Possible Trip to WDW in January...Advice?

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Re: Possible Trip to WDW in January...Advice?

Post by Shorty82 » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:21 pm

GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:Is their pass "unlimited" in the sense that they can go any number of days, to any park, or are they limited?
A CM will have to confirm this but I'm pretty certain that CMs can get in any day to any park, not sure about any blackout dates. I do know there are limits on CMs getting guests in, the average CM can only get a few people in a day (can't recall the exact number), they have to be let in at the same time, there is a limit on how many days they can use their pass and there are blackout days.

This applies to WDW CMs getting into WDW, I don't know about DL CMs getting into DL, nor, for instance, a WDW CM getting into another Disney park except that they get free access at them all but one of the foreign ones (because the park isn't owned by Disney outright or something to that extent).


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Re: Possible Trip to WDW in January...Advice?

Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:06 pm

Shorty82 wrote:A CM will have to confirm this but I'm pretty certain that CMs can get in any day to any park, not sure about any blackout dates. I do know there are limits on CMs getting guests in, the average CM can only get a few people in a day (can't recall the exact number), they have to be let in at the same time, there is a limit on how many days they can use their pass and there are blackout days.

This applies to WDW CMs getting into WDW, I don't know about DL CMs getting into DL, nor, for instance, a WDW CM getting into another Disney park except that they get free access at them all but one of the foreign ones (because the park isn't owned by Disney outright or something to that extent).
Understand that!. There was a thread a while back, dont remember which one, (big suprise, thread changed subjects!!) where some CM's had some guests that turned into SG's, and they were talking about have the CM be in the company of the guest, but I don't think that is a hard fast rule.


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Re: Possible Trip to WDW in January...Advice?

Post by Shorty82 » Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:09 pm

GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:Understand that!. There was a thread a while back, dont remember which one, (big suprise, thread changed subjects!!) where some CM's had some guests that turned into SG's, and they were talking about have the CM be in the company of the guest, but I don't think that is a hard fast rule.
I believe the rule is that if the guest is not a family member then the CM is supposed to stay with them.


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Re: Possible Trip to WDW in January...Advice?

Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:17 pm

Shorty82 wrote:I believe the rule is that if the guest is not a family member then the CM is supposed to stay with them.
That could be it!! Don't remember the whole thread, but was suprised that some CM guests were SG's! Guess it happens!


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Re: Possible Trip to WDW in January...Advice?

Post by Zazu » Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:33 am

Shorty82 wrote:A CM will have to confirm this but I'm pretty certain that CMs can get in any day to any park, not sure about any blackout dates.
There are blockout dates (not "blackout", that's been declared racist). They are few, and apply primarily to days you wouldn't want to be in the Park anyway. (Yes, they actually *do* have to pay me to go into the MK on Christmas.)
I do know there are limits on CMs getting guests in, the average CM can only get a few people in a day (can't recall the exact number), they have to be let in at the same time, there is a limit on how many days they can use their pass and there are blackout days.
Same blockout days, 12 days/year, and the number of people is 4, unless you have more than 3 dependents, in which case they'll cover all of your kids.
This applies to WDW CMs getting into WDW, I don't know about DL CMs getting into DL, nor, for instance, a WDW CM getting into another Disney park....
Starting today, WDW CMs can only get into Disneyland parks using their Maingate passes, our Cast ID is no longer sufficient.

Not sure about DL CMs visiting WDW.


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Re: Possible Trip to WDW in January...Advice?

Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:51 am

Zazu wrote:There are blockout dates (not "blackout", that's been declared racist). They are few, and apply primarily to days you wouldn't want to be in the Park anyway. (Yes, they actually *do* have to pay me to go into the MK on Christmas.)

Same blockout days, 12 days/year, and the number of people is 4, unless you have more than 3 dependents, in which case they'll cover all of your kids.

Starting today, WDW CMs can only get into Disneyland parks using their Maingate passes, our Cast ID is no longer sufficient.

Not sure about DL CMs visiting WDW.
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Re: Possible Trip to WDW in January...Advice?

Post by hobie16 » Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:17 am

Zazu wrote:There are blockout dates (not "blackout", that's been declared racist).
Really? By whom? How did a term that describes the state of power, a mental condition or censorship be considered racist? It seems blackout would be an excellent description of the word blackout being considered a racist term. Someone has waaaay to much time on their hands.

Main Entry: black·out
Pronunciation: \ˈblak-ˌau̇t\

Function: noun

Date: 1913

1 a: a turning off of the stage lighting to separate scenes in a play or end a play or skit; also : a skit that ends with a blackout b: a period of darkness enforced as a precaution against air raids c: a period of darkness (as in a city) caused by a failure of electrical power

2: a transient dulling or loss of vision, consciousness, or memory <an alcoholic blackout>

3 a: a wiping out : obliteration b: a blotting out by censorship : suppression <a news blackout>

4: a usually temporary loss of a radio signal

5: the prohibition or restriction of the telecasting of a sports event

6: a time during which a special commercial offer (as of tickets) is not valid —usually used attributively <blackout dates>


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Re: Possible Trip to WDW in January...Advice?

Post by Cranbiz » Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:23 am

hobie16 wrote:Really? By whom? How did a term that describes the state of power, a mental condition or censorship be considered racist? It seems blackout would be an excellent description of the word blackout being considered a racist term. Someone has waaaay to much time on their hands.
My guess would be the ACLU or the NAACP. Perhaps both.


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Re: Possible Trip to WDW in January...Advice?

Post by hobie16 » Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:33 am

Cranbiz wrote:My guess would be the ACLU or the NAACP. Perhaps both.
That's too easy. Probably some bozo in HR who's never ventured out of his/her cube.


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Re: Possible Trip to WDW in January...Advice?

Post by GRUMPY PIRATE » Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:05 pm

hobie16 wrote:That's too easy. Probably some bozo in HR who's never ventured out of his/her cube.
Remember, Bozo's end up setting policy in most places!!! Hence the runaway PC sillyness going around!


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