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From: Bartender Sam on 26 Jan 2007 20:30 "Patty Winter" <patty1(a)wintertime.com> wrote in message news:45ba8c62$0$80093$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... > In article <KBvuh.471540$Fi1.32991(a)bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, > Darrell Jefress <evely7(a)tokyo.com> wrote: >> >>"Bartender Sam" <bartendersam(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >>news:Oauuh.14946$pQ3.12011(a)newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... >> >>> I despise the fact that Disney will hand pick the "winners" every night. >> >>Why do you think this will happen? It's supposedly based on whoever >>happens >>to be standing or sitting in the right spot at the right time of day. > > Yep. And those spots are randomly selected by a computer. (Insert > standard disclaimer about absolute randomness being impossible. > Nonetheless, this system seems to be plenty random enough for its > purposes.) > > In fact, the news stories about that first family clearly said that > they won because the 16-year-old son was sitting in a specific seat > in a specific row in a specific Star Tours simulator at a specific > time that morning. No "hand picking" involved at all. > > > Patty > Interesting in that is not what the USA Today wrtie up said about it. --- Yet another satisfied customer of Bartender Sam!
From: clkelley564 on 26 Jan 2007 21:00 On Jan 26, 6:52 pm, "Darrell Jefress" <eve...(a)tokyo.com> wrote: > "Patty Winter" <pat...(a)wintertime.com> wrote in messagenews:45ba8c62$0$80093$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... > > > In fact, the news stories about that first family clearly said that > > they won because the 16-year-old son was sitting in a specific seat > > in a specific row in a specific Star Tours simulator at a specific > > time that morning. No "hand picking" involved at all.Now *this* is interesting, at least to me. I had figured that the castle > stay would be given out to someone already at Magic Kingdom for the day, > each day. Not sure why I had assumed that, but I was trumped on day 1. > > This could come in handy, since I've made no hotel reservation for my > one-day trip tomorrow, and I'm only going to be at Epcot. > > C'mon, computer, spit out someone watching the Voices of Liberty tomorrow! > > DJJ While a stay in the castle would be neat, I imagine it instantly kills any plans you had for the day. You have to then go back to your hotel (maybe even offsite) and get some things, you have to eat dinner with the "princesses" (I have enjoyed dinner in the castle many years ago, but make it a point to avoid "princess" meals), staying at AC till hoopla would be a bit difficult, and yes I know it is a nasty habit, but would they let you out on the balcony to smoke and see the MK with the service lights on and maintenance going on?? Also, since there is only one, I bet the bathroom is accessible with the shower being the roll-in type. What if someboday has prepaid reservations for Hoop-De-Doo that night or Cirque, or any number of other things. Will Disney also "magically" reschedule all that for you at no extra charge?? So would being virtually locked up in a hotel room for the night be worth the disruption no matter how nice it is??? Carol
From: Darrell Jefress on 26 Jan 2007 21:27 On 1/26/2007 6:00 PM, in article 1169863206.886135.268930(a)j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com, "clkelley564(a)msn.com" <clkelley564(a)msn.com> wrote: > While a stay in the castle would be neat, I imagine it instantly kills > any plans you had for the day. You have to then go back to your hotel > (maybe even offsite) and get some things, you have to eat dinner with > the "princesses" . . . . . In my case, at least, I don't *have* a hotel reservation, so winning the castle stay would be like "housing the homeless". As for the princess dinner, I would likely skip it in most cases, although tomorrow I don't have an alternative set up. Getting out the next morning may be a challenge. Since I have a 715 am flight on Sunday, sounds like I'm going to have to head down Main Street about 0430. For that matter, where are they going to let me put my car? Maybe in that small area right next to the utilidor entrance? At this point, I'm already assuming I'm going to win. It just makes sense on so many levels. DJJ
From: Dave in Dallas - The One And Only on 27 Jan 2007 01:29 On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:51:22 GMT, "Darrell Jefress" <evely7(a)tokyo.com> wrote: > >"Bartender Sam" <bartendersam(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >news:Oauuh.14946$pQ3.12011(a)newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... >> > >> I despise the fact that Disney will hand pick the "winners" every night. > >Why do you think this will happen? It's supposedly based on whoever happens >to be standing or sitting in the right spot at the right time of day. Come on. If two famiies are right next to each other who do you think would be picked. The Brady family or the Connors? Dave in Dallas - The one and only! Accept no substitutes.
From: Patty on 27 Jan 2007 11:07
In article <epf2hi$cg0$1(a)wildfire.prairienet.org>, Randy Berbaum <rberbaum(a)bluestem.prairienet.org> wrote: > > If there would be only a very few number of >people, they would tend to want to get the most PR value out of each one. >But with one person/family per night they can pick and choose which >(photogenic) family to play up and the others (less desirable for PR >value) can be ignored in the press. That would make sense if they were "picking and choosing," but they aren't. The Dream Squad is simply notifying the person the computer told them to. Patty |