Rant: Huh? A Days has a rant?

[AmberDaze]

Hi everyone. I have never ranted about anything on these boards, but lately I have had something on my mind. So I think I'm entitled to at least one little rant before the new year begins.

I just want everyone to know that I would love for you all to make it to any closing, every night...really I would. Since I happen to be one who posts many closing pics (it's because I enjoy doing so), some people are under the impression that I organize closings every single night. Not only that, they believe I should inform them of where closings are and get mad if I don't let them know. Please, I can no longer send pm's to anyone regarding closings -- many times closings just happen among friends, and sometimes friends just happen upon them at the last minute. So as I would love to send invitations to all of you via pm on dis, but I just cannot. I apologize for this, and hope you all understand.

 

[milkabum]

I never have.. but hey, now I never will!

 

[AmberDaze]

Not really the response I was expecting, but ok. I was just beginning to feel overwhelmed, and wanted to vent. I don't think anyone should be angry at anyone for not informing them of a dis closing. I have received more than one of these pms and just wanted to clear the air.

 

[milkabum]

I meant I never asked for them, and now I know I never will.
I'm sorry for you feeling overwhelmed, but after this thread I think that will change.

 

[FunkyMonkey]

Awwww mom.... Feel better. Nobody should be mad at you.


~Your Daughter~ ​

 

[Disney Dreams]

This is silly. There is no reason Days ever should have had felt the need for this post. Closings just happen. We dont plan them except on the very rare occasion that something special is happening in 1 of our friends' lives.

We just sort of gather at the end of the night. Yes, I personally have worked very hard to help someone join a closing once - and that person is now, months later, a very close friend. But that is a rare situation. Usually, it's just an end of the night happening - not a planned event with a secret handshake or a mystery location in a sealed envelope.

Please - there is NO REASON that anyone should be made to feel bad because they did not invite another to closing. It's just a gathering of a bunch, well, usually 15 to be exact, of us at the end of the night.

There are often 2 closing rooms that many of us fill now - since so many join in the fun.

Hugs Days! See you at closing tonight. Wherever that may end up being.....

 

[silvrstrfx]

Having known Days for most of my vmk life, I know she is one of the nicest, most considerate people in the game. She would never intentionally ignore someone or go out of her way to be rude --- it's a little joke of ours that guests and strangers flock to her because she is so friendly and loveable

I frequently am at most closings she is at and I will just say that most closings are just as she described --- spontaneous and more of a "Where do you wanna go?" "I dunno, where do you wanna go?" Think of your friends just hanging out and trying to pick what to do and where to go. We rarely plan closings in advance, unless someone has a special room they've made and asks to close there. And even then, all we are is a group of friends who just happen to be on at closing time and get together to dance and wish each other good night.

Every night, there are hundreds of closings around VMK --- in no way, is our closing the only one and while we would love for you to dance with us, sometimes the room is too full or you can't find us, but there are plenty of other closings to be at. A closing isn't an organized affair --- it's just those last ten minutes of the night before we're all hit with the black screen.

Please do not ask Days to invite you to something that she probably doesn't know herself where it will be. It is in no way her fault and nobody should be feeling bad about this. This is a game --- keep it fun!

 

[LoriR]

While I haven't been able to stay awake long enough in quite a while to even make a closing , I must say that those I have been able to attend were very spur of the moment events. A quick glance at my list to see where some friends might be gathering is my usual method.

Since there seems to be alot of interest in attending a group closing, maybe those PM'ing Days could post an invite on the boards and start their own. No one person is in charge of organizing closings.

Also, I believe there is usually quite a large closing in the Castle Forecourt each night.

 

[AllisonY2K]

um...I have mentioned a time or two that you usually put together closings but I thought I gave the impression that it's not formally announced and the only reason I make it to most closings is because I just follow you to whatever room you're in around closing time.

 

[AmberDaze]

um...I have mentioned a time or two that you usually put together closings but I thought I gave the impression that it's not formally announced and the only reason I make it to most closings is because I just follow you to whatever room you're in around closing time.

Sweet, I am specifically talking about ppl who want me to pm them here on dis regarding closings...half the time I am not even on dis until after closing time. You never said anything wrong, and just for the record...I don't mind any of my friends asking me about where I am going to be at close, in vmk. I am more than happy about doing that if there is enough time to do so.

