Stupid Guest Tricks

joanna71985 wrote: ...because they didn't want her taking pictures of their kids.

Well, I enjoy watching the characters at work, and I will take some pictures. The only time an attendant asked me to only take pictures of MY kids, I could have said, "I am, it's just that you can't see my kids face", heh , heh. Must have been something furry in the way. :D:

kurtisnelson wrote:It's quite fun to sit somewhere and do nothing. At this exact moment I am sitting on a bench on Skiles in front of the library with no purpose.

Boy does that take me back. Right about there was where I kissed my husband for the first time. Is the water in the fountain colored or foamy? And I hear they're building a new Student Success Center in the parking lot of the library. All the new buidings on campus are just amazing. Hardly seems like the same place.

GaTechGal wrote:Tinkerbell, along with your Tolerance I would add Manners. We should treat folks that are ahead of us the way that we would want to be treated and be polite about it. On vacation you don't check your manners. And with Watch I would add, be friendly to the folks waiting in line with you. Ask them where their from and what it's like there, what have they been seeing while at Disney World, tell them what you have done that was a really fun experience that they may not have heard about. It's really a lot of fun to meet folks from other places. And you'd be amazed at how many times you meet folks from the same town as you.

I agree! I've met some of the nicest people in line and had a great time!

GaTechGal wrote:Boy does that take me back. Right about there was where I kissed my husband for the first time. Is the water in the fountain colored or foamy? And I hear they're building a new Student Success Center in the parking lot of the library. All the new buidings on campus are just amazing. Hardly seems like the same place.

Sadly, they are going to rip out that fountain for part of the new building, so its drained.

kurtisnelson wrote:Sadly, they are going to rip out that fountain for part of the new building, so its drained.

Snap, you mean the one by the carillon? That would be a shame. It wasn't there when I was a student (at least I don't THINK it was), but it's an interesting architectural element and seems a nice place for students to gather OUTSIDE.

I like the point about "earning" your time with the characters, especially if you are smart enough to get there early. It's sort of like the old Southwest Airlines cattle call. I had no problem getting in line an hour early and earning myself an exit row seat. Once I had some guy plop his bag next to me and ask me to watch it because he was apparently too important/special/rude to wait in line. Hell no, I'm not going to watch your unattended luggage, and I told him that outright. He left the bag anyway and I watched as people kicked it out of the way as they joined the line. He was gone for the entire hour and pissed off when he came back and his supposed spot in line was long gone with his bag kicked off to the side somewhere. I have no pity for asshats like that...he probably does the "Here, let me get your picture with another family" think when he brings his kids to Disney.

Unattended bag?? Call Security right away. :twisted: What a dumb-shit. :mad:

Tinker Bell wrote:So we have a family that have a probably 5 or 6 year old boy who obviously loves Goofy and Donald. However, his parents don't want to do the line which at that moment was about 25 to 30 minutes. Never mind the fact that the little boy wants to meet them, but mom and dad don't care and claim that apparently you are already seeing him and then decide 'here stand over here and I'll take the picture'. They put the kid facing them and click take a picture while Goofy and Donald are meeting other families. They show the picture to the kid who is obviously disappointed and proudly show the others. Then another person with them proudly proclaimed that he feels like they cheated because they have a picture of them and the characters and they didn't do the line. A few points though:

I see it a lot with Asian Tourists and Mexican families.

DLRFantasmic!Dan wrote:I see it a lot with Asian Tourists and Mexican families.

Saw it happen on Sunday at DCA. Lady takes a picture of Tow Mater and Lightning McQueen while her young son watches. At the time there was just a handful of people waiting to see the "Cars" stars.
Really, would it have killed her to let her son see them? You don't get that opportunity every day!

A-freakin-MEN!

Guests LOVE chatting with CM's. The cool part is, they love when CM's chat with them! It makes them feel special for a few extra minutes- even if it's something as elementary as asking for a restroom, or noticing the hometown on the person's name tag is about 15 minutes from your hometown!

I was at Pirates the other day (on the clock) when a family was seeking simply an autograph from Captain Jack Sparrow. They didn't care about a meet and greet, or all the fuss of a photo, they just wanted a mere signature on a piece of paper- so much that the mother wouldn't have cared if one of us ran backstage and slapped a random autograph on a sheet of paper. The special part was that the boy who wanted the autograph wore a prosthetic leg, and had been a pirate for the previous Halloween (his grandpa constructed a real peg leg out of one of the boy's former prosthetic legs and a crutch). We of course, were amazed with the story of this boy, and his charisma, zest for life, and simply just being there, that we made the attempt. After a few minutes, we found out that we couldn't get the boy an autograph. At that point, we went into service recovery mode, and I escorted the entire party into the backstage entrance to the attraction, gave them a private tour of the ride (from the boat), and shared as much information about the ride that I could with them. They were incredibly grateful for our attempts and efforts. After getting off the ride, we discovered that entertainment managers were working on getting our little pirate an autograph. One of my managers about 5 min later emerged with a scroll that they hand out during the Pirate Tutorial Shows, signed by Captain Sparrow. At the next show, he was handpicked by Captain Sparrow to learn how to sword fight, and actually got to sword fight with Jack. We didn't get to see this (though we would have loved to) and hoped that they enjoyed our dose of magic that we helped set up for them!

When Princess Tiana arrived at the Magic Kingdom, guests would line up at least 30 minutes before her set time- they still do. I sat in line on a couple occasions, just chatting it up with little boys and girls- and ever so often, I would hear the "Is Princess Tiana coming yet?!" I would sit (even though I was off the clock) and get into CM mode, and settle them down, take their minds off the time, and the parents loved it... I would even help families plan out their day! By that time, I would be called out as a CM, and yes, I would admit it... it's amazing how sometimes we feel that we truly are never off the clock when we step foot in those parks.