Originally Posted By Railhead My girlfriend had never been to DL before. SO I decided to take her. Now... I can be devious at times... and this was no exception (all in good fun). First ride we hit up was "The Indiana Jones Walkthough Exhibit". LOL I told here it was a display of props from the indiana jones movies... and nothing more. Now, this is highly believable due to the GREAT cue that ride has. She seemed pretty entertained... but was angry that there were so many people in the "exhibit". How did I explain the jeeps? "They take you right back to the surface... around where we came in. They installed them because people got tired of walking up the steps at the end." Half-way through the actual ride, I turned and look at her... and her face was priceless. Never saw it coming. ha ha ha Afterwards I recieved my fair share of arm punchings. --- Pirates of the Carribbean? "Its a slow boat ride through a museum of pirates." This was highly believeable due to the pirates posters in the cue and the fact that you could SEE the ride. She saw the boats slowly moving through the still waters of the bayou and believed me again. Whats that? A drop? I got arm punches again. Cannon fire and animatronic pirates? My arm was starting to really hurt. --- Ok... Its a Small World. "Its a cute ride, until the 'war scene'. The ride is a social commentary. Once the little kids start firing on eachother, the boat drops down a waterfall... like on the pirates ride... only twice as far." As we exited the ride... she turned and stared at me. "Can you please stop doing that to me?" FINALLY! No more arm punching! I agreed, and we spent the next 3 days having fun at Disneyland. We are going again next Monday (Sept. 11-13) and are taking her mother as well... who has never been to Disneyland. No doubt, we will be heading to the "Indiana Jones Walkthrough Exhibit" first. Heh heh
Originally Posted By Dalia3001 LOL! I will be bringing a bunch of firstimers on Monday the 11-13 too, but they are my new inlaws, so I don't know how much I want to fool them! When I took my fiance to DCA for the first time last year, we got to the Maliboomer really early in the morning and he didn't know it would shoot up quickly, then drop. We walked up and went on it before he could see it running, so he assumed it would be one of those rides that would slowly take you up, then drop you. When we rocketed up and then down, he was utterly silent, and completely shocked! I was pretty proud to have suprised him, but he was so suprised he banged his hand and bruised it a little so I felt badly about that. But he still admits it was a good suprise. I still love the Indiana Jones Walkthrough Exhibit idea.....
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That's great! But really, who would pay that much to go to a museum. Surely even a great museum would know better than to bill itself as the "Happiest Place on Earth." Congrats on getting her to believe it though!
Originally Posted By everyyearofmylife That's a pretty gullible girlfriend you've got there! I think I would have stopped believing you after the first ride...
Originally Posted By nemopoppins On my first trip to DCA, I, who had been to Disneyland many times and actually did wait in line, was completely surprised that the Maliboomer shot up. Don't know what I could have been looking at when I was in line but it must not have been the ride. I can't believe I was so uncurious and that I didn't notice. Do you think that's dumb? Well, I was also completely surprised that California Screamin' shot forward.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <Well, I was also completely surprised that California Screamin' shot forward.> You weren't the only one. Just ask Inspector 57...
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Funny story, Railhead... but... did your gf NOT see the signs mentioning how Indy "was a rough ride... you should not ride if you're pregnant, have back, heart problems, etc."? Did she not pay attention to the movie in the queue? Ditto for Pirates... Has she seen the movie? Did she not know that it *was* based on the attraction of the same name? Did you tell her that 'gullible' was taken out of the dictionary?
Originally Posted By Dave We did the same thing to my first best man years ago. He didn't like roller coasters and when we approached Big Thunder Mountain we just told him it was that old train ride he had been on many times in the past, the one where you go thru the desert and caverns. I've never heard the F word so many times on one ride before in my life.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins Dave, how could he not hear the screaming and see the train speeding over the track while you were walking up or waiting?
Originally Posted By wolfchild "but... did your gf NOT see the signs mentioning how Indy "was a rough ride... you should not ride if you're pregnant, have back, heart problems, etc."? Did she not pay attention to the movie in the queue?" Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.
Originally Posted By BrnardM <<He didn't like roller coasters and when we approached Big Thunder Mountain we just told him it was that old train ride he had been on many times in the past, the one where you go thru the desert and caverns>> My Aunt did that to my grandmother but it seemed to throw off her equalibrium so she was dizzy for the next two days. Not healthy! I went with some friends one time and one had never been on Pirates before. Naturally on the lift at the end we all held on tight and told him that a drop was coming that made Splash Mountain look like "kids stuff". We got the greatest laugh out of that one.
