Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Then again, I'm more of an introvert, so I wouldn't want to wait that long to meet a celebrity either; I just don't do well with idle chit chat and forced interactions" >>This is me exactly. I've actually very shy, and it's always awkward interacting with the characters.<< My problem is I'm too impatient. *Waiting* for a 60 second visit with an unknown actor dressed in a costume doesn't make sense to me.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Since they don't talk, I just sort of forget that I can talk, and it usually just ends up being a lot of arm flailing by everybody involved (but mostly me)" LOL!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Since they don't talk, I just sort of forget that I can talk, and it usually just ends up being a lot of arm flailing by everybody involved (but mostly me)" LOL!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Me and the characters usually do that awkward "Oops, I'm trying to stand where you're trying to stand, let me move, oops we both tried to move at the same time, oops it happened again." So we end up looking like we're dancing together in some lame, boring dance. And I don't say much because I don't even know if they can hear in that large head they have on, and what would I say anyway? I'm a person pretending that I'm standing next to a cartoon character, that's embarrassing.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Random question: Does anyone know of a site that lists a history of ride closures/refurbs? I'm trying to plan a trip in November possibly, but I don't want to go when Small World or Space Mountain will be down.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I'm a person pretending that I'm standing next to a cartoon character, that's embarrassing." It's ridiculous, isn't it?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Does anyone know of a site that lists a history of ride closures/refurbs? I'm trying to plan a trip in November possibly, but I don't want to go when Small World or Space Mountain will be down.<< I don't know if there's a schedule that goes out that far. Based on holiday dates, I would geuss that Halloweentime runs through November 2, and Christmas begins on November 14/15. Typically it takes 2-3 days to remove the Ghost Galaxy overlay from Space Mountain, and 2-3 weeks to install the Christmas overlay to iasw, so I would recommend going in the second half of the month. I was there the day after Thanksgiving last year, and the crowds were surprisingly manageable (though most waits were 30-45 min)
Originally Posted By leobloom It's even stranger to me that some people go out of their way to "meet" the "rare" characters. They're not "rare" -- it's just that those costumes are usually hanging somewhere and unused most of the time.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Yeah, it's probably the same people inside that you've already met multiple times over. lol
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt So we are doing some research on programs for a bring your kids to work day program this summer and we hosted 10 children at our headquarters today and took them through some sample activities. During lunch we entertained them with Youtube videos of Frozen and they all lost their minds. When I told them that I hadn't seen the movie they all looked at me like I had two heads.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I was so ashamed CC! They were really cute and we had a lot of fun with them. I promised them that I would go see the movie and we'd talk about it when they come back. Of course by then they'll have moved on to something else.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I don't know what is "weirder". People who want to wait 4.5 hours to meet characters or people who can have a 74 post thread dissecting the rationalization of people standing in line to meet characters.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt True, but posting about it while killing time online takes a whole lot less effort than traveling to Orlando and STANDING for four and a half hours.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Finally saw Frozen today and my faith in Disney Animation has been fully restored. The Mickey short that opened the film was excellent and literally made me lol.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "Finally saw Frozen today and my faith in Disney Animation has been fully restored. The Mickey short that opened the film was excellent and literally made me lol." Did you see it in 3D?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I just have completely fallen in love with Frozen. It's not just one of my favorite animated movies, it's one of my favorite movies. Glad you liked it Hans! Wasn't Olaf so surprisingly not annoying and so refreshingly charming?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "Did you see it in 3D?" No. I'm cheap. Not only was Olaf not annoying he was genuinely funny.
