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Just got back yesterday from 9 days at the World, thought I'd share a few things that "they" taught me while I was there...
- Smoking sections are for wusses. If you need to light up, do it anywhere you please.
- Deodorant is optional. Yes, it's 90+ degrees and we're in Florida where the humidity is 140%, but that bath I took before I left home should do the trick.
- The middle of the road is the only place to hold conversations. I don't mean abruptly stopping to look at the map, I mean just standing in the middle of the road talking.
- If you have a party of 5 or more people, make sure to walk shoulder to shoulder down any and all pathways, and under no circumstances should you move for oncoming traffic, even if the oncoming traffic is already single file and turning sideways against the bushes to avoid you.
- Regardless of party size, walk down all paths looking in another direction, not the direction you're headed. If there's somebody there, they'll move, it's not your problem. Afterall, you paid a lot of money to be here!
- Those people leaning against the wall/fence facing the Castle at 8:45 PM are just taking a break. Take advantage of any space in front of them for a good view of the Wishes fireworks that are about to start, I doubt the wall leaners know there will be fireworks, anyway, so they won't care if you're there.
And my new favorite...
- If you are a party of at least 8, send the two fastest people in the party to get in line, then have them put one hand on the queue railing and extend their other arm to hold off the rest of the guests so the 6 or so other people can catch up and get in line with them. Afterall, being in row 3 rather than row 4 or Star Tours will make or break your vacation.
Follow up to that one...
- Failing to do the arm/queue/hold-off-crowd thing, go ahead and have the two speedsters get in line. When the other 6 people make it in line, have the first one say, "I'm with them," and point ahead. When the kind guest(s) in front of you step aside, have your 5 compadres crowd past with you. Taking a picture of the bewildered looks on the faces of the guests you're going around as the 9th person crowds past makes for a good vacation keepsake, also.
Follow up to THAT one...
- After crowding past in line and settling in, try to have two people not want to ride the ride. BUT, don't make that decision until you're at least within sight of the CM letting you in and then have those two people crowd their way backwards out of the queue line.
I'm sure there were more lessons learned from the crowd, but thankfully I have now added all those to my arsenal for my next trip, and they should make it much easier for me, Me, ME to get around the parks! (And, I'm all that counts, afterall!!)
- Smoking sections are for wusses. If you need to light up, do it anywhere you please.
- Deodorant is optional. Yes, it's 90+ degrees and we're in Florida where the humidity is 140%, but that bath I took before I left home should do the trick.
- The middle of the road is the only place to hold conversations. I don't mean abruptly stopping to look at the map, I mean just standing in the middle of the road talking.
- If you have a party of 5 or more people, make sure to walk shoulder to shoulder down any and all pathways, and under no circumstances should you move for oncoming traffic, even if the oncoming traffic is already single file and turning sideways against the bushes to avoid you.
- Regardless of party size, walk down all paths looking in another direction, not the direction you're headed. If there's somebody there, they'll move, it's not your problem. Afterall, you paid a lot of money to be here!
- Those people leaning against the wall/fence facing the Castle at 8:45 PM are just taking a break. Take advantage of any space in front of them for a good view of the Wishes fireworks that are about to start, I doubt the wall leaners know there will be fireworks, anyway, so they won't care if you're there.
And my new favorite...
- If you are a party of at least 8, send the two fastest people in the party to get in line, then have them put one hand on the queue railing and extend their other arm to hold off the rest of the guests so the 6 or so other people can catch up and get in line with them. Afterall, being in row 3 rather than row 4 or Star Tours will make or break your vacation.
Follow up to that one...
- Failing to do the arm/queue/hold-off-crowd thing, go ahead and have the two speedsters get in line. When the other 6 people make it in line, have the first one say, "I'm with them," and point ahead. When the kind guest(s) in front of you step aside, have your 5 compadres crowd past with you. Taking a picture of the bewildered looks on the faces of the guests you're going around as the 9th person crowds past makes for a good vacation keepsake, also.
Follow up to THAT one...
- After crowding past in line and settling in, try to have two people not want to ride the ride. BUT, don't make that decision until you're at least within sight of the CM letting you in and then have those two people crowd their way backwards out of the queue line.
I'm sure there were more lessons learned from the crowd, but thankfully I have now added all those to my arsenal for my next trip, and they should make it much easier for me, Me, ME to get around the parks! (And, I'm all that counts, afterall!!)
Hard as it can be sometimes, I choose not give them the control by letting them spoil my trips! After all, I worked hard to get there and I'm gonna enjoy it! 
Thanks for a good laugh!!! 
