I have an even better story of how my disney knowledge spanning 31 years was a total waste. I have two secretaries who were going together to disney world for the first time with their respective daughters over labor day weekend in 2002. I immediately got involved at their request. I gave them tons of brochures, planning videos, theme park guide maps, hotel listings, etc. Helped them look online for the best deals for airfare and hotel. Now I was at the Parks at the same time they were there, but ..um..well...i purposefully avoided them...i can't deal with newbies. So anyway before they leave they tell me they are going to go the beach for a day to see dolphins and the boat leaves at 7:00 a.m.. "The beach??" I ask, "what beach?" "The beach in Orlando", they respond. Okay now i knew these people were in trouble. I explain orlando is in the middle of the state, are they going to the west or the east and do they realize it will be like 1 1/2 to 2 hr. drive to the coast in either direction. They were dumbfounded. I again urged them to look at the guide books. I mentioned the best rides at each park and helped them decide which two of the four parks they were going to visit as they didn't have enough time, esp. with that freakin dolphin trip.
So I come back over a week later, as I stayed for 7 days. I ask how it went. Well, one secretary immediately tells me that she is never going on vacation with the other. So as I piece together their vacation, i realize they spent their whole day at the MK with their ______ parked in front of the castle, some time in toon town, and only saw half of fantasyland. Both secretaries said to me, "where were all the rides? " I ask them about splash, SM, BTM, PoC, HM, Buzz, AE....their response ...what mountains? I asked them if they saw a big white pyramid mountain...they looked at me like I was crazy. I asked them if they realized there were rides to the left of the castle...they didn't believe me. :hammer:
At disney mgm, all they saw was Sunset Blvd. ..thats it. Again they didn't realize there was another entire section to the park.
At this point i 'm yelling....i gave you maps, for god's sakes the parks give you maps!! I also gave you videos!!! Didn't you wonder where all the rides on the video were??? Their response ...well, they didn't look at it. UGH!!!!!!!! :hammer:
KILL ME NOW!!
As for the dolphin trip...turns out a bus was supposed to pick them up at 600 a.m. and drive to Tampa...Needless to say they overslept. And the final kicker of the trip is they brought a time share and didn't know the company and who they were partnered with if any, of course I had to help them cancel the contract.
One last note...they loved IOA.
