FW Rendezvous

This is one of my favorite topics. These River Country pics bring back such wonderful memories. I remember standing in longgggg lines to ride "Hoop N Holler Hollow" and then to stand in a long line to get a tube, then another long line to carry it across the bridge and up to the Rapids entry pool. The drop from the upstream plunge was forever to splash into the pool. Remember the boardwalk through the cypress trees? There was a Seminole Chickee completely furnished. We would always see friends from church or school there and hang out. In the distance, you could see monorails, boats, swimmers i

Sadly, that is and was the case regarding the evening PAC duties. My time as a CM was in 2005 and my shifts as PAC were always during the afternoon parades, and I never enjoyed that part of the MSO position. Fortunately after the afternoon parades, people disperse in all directions rather than forced down Main St.. Even back then, CM training was sometimes spotty, and PAC training for me was more like "here, shadow this DCP and maybe you'll pick up on stuff." For example, which specific barrier rope goes to which stanchions in what location. What to say to guests when they stand off the curb,

TCD, I feel the exact same way that you do, try to stay "glass is half full" but at the same time, lamenting what once was. haha ​Those old guys from the 60s really had some vision to put all this greatness into reality, while here in the 21st century, we struggle to even maintain what they built. A buddy of mine is a FWRR historian, and he put it in some very "Disney" terms. To quote Capt Jack Sparrow; "Take whatcha can, give nothin back!"

I HAVE to confess, and be transparent to the Fiends. It was THIS topic by DaveInTN that inspired me to actually join the forum. I just HAD to discover what the mouse turds really were. Now that I've read about it, I can truly sympathize with Dave & his family, and what went down on that final evening. As a former Main St. Ops CM, I can see where CM training in dealing with crowd control is on occasion, compromised to a group of part-time CMs who just happened to be working that evening shift. Their lack of real attention to correcting the issues is pretty sad.

I'm wanting to set up a photo hosting account, Does anyone here have any knowledge or experience with posting photo links from icloud? Or is Photobucket one of the better, more user friendly sites?

Okay, first post for THIS guy. We were really interested in the smaller Airstream trailers, but they seem to be a little cost prohibitive. The features are great, the decor is awesome, but you can get so much more for your $$ elsewhere. (I STILL want one though)