate clothes. They have very little to do with one another and are exclusive, independent issues.

 

[dwheatl]

There are good reasons for this rule, too. In my younger days, I had 2 unfortunate incidents when wearing a skimpy top at a park. On a ride similar to the Rock 'n' roller coaster, my top succumbed to gravity while my chest did not.
Another day, I got home to find I had a sunburn so bad I had actually blistered my chest. OUCH!

 

[Dislifer]

What did he weigh? Was he wearing a hat? Did he pace himself so he wasn't over-exerted? Did he drink lots of water to re-hydrate himself? His heat exhaustion was not due to wearing white. You can look this up yourself -- check out what people wear in really hot climates over the history of the world and you'll see that keeping skin covered, wearing hats, keeping hydrated and being careful not to over-exert oneself in the heat are techniques that are time-tested and that work.

-Dorothy (LadyZolt)

Whenever I wear a hat (baseball cap type), I always feel much hotter. When I remove the hat, my head is very sweaty. By the way, it was a white hat!?! Are you sure wearing a hat keeps you cooler??? I really would like to know the answer seeing that I will be in FLA in Aug!!! Help I'm melting!!!!!
TIA

 

[checkwriter]

I have one for you that is very off the thread but I think it still fits.

It was 1971, and I was a kid on a trip to California with my family. We had two nights reserved at the Disneyland hotel, and you bet I was looking forward to it. Until the Yippees showed up.

The Yippees, a sort of late-sixties, early-seventies free-form lightweight radical group, somehow decided that an effective way to protest the Vietnam war would be to gathern en masse at Disneyland and take things from there. They occupied Tom Sawyer's island, and caused enough general ruckus to shut down the entire park. We had to leave much earlier than I would have liked.

Two things stick in my mind from that day. The first is the image of a CM with a broom and long-handled dustpan, furiously sweeping lemons (I think they were lemons) that were strewn on the ground into his dustpan. It stuck in my mind because it was the only time that trip that I'd seen a CM look the slightest bit upset. The second was a trio of Yippees, skipping hand-in-hand through an arcade-like hallway at the Disneyland Hotel, chanting "Hell no, we won't go!"

 

[MELSMICE]

I don't think it is that difficult to wear a t shirt or tank top, and it certainly will NOT be the cause of someone passing out. If one becomes overheated, the best remedies are a break in the shade or a cool drink, not skimpy, inappropriate clothing.

No one is a horrible person because of the clothes they wear, but short shorts and a bikini top ARE inappropriate. You could be a very wonderful person in inappropriate clothes, just as someone else could be a difficult person in appropriate clothes. They have very little to do with one another and are exclusive, independent issues.

- 2 thumbs up for that response.

A bathing suit top in any amusement park, unless it is a water park, IS inappropriate!!!

 

[eclectics]

Chick, take a breath.

 

[a*lil*bit*goofy]

oh my.

 

[a*lil*bit*goofy]

Here is something shocking: the snow white ride still freaks me out 20 + years after my first go on it....it scared me that badly when i was a kid! even my brother says that he wont' go on it this trip. LMAO!

ok so not really that shocking, but well...anyway. shocking to me! anyone else?

 

[twoprincesses]

You're not the only one! Last Thanksgiving I closed my eyes through half of it. I have no clue why... I love Tower or Terror and never blink on that ride!

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

Here is something shocking: the snow white ride still freaks me out 20 + years after my first go on it....it scared me that badly when i was a kid! even my brother says that he wont' go on it this trip. LMAO!

ok so not really that shocking, but well...anyway. shocking to me! anyone else?

lol. it is quite an eerie ride, isn't it?