It was a zoo. And, you know how at certain times of the year, certain groups of people seem more prevalent than others? For example, there will be Japan week, New Jersey week, Brazil month, Massachusetts week, etc. Yesterday seemed to have a higher than normal percentage of people who were, for lack of a better word, lower class (and I don't mean monetarily) white folk. For example, a number of people were drunk or high. 3 boys were escorted out of the park for peeing in the bushes. There were people who continually felt the need to say, in a loud voice, how hot the characters must be in that costume. After being given the general Disney answer, one woman proceeded to loudly point out the zipper on Pluto's costume. After gently being given the hint a number of times to please stop, the woman finally said "my daughter knows there are people in those costumes." To which I, in a not so Disney like manner, said "other people's children do not!" "Oh, I'm sorry" she replied. People did not feel the need to discipline their children yesterday so children were running all over the place. When one parent came to us with a missing child in a store and was found 2 seconds later, I asked the mom if they had a plan for being lost (ie: cell phone number, look for white name tag). Nope, no plan. Those are the parents that freak out the most. One dad, who must have been frustrated by the long lines, felt the need to curse and swear at cast members and threaten them as well. He felt he could do that because he was spending $1400 per night to stay at the Grand Floridian and was shocked, shocked I say, to find that we treated him exactly the same as we treat all our guests and he didn't get any special treatment in the parks. Yes sir, I'd love to take your family's photo. I have a bit of a line, it ends back there." I'm paying $1400 per night staying in the Grand Floridian, I should get better treatment. "You are most definitely getting better treatment at your hotel sir. Congratulations on being able to stay there. Don't forget to try Victoria and Alberts. Now, I must get back to photographing these families in the Rose Garden."
Having said that, there were some great families there yesterday as well. A number of families had those pre-made cards and were handing them out. People (most people) waited in line nicely at night to be photographed with the castle.
