FastPass, PhotoPass, Photo Locations, and Recycling
A real potpourri today:
1. Stitch FastPasses may not be networked to the whole system. I got a Jungle Cruise FP just for the souvenir, and was told I could get another one at 3:40. But at 3:20 I thought to myself I'd get a Stitch souvenir, the kind saying 'you aren't eligible for a FP yet!' but to my surprise, I got a FastPass. Either Stitch or JC is not on the network. I asked the Stitch CM and he said something completely unhelpful (wow, I guess you got really lucky!), so I'm stymied.
2. PhotoPass CMs are taking over the streets. As you walk down Main St, there is not one, not two, but more like six PhotoPass CMs that you pass on the way to Fantasyland. At first I wanted to complain about this nonsense. But there were actual lines for the PhotoPass folks at a couple points, so maybe the market really wants this. I do agree with the notion of a Photopass, but somehow it just feels like overkill already.
3. You know those Kodak Photo Locations? I always joked that the signs almost imply you should stand next to the sign and pose WITH the sign rather than with the object in the background (ie, the castle). Well, just yesterday I saw a family doing this very thing. It was a photo location, they must have reasoned to themselves, so they took a picture with the sign. The castle was not in the photo, as the photographer was standing at totally the wrong angle.
4. Since we're talking about those kinds of visitors, I'll share this one. When I came under the train station, I was behind a father, mother, and 14 year old girl. The father said, "should we go to the Magic Kingdom?" I would have bet my whole bank account he was being deadpan. Without skipping a beat, the mother said "yes, sure, where is it?" and the father replied "behind the castle, I think".
I edged away from them before they could infect me with whatever they had.
5. I saw an unusual sight in Adventureland: near the eggroll cart (oops, it only sells turkey legs now!) there is a new thing, a trashcan that is fused together with a recycling can. On first glance, it looks like two cans shoved together, but nope, it's really a double-wide thing. I approve of recycling cans being in the parks. I hope this takes off more. Someday, every trashcan could have recycling right next to it. Fine by me.
1. Stitch FastPasses may not be networked to the whole system. I got a Jungle Cruise FP just for the souvenir, and was told I could get another one at 3:40. But at 3:20 I thought to myself I'd get a Stitch souvenir, the kind saying 'you aren't eligible for a FP yet!' but to my surprise, I got a FastPass. Either Stitch or JC is not on the network. I asked the Stitch CM and he said something completely unhelpful (wow, I guess you got really lucky!), so I'm stymied.
2. PhotoPass CMs are taking over the streets. As you walk down Main St, there is not one, not two, but more like six PhotoPass CMs that you pass on the way to Fantasyland. At first I wanted to complain about this nonsense. But there were actual lines for the PhotoPass folks at a couple points, so maybe the market really wants this. I do agree with the notion of a Photopass, but somehow it just feels like overkill already.
3. You know those Kodak Photo Locations? I always joked that the signs almost imply you should stand next to the sign and pose WITH the sign rather than with the object in the background (ie, the castle). Well, just yesterday I saw a family doing this very thing. It was a photo location, they must have reasoned to themselves, so they took a picture with the sign. The castle was not in the photo, as the photographer was standing at totally the wrong angle.
4. Since we're talking about those kinds of visitors, I'll share this one. When I came under the train station, I was behind a father, mother, and 14 year old girl. The father said, "should we go to the Magic Kingdom?" I would have bet my whole bank account he was being deadpan. Without skipping a beat, the mother said "yes, sure, where is it?" and the father replied "behind the castle, I think".
I edged away from them before they could infect me with whatever they had.
5. I saw an unusual sight in Adventureland: near the eggroll cart (oops, it only sells turkey legs now!) there is a new thing, a trashcan that is fused together with a recycling can. On first glance, it looks like two cans shoved together, but nope, it's really a double-wide thing. I approve of recycling cans being in the parks. I hope this takes off more. Someday, every trashcan could have recycling right next to it. Fine by me.
posted by Kevin Yee at 2:14 PM
6 Comments:
The eggroll cart no longer sells eggrolls? Say it ain't so!
Kevin, how can you say the Photopass CMs are overkill? You walked a direct path from Main Street to Fantasyland. Regular guests do not do this, and probably only encountered one or two at a time. It's great that these people are out there, they offer a unique service, but just because they get in your way of fulfilling your weekly magic high you should not be against them. I think you need to get to the parks and experience them for what they are, not for what you want them to be.
Stop being so critical. Maybe write a story about how Dream Fastpasses make a family's vacation a whole lot nicer and how pin trading puts smiles on kids faces. That's what its about, who cares about Stitch Fastpasses. When was the last time you actually waited in line like a normal guest? Your columns and opinions are declining by degrees.
I wait in lines every weekend. Because I am a 'normal guest'.
I could write articles about dream fastpasses and pin trading, but then I'd have to work for Disney press and publicity :)
I'm afraid the articles are what they are, calling things as I see them.
I enjoy your blog. I agree the PhotoPass cast members are a bit much as you pass one after another down Main Street - and I'm one of them. But as you said, we all stay pretty busy. It's nice that when my equipment stops working I can send guests down the line to the next photographer.
I've heard of people taking their pictures with the Kodak signs as a joke. Van, a podcaster at netcot.com, has a collection of pics of him with the signs.
Howdy Kevin,
I took pictures of all of the Kodak Picture Spots (if you're interested). There's on my blog (http://soneevda.blogspot.com/search?q=kodak+picture+spot link
There were 11 at Epcot, 8 at MK, 5 at DAK, and 4 at DHS.
Thanks for your theme park visit updates.
~Cedric
Sorry, here's an updated link to the "kodak picture spot" blog entries: http://soneevda.blogspot.com/search?q=kodak
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