The day started an hour early, not by choice but by that stupid thing we call daylight savings time. As much as I despise Arizona, for a variety of reasons, Bristol Palin, The Ortiz Family, the fact that they were the last state in the nation to observe Martin Luther King Jr.'s Holiday, at least they are smart enough not to do this day light savings B.S.. Anyway we set the alarm, aka our Chihuahua Cha-Chalina for 6am but it was after 8am and we still hadn't left the loft. It takes time to pull ourselves together and look camera ready for Disneyland. So we set out on our journey, one that would take many seconds, well as long as it takes to drive our good old Toyota Corolla with well over 100k miles on her, to travel the mile and a half to get to the Mickey and Friends parking structure. As luck would have it and with our years of experience we have learned to stay to the far left when entering the the structure. The far left lanes are usually the least crowed and we have handicap-able parking so we need to stay to the left for the Chip and Dale parking area anyway.
Bam we got a primo parking space very close to the tram entrance. So off we trudge to the tram stop, what? The tram stop was so crowded and let's face it no one likes a crowd first thing in the morning. So we decided to start our power walking exercising activities early and we powered across the Pinocchio lot and across whatever the name of that little street is that you make entrance into the Downtown Disney Parking lot, oh get off my back, is the name of that little street really that important? Look it up I'm sure you can find it out for yourself if you feel that strongly about it. We charged across the parking lot and into Downtown Disney, why not take the Monorail into the park and arrive in style? We had done this same routine yesterday. however we had a troubling incident. The CM, sorry I didn't get her name, but I am keeping my eye out for her, asked my husband to lift his shirt! We have been through this in the past, if they ask you to this call for security, they have no right to "see your belt line" just because your shirt maybe loose. Do what we do, start screaming for security and they'll back off. You can pull your shirt close to your body to it is clear that you are not wearing a fanny pack, as if we would be caught dead with one! Or have a bomb strapped to your torso. I am not trying to make light of this I am very serious and I know that security at the resort is a serious business, but for several reasons this practice of wanting to check your belt line is just plain wrong. Neither of us was wearing a caftan, as Premium Annual Passholders we are well aware of what is allowed and not allowed in the parks. We have never and would never try to sneak anything in that was not allowed and quite frankly it's disrespectful to have this CM with little more than a second grade education checking us for contraband, as if!
Back to today we breezed through the security check today, even though we were both wearing untucked shirts, which just goes to tell you that there is really no consistency in the policy of the so called "belt line check" it's as if these CM's are just making things up on the fly! Let's see the policy in writing so we know what the policy really is! And yes I am still pissed off! If they are really concerned about security why don't they install metal detectors? Again I am quite serious, I would feel safer using a full body scan than trusting my security to a CM with no security training or knowledge of security procedures, and here's a little food for thought. What would a CM do if they found a gun or God forbid a bomb on a guest? My guess is they would panic, and wet themselves, I know I would. I also want to make it clear that I don't believe all CM's are stupid or uneducated, however I seem to have to have my interactions with the ones that are. It's no wonder that there is such a turnover in CM's as they just about hire anyone and weed them out later. And just so you don't walk away thinking I am a real AH concerning CM's, I was one once upon a time. Oh sure I only lasted two day. yes two days, but I can speak with some knowledge about being a CM.
Back to the Monorail, are you still with me? Good! Even the Monorail was crowded, lots of tourist, and not well traveled tourists. How many times do the Monorail CM's have to ask guests to take their children out of strollers and fold up the strollers before boarding the Monorail? The Monorail gets to the station and here they go trying to ram their strollers with their children still strapped in. Another thing I would like to ask at is at what age should children be made to walk on their own? I believe by the age of 8 children who are able bodied should be walking on their own and not taking up space in a stroller. Parents seem to believe that pushing a stroller gives them some sort of entitlement, and use the stroller as a battering ram.
LOL I can hear the fireworks out my window so I know another day of magic is ending at the Disneyland resort so for now I am going to end here, for now, but fear not I will pick up where I left off and go on and on some more.
I want to leave you with this thought tonight, Stroller Free Day at Disneyland, or Adults Only Day at the Resort, thoughts? I think it's a good idea and really isn't that all the matters?
