Originally Posted By Malin Wow thanks for the warning Lee. Good job I booked the Sheraton months back on a good rate. Another quick question do you know what is being planned at both parks for the Christmas Season this year?
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Originally Posted By Malin TDLFAN about a year a go you sent me a very amusing Private Message telling me what you thought of me and requesting we no longer have any communication between each other on internet forums. Before cowardly blocking me before I could issue a response. I have happily responded to your request up to now. But I'm kind of curious to know why all of a sudden your going back on your word and reaching out to me. Did you miss all the banter?
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Originally Posted By Malin *** So carry on...as it is always great to have big belly laughs at your expense. Did you know we all call you "baby Huey" when we talk about you behind your back? *** How cute, sorry should I be offended that people I've never met are writing nasty e-mails behind my back. Because I really don't care. It just provides me with more attention. Although I am a bit concern that some of the e-mail exchanges seem to be coming from the Gay community online. Clearly I'm attracting the wrong crowd. By the way if only you knew what people had to say behind your back. I think you would be rather hurt and devastated. Especially since at least one of these people you consider a good friend. Quick question by the way since your so loved by the online world. Why are you no longer posting on MiceChat?
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Originally Posted By TDLFAN For anyone interested in what the Christmas events will feature at TDR.. just go to Malin's own thread on Micechat. I think he forgot he posted on this like months ago? Read post #6 there. <a href="http://micechat.com/forums/tokyo-disney-resort/159066-christmas-discussion.html" target="_blank">http://micechat.com/forums/tok...ion.html</a>
Originally Posted By Anatole69 I just finished my 3 day visit to TDR. Great park, great customer service, wonderful programming. The Be Magical show was a let down, but the Halloween parade was really great... the song was well written and the dance for the song was well choreographed. Monday was a national holiday so I went to TDS thinking it wouldn't be a crowded as TDL and I was correct. It was a busy day but using Fast Pass and Single Rider was the key and I managed to do everything I wanted to and I even rode Indy and 20,000 twice. Tuesday was not a holiday and I thought it wouldn't be so bad at TDL but I was completely caught off guard by how busy it was. It was a zoo, Fast Passes for all the attractions were issued by 11:30 AM, even the lesser attrractions like Captain Eo and Autotopia had 1 hour wait times and the E tickets had up to 3 hour long lines. My first attempt at getting a Fast Pass failed miserably as the Fast Pass was broken for Monsters Inc so I got one for Space Mountain, and then I later got one for Splash Mountain... and that was it, no more fast passes. The ironic thing about Monsters was when I went to use my Space Mountain Fast Pass, the ride was broken, so they gave me a VIP pass which I used for Monsters, so broken rides actually worked out to my favor. lol. The third day was much better and the attractions I couldn't do the second day at TDR, I did on the third day. Nightmare Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, Buzz Lightyear. I even did Space twice and BTM 3 times at the very end of the night before the park closed. Great ride to do at night. I hope to post up the photos sometime in the near future... my internet is broken back home in Bangkok though, so I don't know how long it will be before I can put them up. Great trip... hope to come back again sometime. - Anatole
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Glad you had a good trip Anatole. 3 hour waits! Yikes. I will be sure to avoid holiday weeks. Whoa.
Originally Posted By Anatole69 Yeah I thought I was being smart by going to TDS on the holiday and TDL the day after the holiday, but apparently not. I had to go on those days though, so I didn't have a lot of wiggle room to avoid the crowds. I was told two different reasons for the crush the day after the holiday: 1) it's usually busy the day after as people take an extra day off and go to Disneyland (true in the states), 2) some schools switched and had the holiday on Tuesday instead of Monday. - Anatole
Originally Posted By Anatole69 While I'm here I might as well post about my Japanese: I was able to handle almost all basic questions, directions and simple conversational needs. When I came to Japan last year my conversational skills were a little rusty and I had more difficulty, but this time I have been practicing Japanese with a language exchange partner 3 times a week and not only was I able to meet my basic needs for information, I was also able to handle some conversations with people I met in Disneyland that went on for upwards of a few hours. Advanced vocabulary got lost on me (I was once asked about dialects in English, but I didn't know the word for dialect), and I can't understand complicated grammar... but after 5 years of studying the language, it was nice to feel like I reached a very tangible marker of achievement. - Anatole
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Fantastic Anatole, well done. I love our trips to DLP for the same reason as I can use my French and German, but they are not hugely different to English. I bet it feels great to be proficient in Japanese. Keep it up.
Originally Posted By Anatole69 It does feel great because Japanese grammar is so hard for English speakers. Especially being able to hold a simple, basic conversation with someone who was speaking in simple Japanese for me for a long period of time felt like a real accomplishment. For instance when I tried to use my fast pass for Space Mountain only to find it was broken down, and I was then able to get the all purpose VIP pass entailed me talking to people standing in line, then one of the cast members, then the supervisor... and there was a lot of language involved in all of that and I got through it pretty painlessly. That really felt good. - Anatole
Originally Posted By Malin *** The Be Magical show was a let down *** I have to admit from the video I have seen. The show does look like it sucks big time. Not my sort of thing but I am told this is the kind of crap the local audience loves to see. Glad you had a great time anyway.
