Holiday Shopping
No. I'm not just starting. I'm actually down to just two stores to visit. So it shouldn't be too bad today. Yesterday wasn't very bad either, with the exception of this sorry story.
My lovely girlfriend is out of town visiting a new family baby, so it seemed like a good time to pick up some pieces for here that I've been wanting to get all fall. One piece I wanted to pick up sold out just a few hours before I got there. This was a piece that hadn't moved on the shelf for 2 months... and then 'poof' when I want it, it's gone. We even called every sister store in So Cal and none of them had it. Bummer
Was at
the park for a few minutes last night. It was incredibly crowded, like it has been every night this holiday season, but the congestion was made even worse as people tried to escape
The Fog That Ate Fantasmic!!!!
I've been watching Fantasmic! since it debuted in 1992 and don't remember it ever being cancelled due to fog. But last night you could stand at the entrance to Pirates and not see the stage. Dangerous conditions to run the show. So at 9:05pm they cancelled the show and sent 11,000 people exiting from the Rivers of America... onto Main Street.
But waiting for them on Main Street were 10,000 other guests getting ready to see the 9:30 firework show. When those two masses met, it was another guest control nightmare (which you can read about on the
LaughingPlace.com message boards.).
The fireworks were then delayed until 9:40 or so. But at least they launched... well we think they launched... we could hear the explosions, but
The Fog That Ate Fantasmic!!!! turns out to be close cousin to
The Fog That Ate The Fireworks!!!! The most you could see on Main Street were a few slight color changes in the sky.
I didn't stick around to see if the evil beast liked snow. When I got to the trams the lines were already forming and leads were scrambling to find drivers and RTs to take trams into action a little early.
That was my night.
