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| FiveBearRugs
Fri 1/9/2009 7:55a | There's a city? |
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| Walter Elias
Fri 1/9/2009 11:17a | You're right, five days was too much. Our thinking was that we could take our time and not feel rushed and that if we only wanted to stay for part of the day we wouldn't have to feel bad about leaving. Problem was, with such big crowds, it took all day to visit just a handful of attractions. |
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| MomluvsDisney
Fri 1/9/2009 12:50p | I have done the five day thing, but broke up the days into visits with family and trips to the beach. I spent one whole day at DCA with my Brother. The rest of the time, I would sporadically go to the parks. One evening I went just for the fireworks (this was in June 2005 and I was staying at the Grand).
I enjoyed slipping into the parks on my schedule and in the end did not feel the need to rush through anything. I purchased a five day flex pass fo r that trip through AAA.
BUT I should say that I was on a solo trip at the time and perhaps that would be more difficult with others along. When the schedule is mine I can go everyday to the park without getting tired. I do not go for the all day every day thing..so maybe that makes a difference? |
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| EmmaJayne
Sat 1/10/2009 4:29a | last July my family spent five days there and still didn't really see and do everything we wanted too. We spent seven days in California, 5 at Disney and one at Universal.. it might seem a waste to some but Disneyland was the only reason for our stop there.. Wehad to fly from Australia and my parents felt it was their own chance to ever see Disneyland. We spent another two weeks travelling around America but for us, five days at Disney wasn't enough. I guess if you live closer and can go again it might be a bit excessive.. but when it's half way across the world a think an entire week wold be better! |
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| SpokkerJones
Sat 1/10/2009 11:39p | "I have a very small collection of 10-20 pins mostly that I have traded on an ad-hoc basis if I see a CM with a pin I like."
No, you're fine. You can even have a lanyard with a few pins on it. It's those guys who wear jackets full of pins, open a folder full of even more pins, and camp out at various locations.
I don't even understand pin "trading". Why can't you just buy the pins you want?
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| u k fan
Sun 1/11/2009 8:22a | For quite a long time DLP were selling old pins at 3 Euros so it was cheaper to buy one of those and trade then to buy brand new!!! |
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| mele
Sun 1/11/2009 11:49a | I'm a little creeped out by the people who come to the parks and camp out with their books of pins. Especially when they sit there, alone, for what seems like hours. They don't ever look like they're having any fun. I guess I just don't get the whole pin thing. |
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| HappiestPlaceonEarth
Sun 1/11/2009 6:00p | I think those crazy pin traders are a bit creepy too! We have seen the same guy the past 5 times (over two years) we've been to DL. This is the story of what really bothered me: He was with a little girl (please tell me it's not his daughter) once and was forcing her to do the secret pin trading treasure chest thing outside of the golden horseshoe. She said, "Please, no more. Can't we just go on a ride?" He pushed her, literally pushed her, into the line and told her to do it again. Uggg..that guy is creepy!!
I hope to think my family are the types of pin traders that the CM's enjoy. We have taught our boys how to ask the CM's nicely if they can look at their pins and how to say "thank you anyway" if they choose not to trade. We have a family lanyard and the boys have their own lanyards. We think it's one of the best parts of our vacation.
If I was a cast member what would bother me the most is the parent that forces his/her child to go on a ride they obviously don't want to go on or are scared of. We were in line for Star Tours when a mom was being vicious with her little girl. She was dragging her to stand under the measuring stick. The girl was crying and the CM tried anything she could to deescalate the situation. It made me (a teacher) and my husband (also a teacher) sick to our stomachs. |
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| SpokkerJones
Sun 1/11/2009 6:09p | Teach your kid to trade stocks, not pins.
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| lawdawg
Sun 1/11/2009 7:26p | After my son traded his pin we bought especially for him because it had sentimental meaning for our family. Neither of my kids are allowed to trade pins! |
