That is correct. Skills. I have them, one is "The flat tire". This skill is where I step on the slow walking patron's in front of me heel. Thus, their shoe rolls off the heel unveiling the flat tire. Score. Skill number 2, "stroller foot demolition", nuff said. Skill number 3, and my personal favorite--"Disney Mode". This skill has come in sooooo handy since the parks have been packed over last couple of years. How do you accomplish this? Good question! Elbows out and up, oscillate them just as you step and BOOM "Disney Mode". Just trying to lighten the mood. Tell me your Disney skill!
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Disney skills.
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No one has skills to share? Bummer.
MaxsDad
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I am good at walking, no weaving, through crowds. Seeing which way people are moving, picking good holes to hit, noticing which individuals are grouped together and which ones are not and splitting.
Have you seen Premium Rush about the NYC delivery bikers? Kind of like that. But I have got this tail of people behind me following.
Have you seen Premium Rush about the NYC delivery bikers? Kind of like that. But I have got this tail of people behind me following.
Very useful, you have developed a sixth sense on crowd movement. This skill is developed over time. Impressive.
Weather_Lady
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When navigating crowds, I just go with the tried-and-true strategy of veering left instead of right whenever there's a parting of the ways (or a parting of the crowd). Left-hand turnstiles, left-hand pathways, etc., are nearly always less crowded, due to the natural tendency to "keep right." I wouldn't dare step on anyone, regardless of whether their slow speed annoyed me -- what if I caused somebody to fall and hurt themselves? It's a family theme park, not Nascar! 
One Disney skill my family has honed (trivial, but a stress-reliever): navigating counter service restaurants, with one adult (me) taking everyone's "order" and waiting at the cashier while the rest find a seat. Everyone has a job: DS gets the napkins, straws and condiments. DD helps scout out a table, reports the location of the table to me while I'm waiting in line for our food, and picks up any drink cups, which she brings to DH to fill and deliver to the table. This way, by the time I have the food in hand, I don't have to wander around looking for them, we're totally ready to eat without anybody having to squeeze in and out of a booth to go get something, and we can dig in while it's still hot. Plus, the kids get to feel like they're integral parts of an organized "mission."
Another random "skill" (more of a tip, really): studies show that almost every patron using a public restroom (at Disney or elsewhere) skips the first stall they come to, because they assume that it is the "most frequently used." Because so many folks make this assumption and bypass it, the opposite is true, and the first stall is generally the cleanest and least-frequented. (The most-used are, of course, the second stall -- "stall #2," if you will -- and the furthest stall from the door, usually the largest, handicap-accessible one.)
One Disney skill my family has honed (trivial, but a stress-reliever): navigating counter service restaurants, with one adult (me) taking everyone's "order" and waiting at the cashier while the rest find a seat. Everyone has a job: DS gets the napkins, straws and condiments. DD helps scout out a table, reports the location of the table to me while I'm waiting in line for our food, and picks up any drink cups, which she brings to DH to fill and deliver to the table. This way, by the time I have the food in hand, I don't have to wander around looking for them, we're totally ready to eat without anybody having to squeeze in and out of a booth to go get something, and we can dig in while it's still hot. Plus, the kids get to feel like they're integral parts of an organized "mission."
Another random "skill" (more of a tip, really): studies show that almost every patron using a public restroom (at Disney or elsewhere) skips the first stall they come to, because they assume that it is the "most frequently used." Because so many folks make this assumption and bypass it, the opposite is true, and the first stall is generally the cleanest and least-frequented. (The most-used are, of course, the second stall -- "stall #2," if you will -- and the furthest stall from the door, usually the largest, handicap-accessible one.)
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erasure fan1
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My Disney skill would be the ability to always miss the bus by about 30 seconds. It never fails, walk outside just in time to see the bus you need drive on by. Not sure if this counts though.
AngryEyes
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This ability is well developed in me, as well, and my family gets so used to following me that we look like a family of ducks for weeks after we get back.
EpcotSnowWhite
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I'm good at always losing my party because I'm apparently a crazy-fast walker! Luckily I'm also a particularly good finder.
