Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Mr X -- we did it at the Golden Doobie meet and granted ours had smedleys face on it -- we just had fun with it... just about everyone wanted a picture with small smed...
Originally Posted By Bob Paris "Flat Stanley Travel Teddy Vacation Vicki many kids get school credit even over the summer for this... My own daughter got bonus points for Small Smedley - she like others got credit for making her and the many places she took her." Seriously, what the HELL are you talking about here?!? I am from Australia so maybe these names something in America.....but seriously, I have NO idea what you are talking about here!!!!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo "-- we did it at the Golden Doobie meet and granted ours had smedleys face on it -- we just had fun with it... just about everyone wanted a picture with small smed..." That's kind of fun, in fact I thought it was great when Haunts took a artist model with UKFAN's head on it into DL for his 30th birthday and took photos. I thought that was cute, but it is the folks that take a cuddly everywhere that leaves me scratching my head.
Originally Posted By smedley Bob Paris, they're basically some kind of bear/doll that the school give to kids to take away with them and take pictures of it with monuments etc, these are then used in class later to learn about the monument or place.
Originally Posted By u k fan We took a Teddy from my Nephew's class to Barcelona with us. It was quite fun setting him up in shots all by himself, but we felt enormous pressure not to lose him. I actually think it's quite funny - a bit like people who kidnap gnomes - if it don't hurt you then there's no need to pass judgment on those who do it. Our Pal Micky did tell us about parades and things every so often, but not as often as we'd have liked!!!
Originally Posted By smedley We found him most interesting in Epcot, we found out things we never knew before Does this mean I should go out and buy the outfits for him now before they're discontinued too? LOL
Originally Posted By u k fan Smeds, I think we should get together and have a Pal Mickey fashion parade on the bank of the river Thames. We can get the London Eye in the background. I'll see if I can get dolls of Girls Aloud to sit in the audience!!!
Originally Posted By smedley I'm in It would be good to see you anyway lol! I did get the safari outfit while we were out there, and have the sorceror outfit it came in I could maybe put a call in and see if my niece could bring her barbies along
Originally Posted By u k fan I think we may also have rain gear for ours, but I can't remember. We should get together soon and have a planning meeting for next December. I've barely been online recently so I don't think I'm up to speed on all the makey-do things. To get on topic, I do think it's sad that we never got a pal Donald to keep Mickey company. I bought a Pal Dopey and he never said a thing. I tried to get a refund, but you know what Disney are like!!!
Originally Posted By smedley I got a pal dopey too! Oh no wait, that was DH ;D I am sad that they're not making him any more, but I guess it was going to be difficult to continue to be worthwhile selling it, as it's not going to be for everyone, and there isn't really an obvious reason to replace it once one has been purchased I will send you an email (or feel free to send me one) and we will confer
Originally Posted By bloona My mum knitted two really small teddies that she takes all around the world with her, she made up an album with pics she had taken of them on various locations.It's a bit of a family thing to look at them all. She rarely takes pictures of my Dad...hahahaha. I took them to WDW one year so they could add those. Mickey Mouse saw them and we have a great picture of him with me and them. (other than my hair looks very odd!)
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Sorry, but I just find adults carrying around dolls to be ridiculous..and frankly rather disturbing. As I said, I see a lot of it over here and it is pretty pathetic to witness. You'd think such folks would feel some sense of embarrassment but I guess not.>> I agree, X. Now, it's of course not politically correct to say that ... but I agree, it's creepy.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad Lot's of people do silly things on vacation. If taking a picture with a plush doll makes their vacation better, go for it. I know that when I am in disney I'm a huge disney geek. I don't care if someone says " hey look at the fat guy in mouse ears". I'm having a good time with my family although my wife thinks I am silly, one daughter thinks its great and the other tells me to walk ten steps behind her and not call her by name. But hey, It's still family time. Right? So if carrying a doll on vacation is your thing, great! Just don't you make fun of me on the pooh ride or when i"m tooling around in my race car.
Originally Posted By Tiggirl <<My mum knitted two really small teddies that she takes all around the world with her, she made up an album with pics she had taken of them on various locations.It's a bit of a family thing to look at them all.>> Oh my, Bloona... does she ever get odd looks for wandering around so scantily clad?! And making you all look at the pictures, too? Wow! I'd never want to see my mom with her teddies. ;o) ~Beth
Originally Posted By bloona ^^^ lol...teddy bears! oh no, thank you for that image in my head Beth!!!
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Welcome CarolinaDisneyDad. <<<Just don't you make fun of me on the pooh ride or when i"m tooling around in my race car.>>> The last time my son was able to join us at WDW, he was 23-24, I was 63, together we felt/acted like 12 year old kids. That just makes it a great place to be.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> For kids, I think that's great. I'm talking about adults over the age of say 25 doing this. I think it's adorable my daughter wants to take her 'babies' everywhere. But she is 3. If she was 33 and doing this, I would be a little concerned. << >> Sorry, but I just find adults carrying around dolls to be ridiculous..and frankly rather disturbing. << >> Now, it's of course not politically correct to say that ... but I agree, it's creepy. << Boy do I ever agree with you guys those folks are just flat strange! Now, my stuffed ALF that's completely different. He's a real person, yes he is.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>Now, my stuffed ALF that's completely different. He's a real person, yes he is.<<< ROTLMAO!
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad Mpierce, I can't believe you still have ALF. I actually bought the box set for my kids, thinking they would love it. They hated it. It seemed much funnier in the 80's. Ha, No Problem !
Originally Posted By Hats and Wands We belong to the NFFC "Chapter at the Park" and the chapter has adopted the hippo from Small World. He is a beanie & has been named Traveler. He now owns sunglasses, has a mickey ears hat & a travel suitcase. As a group we thought it would be cool to spread the Disney Magic various places by different members of the club taking him when they went on vacation. The only rule if he goes with you is that you need to include the date and location of any pictures you take of him. So far, he has been to club meetings, Disneyland resort, Tokyo Resort, HK Dland & WDW & on the Disney repositioning cruise. He is on his way back from a driving journey to WDW & has stopped at a visitor's center in each state that he has gone through. Yep - we are all nuts, but it's Disney fun. His photo album at our chapter meetings gets a lot of attention from members & makes people think about where they might travel next and can Traveler join them on their trip.
