WonkaKid
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 2, 2009
I don’t always wear a belt, but when I do I make sure not to wear it through the Disney security checkpoint because it will trigger an entire body search. Since I bring my own lunch, I simply put it in my lunch bag. Yesterday, however, after my day at DL I exited security to see the dragon that hangs from the ceiling of Disney's Grand Californian. It marks/celebrates the year of the dragon. I forgot that I had my belt on and when I returned to Downtown Disney, it set off the metal detector and they had to scan my entire body, have me empty my pockets and they inspected my belt. I could have saved myself all of that time and aggravation had I remembered to remove it again. Lesson learned for next time.
Crowds at the rope yesterday seemed heavy and when the park gates opened, we saw at least a dozen runners on Main Street. That never bodes well for rope drop and we identified several potential runners as the countdown to 8:00 was nearly over (people stretching and so forth).
When the rope dropped, we “walked with intention” (as fast as we could) towards PP and we had a healthy lead on the other guests. However, as we approached the castle, we heard a girl as she ran up behind us and then saw her when she passed. I always hate when people run for two main reasons. 1. It feels like cheating, since other guests who follow the rules by not running are penalized, in effect. 2. It often triggers other guests to run.
In any case, once we were through the castle, CMs cautioned the girl not to run and she slowed down. I was able to pass her in the final fifty feet or so and we were first in line for PP. I’ve said many times before that it’s not particularly important to me to be first on PP. I just like to be the first in line. Often when there’s a child behind me (and they seem to have a good attitude), I’ll let them have my first-place spot. But since this girl ran and her family of six wanted to join her at the front of the line, I decided not to gift it to her.
Buzz was plagued with problems yesterday, among which were that several key targets didn’t always work and/or my scores didn’t come through. Once I scored 1.9M and another time 1.8. Neither came through and I was knocked out of first place by 1,711,000, about 600 points more than my second-place score. It made for a frustrating morning. On days like that, I always remind myself to keep things in perspective. Even a bad day at Disneyland is usually a pretty good day.
I bumped into a few friends, one of whom is a CM on Buzz. We’ll often talk for 20-30 minutes and she lifts my spirits. Otherwise, things we pretty typical for a Disney Sunday, despite it being Super Bowl Sunday. I’ve often seen that major events such as the SB, the Oscars or the Grammys don’t seem to have much effect on Disney crowds.
Some park pics.
Crowds at the rope yesterday seemed heavy and when the park gates opened, we saw at least a dozen runners on Main Street. That never bodes well for rope drop and we identified several potential runners as the countdown to 8:00 was nearly over (people stretching and so forth).
When the rope dropped, we “walked with intention” (as fast as we could) towards PP and we had a healthy lead on the other guests. However, as we approached the castle, we heard a girl as she ran up behind us and then saw her when she passed. I always hate when people run for two main reasons. 1. It feels like cheating, since other guests who follow the rules by not running are penalized, in effect. 2. It often triggers other guests to run.
In any case, once we were through the castle, CMs cautioned the girl not to run and she slowed down. I was able to pass her in the final fifty feet or so and we were first in line for PP. I’ve said many times before that it’s not particularly important to me to be first on PP. I just like to be the first in line. Often when there’s a child behind me (and they seem to have a good attitude), I’ll let them have my first-place spot. But since this girl ran and her family of six wanted to join her at the front of the line, I decided not to gift it to her.
Buzz was plagued with problems yesterday, among which were that several key targets didn’t always work and/or my scores didn’t come through. Once I scored 1.9M and another time 1.8. Neither came through and I was knocked out of first place by 1,711,000, about 600 points more than my second-place score. It made for a frustrating morning. On days like that, I always remind myself to keep things in perspective. Even a bad day at Disneyland is usually a pretty good day.
I bumped into a few friends, one of whom is a CM on Buzz. We’ll often talk for 20-30 minutes and she lifts my spirits. Otherwise, things we pretty typical for a Disney Sunday, despite it being Super Bowl Sunday. I’ve often seen that major events such as the SB, the Oscars or the Grammys don’t seem to have much effect on Disney crowds.
Some park pics.
They think every man has to automatically get wanded for belts.
