Oh bother! I ruined *another* vacation.

[darph nader]

Does it rain in Arizona Darph?

It does rain occasionally. Next monsoon season my wife will carry my casket at my funeral.

[turkeyham]

In some state there is a beer race. The husband has to carry his wife on his back through a muddy race. Who every wins the race and his wife is still on his back wins beer. Besides me, who has seen this race on the news?

[hobie16]

I've seen it. I believe it started in one of the Nordic countries.

[jerlove]

And if I remember correctly you win your wifes weight in beer.

For me that would be a lot of beer...... (sorry Honey:D :)

[Csaks]

You know, I blame this on sites like Board X. One person gets a perk for unknown circumstances, room upgrade, private meeting with Mickey or whatever and everyone that reads that expects the same treatment. If their little darling doesn't get the same treatment the vacation is ruined because they told Junior it will happen.

I pay for my basic vacation and DO NOT expect to get anymore than I paid for. Now if a CM decided to upgrade me for some reason, amazing! It adds to the magic. I've read threads over the years there that encourages people to book basic and then after checking in cause a stir to get upgraded to a better room and or better resort if the toilet paper is not placed on the hanger rolling off the top.

The best Magic is the stuff you least expect. We once were waiting in line for Fastpass return for RRC wondering why it was taking so long to get to the CM. The guests about two groups in front of us were giving the CM a hard time about their return. He was trying to explain the return time because they were 45 minutes early. They needed to go home or something and wanted to go early on the ride. It was resolved, someone else came to talk to the group. We got to the young fella and said something along the lines of " You guys put up with all kinds don't you? I couldn't do your job without getting fired". He grinned, said thank you and gave my wife and I two other FastPasses to go on again. A small thing but Magic none the less.

I wise crack about the SG's a poor CM has gone a round with just to remind them we all are not a-holes and try to get that smile back on their face. It usually works.

[drcorey]

You know, I blame this on sites like Board X. One person gets a perk for unknown circumstances, room upgrade, private meeting with Mickey or whatever and everyone that reads that expects the same treatment. If their little darling doesn't get the same treatment the vacation is ruined because they told Junior it will happen.

I pay for my basic vacation and DO NOT expect to get anymore than I paid for. Now if a CM decided to upgrade me for some reason, amazing! It adds to the magic. I've read threads over the years there that encourages people to book basic and then after checking in cause a stir to get upgraded to a better room and or better resort if the toilet paper is not placed on the hanger rolling off the top.

The best Magic is the stuff you least expect. We once were waiting in line for Fastpass return for RRC wondering why it was taking so long to get to the CM. The guests about two groups in front of us were giving the CM a hard time about their return. He was trying to explain the return time because they were 45 minutes early. They needed to go home or something and wanted to go early on the ride. It was resolved, someone else came to talk to the group. We got to the young fella and said something along the lines of " You guys put up with all kinds don't you? I couldn't do your job without getting fired". He grinned, said thank you and gave my wife and I two other FastPasses to go on again. A small thing but Magic none the less.

I wise crack about the SG's a poor CM has gone a round with just to remind them we all are not a-holes and try to get that smile back on their face. It usually works.

AMEN!
Disney is known to do random stuff for guests or to them... :D:
but do Not expect it everytime for everyone. thats part of the magic. random gifts or services.

[Shorty82]

You can't ask for magic, it just happens. It isn't magical if you ask for it.

[Tinker Bell]

You know, I blame this on sites like Board X. One person gets a perk for unknown circumstances, room upgrade, private meeting with Mickey or whatever and everyone that reads that expects the same treatment. If their little darling doesn't get the same treatment the vacation is ruined because they told Junior it will happen.

I pay for my basic vacation and DO NOT expect to get anymore than I paid for. Now if a CM decided to upgrade me for some reason, amazing! It adds to the magic. I've read threads over the years there that encourages people to book basic and then after checking in cause a stir to get upgraded to a better room and or better resort if the toilet paper is not placed on the hanger rolling off the top.

The best Magic is the stuff you least expect. We once were waiting in line for Fastpass return for RRC wondering why it was taking so long to get to the CM. The guests about two groups in front of us were giving the CM a hard time about their return. He was trying to explain the return time because they were 45 minutes early. They needed to go home or something and wanted to go early on the ride. It was resolved, someone else came to talk to the group. We got to the young fella and said something along the lines of " You guys put up with all kinds don't you? I couldn't do your job without getting fired". He grinned, said thank you and gave my wife and I two other FastPasses to go on again. A small thing but Magic none the less.

I wise crack about the SG's a poor CM has gone a round with just to remind them we all are not a-holes and try to get that smile back on their face. It usually works.

Yeap! That board is just helping people behave worst and get rewarded for it. Honestly if I want to keep my faith in the human race I have to stop reading it because the behavior there is just

[tzvdmd]

You know, I blame this on sites like Board X. One person gets a perk for unknown circumstances, room upgrade, private meeting with Mickey or whatever and everyone that reads that expects the same treatment. If their little darling doesn't get the same treatment the vacation is ruined because they told Junior it will happen.

I posted this on Board X one time. Basically said the same things as you. Man did I get flamed for it! But I do believe you hit the nail on the head. Same with the CM troubles. I have never had anything but pleasant experiences with the CMs. On the other hand I don't ask for the rain to be shut off either.

[Big Wallaby]

I had a guy who has worked Security at the Value Resorts tell me that he has actually been given the job of watching the Board X's from just behind the front desk. The fastest he's ever seen a post go up and get used was 15 minutes. Of course, He made sure he let the front desk folks know about the post, along with the MOD, and they were able to head that one off at the pass.