Messing up the show

[mechurchlady]

We had a Gatorland thread for a while when the fire broke out.

http://www.gatorland.com/ufgiveaway.php
Florida Residents only
18+
Drawing about May 30, 2008
Win 4 annual passes.

http://www.gatorland.com/about.php
They are back in business and it is as if nothing every happened. Their new updated website is much better than the old one.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Syndrome has a good article on Gatorland. I haven't seen her in forever, for that matter...

I have found a lot of info through google, plus looking at my old album, I actulally have photos from the original! I see that they have added things, but again, its been a long time since I have visited it.

[Princess Susi]

ROFLMAO! That would really teach them. I have to tell you the worst though. We took a bunch of kids and their teachers from Boston to the Everglades when they visited to play in a concert with out kids. At the first path there were some gators out sunning themselves on the walkway. One mom decided she wanted a pic of her boys and the gator and told them to go stand by the gator. Fortunately a ranger stopped the kids. The parent wasn't a visitor though. She was one of the local moms! She should have known better.
Btw down here we have both gators and crocs to worry about. Only place in the world that they coexist.

Now that is just a Darwin Award waiting to happen. :twisted:
I hate *flashers* on POTC. I use my stern adult voice to tell them to stop it. Either that or the *voice of God* beats me to it over the speakers when the CM sees it going on. If they still don't stop, I use a louder voice. :twisted: And usually you will get others on the boat to agree and tell them as well. It ruins the experience and adventure for everyone. So far though we have been VERY lucky, only a couple times have we been in a boat with a *flasher*.
I don't see many flashers at DL as I did at WDW. Maybe the World destination thing and more people....
sooze
gotta run...off to eBay to bid on a few cool pins today! I'll be back in a while when my auctions are done and I have won more shiny pins! :D: When I WANT to win something, I do. No one beats me if I really, really want a pin. Some I will let go for a higher bid, but not the ones I HAVE to have! :twisted:

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Now that is just a Darwin Award waiting to happen. :twisted:
I hate *flashers* on POTC. I use my stern adult voice to tell them to stop it. Either that or the *voice of God* beats me to it over the speakers when the CM sees it going on. If they still don't stop, I use a louder voice. :twisted: And usually you will get others on the boat to agree and tell them as well. It ruins the experience and adventure for everyone. So far though we have been VERY lucky, only a couple times have we been in a boat with a *flasher*.
I don't see many flashers at DL as I did at WDW. Maybe the World destination thing and more people....
sooze
gotta run...off to eBay to bid on a few cool pins today! I'll be back in a while when my auctions are done and I have won more shiny pins! :D: When I WANT to win something, I do. No one beats me if I really, really want a pin. Some I will let go for a higher bid, but not the ones I HAVE to have! :twisted:

Pins!! We actually have a bunch that we got, a lot of them are the kind you only get on tours and stuff. DW got some "shadow box" frames from Michaels and we are putting them in by year we collected them!!

[Princess Susi]

Yep, I collect pins and have several thousand of the shiny suckers now. All sorts and types and subjects. Even have a group of Loony Tunes pins. Most of my pins are Beauty and the Beast and Belle, Ariel and Little Mermaid, Attractions and Park pins, Castles and The Disneyland Hotel. I have quite a few very rare and hard to find collectible pins. I don't trade much, did a tiny bit last trip, will do some this next trip and in May at WDW. I have so many that I have dupes and triplicates of some pins, so those are the ones I will take to trade. I get many of mine from eBay. I have a few really great seller friends and I always find the best pins from them. They can cost ya though. I have a number of auctions coming in today and then a lull. There is one that is going to go over a hundred bucks today, I have a feeling. It is rare and lots of people want it. It is a Disney 50th anniversary pin, but very rare. I WILL win it! Mark my words. :twisted:
soose :p:

[Planner]

I was under the impression most CMs hated the things and those who are pin nuts? I admit to having my own small but growing collection and yes they add up fast..ugh the Halloween party was hell with so many lovely pins. I have found some fantastic ones trading with the CMs in less traveled areas and just chatting up CMs who look a bit lonely

Good luck on your auction

[Kwahati]

...I WILL win it! Mark my words. :twisted:
soose :p:

Wow. I don't collect them, but I do have a couple. My roommates got me an "Opening Day" Ratatouille pin because we saw the movie on opening day and I love Remy! and I have one of the special Spread the Magic pins with Tinkerbell on it. I'm not a big Tinkerbell fan (well, she is a little hottie, but that's as far as my interest goes) but those pins were given to us by a CM who had confidence we would give them away (they come in sets of two and you're supposed to keep one and give one away) to worthy families. We had fun doing it too, so that pin is kinda special to me... :)

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Yep, I collect pins and have several thousand of the shiny suckers now. All sorts and types and subjects. Even have a group of Loony Tunes pins. Most of my pins are Beauty and the Beast and Belle, Ariel and Little Mermaid, Attractions and Park pins, Castles and The Disneyland Hotel. I have quite a few very rare and hard to find collectible pins. I don't trade much, did a tiny bit last trip, will do some this next trip and in May at WDW. I have so many that I have dupes and triplicates of some pins, so those are the ones I will take to trade. I get many of mine from eBay. I have a few really great seller friends and I always find the best pins from them. They can cost ya though. I have a number of auctions coming in today and then a lull. There is one that is going to go over a hundred bucks today, I have a feeling. It is rare and lots of people want it. It is a Disney 50th anniversary pin, but very rare. I WILL win it! Mark my words. :twisted:
soose :p:

IS that the special AP only pin? I'm not up on them much, we get the "free" ones for taking tours and booking through Disney and so forth. and every trip we each buy some. DW has a lot of the Tinkerbell ones and others. I have (big suprise) pirates and villains and park ones. Segway tours and behind the scenes! We only collect ones that strike our fancy when buying them. We don't even come close to having the amount you have!!

last time we were at WDW, we saw the pin traders at DTD going crazy with the trading. And we were Epcot buying an Epcot themed pin, and saw security escourting a guest toward the gate, I think he had shoplifed a couple of pins, but wasn't paying that much attention.

Well good luck, hope ya get what ya want!!

[Princess Susi]

There are many CMs who are avid collectors themselves. And no they don't hate the nice and polite collector. The pin sharks who pray on the folks who may not know what they have are detested by everyone. I don't bug CMs about pins and most of the CMs that I do trade with already know me and they collect too. It is all in how you approach anyone to trade. I don't trade very often, in fact this last trip was my second time trading and I found a few cool pins from CMs who really wnated some ogf mine as well... :D:
sooze

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

There are many CMs who are avid collectors themselves. And no they don't hate the nice and polite collector. The pin sharks who pray on the folks who may not know what they have are detested by everyone. I don't bug CMs about pins and most of the CMs that I do trade with already know me and they collect too. It is all in how you approach anyone to trade. I don't trade very often, in fact this last trip was my second time trading and I found a few cool pins from CMs who really wnated some ogf mine as well... :D:
sooze

DW only did it once, and that was because she saw a pin that showed Minnie sewing, and she is really into sewing!! Since we only buy the ones we want, we don't trade much! I did take a bunch of "giveaways" that I would give to CM's from time to time, a tiny pin that had the logo of the "company" I work for. But since they are not "Disney" related, I didn't want (or expect) anything in return.