Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>I make an Amazon order maybe once a year, so no problem here<<< Wow, I rarely step foot in a store if I can help it. I buy 98% of stuff online, 70% of thhat is from amazon.
Originally Posted By gadzuux I had guests over today for a super bowl party, and after the game they were asking for me to put on something else. I pulled this video out and played the `56 doc first, and followed that with the main feature. Everyone really seemed to enjoy watching it. They've all been to the park and have some familiarity with it, and they liked watching and telling stories about their past visits. This thing is great for when friends are over - it's unusual yet interesting and fun, and unlike a movie it doesn't have any plot to follow and people can talk and enjoy it at the same time. It was a hit!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I just got this (much to my surprise) as a Valentine's Day gift. Who says romance is dead? I watched the two main things on disc 1 last night. I agree that to a real DL aficionado, there aren't a lot of surprises or secrets, but it's still great. The biggest surprise to me? That there was a male host/guide on StorybookLand in 1956. I thought this was a female-only cm position until the 90's, seemingly. I know when I was there in the 60's, 70's, and even into the 80's, you never saw men with that job (just like you never saw female canoe guides for a long time). So I assumed that would have been the case in the 50's too. Nope. There he was, describing the three pigs' houses.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer The Disneyana shop on Main Street has both the Secrets and the Oswald DVD's... Don't sake how I know, but I am getting the Secrets DVD for my Birthday next week..... (And thanks to my cutie, Deogee's Mom for buying it for me
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I've heard that the original idea for the male CM's on Storybookland was that it was supposed to be like a father or grandfather telling his children/grandchildren bedtime stories. Then, apparently, it just turned out a little strange, and nobody really got that feeling. According to a book I read (it may have been one of the Mouse Tails books), many of the CM's got asked on dates by male park guests (even in the 50's), which was when they decided to switch it over to female CM's, trying to leave the males on the dock as much of the time as possible.
Originally Posted By jonvn They still have guys doing the storybook job? I think I'd rather drown myself in the canal than have to do that one. On the other hand, I don't think Disney would probably keep me in the job for very long, either.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think I've seen one or two on the dock on most visits, but I can't think of a single time I've seen one on a boat.
Originally Posted By jonvn Could you imagine doing that job? Oh man.. And here's the house of the three little pigs...And right in back is the smoker where they are making some spare ribs.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 You're right, jon, you probably wouldn't last real long in that job. I think it was only a few trips ago I got my first male guide on SLCB, after decades of only women. That's why I was so surprised to see a male guide from the 50's.
Originally Posted By USCSurfer I actually did see two males in boats last weekend. When I worked in F'land though it indeed was a female attraction. Just as Skyway was male. Men on Storybook don't bother me all that much, but I will say that I still can't get used to women on Steam Trains. It just doesn't fit.
Originally Posted By jonvn The women on the steam trains is odd, yes. But it's not that big a deal. Not as odd as guys running the Tiki Room and being called Seniorita. And, of course, chicks wearing pirate outfits have always been hot on POTC. The men on the Skway was probably due to practical reasons. You had to be pretty hefty to move those things.
Originally Posted By StitchDude > And, of course, chicks wearing pirate outfits have always been hot on POTC.<
