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I can't stand those pushy people and then you get the ones that pull the "I don't speak/understand English". You understand it enough to be traveling in this country without a guide....
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Pushy people in lines is a pet peeve of mine! I like my own personal space!
Mine too.
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Originally Posted by chezp
Wow, you certainly do seem to be attracting the pushy sorts...
I attract them like magnets.
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Originally Posted by mommapants
I can't stand those pushy people and then you get the ones that pull the "I don't speak/understand English". You understand it enough to be traveling in this country without a guide....
It was kind of fun waiting in here and watching some of the kids. Some were just so excited to see the Princesses for the first time. Here is one thing I want to tell parents of preteens…..tell your kids to brush there hair. LOL..Now I know the days are long and your hair won’t stay pretty all day, but I was amazed at some of the preteen aged girls with nicely groomed parents, with major bed head. Yes a family ahead of us a ways had 2 pretty DD’s, and both looked like they hadn’t brushed their hair all week. I noticed this throughout our whole vacation too. I know girls can be picky about how they look, while others at that age don’t care one bit…but brush your hair at least. LOL!
So back to waiting…and we noticed after the next group came in after us that our pushy family wasn’t in that group……nor the next one. Claire and I had theories on that. Our guess is that they didn’t even have a fast pass and somehow had jumped over to that line and then when they got to the front they were told they couldn’t go in. Who knows what really happened, but it was weird that they never showed up.
Finally it was our turn.
I did not buy the photopass CD for this trip. I had no clue how many pictures I would get and I just didn’t think it would be worth it. I did however snip the redneck versions off the website for trip report purposes.
Aurora was impressed with her dress and Claire told her that Mrs. Claus had made it and also one for her doll at home too. Thanks Mrs. Claus…AKA mom2rtk on Dis….(Janet).
Next was Belle.
I’m not sure what they were talking about, but Claire looked very serious about the whole conversation.
Love the photos andthe hair comment. My niece is 10 and don't think she even knows how to comb her hair. It looks like a rat's nest most of the time and she doesn't care at all. She doesn't even comb it when she gets out of the shower it is just however it dries...whatever, not my kid.
Great hint about the hair! Nice to see the pushy family may have had their comeuppance...
It just amazes me...but I guess the parents are probably tired of battling them.
I had a slight smirk that they never made it in.
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Originally Posted by mommapants
Love the photos andthe hair comment. My niece is 10 and don't think she even knows how to comb her hair. It looks like a rat's nest most of the time and she doesn't care at all. She doesn't even comb it when she gets out of the shower it is just however it dries...whatever, not my kid.
Claire doesn't care either...but we do make sure it is brushed before we go out in public...or she doesn't go.
After the Princess meet, we needed to find Skip once again. I took a few shots on our way up Main Street.
Look who we ran into. Yes, we had been talking on the phone to each other and he was “pretending” her couldn’t see us. He thinks he is so funny when he does this.
I’m gonna admit right here, that my memory for parts of this day are foggy, so I am going by the order of pictures….which tells me the Move it Shake Parade was coming through. So we stopped and watched it go by.
We were next to these little statues, so I took a couple of pictures while Skip and Claire watched the parade.
I think Chip might be calling me a loser?
Time to head out and make our way towards pirates….um yeah…that ride I wanted to do first thing…remember?
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Nice to see the pushy family may have had their comeuppance... 
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