Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'll admit to liking the ridiculous over-the-top decorations for celebrations. During WDW's 25th I really liked the castle cake and I thought the wand for the Millennium was a really impressive engineering feat. However, when those decorations stay around long after their celebration is over (wand, hat, DL 50th castle paint job), that's when I stop thinking they're so neat. If it's truly something temporary and well executed (not just cheap vinyl banners and obviously-temporary additions), then I'm completely in favor of it To me, it's part of what keeps the parks interesting and worth revisiting. I was excited for the castle cake during my first trip to WDW (technically I went as an infant, but I don't remember any of it) since I knew it wouldn't stay that way forever, and I was equally excited to see it 'normal' for my next visit. People visit for the Halloween and Christmas decorations all the time; why not do something for an anniversary or other year-long event?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt How about this? <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://media.designingdisney.com/sites/default/files/images/fireworks/4.jpg">http://media.designingdisney.c...ks/4.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros And there's always the strawberry shortcake castle that started it all: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://31.media.tumblr.com/30aae3a2079893dbb474ff9d4f97335e/tumblr_mk2qhpYMLn1qb3a81o1_400.jpg">http://31.media.tumblr.com/30a..._400.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Are those male strippers in in Hans' picture? Directly in line with the tallest tower, there are a couple very muscly guys wearing overalls and no shirts. I know that European fashion can be different from the US, but that just seems like a little too much...
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "re those male strippers in in Hans' picture?" I didn't even notice! Hahaha. I was too distracted by the giant creepy eyeballs gazing down from under the jester hats on the castle.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "And there's always the strawberry shortcake castle that started it all" Good lord, Why?? Why would they do that?? It's so ugly.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Directly in line with the tallest tower, there are a couple very muscly guys wearing overalls and no shirts. I know that European fashion can be different from the US, but that just seems like a little too much...<<< They look like a gay couple. In my opinion these guys don't look worse than what you can see in the US Resorts. I'm talking about these men with the basketball jerseys and many just shouldn't wear them. Or the women with the extra short pants. Many don't have the body to wear that and it looks really bad. I'm sorry if that sounds offending. And that's a problem in Paris and in the US or somewhere else. Japan might be an exception judging from the pictures I've seen about TDR. We have been to Cedar Point twice and there the people were dressed even worse. But I agree that the guys in the picture should at least wear a shirt.
Originally Posted By dagobert Wasn'T WDW's castle also decorated as a cake many years ago? At DLP the "cake castle" was part of the 1st birthday, if I'm not mistaken. For the fifth birthday they used the Hunchback of Notre Dame for the theme of the castle. I think that movie came out in the same year. Both decorations looked bad.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Thanks, Hans. Wow, the jester stuff is pretty bad. "We have been to Cedar Point twice and there the people were dressed even worse." Your eyes would probably burn out of your brain if you ever went to a US Wal-Mart. It gets real, real fast there.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Your eyes would probably burn out of your brain if you ever went to a US Wal-Mart. It gets real, real fast there. <<< I lived for half a year in Ohio and have been to Wal-Mart many times. Wow, these stores are big, but the most shocking thing were these electro scooters, the same you can find at WDW, for "big" people. And many actually had to use them. Some where equipped with oxygen tanks. Never seen that before. However I liked Wal-Mart. So big, so many products and a frozen aisle as big as a regular supermarket over here. And you could buy guns there. What an interesting place. Late night shopping was also great.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "In my opinion these guys don't look worse than what you can see in the US Resorts." Actually they look better. If only the tacky tourists in California and Florida had those physiques. Disneyland kills the myth that all Southern Californians are thin and beautiful.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>However I liked Wal-Mart. So big, so many products and a frozen aisle as big as a regular supermarket over here.<< When I worked at a summer camp, Wal-Mart was always popular with our international staff. That was partly due to necessity (where else can you get bedding, arts & crafts supplies, outdoor equipment, and snacks in a single store for cheap?) and part of it was the sheer entertainment value of everything there, from the merchandise to the customers. I think we went there at least once a week, all summer long, and it never got old
Originally Posted By doombuggy "muscly guys wearing overalls and no shirts" So that's what happen to Dexys Midnight Runners
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance There is a Walmart cashier at our local Walmart that I swear everytime I go through his line he yells at me and/or my kids. He's old and couldn't be any grouchier. Me and the kids avoid him like the plague, but one night it was super busy and his line was the shortest so they convinced me to go in his line. He ended up yelling at me twice. lol NEVER AGAIN!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt CC did you provoke this grouchy cashier? Why is this person yelling at you for no reason? What is she or he saying to you? I need answers. OAN this is the sort of thing that would have sent me into a fit of giggles when I was kid. We would have probably given them a nickname too.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "CC did you provoke this grouchy cashier? Why is this person yelling at you for no reason? What is she or he saying to you? I need answers." I certainly didn't provoke him, lol. He accidentally rang up an item from the person behind me's stuff, I just said, "Oh, that's not mine." He was like, "I KNOW MA'AM, GIVE ME A MINUTE TO FIX IT!" I said nothing. He put the item back in their pile instead of removing it from my bill first. I asked, "Can you take that off of my bill?" He's like, "I CAN'T DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE, MA'AM, I"M GETTING TO IT!." I looked at my kids and silently told them I'd get them for making me get in this line, and we were trying to surpress our giggles. I'm quite shy in real life and very non confrontational, and scared of this guy,so I wasn't going to say anything else. lol One time he yelled at my daughter for "Stacking the items too high" (she might have been stacking it a bit too high? and one time he yelled at my son for "Sitting in the bag area" which he wasn't. lol I've also seen him doing the same thing to people in front of us in line. As to why he does it I think he's old, grumpy, tired, hates life and is working at Walmart, and we catch him towards the end of his shift when he's probably really tired and sore and done with everyone,lol. Why Wal-mart thinks he should be a cashier is beyond me.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros One day I hope to be a grumpy old man. It's my fallback plan in case I'm unable to be an eccentric billionaire for the remainder of my days, which seems like a bit of a stretch at this point
