Recent content by iamgroot61

Children are not told to "get out." As I mentioned already, the security host/hostess tells the parent(s) that everyone must pass through the scanner. Parents instruct their children from there. Occasionally, a misbehaving child will, um, misbehave. In that case, the parent is asked to...

The expectation is that, if able and willing, persons are expected to exit their mobility vehicle. When a stroller with a child old enough to exit and walk through the scanning device on their own approaches, parents are told that everyone needs to pass through the scanner. At that point, they...

Yes. So much so that they have separate lines and having kids exit strollers is policy for the reason I stated previously. But as I also mentioned, there are alternate procedures for kids unwilling to exit their stroller or adults unable to exit their scooters as well as folks with medical...

I worked in Disney Security for several months. For the first few, I did guest screening, primarily at EPCOT, but also at MK and TTC. In my experience, while it's true that some security hosts are a bit more "magical" than others, everyone is doing their best to get guests into the parks as...

Hmm, for me, many of these rides are not really directly comparable to each other. If I was forced to choose one "best" ride from among these, I couldn't because I like them all for different reasons. It would have made more sense to list only coaster rides (SM, BTMR, 7DMT, TRON), or just...

The rides aren't comparable. But I will say this: the DL version of BTMR is better.

I have two opinions on this. 1. Walt was the "parks guy" and Roy was the bean counter. I'm sure Walt was involved in the actual design/layout of MK, but he was not there for any of the construction. MAYBE he was less involved in the design of that park (I'm sure this is knowable, I just...

Those BTMR FX make all the difference for me. LOL! Grizzly River Run is a "standard" river rapids ride, but they did it good at DCA. Love that ride.

Have you ridden BTMR at DL? They are the same ride, but the DL version has lots of FX in the climax (final hill in the mountain) that either don't work, or don't exist here. Honestly, A fairer comparison would be Expedition Everest and Matterhorn Bobsleds. In that event I'd go for Matterhorn...

Eww! LOL! You have my sympathy.

I wouldn't even compare these two. Expedition Everest is a more conventional coaster, and it's fun, but Guardians is a very different ride. I love both, but like Guardians more.

I never got to ride 20,000 Leagues. It was gone before my first visit to WDW. I have ridden the submarine ride at DL many times but always wished I could have ridden the original at WDW. Check out this amazing video someone shared (on this site) of the ride in a split-screen view showing you...

Well, they had the thing at Disneyland and switched to Tarzan for a while, and have now reverted. Personally, while I loved Disney's version of Tarzan, I have a deeper affection for SFR, probably because I'm a Boomer. LOL! If I had my druthers, we'd still have a 20,000 Leagues sub ride. =]

Ahh, It's a Small World. The ride evokes such love, and hate. LOL! The song, that wonderful ditty that burrows into your brain and takes over. Personally, I love the ride and have no problem with the song. I love the message and the song is the thread that connects all the nationalities of...

Nope. My first visit to WDW was in 2005. I see WoM closed in 1996.