Originally Posted By aurora7166 Hi - my daughter has just gone cheerleading mad over here in UK - poms for her birthday etc. - Other than watching DVD, she has never seen real cheerleading. - We have stayed at All star movies a few times now and on one of those trips, we were driven mad by cheerleaders practising outside our window for the competetion - Now we would love to remember when that was, cos we would take her on our next trip to Wide world of sports to see them ...but we cannot find dates anywhere - can anyone please help??? thanks aurora
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I think they just had a cheerleading competition a few months ago. I wish I could help you with that but I don't exactly when they do these competitions, or if they are yearly or every 6 months or what... Call Disney and find out.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Ok. Herein lies perhaps the largest and most greivous thing I have ever witnessed at WDW. There are cheerleading competitions at WDW often. Last time we happened to be there during one such competition...there seemed to be a fad going on which consisted of cheerleaders riding around WDW all day in wheelchairs borrowed from the stroller rental centers. I was curious about what I was seeing. I thought I was seeing cheerleader after cheerleader being pushed around, usually two or three in a group of ten. They would take turns pushing each other, often up to the handicap entrance of a line or up the exit, only to bound out of their wheel chairs and onto the ride without waiting in line like the rest of us non-physically chanllenged people. Still, I tried to give the benefit of the doubt to these teenaged poor souls. Until... I saw one such stero-typical cheerleader mom, (bleached blond hair from a Wal-mart bottle, shorts a little too short for a 36 year old woman, and gushes many and often over her girls about their talents) and I happened to be walking up to retreive a stroller, while they were making their way to the exit of a ride for entrance. I was curious so I picked up the newborn (holding a newborn gives a father the right to do almost anything or say almost anything in almost any situation without reproach for some unknown reason) and I asked this thirty-something teenager, "Hey what is the deal with the wheel chairs and all these girls? Is there some group at the park that cannot walk but can jump out of their chair onto a ride?" The cheer mom replied, "Oh no no no...this is he biggest competition of the year. ESPN is going to cover it. And the girls you see in the wheel chairs are riding in the wheel chairs to save their legs for their competition." I was dumb struck. I quickly replied (baby in my arms like a shield against evil) "That is about the most rediculous thing I have ever heard." To this she replied, "Why?" Then I said, "Because I would really like to ride on one of those electric carts myself, but I rather leave them for people who really need them." The lady was such an idiot that she didn't even understand my point. So, it began in high school when I played football...and the reasons are so long I can't begin to list them all. But this example that I have set forth is the crowning jewel of what cheerleading is all about. Also, I must mention that on my way out of the park, I overheard a cheer mom getting angry with the people near the stroller rental...something about how she couldn't believe there were no more wheel chairs. Heaven forbid some older guests were probably having to walk or just go home that day, because they too couldn't get a wheel chair. I asked one of the parents
Originally Posted By DVC_dad ^ ^ ^ Ok even IF you have no problem with the cheerleaders using the wheel chairs...there is certainly something wrong with them being use for "no-wait" "front-of-the-line" ride access. I saw this happen at least 10 times in one day at the MK.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I was in the World around spring break a couple years ago (mid March I think), and there was a huge competetion going on the day we were in MGM, and there were girls everywhere in rediculous make-up with wierd bendy curlers in their hair so it would be perfect for the competition. I'm not sure where you could ask about the competitions, but I would guess the Wide World of Sports would be a good place to start.
Originally Posted By aurora7166 Ok - sorry to all of you that seem to have a thing with cheerleaders - we dont have many in UK, and to my 13 yr old it looks a lot of fun- she doesn't see any of the stuff that goes along with it - anyway have now found web address for world of sport, so I will try there. Thanks aurora7166
Originally Posted By Chelledun ^^Aurora, I hope that you can find a competition to watch. Cheerleading was a great deal of fun for me in high school, made me physically fit, and kept me out of trouble. We didn't make it a practice to ride around in wheelchairs, so maybe that is a regional thing . I think most folks can agree that that is appalling behavior.
Originally Posted By aurora7166 Thanks chelledun - have been in touch with world of sports and they are looking into it for me.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Let us know when those competitions will be so we can avoid those days at WDW. Cheerleaders taking over WDW is just as enchanting as spending a day at an overcrowded child care center.
Originally Posted By Labuda I'd take US cheerleaders over Brazilian teen tour groups any day of the week.
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden <<The cheer mom replied, "Oh no no no...this is he biggest competition of the year. ESPN is going to cover it. And the girls you see in the wheel chairs are riding in the wheel chairs to save their legs for their competition." >> I know they're much maligned, but this is where some good ol' vigilante stroller justice needs to take place. Just start taking them out one by one.
Originally Posted By mickey_ring Totally waaaayyy off topic in only 13 posts. Could be an LP record. Here is the schedule from the WWoS page: Disney's Wide World of Sports® Complex will host the Pop Warner Super Bowl and National Cheer and Dance Championships from December 3 - 9, 2006. In its 77th year, Pop Warner Little Scholars is the largest youth football, cheer and dance organization in the United States, consisting of 360,000 young people ranging from ages 5 - 16 years old.
Originally Posted By aurora7166 thanks mickey ring - anything on in November that you know of Thanks Aurora7166
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo OH NOOOOooooooo. This has so put a downer on my trip. We will be there then. A bunch of jumped up teens with no respect mobbing the parks, that's all I need.
Originally Posted By Labuda Dave, I'm pretty sure there was one of those Pop Warner thingies going on when I was there in early December of 2003 - crowds were still low, and I honestly didn't notice them at all since I was staying in a mod and they were most all in values. I don't think you & Sarah have anything to worry about!
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun I agree with Labuda and post #11. Those Brazillian teen groups are the worst. We often go to WDW Presidents day week and there is always a dance competition going on. Usually we run into people we know from home. But staying at ASMo with the foreign teen is still the worst!
Originally Posted By aurora7166 Hi - we stayed at ASMovies the same time as them a few years ago!! - Other than seeing them practice on the grass occasionally - we had no trouble - never saw them in the parks. Aurora7166
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>A bunch of jumped up teens with no respect mobbing the parks, that's all I need.<< It's no different than the line-cutting kids and unruly behavior at DLP which I find more rampant in Paris over Orlando.
