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**MissDisney** · 04-24-2004

Matt, you are not a know-it-all, and please don't shut up!

DST, I think you should be safe and make PS -- make a lot of them -- before you go and then cancel the ones you don't need when you get there. There is the tiniest possibility that you could end up eating food-cart stuff instead of something memorable.

That said, I'd like to tell you one of our favorite new pastimes at WDW, and it is all about PS! When we would arrive at a restaurant for a PS this last trip (it was one of the busiest weeks ever at the parks!), we would sit and watch all the people who were waiting with us. There are really interesting and hilarious things going on as people wait. I swear, some of these episodes can be as amusing as the best park attractions!
I'll give an example:
You have to understand that the weather was perfect... 75 degrees, blue skies with puffy clouds floating by, flowers blooming all around, and we were at Disney, for Pete's sake!!! Even in this most perfect of settings, some people were absolutely furious about waiting a few minutes. We saw one man who was about to explode. We really thought his head would fly off as he was bent over, questioning the CM at Hollywood Brown Derby at top volume: "What the *&%$ do you mean I have to wait? Can't you see I have my wife and KIDS with me? Why the *&@# did I call to make these reservations a month ago if they mean total &*%$*?"
Parents immediately started to scatter with their own kids so they could keep them from hearing this man's salty language. Can you imagine him cussing at WDW in front of 20 kids? And can you imagine his wife, chatting up anyone who would listen about how the restaurant CMs were a bunch of total, well, you know.
People were looking at them like they were crazy, and laughing about how this guy thought he should get a special table because he had kids with him! What did he think everyone else was here with? Sheep?
Of course, the CM was absolutely patient and apologetic. We were amused beyond belief to find that the table given to these people was in the farthest corner of the restaurant, back in a corner where they couldn't see anything or bother anyone any more.

04-24-2004	#8 (permalink)
MissDisney Mrs. Edward Cullen Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: In a cottage outside Forks, WA Posts: 7,569	Re: Priority Seating vs. Reservations Matt, you are not a know-it-all, and please don't shut up! DST, I think you should be safe and make PS -- make a lot of them -- before you go and then cancel the ones you don't need when you get there. There is the tiniest possibility that you could end up eating food-cart stuff instead of something memorable. That said, I'd like to tell you one of our favorite new pastimes at WDW, and it is all about PS! When we would arrive at a restaurant for a PS this last trip (it was one of the busiest weeks ever at the parks!), we would sit and watch all the people who were waiting with us. There are really interesting and hilarious things going on as people wait. I swear, some of these episodes can be as amusing as the best park attractions! I'll give an example: You have to understand that the weather was perfect... 75 degrees, blue skies with puffy clouds floating by, flowers blooming all around, and we were at Disney, for Pete's sake!!! Even in this most perfect of settings, some people were absolutely furious about waiting a few minutes. We saw one man who was about to explode. We really thought his head would fly off as he was bent over, questioning the CM at Hollywood Brown Derby at top volume: "What the &%$ do you mean I have to wait? Can't you see I have my wife and KIDS with me? Why the &@# did I call to make these reservations a month ago if they mean total &%$?" Parents immediately started to scatter with their own kids so they could keep them from hearing this man's salty language. Can you imagine him cussing at WDW in front of 20 kids? And can you imagine his wife, chatting up anyone who would listen about how the restaurant CMs were a bunch of total, well, you know. People were looking at them like they were crazy, and laughing about how this guy thought he should get a special table because he had kids with him! What did he think everyone else was here with? Sheep? Of course, the CM was absolutely patient and apologetic. We were amused beyond belief to find that the table given to these people was in the farthest corner of the restaurant, back in a corner where they couldn't see anything or bother anyone any more. __________________ Disneyland Moderator Team Jake If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you. Disneyland Hotel 1987; Dixie Landings 1993; Dixie Landings 1997; Caribbean Beach 1998; Boardwalk Villas 1999; Vistana Resort 2001; Dixie Landings 2002; Vistana Resort 2002; Marriott Imperial Palm Villas 2004; Vistana Resort 2006; Marriott Cypress Harbour 2007; Boardwalk Villas DVC Christmas 2008 "Welcome Home" to us! Last edited by MissDisney; 04-24-2004 at 08:10 AM.