I will wave the scarf around wildly!!
And I might do a little dance along with it, with exaggerated arm movements and everything, so they'd better be ready!!
I even made up a dance when we got our Keys to the Magic at the PPH a couple of years ago, so I can certainly wave a scarf!!
I am a big dork!
Anyway, I just couldn't believe that the CM at DLR last year was even asking me if it was a scarf as though it was going to be a problem. Even if it had been, oh, let's say...a sweater...or mittens...no matter how you look at it, it's a pretty safe accessory!! I would be more worried about umbrellas in the park doing damage than neck scarves. In fact, my own Mouse of 1000 Faces umbrella stabbed my hand 2 years ago. But my scarf didn't hurt me at all!!
Some of the CM's get a little too carried away with their positions of power, I think. There was one rather snippy CM who was directing the incoming traffic at Autopia a few weeks ago. I think I stepped two inches to the left of where she wanted me to be when I waited for my car to pull up. I can't recall her exact quote, but she snarled something to the effect of, "I said to stand
BEHIND the gate." And she glared at me with a 'You should know better' look. Please. Get over yourself, lady. If I were a parent with a child, then, yes - I can see where they would not want tiny kids to dart out from behind the gate and would glare at me for not keeping an eye on my child.
But seriously, I'm a grown woman and was standing there with NO kids, and it wasn't llike I jumped out in front of the oncoming Autopia cars, waiting to be mowed down.
I simply stepped a bit out of the boxed-in boundary of #3, which was my designated waiting area. She could have nicely said, "Please stand behind the gate. Thank you."
Maybe they should be a bit more concerned with all the faulty cars that keep breaking down on Autopia rather than scolding adults for putting their feet over the line of box #3.
Deej - I thought of you when I looked at today's TV schedule. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is on TV tonight! Yay!!
Let the clay puppet Rankin-Bass holiday specials begin!!! You know they always pull out "Frosty the Snowman" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" on the major networks. And then over on the more 'indie' channels (chuckle) like ABC Family, they show a whole bunch of those specials leading up to Christmas, like "Little Drummer Boy" and "Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey." Soon they will show my personal favorite with Mr. Heat Miser and Mr. Snow Miser - "The Year Without a Santa Claus"!!! (I was excited when I found the lyrics to "Mr. Heat Miser" on the Internet!! Because I plan to go around singing that song to people on the street...for no apparent reason...even though I hate heat, of course!!
You can find anything on the Web!!
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Anyway, you were asking about my interesting friend Shawn. Well, keep in mind that I am fully aware of and prepared for the possibility that she may not show up on 12/12. It wouldn't be unlike her to say she wanted to go somewhere and then change her mind for no apparent reason, a day or so before.
So I will believe it when I see it. And even if she does go, she won't be there long. Either she will leave that night to get home and into bed for work on Monday, 12/13, OR she will stay overnight at the PPH and then leave on Monday morning. Either way, yes, I will have some alone time on Monday and Tuesday, which should be an adventure.
Oh, and, barring any other sudden changes, I think that Liza (funatdisney) is going to come and meet up with me on my last day, 12/15, hang out until evening and then take me home, which is very nice of her. That will save me a chunk of dough on a shuttle for one way.
Now, as for whether or not Shawn is "interesting" when she is actually ON these trips, no. Not really. Not in a bad way. Well, there
is the problem of her sometimes looking like a hostage in PhotoPass pictures. There was the time in 2008 where she preferred to stay seated at the table in the GCH lobby rather than get up and get in a Santa photo. She enjoys Goofy's Kitchen and is game for posing with whichever characters mosey by the table. She really loves the 'game rides' like Buzz and TSMM, because she kicks butt on them. She does really, really well and beats everyone on those rides. She loves POTC and HMH. She likes Soarin' a lot. Basically we are pretty compatible in the rides that we do NOT go on. We both basically avoid the same rides. I might be slightly more daring or open to things but essentially we avoid the same things. And she shouldn't have trouble getting up really early because she gets up at a crazy hour every day for work.
I think she enjoys herself at DLR when she is actually there. When we get together with Jackie or any of our other group of old friends, we are always laughing and laughing and laughing about ridiculous things. It's always fun. I think Shawn does get tired very easily and likes to rest a lot. She really likes when there is a hotel room to take a mid-day break in because she can relax for a while. I can push myself for a while, even if I am tired and in pain, because I am thinking of how much money I spent to have this trip and I am going to get my money's worth if it kills me!!
I think it's just the in-between DLR trips times that she seems to get "interesting." It used to happen with Catalina too - we would go there every year and have tons of fun, and then all of a sudden she would start making excuses to
not go the following year. I think that happens with DLR, too - she has fun on the trips but then either gets burnt out on going OR gets sick of ME, and then makes up reasons to not go.
However, we went last year without her, so I will do that again if need be!! I'd rather have the company if she is being fun and festive, but I can get by on a solo trip as long as I am hunting down trees and wreaths...and SNOW!!!
They are usually so attentive to all the little details. As it was, it was hard to buy into it being a holiday season when it was over 80 degrees, but at least make the flowers the right color!
Well, they DO have some stuff there because there were some gorgeous colors at night in NOS last week - there's a beautiful, glowing blue wreath at the entry to the alleyways of NOS. I didn't notice the lack of light strands.
) and then I am going to try to call DLR Reservations and see about that gift card issue.
