Stupid Guest Tricks

We were fortunate enough to see a preview of Idol yesterday (finale show), and we had an SG seated behind us. I sort of suspected that some sort of blatant SG behavior was going to come out just by the fact that they kept yakking away amongst themselves throughout the show and even answering a cell call. Sure enough, in the elimination part, the loudest of the SG group starts yelling out "Losers!" each time people were eliminated. The theater was quiet enough at that point for his voice to carry. I sooooo wanted to turn around and say, "Yeah, I don't see YOU getting up there in front of a thousand people." Jerk!

I did a little review of the show on my Examiner page: http://www.examiner.com/x-2200-Orlando- ... sney-World

I kept it pretty upbeat, but actually I tend to HATE Idol so I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the show. I have to say, Disney is doing a great job with it.

Nice articles, Barb. Good job spreading a little Disney p-dust in an ACCURATE manner. Saw a YouTube video today about activities at Fort Wilderness and the newscaster (or whatever he was) referred to fishing in "Lake Bay" near the Contemporary Resort.

I can just see Disneyland doing that on a grad nite. It would be fun to watch, sorry class, your principal is tone deaf...

When I go out there next year, I want to check it out. I am guessing there is no fasspass for this one.

:D:

Thanks for the review, Syndrome the set is impressive.

This attraction, quite frankly, scares me...

I already see stage mothers showing up and putting so much pressure on their kids to get that FOTL ticket...

I wish they would keep the real show and the "Experience" separate and give out prizes that relate to the park instead- say, front of the line fast passes, special shirts, or pins like they did with Millionaire (Which was a blast. If only I'd known that Lothar was Mandrake's Sidekick at the time, I'd have gotten beyond the 32,000 point...drat it)

I think they're setting up people's vacations to go badly if little Susie doesn't perform up to parent's expectations and I wouldn't want my kid to associate WDW with personal failure, especially if their dream was to be in music (as in my child's case).

Ugh. It just scares me.

It'll be interesting to see how the 'rejects' handle it. I'm betting that angry parents will take it out on the hourly CM's controlling the crowd if their kid gets eliminated.

Bru

February wrote: I think they're setting up people's vacations to go badly if little Susie doesn't perform up to parent's expectations
Bru

That's Little Tammy! We have a Susie on this site!

Ms. Matterhorn wrote:That's Little Tammy! We have a Susie on this site!

ACK!!!! Not only am I going blind I'm going senile!!! Sorry Susi that was no comment on your singing which I am sure is lovely...

Thanks for the save there Ms. Matterhorn!

This is from the 2009 edition of The Almanac for Farmers and City Folk, bottom of page 186:

The reputation of the Japanese for being humble is falling to Western norms among primary school parents, according to The Times of London. Across Japan, teachers are reporting that parents are pushing for their children's "rights". In one school's performance of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs",there were 25 Snow Whites after "monster parents" bullied officials into admitting it was not fair to have just one kid in the title role.


Scary.

felinefan wrote:This is from the 2009 edition of The Almanac for Farmers and City Folk, bottom of page 186:

The reputation of the Japanese for being humble is falling to Western norms among primary school parents, according to The Times of London. Across Japan, teachers are reporting that parents are pushing for their children's "rights". In one school's performance of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs",there were 25 Snow Whites after "monster parents" bullied officials into admitting it was not fair to have just one kid in the title role.


Scary.

Now how the heck would that WORK??

would they recite the lines in unison?
(And have 25 princes?)

that would almost be worth seeing!!!

sorta like the Sourcers Apprentice with the Brooms?

Frankly, I was wondering the same thing!

February wrote:Thanks for the review, Syndrome the set is impressive.

This attraction, quite frankly, scares me...

I already see stage mothers showing up and putting so much pressure on their kids to get that FOTL ticket...

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I think they're setting up people's vacations to go badly if little Susie doesn't perform up to parent's expectations and I wouldn't want my kid to associate WDW with personal failure, especially if their dream was to be in music (as in my child's case).

Ugh. It just scares me.


Bru

I thought I read in the rules that there is an age minimum..... 14 or so, isn't it? My 12 year old daughter would dig it...... I was hoping to prep her for months, then get there super early so daddy's little girl could become a star.... ok, so I am kidding....... but she would have enjoyed it.....

Duds