Poncho uses?

[DisneySam]

This is a little off topic but related to ponchos. One "innovation" that we came up with is the large merchandise bags. If you cut the side of one so that it has an opening, this at least keeps your head/ sholders from getting soaked. LOL sadly enough we have used this trick several times walking to the car and on Splash Mountain. LOL

 

[ZapperZ]

This is a little off topic but related to ponchos. One "innovation" that we came up with is the large merchandise bags. If you cut the side of one so that it has an opening, this at least keeps your head/ sholders from getting soaked. LOL sadly enough we have used this trick several times walking to the car and on Splash Mountain. LOL

OK, now I actually would pay money to see that!

Zz.

 

[Connor002]

let's see, don't just buy cheap ones from wal mart, my grandmom did that and it looked like she was wearing a trash bag with a hood

it's funny when you think about it:

Trip to Disney- $2000

Mickey Poncho- $15

Waiting 45 Minutes for a ride that's goal is to get you wet, then wearing a poncho- priceless

 

[Tigger1988]

let's see, don't just buy cheap ones from wal mart, my grandmom did that and it looked like she was wearing a trash bag with a hood

it's funny when you think about it:

Trip to Disney- $2000

Mickey Poncho- $15

Waiting 45 Minutes for a ride that's goal is to get you wet, then wearing a poncho- priceless

Well you need to careful with what cheap ones you buy...we got cheap ones made by an ourdoors/camping company...they come in a varity of colors and certainly dont look like trash bags

 

[The_CEO]

OK -I'll admit it, I'm a wimp. On our last Disney visit we got caught in a downpour, and I finally gave in and, sadly yes, I bought a yellow poncho. Aside from the obvious question of what do you do with it after it stops raining and you have this soaking wet piece of plastic to carry with you for the rest of the day, what do you do with it once you bring it home?

See that's the problem. Those Ponchos' seem to let the rain IN and not keep me dry. the hood alwyas fogs up and gets sticky or it is just a mess in general. What we do is buy small personal umbrellas that are light and cover you. We bring those around the parks and have no problems bringing them on any of the rides, Space Mountain etc.

 

[Connor002]

Well you need to careful with what cheap ones you buy...we got cheap ones made by an ourdoors/camping company...they come in a varity of colors and certainly dont look like trash bags

thats what i meant, i'm sure there are cheap ones that are good, you just have to be careful...

 

[Theresonly1]

After the rain, I will ask for a bag from any of the merchandise locations and put it in there. Then i just make sure it won't leak from the bag and then I will put it in my backpack. I reuse the ponchos as well from year to year. No reason not to.

Bingo...thats what I do, too. But it seems I have only used it the initial time I bought it, but have carried faithfully.
And I think they have gone to clear. at least thats what they had in may.

 

[Firewolfe51]

Bought yellow ponchos on our trip in 2001, just because it was raining. We went into the Land and when we came out.....NO RAIN. Took them back every trip since. Never used them. They have been resting in the hall closet until we finally got to use them on our trip 6/05. What am I thinking???FINALLY GOT TO USE THEM....make me sound like I am excited about wearing a hot, sticky, your head gets wet anyways, yellow poncho. Oh well, we looked like everyone else. BTW when we went in June, Orlando had record rainfall; the 2nd wettest in weather history. :wave:

 

[KumbaRider]

A majority of the newer ones are clear now.

 

[brich]

Ok, I have to share a Poncho story. Forgive me but it involves that other park, Universal...

My wife and I were at Universal in Cali during our honeymoon and wanted to check out the splash on Jurassic Park before riding. As we were standing at the bottom of the drop, a boat came cruising down and made a huge splash. When the water settled, we realized the entire boat was filled with a Japanese tour group. Best part was, they all had clear ponchos on - BACKWARDS - with the HOODS UP over their faces and little air holes pocked through where their mouths were. :lol: :lol:

We laughed so hard we wet ourselves... :lookaroun

I will have to see if I can find a picture. Never again have I looked at ponchos the same...

 

[ogryn]

let's see, don't just buy cheap ones from wal mart, my grandmom did that and it looked like she was wearing a trash bag with a hood

it's funny when you think about it:

Trip to Disney- $2000

Mickey Poncho- $15

Waiting 45 Minutes for a ride that's goal is to get you wet, then wearing a poncho- priceless

Trip to Disney - $3400+
Mickey Poncho's - $15 each

Not having wet underwear that chaifs your legs, giving you sore patches that makes it uncomfortable to walk for the 13+ days left of the vacation.... Priceless

 

[CoffeeJedi]

...what do you do with it once you bring it home?

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to Walt Disney World has a few things to say on the subject of ponchos. A poncho, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an Floridian hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value—you can wrap it around you for warmth as you venture into the cold vault of Ice Station Cool, you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of the Grand Floridian, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the fireworks which shine so redly on the Fort Wilderness Lodge; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Sassagoulla; wet it for use in hand-to-hand combat with those tour groups from you-know-where; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Eisnerblatter Beast of Burbank (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you—daft as a brush, but very ravenous); you can wave your poncho in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course wear it to keep yourself dry if it still seems to be clean enough. More importantly, a poncho has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has his poncho with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, towel, space suit, pin lanyard etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitchhiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitchhiker might accidentally have 'lost'. What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of Florida, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his poncho is is clearly a man to be reckoned with."

 

[Connor002]

Trip to Disney - $3400+
Mickey Poncho's - $15 each

Not having wet underwear that chaifs your legs, giving you sore patches that makes it uncomfortable to walk for the 13+ days left of the vacation.... Priceless

did i mention the day my mom did this it was 90+ and clear skys

 

[cindy_k]

"For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has his poncho with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, towel, space suit, pin lanyard etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitchhiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitchhiker might accidentally have 'lost'. What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of Florida, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his poncho is is clearly a man to be reckoned with."

Thank you! This made my day.
"Hey, you sass that hoopy CoffeeJedi? There's a frood who really knows where his poncho is."

 

[Nemo14]

OK - if you say so!

 

[ogryn]

did i mention the day my mom did this it was 90+ and clear skys

Ditto 96F, Mid-August

I think a combination of Kali, and Popeye & Bluto's Bilge Rat Barges did it!

 

[SheenaXena]

I just bought a $0.87 disposable poncho from Wal-Mart today. Even though I still have 33 days to go. I'd forget later on and end up buying the $15 Disney poncho. You can never be too prepared!

 

[jiddng]

The styles of the WDW ponchos seem to change from year to year. The ones we bought about 10 years ago, which we are still recycling, are now "vintage" one-of-a-kind ponchos when it rains in the parks. Also makes it easier for us to pick each other out of a crowd of wet plastic hoods!

Our vintage ponchos date back to pre-MGM days..... it only has the castle and SSE icon on the back. It's fun to get comments from CM's when they see it.

Also, if you fold them correctly, the poncho can fit inside a sandwich-size ziploc bag.

 

[phichi17]

What I do with the ponchos

I can make a hat, a broach, a teradactyl....

 

[mikeymouse]

Not to mention, when it rains and you're wearing the yellow ones, its very easy to lose your party if you don't stay together cuz everyone looks the same.