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From: Rudeney on 26 Jul 2010 14:10 On 7/23/2010 8:58 PM, jenny wrote: > > An employee there manning the lines told Cathy that the cars were > built based upon a "European body type" IOW, not fat Americans! I have to call BS on that. If you compare European car seats to American car sets, you will find the former is usually much larger - longer and wider seats and taller seat backs. Of course they can sometimes tend to be narrow in the waist with thick bolsters, but the overall size tends to be much larger. My guess is that the ride was made to fit a certain budget and smaller seats helped save money not only in materials, but also limited the total weight the coaster has to manage and this is can uses smaller motors and less electricity. > The same employee said they are remanufacturing the ride vehicles. Is > it true??? Only time will tell. I'd be surprised if they did simply because of the cost, but I suppose if it gets enough bad press they might. > BTW: I can type and spell better when not taking Darvocet (like > yesterday.) I can type and spell better when someone else does it for me. -- - RODNEY Next WDW Vacation? Who knows! Need to know more about RADP (rec.arts.disney.parks)? http://www.radp.org http://allears.net/btp/radp_bk.htm http://allears.net/tp/abrev.htm Are you still accessing RADP via Google? Why? Get instructions on how to access to the "real" RADP Usenet Group here: http://meets.radp.org/usenet.htm
From: Alicia Koury Calsyn on 4 Aug 2010 20:46 Sandi Femino wrote: > In article <Xns9DBB95D149870notrealverizonnet(a)188.40.43.230>, > Alpha <notreal(a)verizon.net> wrote: > >> Is there anything you would wait in line 2 hours for at WDW? What's the >> maximum posted wait time that you'd go ahead and step in line for? > > 2 hours is a bit much. I think the most I have ever waited was about 75 > minutes, and that was for Toy Story mania this past January. It was > more a product of my desire to get out of the cold than a willingness to > wait 75 minutes. > I guess I am the only idiot here! ;-) I waited 2 hours for Splash Mountain quite a few years ago (when we were w/o kids.) The posted time was 120 minutes and we really wanted to go so I said "It is never the posted time!" Of course, it was LONGER, 2 hours and ten minutes! I do not remember what the wait time was to get Tinkerbell and friends autographs when they FIRST came out--but it was around an hour! And we have recently (as recently as a couple weeks ago) waited in line for Toy Story when the wait said 90-100 minutes but we waited less than that--~70 minutes--more than once! I cannot get anyone in my family to move early in the morning so it is a given that Toy Story Fast passes will be gone most days! I have the opposite philosophy than most--we will be there again soon so if someone REALLY wants to wait in line for an hour or so, what's the harm! Hubby just got new Droid phone so some of my daughter and niece's favorite stories about out 7/13-7/30 trip was standing in line doing sliding puzzles of Tinkerbell and Friends and Lord of the Rings. "OOH this one is Legolas! You need to show it to Mommy before you go to the next one!" Several times (as Sandi stated) we got in the Toy Story line because we like it and because the daily rain storm was coming and we wanted to wait it out with some benefit instead of just standing inside a shop (blocking the guests that want to actually shop there) until the rain lets up! Part of the joy of WDW is enjoying just being there! As we stand in line, we usually meet the people around us, look for hidden Mickeys and just enjoy planning our next step in the process! I do not want to wait in long lines all day, but I can spend a couple hours in a line with the people I love most in the world to experience a ride they REALLY want to do RIGHT NOW! I cannot imagine a better use of my time! That being said I HATE standing around for 1 1/2 hours to stake out a good spot for fireworks. I almost alway find out that the 5-foot tall woman (with the infant in the stroller) who is the only one in front of me is saving a place for her 6-ft plus husband. Who will light up a cigarette as soon as he gets there! I would wait in line all day for Toy Story before I would spend the afternoon, in the sun staking out a parade spot that I will have to give up to go "tattle" on the smoker because he won't quit when asked! Even the lines are fun at WDW! I am at the happiest place on earth! :-) Alicia/xmasbee
From: Ginny Favers on 5 Aug 2010 10:40 On 8/4/2010 8:46 PM, Alicia Koury Calsyn wrote: > > Even the lines are fun at WDW! I am at the happiest place on earth! :-) > Alicia/xmasbee Alicia, you found us again! Yaay! This made my day. :-) I challenge you to find another lost RADPer and show them how to get back here, too. ~Amanda
From: Lilith on 6 Aug 2010 09:33 On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:46:40 -0500, Alicia Koury Calsyn <akcalsyn(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >That being said I HATE standing around for 1 1/2 hours to stake out a >good spot for fireworks. I almost alway find out that the 5-foot tall >woman (with the infant in the stroller) who is the only one in front of >me is saving a place for her 6-ft plus husband. Who will light up a >cigarette as soon as he gets there! I would wait in line all day for >Toy Story before I would spend the afternoon, in the sun staking out a >parade spot that I will have to give up to go "tattle" on the smoker >because he won't quit when asked! Or the hour plus I wait in a primo spot to tape the parade only to have a family sit on the curb in front of me. That I didn't mind until the CMs come along and tell them they can't stay there. So they stand up in front of me and push me back like they'd been there first. Maybe I'll have to do that next time. Very much ditto when you arrive really early to tape Illuminations only to have people actually squeeze between you and the railing. I think they've trained their kids pry your legs away from the railing. I finally learned to stand my ground and not yield even if I have to push back. -- Lilith
From: Alicia Koury Calsyn on 6 Aug 2010 10:31
Thanks, Lilith! I think we are kindred spirits! :-) Lilith wrote: > On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:46:40 -0500, Alicia Koury Calsyn > <akcalsyn(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> That being said I HATE standing around for 1 1/2 hours to stake out a >> good spot for fireworks. I almost alway find out that the 5-foot tall >> woman (with the infant in the stroller) who is the only one in front of >> me is saving a place for her 6-ft plus husband. Who will light up a >> cigarette as soon as he gets there! I would wait in line all day for >> Toy Story before I would spend the afternoon, in the sun staking out a >> parade spot that I will have to give up to go "tattle" on the smoker >> because he won't quit when asked! > > Or the hour plus I wait in a primo spot to tape the parade only to > have a family sit on the curb in front of me. That I didn't mind > until the CMs come along and tell them they can't stay there. So they > stand up in front of me and push me back like they'd been there first. > Maybe I'll have to do that next time. > > Very much ditto when you arrive really early to tape Illuminations > only to have people actually squeeze between you and the railing. I > think they've trained their kids pry your legs away from the railing. > I finally learned to stand my ground and not yield even if I have to > push back. > |