Luckily I'm also a particularly good finder. Susan Savia
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Well we've been here almost a week and so my skill is being the first car to be directed to go down and begin that new row when parking. We have yet to park any closer on an isle then half way. Must be a secret o parking closer....
heath.sneyd
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This can not be practiced at DollyWood here in Tennessee. Too many old people who don't know where they're going and mini Honey Boo Boo's who bounce around more than those old raccoon tails on a rolling ball you used to see ar K*B Toys.
"I didn't mean to wreck him... I meant to rattle his cage though"I wouldn't dare step on anyone, regardless of whether their slow speed annoyed me -- what if I caused somebody to fall and hurt themselves? It's a family theme park, not Nascar!
- Dale Earnhardt, Bristol, TN
I just stop and let her catch up when I hear my GF yell "I'll see ya tomorrow!" from about 50 feet behind me.I'm good at always losing my party because I'm apparently a crazy-fast walker!
HakunaMatata89
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i get disctracted easily but can shred through crowds like a pro
DisneyKiwi
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When navigating crowds, I just go with the tried-and-true strategy of veering left instead of right whenever there's a parting of the ways (or a parting of the crowd). Left-hand turnstiles, left-hand pathways, etc., are nearly always less crowded, due to the natural tendency to "keep right." I wouldn't dare step on anyone, regardless of whether their slow speed annoyed me -- what if I caused somebody to fall and hurt themselves? It's a family theme park, not Nascar!
Guess that's a skill I'll enjoy too, as it's my natural tendency to keep left when walking, partly why I'm not so keen on driving in FL.
MaxsDad
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This is kind of the opposite of skill, and I have it not just at Disney, but at home too: Line Choosing.
We all have been in that spot at the grocery store, Quick Service Resteraunts, attractions, etc, where you have multiple check out lanes to choose from. If you are like me, you survey the options, how many people are there, is that cluster one family checking out or three, how much stuff do they have, etc. But then comes that critical moment when you make the decision and commit to a line. I have no problems picking the shortest line.
Here's where the "skill" comes into play: As soon as I do that at say the grocery store, you can count on hearing that booming, slightly aggravated voice over the PA, "Code 11 on register 6." Yes, I can pick a "short" line, but it will quickly become the Longest Line due to some unforeseen circumstance. Same thing happens at attractions,and WDW in general. It is well know in my family, so I do not often get to pick lines, and if I do, it is only so we can see what I would have done, and then go in the opposite direction.
We all have been in that spot at the grocery store, Quick Service Resteraunts, attractions, etc, where you have multiple check out lanes to choose from. If you are like me, you survey the options, how many people are there, is that cluster one family checking out or three, how much stuff do they have, etc. But then comes that critical moment when you make the decision and commit to a line. I have no problems picking the shortest line.
Here's where the "skill" comes into play: As soon as I do that at say the grocery store, you can count on hearing that booming, slightly aggravated voice over the PA, "Code 11 on register 6." Yes, I can pick a "short" line, but it will quickly become the Longest Line due to some unforeseen circumstance. Same thing happens at attractions,and WDW in general. It is well know in my family, so I do not often get to pick lines, and if I do, it is only so we can see what I would have done, and then go in the opposite direction.
Dad 2 M & M
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Ummm....from the last of a dying breed here. The skill is to enjoy yourself. Wake up every day and have a good day, or a bad day; choice is yours either way. The good day choice(call me crazy) is a little easier to attain when one is, say, at a place like WDW.
Maybe I'm wrong...maybe WDW is the kindling for a bad day?
Maybe I'm wrong...maybe WDW is the kindling for a bad day?
Disney Mode!
GrammieBee
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I equate this to broken field running in football. Except I have been forced to do it in a scooter for the past ten years. I find it rather challanging and have never run anyone down. My other skill is endless patience while stopped waiting for someone or some group to decide in which direction they are going.
WondersOfLife
Blink, blink. Breathe, breathe. Day in, day out.
My Disney skills: Going during the off season.
Agree with this! Never a summer trip for us!