Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Hey, maybe a little less business wouldn't hurt. ;-)>> Not in a way you're possibly permanently taking a demographic away.
Originally Posted By WDW Imagineer ^^^Have you noticed the age groups of these people. They range from like, 13-18
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Not in a way you're possibly permanently taking a demographic away.<<< And that could shift the types of attractions they build. Something I would not mind after the past few years.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<^^^Have you noticed the age groups of these people. They range from like, 13-18>> That's just the tour groups. There's still a very large number of Latin American visitors.
Originally Posted By WDW Imagineer ^^^I'm not saying get rid of the whole thing, just stop giving the tour groups free rooms, free dining, AND free park tickets
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper I completely missed you said they were getting in for free. I'm like 99.99999% certain that's not true. My managers have pounded into our heads that we need to be nice to them because they pay a lot of money to visit.
Originally Posted By WDW Imagineer Not all of the tour groups but a good bit of them. That's what some of the Brazilian cm's at EPCOT were telling me
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<That's what some of the Brazilian cm's at EPCOT were telling me>> Eh, I'm not buying it. I've never heard that before.
Originally Posted By WDW Imagineer Apparentally some of the tour groups are "disguised" for lack of a better word to seem as though they are tour guides in training
Originally Posted By magnet >>>My managers have pounded into our heads that we need to be nice to them because they pay a lot of money to visit.<<< Wait a sec. Most of the people visiting WDW have paid a lot to come there. So, I assume you mean that the managers are asking you to be especially tolerant of the cultural and language differences of those visitors, right? ...as you should be to whatever group visits the US. You're supposed to be "nice" to everyone the same, right?
Originally Posted By WDW Imagineer ^^^have u not noticed the decline of service yet??? To me, this just confirms all of my theories
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Most of the people visiting WDW have paid a lot to come there. So, I assume you mean that the managers are asking you to be especially tolerant of the cultural and language differences of those visitors, right? ...as you should be to whatever group visits the US. You're supposed to be "nice" to everyone the same, right?>> "Nice" probably wasn't the best word. Patient would be better. They tend to travel in groups of like 75. But they never get in line together, so when they get to the front of the line they'll say they have 30 in their group, but only 15 are there. So then we have to get them in the boat, and they try to sit where ever they want, yadda, yadda, yadda, and eventually a CM yells, and we get the "Be patient with the Brazilain Tour Groups" speech. Which in turn is ironic because they also tell us to load as quickly as possible and to dispatch as quickly as possiblie, but I digress.
Originally Posted By WDW Imagineer ^^^Overheard a cm at stitch complaining how the brazilians wouldn't listen to him. They all know english, they just refuse to listen
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Overheard a cm at stitch complaining how the brazilians wouldn't listen to him. They all know english, they just refuse to listen>> Well in that case they were most likely just trying to flee from the terrible, terrible attraction, which I can't blame them for.
Originally Posted By magnet Oh yeah, I know. I've been run over by these tour groups before. They send a group of five to hold a place in line. Then, as the line moves closer, one of them calls the others and twenty more come up and jump the line to catch up with that five. It's rude.
Originally Posted By WDW Imagineer >>>Well in that case they were most likely just trying to flee from the terrible, terrible attraction, which I can't blame them for.<<< u have no idea what it's like to be stuck on that attraction with a tour group. I think when people die and go to hell, they get sent there,with a bunch of incompliant tour groups
Originally Posted By MPierce >> "Paging Mr. Morrow" is now back at the TTA. This was one of the best things that happened on the trip << That's the second time I've heard that. Are you just toying with my emotions?
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I have an odd feeling Mickey is going to be speaking portuguese soon. This isn't the first time I have heard that, and it fits some nice rumors. << Boy, wouldn't that be wonderful. My ultimate dream is going to the Parks, and they are filled with Brazilian tour groups, Cheerleaders, and Pop Warner football teams. Night of Joy is being celebrated at the MK, Grad Night at DHS, and all the guest are drunk at Epcot!
Originally Posted By WDW Imagineer >>>That's the second time I've heard that. Are you just toying with my emotions?<<< No, it's back! Its actually in Space Mountain now.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I don't agree. The South American visitors that come are a HUGE audience. It'd be foolish to take that away. << I agree Skipper. Why don't we promote Hells Angels get togethers also. You just like gong around to the resorts, and seeing the girls in their thongs going topless in the pool. Now that's really family entertainment.
