Stupid Guest Tricks

Belgarion42 wrote:...So, Wombat, having done it, do you recommend wearing it? And Vixen, where would you suggest I wear it? (Be nice. ;) )

This is weird... I typed a response earlier today, but it's not here...

I can only give you the guest POV, but it is definitely worth it! Yes, there are some negatives, like being mistaken for a CM. But even that can be entertaining if you don't mind the occasional pestering. Plus, I'm not sure how much these "CM Moments," as I've come to call them, are because of the name tag. After all, every one in our family wears them, and I'm the only one who gets mistaken for a cast member. In fact, it's happened to me even when I was wearing a jacket and the name badge was covered.

Others have reported on this board, too, that they get mistaken for CM's all the time, so... I think that's more a factor of your demeanor and approachability. Face it, if you look like you know where you are and what's going on around you, you'll look more authoritative than 99% of the guests around you!

As for the positives, there are so many instances we've had magic made that we can directly attribute to the name tags. CMs tend to be friendly anyway, but when they can call you by name many of them treat you like long-lost family. It's pretty special.

And my boys still talk about the time on our first family trip, when they were 6 and 8, that the guy who does the preshow at Festival of the Lion King sat down next to us with his guitar and sang us a song that incorporated all of our names! We hadn't said a word to the guy beforehand. Really, really cool.

So IMHO, wear your GOH badge without guilt and enjoy yourself!

vixen101485 wrote:LMMEO....well as this is a not G-rated board, I probably can come up with few suggestions but one of the bigs guys might slap me upside the head.

Not gonna be me. Zazu? Polar? Lady U? I'm not going to hold my breath on any of them slapping you, either... That is, unless you like that sort of thing...

BRWombat wrote:This is weird... I typed a response earlier today, but it's not here...

Yeah it seems like the board is a bit buggy tonight. Your response wasn't here a second ago and now it is.

Sounds like I shall be finding myself a badge for this trip in Feb

Humm gotta track down a way to order in advance

Planner wrote:Sounds like I shall be finding myself a badge for this trip in Feb

Humm gotta track down a way to order in advance

You can order Guest of Honor nametags from giftsofalifetime.com, or you could purchase one and also have your name engraved on it at the Christmas shop in Downtown Disney.

Hum they don't seem to be offering them right now and for the price I saw on another website, like 20 bucks before shipping :D: , I think Ill wait until I get to the MK on the 24th but thanks for the info.

Seems a fun way to interact with folks when Im alone on my trip

[font="Palatino Linotype"]i wear my name tag...practically feel naked without it ;) ...my sis and i figure we know the cm's name (or whatever the name tag they have on at the moment says their name is ;) ;) ) so we figure it's fair that they know our names...at first we were surprised by how many cm's refered to us by name and we really liked it...it makes dl feel even more friendly (i want so badly to say family, but so many of our cm's have left and new ones come in that we don't yet know well...KEEP SMILING NEW CM'S...FOLLOW ALL THE RULES...WE WANT TO SEE YOU THERE FOR A LOOOONNNNNNG TIME :) )[/font]

Elena (aka: Bubble Lady) wrote:[font="Palatino Linotype"]i wear my name tag...practically feel naked without it ;) ...my sis and i figure we know the cm's name (or whatever the name tag they have on at the moment says their name is ;) ;) ) so we figure it's fair that they know our names...at first we were surprised by how many cm's refered to us by name and we really liked it...it makes dl feel even more friendly (i want so badly to say family, but so many of our cm's have left and new ones come in that we don't yet know well...KEEP SMILING NEW CM'S...FOLLOW ALL THE RULES...WE WANT TO SEE YOU THERE FOR A LOOOONNNNNNG TIME :) )[/font]

Don't forget about us extended family on the east coast!!! I love refering to guests by names. One of my favorite things to do is to ask "older" women with birthday buttons if it their 21st or 22nd birthday and they all start to blush. ;)
"Walt Disney World, where being someone's hero means recognizing their inner child"

I will warn you that CMs in certain areas will look down on you for it- even if they don't let it show. But they are few and far between. I'm ambivalent, I do think it's fun when kids have something with their name on it. You call them by name and they can't figure out for the life of them how you know it! It's great fun.

Whazzup wrote:You can order Guest of Honor nametags from giftsofalifetime.com, or you could purchase one and also have your name engraved on it at the Christmas shop in Downtown Disney.

Ooo. This is good info. We're celebrating my husband's 30th birthday on our upcoming trip (we'll miss the actual date by a couple weeks so I won't be getting him the b-day button) and this could be a nice alternative.

He's very shy, but very, very funny and if he's engaged by the characters, well, hilarity ensues every time.

If he had a tag with his name on it. . .that could start some fun stuff LOL

Woot! The spelling of his name is unusual so I don't know if that website would work, but we're staying near DTD. Might have to take a boat ride LOL