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As I write this, Lightning McQueen is on his way to California for 6 weeks or so, he will be back after that. Mater is still making appearances at DHS.)
My son was extremely upset about this. I thought it might be a long shot but I called the Disney folks, who said he was going to be there today at 5:15. I told them I was specifically looking for Lightning. The person said they were not aware of him not being there...
i believe me. not sure who you called, but call 407-WDW-INFO and press 0 and ask (although it might be too late today). if they tell you he's there, press it and tell them you heard he was out for 6 weeks and ask to confirm with entertainment.
they've been wrong many times before. i've gotten wrong information from them, i just usually know better.
It's not that I'm challenging you, Brad, as you are generally "in the know" but I'm trying to figure out where you got your information. Are you talking to Entertainment directly?
It's just the oddest thing, IMO, for him to be heading to CA for 6 weeks. What connection am I missing?
the CM told me. she told me he left the day before. she couldn't exactly say why, just that he was gone for 6 weeks. a CM on DIS offered a more disney-like explanation but didn't dispute it.
i believe me. not sure who you called, but call 407-WDW-INFO and press 0 and ask (although it might be too late today). if they tell you he's there, press it and tell them you heard he was out for 6 weeks and ask to confirm with entertainment.
they've been wrong many times before. i've gotten wrong information from them, i just usually know better.
I actually called them before my first post, and I didn't mean to sound rude. It is just MY SON IS CRUSHED! I called the main line and asked the CM who held me on the phone and called entertainment. She said they knew nothing of him being out for 6 weeks - and as a matter of fact he was on the schedule for 5:15. I didn't really know what to believe as I realized they could just be seeing "characters of cars" on the schedule and assumed he'd be there.
It isn't anything personal - I'm certain you can understand why I was hoping that you were wrong! I have been dealing with flash flooding from a 3 year olds tears ever since we told him Monday.
well all i can do is hope the information i have is wrong, but i'm afraid it's probably more reliable than what you get on the phone sometimes. the meet & greet goes on, but it's just mater.
she didn't say he was out for just 'today'.. she said 'he left the day before to join the racing circuit in california for six weeks' and then proceeded to tell another guest that he was out for 6 weeks too.
he looks rather lonely there all by himself :O( Hope the six weeks goes by quickly for lighting and mater.
It stinks that little kids (and sometimes big kids) get so excited about seeing a certain character or riding one specific ride and then they are not able to. Hopefully all those looking forward to seeing Lighting in the coming weeks will end up so caught up in the magic that they don't even notice :O)
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I think there was something in the Allears.net email saying that he will now be in a meet and greet instead of how it had been (however that was. I've never seen him in the park). Lets hope that's true. My 2 little nephews love him and I'd like to get a picture of my family with Lightening to take home to them.
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