Princess Jasmine is usually a very comely lass and also has on much fewer yards of fabric than your usual princess.
Although the woman in the Alice in Wonderland dress always hold my attention. I think it is because she is the only Disney ‘princess’ that doesn’t have a boyfriend.
Fair warning then - in three weeks Disney World will be absolutely jammed with Alabama women (including me, with the kids, dammit) due to the fact that our local school systems let out a week for Fall Break.
Yup … the Sauron army, with assorted minions, will converge upon the Happiest Place on Earth at the same time. We’re there for basically a long weekend – Friday through Tuesday.
DO NOT DISS THE TEACUPS, MAN.
There is nothing better than getting into a teacup with a friend or two, and spinning the shit out of it. It never fails that I start laughing, which makes spinning the cup extremely difficult, but adds to the experience.
I tell you, I emerge from that ride completely spent. Good arm workout, too.
You know, between your love of the Throw-Up Cups and your toilet-paper-hanging wrongheadedness, I’m seriously considering writing you out of my will.
Last time I was at Disney, I went to Animal Kingdom. Never have I seen so many fat eight year olds in “big kid” strollers in one place in my entire life. :eek:
Oh my god, I know! Everyday I see these kids too old to be in a stroller anyway getting pushed around, and I can’t help but think, “Gee mom, I think your kid could use a little bit more walking.” And this phenomenon does seem to be more common in AK than the other parks.
MGibson, I am a character attendant and we really do say those things for a reason. You wouldn’t believe some of the things people do, and the Grotto has a reputation among those who work there for being a magnet for crazy. Ariel gets groped, women go into labor there, guests walk all the way across the park to the grotto to report an illness that started 2 hours earlier, it’s nuts. Not too long ago two men got in a fight right in front of Ariel, and our photographers had to help contain them. Also keep in mind that while other princesses could walk away, Ariel can’t. For her to leave the whole room must be emptied out. So that attendant didn’t mean any offense, she just probably had been there before when something’s gone wrong, because when there’s an incident in a character area, 9 times out of 10 it’s at the grotto.
Well, the state of the art in AI has improved… and they have all those IT staffers on secondment to maintain him.
Well dang. There must be something we see eye to eye on. You just need to start a thread about that, already!
A sister of one of my best friends was a character too. She was Chip, Dale, or Mr. Smee.
Further proof of your Dark Overlord Evilness, if any were needed…
Could she not tell the difference? One of those things is not like the others.
Its because AK is hot and big. The MK is easy to do strollerless - even with little kids. MGM isn’t bad. Epcot Future World - can be done - World Showcase - difficult. AK, hot and lots of walking.
Not that that excuses obese eight year olds - but the time to get your kid into shape is probably not on vacation.
I diss.
I diss.
And verily, I say unto thee, I diss again…
And thou shalt learn why, For unto thee it is decreed:
*(hey,it isn’t often that you get a chance to make a good,legitimate, pun.)
Okay, that would ruin it for me, too. It’s probably reason #64,122 on my list of Why I’m Not Having Kids. I’d like to keep that nostalgia in check. 
Apparently, Disney people (if you want to call them that) are VERY picky as to what body types go with what costumes.
You’re not going to get “Fat” Earl donning the seashells anytime. Seashell bras and trasure trails don’t go well together.
Not that this has much of anything to do with anything, but tonight I felt something I felt to be almost completely unique to all of my experiences at Epcot.
It rained earlier tonight so we were thinking that Illuminations probably wasn’t on. But then as time went on, it really seemed like they decided to keep it going so we decided to stick it out. The clouds were speeding past us and there were many times when we could see the clear sky. We were up against the fence directly across the lagoon from the American Pavillion, right outside of a clothing and souvenir store. People were crowded around us as usual, things were going about as expected.
The lights dimmed and the opening narration began. If you’ve seen Illuminations, you know how it starts with the narration, the torches go out, and almost immediately a firework shoots into the air. Well, the second the torches went out, the heavens OPENED UP. I’m talking hurricane rain. The first firework shot into the sky and fizzled - no boom. A split second later, a huge lightning bolt and thunder shook the ground. Everybody was already in a panic from the rain and the thunder made them gasp. The next moment brought the huge fireworks that detonated at water level in a crash. Apparently many people didn’t know that it was supposed to go off on the ground and they flipped out! The rain was in torrential downpour status, fireworks were exploding and lighting up the sky, the water was pelting us in the eyes so we couldn’t see, and people all around were screaming and running. It was chaos! People were pushing to get into the store behind us but the crowd wasn’t moving. We originally tried to go to our left (the area to the right was blocked off) but the rain was so hard we were blinded and couldn’t see our way - meanwhile, there are people everywhere and all of the lights in the park were dimmed for the show. The line to get into the store was getting us nowhere so we braved the faceful of rain and got out, soaked to the bone despite the ponchos we had with us.
Probably the craziest moment I’ve ever experienced there.
Can’t find a link right now, but didn’t anyone see the link of Goofy chasing a kid around Disney World (or maybe Disney Land) just the other day?
I saw a clip of that, and I’m thinking, OMG, “When Comic Dogs Attack!!!”
Well, let’s see. I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman’s back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days. (With apologies to Crash Davis.)
Any of that on your radar?
interface2x: Can’t top your rain/fireworks experience. Our family almost drowned at Animal Kingdom the last time we went; we literally had to wade through shin-deep water to get out of the park, due to a massive downpour. But we didn’t have the exploding fireworks to contend with.