SorcererHeidi
Sorcerer please cast forever love spell for me
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- Jul 16, 2007
Just finished watching this week''s Tuesday show last night, and it got me to thinking. The way Pete and Kevin were describing their thoughts/feelings about the Star Wars Hotel (and yes - I'm saying it that way, 'cause I can't, and don't want to remember the name Disney wants you to use for it, which was also mentioned) 
is the same way I feel (more on Kevin's apathy side, since Pete does have some interest to experience it, but does not want to be asked to "cos play" while there).
It also strongly reminds me of the way I felt, and still feel, about the Adventurer's Club on Pleasure Island. Described pretty perfectly my feelings about it.
I could take the place in small doses, but had to be "in the mood for it" (as Corey said he felt about the new hotel/role playing) to spend more than say half an hour there at a time, but did not want to be involved, and immersed, in the whole back story and whole "altered realism" of the place each and every single time I went there. I also found out several years later the reason The Colonel picked on me so much every time I went there is that a friend who knew an actor there asked him to pick on me being from New Jersey every time I went there. Funny sometimes, but not. Every. Single Time. Always.
I loved to see my friends having fun, and never begrudged anyone their delight and experiences in the place, it just wan't the same for me. I remember actually having a frustrated - shall we call it an "animated discussion" (yeah, let's do!) LOL - one night with an actor at the AC. I was NOT feeling it, and this actor KEPT getting in my FACE, and trying to get me to play along - again, and again, and again, while I was letting him know by my increasing tone of voice and actions that I was NOT the one that night. I started out TRYING to be nice, but after being approached and followed several times, I was getting highly irritated. Read the room, buddy!! He WAS making people nearby laugh (including some of my friends, who I had come to spend some time with), I will admit, but I was getting extremely annoyed. When I expressed that "go play with somebody who thinks this STUFF (yeah, let's call it STUFF!!) is for real", the actor looked down his nose at ma, and said, haughtily, "Young lady, this IS for real, what's wrong with YOU?" Yes, he was playing the part of Graves, the butler, so the haughty tone was right in character, but totally WRONG with somebody who does NOT want to play with you.
I chose to leave, rather than to get into an argument with a person paid to do a job, but was doing it all too poorly - or totally overdoing it, as the case may be. He caught me on a bad day, but also "poked the bear" when he should have been able to figure out that was NOT the day, I was NOT the one, and to back off. But - as was mentioned on the show - I also did not want to ruin anyone else's experience that night, or at other times at the AC. I went mostly to spend time with my friends, as many of them opened, and closed the AC every single night of our vacations together. That was the case with my ex too, which was totally fine. When it became too much for me, I'd leave and go spend time at another venue, or just hangin' out, chillin' to the Fun Meister's tunes in the street, and people watching.
So - I really related to not wanting to be "that guy that ruins it for everyone else" that was discussed on the show. It also made me realize how badly I miss Pleasure Island. Even the AC. Just a little bit.
Anybody else have friends/spouses/partners they think might be much more "into" the Star Wars experiences/hotel than they are? Guess this is kind of like the "avoid a Disney divorce" article being discussed in another thread.
Just because I'm totally into something, doesn't mean I think everybody else, even my friends and S/O should be, nor do I want to take away from their enjoyment of what makes them happy, or how they choose to spend their time, especially on vacation.
Thoughts?
is the same way I feel (more on Kevin's apathy side, since Pete does have some interest to experience it, but does not want to be asked to "cos play" while there).It also strongly reminds me of the way I felt, and still feel, about the Adventurer's Club on Pleasure Island. Described pretty perfectly my feelings about it.
I could take the place in small doses, but had to be "in the mood for it" (as Corey said he felt about the new hotel/role playing) to spend more than say half an hour there at a time, but did not want to be involved, and immersed, in the whole back story and whole "altered realism" of the place each and every single time I went there. I also found out several years later the reason The Colonel picked on me so much every time I went there is that a friend who knew an actor there asked him to pick on me being from New Jersey every time I went there. Funny sometimes, but not. Every. Single Time. Always.
I loved to see my friends having fun, and never begrudged anyone their delight and experiences in the place, it just wan't the same for me. I remember actually having a frustrated - shall we call it an "animated discussion" (yeah, let's do!) LOL - one night with an actor at the AC. I was NOT feeling it, and this actor KEPT getting in my FACE, and trying to get me to play along - again, and again, and again, while I was letting him know by my increasing tone of voice and actions that I was NOT the one that night. I started out TRYING to be nice, but after being approached and followed several times, I was getting highly irritated. Read the room, buddy!! He WAS making people nearby laugh (including some of my friends, who I had come to spend some time with), I will admit, but I was getting extremely annoyed. When I expressed that "go play with somebody who thinks this STUFF (yeah, let's call it STUFF!!) is for real", the actor looked down his nose at ma, and said, haughtily, "Young lady, this IS for real, what's wrong with YOU?" Yes, he was playing the part of Graves, the butler, so the haughty tone was right in character, but totally WRONG with somebody who does NOT want to play with you.
I chose to leave, rather than to get into an argument with a person paid to do a job, but was doing it all too poorly - or totally overdoing it, as the case may be. He caught me on a bad day, but also "poked the bear" when he should have been able to figure out that was NOT the day, I was NOT the one, and to back off. But - as was mentioned on the show - I also did not want to ruin anyone else's experience that night, or at other times at the AC. I went mostly to spend time with my friends, as many of them opened, and closed the AC every single night of our vacations together. That was the case with my ex too, which was totally fine. When it became too much for me, I'd leave and go spend time at another venue, or just hangin' out, chillin' to the Fun Meister's tunes in the street, and people watching.
So - I really related to not wanting to be "that guy that ruins it for everyone else" that was discussed on the show. It also made me realize how badly I miss Pleasure Island. Even the AC. Just a little bit.
Anybody else have friends/spouses/partners they think might be much more "into" the Star Wars experiences/hotel than they are? Guess this is kind of like the "avoid a Disney divorce" article being discussed in another thread.
Just because I'm totally into something, doesn't mean I think everybody else, even my friends and S/O should be, nor do I want to take away from their enjoyment of what makes them happy, or how they choose to spend their time, especially on vacation.
Thoughts?
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