Tour Guide Mike

[80spanda]

GGCLS

Grey Goose Citron Lemon Slush - Somebody let me know quick if that's a proprietary secret!!! It was mentioned with great regard in the Oct ZnM trip reports!

Renee

 

[asburyjukes]

GGCLS

Grey Goose Citron Lemonade Slush. It's available at the champagne booth in France. It's a mighty tasty adult beverage.

Deb

 

[Jessmela]

brad--

You do know you'll need to tell us about Aragosta Rossa now

 

[twinboysmommy]

i'm gonna assume i'm brad
all i can say is if anything good came out of this, i made my way to the dis. long time *occasional* lurker, first time poster (

Hi Brad!

Me, too! Look, I'm all of the way up to my 4th post on the DIS. Woo hoo!

 

[Jessmela]

So we obviously feel strongly about the GGCLS's

Personally, I'm missing Chico's lapu lapu smilie... the sigs and similies are a little out of control here.

 

[qv09vvp]

Mike sure eats a lot..

10. Mike is going down the big drop on SplashMountain, before enjoying a Mickey Bar!

 

[80spanda]

Oh, and we just got that Mickey Bar smiley too!!!

 

[asburyjukes]

So we obviously feel strongly about the GGCLS's

At least we have our priorities straight...

Deb

 

[jenmom24ks]

Grey Goose Citron Lemonade Slushie... yummm

That does sound good! I'll have to try it when I'm there in 15 days!

 

[bradk]

whoo! TGM party!

Aragosta Rossa... it's italian... for... (get out the google translator)

 

[twinboysmommy]

The events of the past few days have made me realize that we need to design an emergency TGM plan . . . in the event that we can't get on the site we need to have an alternate location for us to "meet"! A specific thread over here, I mean. (Since the DIS people have been so kind and accomodating!) This site is so big I'll bet there are plenty of TGMers wandering around looking for the rest of us, but they can't find us.

 

[Dicecatt]

Ohhhh, please count me in for a Lapu Lapu. I forgot a horsie float, though, anyone have one I can borrow? I'll be the redhead going down the Volcano slide. With my Lapu Lapu, if I can sneak it past the lifeguard.

 

[qv09vvp]

The events of the past few days have made me realize that we need to design an emergency TGM plan . . . in the event that we can't get on the site we need to have an alternate location for us to "meet"! A specific thread over here, I mean. (Since the DIS people have been so kind and accomodating!) This site is so big I'll bet there are plenty of TGMers wandering around looking for the rest of us, but they can't find us.

Agreed!


BTW...my beloved Spurs are playing the Orlando Magic right now. How appropriate. wonder if TGM is there?

 

[TourGuideMiKE]

Latest Update: Time now, 9:12 p.m., Friday evening

We now have four IT professionals working on this problem. They are very impressed with the measures this person or persons took to keep me offline. Of course, they're impressed because this is their world and they're into stuff like that ...

I have been assured again that our TGM database is completely intact and does not appear to have been accessed in any way. From what I can gather, they're simply being very thorough to ensure we don't have any service hiccups once we're back online.

We're currently preparing a completely new format for TGM called "TourGuideMiKE's Vacation Itinerary Planner" (TGM's V.I.P. -- get it?) that will appeal to a larger mass audience, so ... looking at this from a silver lining angle ... I'm glad this happened now instead of later. That's not making light of my frustrated guests, however.

My last phone call a few minutes ago indicated that there's no reason why we shouldn't be back online by this evening. They're just being very careful with the backup and reinstall.

Someone posted, "Why didn't they just move you to a different server?" a while back. It's basically because we own our own server; we don't lease or rent a shared server with other web sites. We did when we first opened, of course, but took this more-expensive-than-you-might-believe step about a year ago to, ironically, ensure the best experience for my guests. The next step coming is to have two servers that work in tandem with each other, and one could be used on its own for emergencies like this one. Our IT guys are actually setting us up with a rented-type backup server situation so that this doesn't happen again. The new security settings should keep us very safe, regardless. Still, where there's a will, there's a way, especially in the internet world.

We can't tell if this is a random act of sabotage from someone who wanted the challenge or if it's simply someone with a strong dislike for me personally. I'd like to think it's the former as I'm not aware of any enemies I have made through the years (I say half kidding and half not ...) because I'm usually a pretty nice person. Regardless, both my guests and I will be better because of it once we're back up and available.


I promise to keep everyone informed of our progress.

Patiently waiting,

Mike Hewell

a.k.a. TourGuideMiKE

 

[Jessmela]

Maybe we're getting closer guys. I saw the page pull up halfway for a second (without all the graphics)...back to timing out now.

 

[Princess Tinkerbell]

We luv ya' Mike! Thanks for all your hard work.

 

[bigbabyblues]

I want a Lapu Lapu too, but no horsie float for me. Lapu Lapu and swimming don't mix well for me, at least......

I posted questions the other day that I'd love to know the answers to........

Steph

 

[The_Horned_King]

Man I have great timing!

Thanks for the update Mike.

Looking forward to the site update!

 

[scoutsmom99]

Thanks for the new update Mike

 

[tchrrx]

Thanks Mike for keeping us informed! I am ready to be back online with you, but I'm glad that safety remains your number one concern.