 

[hdmonkeybug]

Wow, I can't believe that people would get mad at you for this- Like everyone has said, this is just a spur of the moment thing and most of us just look at our list to see where our friends are. I'm so sorry that you felt this way Days. No one should have made you feel this way.

 

[Janomi]

Aww poor Days he! I'm sorry to hear that you had to rant about a subject as benign as a closing.

For the record, Days goes out of her way to post a pic of a closing, the one that she is attending.
And I think she does a very good job at it too

Just because her closing room is posted though, it doesn't mean that you cannot do the same for your own closing room.
You are also welcome to attend the many other closings happening throughout VMK.

Personally, my favorite closings are usually the ones in which we keep on following each other around in circles

 

[AmberDaze]

Aww, thank you for the sweet things you have said about me my friends...it brought tears to my eyes. You are all truly the best!!

 

[BelleRosie]

Here , Here well said Fox he!

I've had meet the nicest ppl here on Dis, one of the being Days. I've had many closing with Days, Fox and many other of my Dis/Vmk Friends. There has never been a set place where we close. It just happens, it may be the room we are in or some place where other friends are. Most of the time we don't know where we are closing till warning sign comes up anyway.

I'm sorry Days, that you got put in this postion. Hope you feel better now.
Many hugs to you my friend

I guess you throw the best Vmk closing party ever!

 

[AmberDaze]

I'm sorry Days, that you got put in this postion. Hope you feel better now. Many hugs to you my friend

Hugs to you Belle!

 

[DaraAllen]

Days, my dear girl, you call that a rant? That was a very nicely said, hey folks please don't look to me to be your social secretary.

You want to rant? I'm going to have to teach you a thing or two about a full-blown, out of control, I'm gonna kill somebody rant! lol

Seriously, what you are asking is just common courtesy. Closings aren't organized. Well, ok, they are organized chaos! You look at your list, see in general where a group of ppl you want to hang with are heading, and you go. If that room's full, you try another. That doesn't work? I go to my room and send messages to people. If they come, great, if not, well, life goes on!

Big hugs and thank you for all the closing pics you post. Even though I think I've only been at one of "your" closings, I truly enjoy seeing pictures of all the different rooms and places people close.

 

[Disney Dreams]

Just to accent HOW spontaneous and unplanned closings are, i MUST share what happened tonight:

Speed and I finished a Pirate Credit Blitz evening and went to the Pirate Treasure Room to turn in our keys. We were then asked by someone on these boards, "Do you know where A Days is? I want to go to a closing."

Well, I thought this was a little odd and thought to myself, Closings are everywhere. Do you want to close with friends, or do ou want to find Days? I looked at my list and Days was not with a large group of others as best as I could tell and before I could even respond, someone else from these boards asked, "Is this a closing dance?"

I was SO confused by this question as there was nothing more than Speed and I standing side by side dishing our wise-comments to each other in our normal "we are laughing even if it seems to others that we are mad at each other" inside humor that friends share. I replied, "No. LOL It's me and Speed standing next to each other." (I have to share that this made me laugh out loud in my own living room. I'm sorry, but it was very funny. We were just standing there at 10 till and suddenly we were "a closing.")

Back to our evening... Speed says, "Off to get hats" and goes to the Emporium. I follow - as that was our plan: Turn in keys and then spend our newly earned Pirate Loot.

Well, having had these closing questions thrown our way, and making the jump to get our "Green hes," we didn't even see that tonight our friends had actually come to US for closing. After less than a minute in the Emporium, I receive an in game note from a friend: "Sure. As soon as we come to you to close, you leave."

Well - we had NO CLUE that friends had come to us to close with us. That's how closings work. They are just friends popping in on friends to end the night together. And I MUST confess, I am sure that the hop over to us was to close with Speed as he has not been on is many nights and our friends love saying hi to him when he is!

Of course, after buying our hats, we hopped back over to our friends (hoping the room had not filled yet) - and joined what had formed into a closing.

A spontaneous, "surprise! we're here to end the night with you" closing. Just like always. What a great way to end the night - or for some of us, a great way to begin the night.

If you want to "go to a closing" - just find your friends. That's what closings are - friends saying good night, in groups of 15, of course.

 

[AmberDaze]

Hugs to all of you...I am truly blessed to have such wonderful friends.