Originally Posted By familyguy Guests = go to Disneyland and it ends there Fans = go to Disneyland and then log on to forums like this and talk about the difference between guests and fans.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance What a bunch of losers the guests must be. You go to Disneyland and it ends there??? WTF?!
Originally Posted By berol When I was just a guest, I didn't notice the walkways under the railroad and thought the Mickey head flower bed was the park. True story!
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA When in Guest Relations, working at EPCOT Center, I was having a conversation with a family from the UK who wondered where all the rides were. Long story short - they didn't realize you had to walk in to the various Future World pavilions - they thought that the exterior buildings was it! True story!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros ^^I heard that Disneyland Paris (EuroDisneyland at the time) had similar problems with guests finding the indoor attractions, especially those from the UK And they wonder why we decided to break off from their empire to create our own country! : )
Originally Posted By berol I had an awful time trying to find the entrance of Pirates in 2001 when fantasmic was setting up, crowd control ropes strung around. I kept walking over the bridge, seeing the line under me. It took way to long to admit to figure out how to get down there.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip That whole area of DL is a disaster in the evening because of Fantasmic. I make sure I see everything in that area during the morning or afternoon and then don't go anywhere near it. I've never seen DL's fantasmic because of that. No way am I going to put up with that mob scene to watch a 20 minute show.
Originally Posted By familyguy Roadtrip - the crowd isn't THAT bad...the show is definitely worth it. Although I can't speak for it since they started Fastpass for it. Haven't been there since they did that. But yeah...it's normally not too bad.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I'm VERY claustrophobic. I have a really hard time when I feel like I am closed in a place and would be unable to leave if I wanted to. That for me is the worst thing about flying. Well, that and the TSA security theater.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I did it during the peak Christmas crowds with FP and it was very easy. Make sure to get your FP early (we got ours around 10:30am, for the 10:30pm show), and then just come back before the show starts. Officially they give you about an hour to arrive, but we showed up about 10 minutes before the show and got great spots (though it helped that we were assigned to a good area). None of the viewing areas were very crowded, but the CMs were pretty strict about policing it so nobody snuck under the ropes. It led to some awkward moments when people tried to get spots, only to be turned away from a less-than-half-full show, on one of the busiest days of the year
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I've seen pics of the FP areas for Fantasmic, and in all the ones I've seen, they keep the FP areas admirably unmobbed. You might like that, RT (I certainly would), and you'd see easily the superior version of the show compared to WDW.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Roadtrip - the crowd isn't THAT bad...the show is definitely worth it." The last time I was there I literally got a decent unobstructed spot for the show (on the Pirates bridge near The French Market) a few minutes after the show started. If I had kids or someone short had been with me it would have been impossible to see, but we were fine, and crowd control kept the path behind us clear, so no one was behind us pushing to see. I think what has happened over the years is that Fantasmic has lost some its crowd to WoC because I can't imagine getting a good spot on a summer night 10 years ago. Paint the Night will probably siphon even more folks from the audience.
Originally Posted By tashajilek When I think about how great WOC and F are at the DLR, I can't help to realize how good a value the resort actually is. I just saw a Cirque show in Las Vegas, and it was pretty aweful. Thankfully we only paid for one ticket or we would have been out $260! Being able to have quality shows, parades and fireworks included is pretty great when you think about it.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I just saw a Cirque show in Las Vegas, and it was pretty aweful." Was it Zumanity? I saw it and it was terrible.
Originally Posted By tashajilek No, it was Zarkana at the Aria. I think it is the newest and for some reason most expensive. I saw Ka last year and was blown away, so I thought it would be a good show. Is Zumanity the one with nudity?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Yes, and who would have guessed that nudity could be so dull and boring? How many Cirque shows are there in Vegas now? It's crazy. Speaking of Cirque is there still a show at WDW?
